Gaming startup Zupee racks up $72 million as part of larger round, valuation hits $600 million

The company also announced a partnership with Reliance Jio Platforms, post which Zupee games will distribute its content across all customers using Jio phones.

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BlackBerry pulls life support for once-indispensable business smartphone

The move marks the end of an era as the phones, which sported a tiny QWERTY physical keyboard, pioneered push email and the BBM instant messaging service.

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China's market regulator fines Alibaba, Tencent for failing to report deals

According to public filings, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) placed penalties of 500,000 yuan ($78,692) on the companies per deal, the maximum under China's 2008 anti-monopoly law.

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James Webb Space Telescope: First Three Layers of Solar Shield Deployed, Final Two to Be Stretched Today

NASA engineers have begun a crucial phase in deploying the James Webb Space Telescope. The engineers have started to tighten the tension in its tennis court-sized sunshield. The stretching of the first three layers of the five-layer sunshield was successful and the final two layers will be deployed today, January 4

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Vivo Y21T With Snapdragon 680 SoC, Triple Rear Cameras Launched in India: Price, Specifications

Vivo Y21T has been launched in India with a Snapdragon 680 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The smartphone is equipped with a 6.58-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate. It features a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging, and comes with a triple rear camera setup featuring a 50-megapixel sensor and an 8-megapixel selfie camera in the fro...

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B2B etailer Geniemode raises $7 million from InfoEdge Ventures, others

The fundraising, which comes within four months of Geniemode’s $2.25-million seed round, will be utilised to scale the Gurugram-based firm’s tech platform to onboard more buyers and sellers, and for geographical expansion.

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Elizabeth Holmes, Founder of Blood-Testing Startup Theranos, Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos, in a high-profile case seen as an indictment of Silicon Valley culture.

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