Welcome to the world of facts and news: December 2021

Apple Faces CCI Antitrust Probe Over Alleged Abuse of App Market

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a detailed probe against Apple for alleged unfair business practices with respect to its App Store.

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Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts Date, Time, Where to Watch, Cast, Trailer, and More

Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts releases New Year’s Day, January 1, 2022 worldwide. You can watch it online on Amazon Prime Video in India, HBO Max in USA, Spain and Nordic, NOW TV, Sky Max and Sky Showcase in UK, Binge, Foxtel Now and Foxtel iQ in Australia, Crave in Canada, HBO Go in Portugal and Central Europe, NOW and Sky Uno in Italy, and Amediateka in Russia.

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About 20 million Indians jumped on to crypto bandwagon in 2021

Aided by high decibel campaigns and crypto prices touching all-time highs in April 2021 (BTC touched $63,729 on April 3), many small Indian investors put their risk capital in cryptocurrencies.

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New Year 2022: Our Gadgets Wishlist, From iPhone 13 to PlayStation 5

Happy New Year! The Gadgets 360 staff presents what’s on their 2022 tech wishlist: iPhone 13s, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, MacBook Air M1 and Pro M1 Max, Apple TV 4K, along with Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, Samsung Odyssey monitors, and Apple One subscription.

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Mamaearth parent raises $52 million in funding led by Sequoia Global

The round also saw participation from some existing investors like Belgian Sofina Ventures SA and some new funds such as UAE-based Evolvence, said Varun Alagh, cofounder and CEO, Honasa Consumer.

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New Year’s Eve 2021 Celebrated by Google With Animated Doodle, Virtual Confetti Celebrations

New Year’s Eve 2021 is being celebrated by Google with an animated doodle which features a festive popper and fairy lights. Additionally, Google is showing virtual confetti celebrations on its site to mark its farewell to the year 2021.

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Global M&A volumes hit record high in 2021

Global M&A volumes topped $5 trillion for the first time ever, comfortably eclipsing the previous record of $4.55 trillion set in 2007, Dealogic data showed. The overall value of M&A stood at $5.8 trillion in 2021, up 64% from a year earlier, according to Refinitiv.

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Huawei Says 2021 Revenues Down Almost 30 Percent Due to US Sanctions, Sees Challenges Ahead

Huawei, battered by US sanctions, expects 2021 revenue to have declined nearly 30 percent and predicted continued challenges in the New Year.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold, Galaxy Note 10 Series to Get Stable One UI 4: Report

Samsung will be continuing to seed its stable One UI 4 update to more of its devices. According to a report, the latest ones on the list to get the new update are the first-gen Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Note 10 series in both its 4G and 5G trims.

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Reliance to buy battery tech company Faradion for £100 million

The conglomerate will use Faradion’s state-of-the-art technology at its proposed fully integrated energy storage giga-factory as part of the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex project at Jamnagar

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Tesla Recalls Nearly Half a Million Model 3, Model S Cars Over Safety Issues

Tesla is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rear-view camera and trunk issues that increase the risk of crashing, the US road safety regulator said.

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Battlegrounds Mobile India ‘Login Failed’ Error: Krafton Investigating Issue Affecting Some Gamers

Battlegrounds Mobile India users have been experiencing a “login failed” error, developer Krafton announced on Wednesday. The publisher is currently investigating issues faced by some users, who are unable to login to the game. However, the issues only appear to be affecting a subset of users, and Gadgets360 was able to login to the game and initiate a match with ...

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Draft ecommerce policy, rules to be released together soon

The ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution will release the draft ecommerce rules aimed at ensuring consumer interest is protected.

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Samsung, Micron Warn China's Xian Lockdown Could Affect Memory Chip Manufacturing

Samsung and Micron, two of the world's largest memory chip makers, warned that a COVID-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Xian could affect their chip manufacturing bases in the area.

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Apple places Foxconn’s Sriperumbudur facility on probation; says plant doesn't meet required standards

A spokesperson said that the company will ensure its strict standards are met before the facility reopens. “We will continue to monitor conditions closely.”

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Raises Over $337 Million in Fresh Funding

Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $337.4 million (roughly Rs. 2,515 crore) in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing.

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2021 Year in Review | Who's in, Who's out: Biggest executive moves in tech & startups this year

We bring all the big moves in a year like no other for the technology sector.

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The lessons we learnt from 2021’s controversies

2021 — also known as the year of the brouhaha, when the advertising and marketing sector faced a fair share of storms. Industry vets tell ET what they learnt from some squalls.

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CES 2022: AMD, P&G Join Google and Others in Opting Out of Event Over Omicron Fears

AMD, Procter & Gamble, and Micro-Star International are among the latest companies to pull out of the CES event —taking place in-person in Las Vegas in January 2022 — over Omicron fears.

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Foxconn, Apple say worker dorms for India iPhone plant don't meet required standards

Earlier this month, protests erupted after more than 250 women who work at the Foxconn plant that makes iPhones in Sriperumbudur town, near Chennai, and live in one of the dormitories had to be treated for food poisoning.

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Apple aims to prevent defections to Meta with rare $180,000 bonuses for top talent

Apple is waging a talent war with companies in Silicon Valley and beyond, with Meta emerging as a particular threat. Meta has hired about 100 engineers from Apple in the last few months, but it hasn’t been a one-way street: Apple also has lured away key Meta employees.

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iPhone 13 Users Demand Apple Adds Noise Cancellation Option Offered in Earlier Models

iPhone 13 users are demanding Apple to add a dedicated noise cancellation option that is available on earlier models. The iPhone maker has, however, not yet addressed the user demand.

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Tesla's Elon Musk completes option-related sales plan

Elon Musk on Tuesday exercised an option to buy 1.6 million shares of Tesla and sold 934,090 shares for $1.02 billion to pay for taxes associated with the option exercise

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai can be questioned in privacy lawsuit, judge rules

In the lawsuit filed in June 2020, users accused Google of illegally invading their privacy by tracking internet use while Google Chrome browsers were set in "private" mode.

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Battlegrounds Mobile India Publisher Krafton Bans Nearly 60,000 Accounts for Cheating

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) publisher Krafton has banned nearly 60,000 accounts in a week’s time. This ban is put as a part of the strict countermeasures taken against illegal activities in the game. Recently, Krafton announced that it will ban devices used by players to cheat in the battle royale game.

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Nidhi Hola joins Dell Technologies as country marketing director

Hola has over 21 years of experience in strategy and marketing, with expertise in driving breakthrough growth for a business and building successful teams.

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Airtel, TCS Said to Team Up for 5G-Based Remote Robotic Operations; Running Trials in Haryana

Airtel and TCS have joined hands to build a 5G-based remote working technology using robotics, according to sources.

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The Batman Trailer Sets Up Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz as Partners-in-Crime

The Batman trailer #3 sets up Batman/ Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) and Catwoman/ Selina Kyle’s (Zoë Kravitz) partnership as they attempt to bring the Riddler (Paul Dano) to justice. The Batman release date is March 4, 2022 in cinemas; HBO Max release date is April 19, 2022.

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Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi 12 Pro, Xiaomi True Wireless Earphones 3 Price Tipped Ahead of Launch Today

Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12X, Xiaomi 12 Pro prices have surfaced online ahead of their launch in China later today. The leak shows the price as well as the RAM and storage configurations of the three smartphones. Tipster Ishan Agarwal — who shared the prices — believes that they may change to make the Xiaomi 12 series more competitive. Agarwal also shared the tentative p...

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Baidu Tests Metaverse Waters With New VR App XiRang, Will Allow 100,000 Users to Participate at the Same Time

Baidu took its first steps into the metaverse industry with the launch of a virtual reality app, looking to test the waters in what is considered by many to be the next phase in the Internet's evolution.

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Alibaba Pushed by China to Design Its Own Chips to Promote Self-Reliance, Fuelling Global Unease

To help make China a self-reliant “technology superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world's biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips — a business unlike anything Alibaba has done before.

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OneWeb Launches 36 Satellites Into Orbit to Deliver Global High-Speed Internet Access

OneWeb launched 36 communications satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, live broadcasts showed.

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Microsoft Joins Google, Amazon, Others in Cancelling In-Person Presence at CES 2022

Microsoft said it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next month's event on concerns over the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

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Crypto 2021 — the Year That Was: Ups and Downs That Had an Impact on the Market

Cryptocurrency is quickly evolving into an indisputable disruption for many traditional financial services and sectors globally, but while 2021's been a year of plenty wins for the crypto community, it hasn't always been smooth sailing.

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The Essentials of Digital Security

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Ecommerce companies to face action for any unfair practice: CCI chief

The CCI had on December 17 withdrawn its nod for Amazon's deal with Future Group and also imposed a ₹200 crore fine on the US firm for hiding its intent about the investment. Gupta said he won't comment on specific cases, but added that rulings are intended to provide regulatory guidance to stakeholders.

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James Webb Space Telescope Launched Successfully, Sets Off on Million-Mile Voyage

James Webb Space Telescope on December 25 blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 930,000 miles from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches.

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Infra.Market raises Rs 200 crore debt funding

The funding is intended to help meet the working capital needs of the Tiger Global-backed company, the people said. Infra.Market became a unicorn—a privately held startup with a valuation of $1 billion or more—in February.

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Nexus Venture Partners cofounder Narendra Gupta passes away

Based in Silicon Valley, the 73-year-old was among the first generation of Indian American tech entrepreneurs, co-founding software firm Integrated Systems Inc in 1980 and staying on as chief executive for about 15 years.

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US Senator Cynthia Lummis Who Supports Bitcoin Plans to Introduce a Broad Crypto Bill in 2022

US Senator Cynthia Lummis plans to introduce a crypto bill next year that would radically alter the legislative and regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency in the US.

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Grabhouse and Pankhuri founder Pankhuri Shrivastava passes away

Shrivastava passed away on December 24.

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Startups, firms provide extended paid breaks in runup to New Year's

As the pandemic winds into another year amid rising Omicron cases, some startups are trying to ensure that, in these stressful times, the New Year starts on a relaxed note for employees.

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Rapid digitalisation drives B2B ecommerce during pandemic

As traditional supply chains that served Indian businesses dried up amid Covid-imposed restrictions, well-capitalised B2B ecommerce players grabbed the market by coming to the aid of raw material-starved businesses.

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How to Use Hide My Email on iPhone, iPad to Keep Your Personal Email Address Private

In this article, we are giving a step-by-step guide on how you can use Hide My Email on your Apple device.

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TikTok dethrones Google to become most popular website: Report

The rankings show that TikTok knocked Google off the top spot in February, March and June this year, and has held the number one position since August.

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Apple's App Store Broke Competition Laws, Says Dutch Watchdog

Apple on Friday was yet again accused of breaking competition laws. Netherlands' top competition regulator has ordered changes to the iPhone maker's App Store payment policies.

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Russian court fines Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms

Moscow has increased pressure on big tech this year in a campaign that critics characterise as an attempt by the Russian authorities to exert tighter control over the internet, something they say threatens individual and corporate freedom.

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iQoo 9, iQoo 9 Pro Launch Date Set for January 5, Leaked Poster Shows; Triple Rear Cameras Teased

iQoo 9, iQoo 9 Pro launch in China is scheduled for January 5, according to a leaked poster. The Vivo sub-brand also shared an image showing the back half of the smartphone. Separately, a tipster shared some images of the iQoo 9 series that is said to include iQoo 9 and iQoo 9 Pro.

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Apple's App Store broke competition laws, Dutch watchdog says

Apple's practice of requiring app developers to use its in-app payment system and pay commissions of 15% to 30% on digital goods purchases has come under scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers around the world.

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Microsoft will not participate physically at CES

Microsoft joins other firms including General Motors Co and Alphabet Inc's Google that will not attend CES in person in Las Vegas in early January due to rising Covid-19 infections sparked by the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

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James Webb Space Telescope to Launch Today: When, How to Watch Live

NASA's largest space telescope launch countdown has begun. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched today on Christmas Day, December 25, and space enthusiasts can watch all the action live.

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GM, Google, others join retreat from CES over rising Covid-19 cases

CES officials said the event will still be held in person from Jan. 5-8 with "strong safety measures in place," including vaccination requirements, masking and availability of Covid-19 tests.

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Battlegrounds Mobile India Introduces Permanent Device Ban Policy to Deter Cheaters

Battlegrounds Mobile India will begin banning devices used by players to cheat in the game, publisher Krafton announced on Thursday. These devices will be permanently banned from playing in the game, blocking cheaters from creating additional accounts on the same device. Krafton recently announced it had banned nearly one lakh accounts in a six-day period, for cheatin...

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CES 2022: Google, Waymo, GM Cancel In-Person Attendance Over Rising COVID-19 Cases

Google, Waymo, General Motors joined the companies no longer attending the CES 2022 event in person early next month due to rising COVID-19 infections.

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UK regulator shows more assertive posture in blocking Facebook purchase of Giphy

Meta on Thursday appealed the ruling by the Competition and Markets Authority, which said the 2020 deal must be unwound and Giphy sold as a going concern.

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Tesla Deactivates Video Games on Moving Car Screens After US Safety Probe

Tesla will stop allowing video games to be played on vehicle screens while its cars are moving, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.

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CoinSwitch Kuber Lists New Crypto Assets for Indian Investors

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Indian startups bag record $36 billion funds in 2021

This year, the volume of seed-stage deals dominated with nearly 396 deals aggregating to $705.86 million while about 166 investments at series A amounted to about $1.67 billion, data until December 20, showed.

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RBI raises fresh concerns over stablecoins

The fear is that going ahead, companies or traders could move to stablecoins even for domestic payments.

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Jack Dorsey- Marc Andreesen Twitter spat escalates over Web3 ownership

Andreessen blocked Dorsey from seeing or responding to his tweets, prompting another quip from Dorsey. “I’m officially banned from web3,” the Twitter co-founder joked.

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Amazon Restores AWS Services After Power Outage; Cloud Unit Said to Face US Antitrust Probe

Several apps and websites, including those of Hulu, Slack, and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon's data servers on the US East Coast.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is 'almost done' with stock sales; shares rally

Following a flurry of sales, Musk still has about 1.5 million stock options that expire in August next year. Tesla shares ended 7.5% higher at $1,008.87, valuing the company at just over $1 trillion.

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Tesla Cars' Gaming Feature Being Investigated by US Auto Safety Regulators

US auto safety regulators said they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker's decision to allow games to be played on the front centre touchscreen.

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Tencent to give $16.4 billion JD.com stake to shareholders as dividend

Tencent will distribute $16.37 billion worth of its JD.com stake to shareholders, slashing its holding in China's second-biggest e-commerce company to 2.3% from around 17% now and losing its spot as JD.com's biggest shareholder to Walmart.

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Amazon Sues Enforcement Directorate, Looks to Quash Future Group Deal Investigation

Amazon is taking India's Enforcement Directorate to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court filing shows.

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Amazon sues ED; tech IPOs 'need better pricing disclosures'

Amazon has sued the ED, accusing it of conducting a "fishing and roving inquiry" and asking the Delhi High Court to quash the probe.

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Battered Paytm gets its first bullish rating from a major broker

Morgan Stanley has started coverage on the digital payments startup with an overweight rating and a price target of 1,875 rupees, which implies 43% upside from Tuesday’s close. It sees attractive risk to reward after the stock dropped to a record low earlier this week, and values the firm at $17 billion.

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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilised Egg in Rare Discovery

Paleontologists have found a never-seen-before fossil of a complete baby dinosaur curled up inside its egg. The fossil showed the remarkable similarities between theropod dinosaurs and the birds they would evolve into, according to a new study.

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Tokenisation may hit ecommerce ops on Jan 1, 5 million customers could be impacted

Merchants, banks, card providers, payment gateways and other stakeholders say there hasn't been enough time to make the needed backend changes.

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Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey Mock Web3, Criticise Involvement of Venture Capital Firms Like Andreessen Horowitz

Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey dismissed the so-called Web3 and criticised the involvement of venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz in building out what some have called the next phase of the Internet.

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Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, T-Mobile drop CES plans over Covid-19 concern

Many companies including Qualcomm Inc, Sony Electronics and Alphabet Inc's Google and self-driving vehicle unit Waymo have said they are going ahead with plans to attend and show off new hardware or host meetings.

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Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, T-Mobile Drop CES Plans Over COVID-19 Concerns

Facebook parent Meta, Twitter, and Pinterest separately said they will not send teams to CES 2022 in Las Vegas as concerns grow about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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Solar Storm Warning: Expert Says at Least Two 'Big-Flare Players' Could Be Released From the Sun

A solar storm warning has been issued, with an expert saying that at least two “big-flare players” could be released from the Sun soon. Space weather physicist Dr. Tamitha Skov said that many sunspot clusters could be seen from the Earth. She added that though there were “no large Earth-directed storms yet,” they were on “high alert.”

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MapmyIndia pulls off a strong show on debut, lists at 53% premium

The Rs 1,039.61 crore IPO of MaymyIndia was open for subscription between December 9-13 and the company had fixed the price band in the range of Rs 1,000-1,033 per share.

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Parler to Expand Into NFTs to Tap Into the Burgeoning Digital Asset

Parler said it will expand its business into NFTs, in a move that underpins the rapid growth of the digital asset in recent months.

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From metaverse to DAOs, a guide to 2021's tech buzzwords

If you're still drawing a blank as 2021 wraps up, here's a short glossary:

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The Top Tech Gift Ideas for Christmas 2021

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Decoding card tokenisation

Card tokenisation is safer as actual credit/ debit card details will not be allowed to be stored by merchants from January 1, 2022, thereby reducing the possibility of data theft and fraud.

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Tokensation rule will cause 'havoc'; linking Aadhar to voter ID is 'dangerous'

India's technology firms are rushing to petition the Reserve Bank of India to delay the implementation of its tokenisation mandate.

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Zepto gets $100 million, valuation at $570 million

The Mumbai-based company, which is among the most buzzy startups this year, has more than doubled its valuation to $570 million post the funding in just two months when it last raised $60 million at a valuation of $225 million.

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SecureKloud Technologies partners with Dubai-based Cognicx

“The synergy between the two (SecureKloud and Cognicx) will bring in a vast and wide experience for implementing cloud computing and digital transformational solutions to businesses with cutting edge technology in the right mix," Anil Kumar, cofounder of Cognicx said.

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YouTube TV Reaches Deal to Restore Access to Disney Channels

YouTube began restoring access to Walt Disney channels on its platform on Sunday, after the companies reached a distribution agreement to end a two-day blackout.

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Used vehicle seller Cars24 raises new financing as valuation jumps to $3.3 billion

Cars24's latest funding round includes a $100 million debt component that has been sourced from investors like the Commercial Bank of Dubai and IFM Investors in Australia.

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Apple Seeks Dismissal of India Apps Market Antitrust Case, Cites Tiny Market Share

Apple has asked CCI to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small a player in the country where Google is dominant, a filing shows.

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Realme GT 2 Series Launch Today: How to Watch Event Livestream, Expected Price, Specifications

Realme GT 2 series launch is taking place today (December 20). The launch will be livestreamed on YouTube and is expected to include the Realme GT 2 Pro. The smartphone is confirmed to have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC.

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SenseTime relaunches Hong Kong IPO to raise $767 million

SenseTime's first attempt at listing was shelved last Monday after the company was placed on a US investment blacklist. The startup plans to sell 1.5 billion shares in the IPO, with the final price due to be set on Thursday

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Meesho bets on live commerce; Razorpay valuation hits $7.5B

Meesho is building a live streaming platform for influencers in the hope that it will boost sales and give it another revenue stream. Meanwhile, Razorpay has seen its valuation grow by seven times in just over a year.

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WeWork India looks to add 1 million sq ft coworking space in 2022

More than 50% of the planned expansion for next year is already pre-committed, WeWork India CEO Karan Virwani said, adding that the company has turned profitable due to “solid demand over the last year”.

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BGMI creator Krafton leads $6.5 million funding round in FRND app

FRND—an audio-focused dating app—will use the funding to expand its services beyond 10 Indian languages. For Krafton, FRND is its fourth Indian investment after Nodwin Gaming, Loco and Pratilipi.

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Razorpay’s valuation rises to $7.5 billion after $375-million funding

Razorpay’s valuation has increased by more than seven times since it turned unicorn in October 2020 due to a pandemic-induced surge in demand for its payments gateway platform and neobanking vertical RazorpayX.

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How to Enable App Privacy Report on Your iPhone to Check Apps Tracking You

App Privacy Report is the most powerful new tool introduced by Apple on iOS 15 for privacy-conscious users. The feature allows users to quickly monitor which apps are accessing their private data, while also monitoring what domains and websites apps are connecting to on their smartphones.

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Spotting Scopes for Birdwatching: All You Need to Know

A spotting scope is a compact high-power optimised tool for detailed observation of distant objects and looks like a small telescope. It always requires a tripod to set it up and obtain maximum stability. Here is a list of scopes to look at, if you are planning to buy one,

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How to Use WhatsApp View Once on Android, iOS: Step-by-Step Guide

In this article, we are providing steps that you can take to use WhatsApp’s View Once feature on your Android or iOS device.

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How to Share Google Photos and Videos With Family and Friends From Your Android Smartphone or Tablet

Google Photos allows users to back up and store their images online, and access them on other devices. Users can also share their images and videos with family and friends. Here are four easy ways how to share images and videos on Google Photos.

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