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Google AI scientist Samy Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings

Samy Bengio spent about 14 years at Google and was among its first employees involved in a decade-old project known as Google Brain that advanced algorithms crucial to the functioning of various modern AI systems.

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Software firm Canva valued at $15 billion after raising $71 million

Canva offers an online design and publishing tool with templates for presentations, social media graphics and posters, among others.

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Fantasy sports platform Fantasy Akhada raises Rs 5 crore through Prime Securities

This brings the total funds raised by the company close to the $1 million (about Rs7 crore), said Amit Purohit, founder, Fantasy Akhada. “The funds will be used towards tech development, user acquisition and user retention,” he said.

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iQoo Neo 5 Allegedly Gets BIS Certification, Hints at Imminent India Launch

iQoo Neo 5 may launch in India soon as it has allegedly received a certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The iQoo phone was launched in China last month and is likely to come to India alongside the iQoo 7 flagship.

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Facebook Says Hackers 'Scraped' Data of 533 Million Users in 2019 Leak

Facebook said that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.

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Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2021: Jeff Bezos Tops for Fourth Consecutive Year, Elon Musk Ranks Second

Forbes' annual world's billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year.

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Raining unicorns

In today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: Pharmeasy and Cred are the newest entrants of India's startup unicorn club, BPM firms see higher demand from healthcare segment and Bytedance gets relief from Bombay High Court.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...