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CityMall undertakes first Esop buyback worth $1.3 million.

​CityMall, which is backed by investors like Accel, Elevation Capital and General Catalyst, raised $75 million in March. Three months later, the company fired about 191 employees to adapt to the changing macroeconomic environment.

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NPCI pings govt, industry on UPI market share cap

​This follows a formal request from digital payments firm PhonePe to defer the January 2023 deadline by at least three years, they said. Google Pay has also had consultations with NPCI regarding an extension, a person briefed on the matter said.

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Most Indians won't use on-demand printout services like offered by Blinkit: Report

Only 14 per cent of consumers in India would use 10-minute delivery platforms to get print-outs delivered at home, a report said on Monday, as Zomato-owned Blinkit recently started printout on demand service in the country.

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Starlink is now active on all continents: Elon Musk

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday announced that Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company, is now active on all the continents, including Antarctica.

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Samsung logs record chip market share, Intel at distant second

Samsung and Intel have been locked in a fierce rivalry for many years. In 2017, Samsung surpassed Intel as the world's biggest chipmaker by revenue for the first time, and it maintained the spot for two years in a row. Intel overtook Samsung in 2019 and remained at the top until 2020, before it was beaten by Samsung again last year.

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Lido sends final settlement offers to its employees

Teachers, educators, counsellors, and administrative staff have also received a similar offer, the people said requesting anonymity.

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Top global tech firms raise concerns on recurring payments from October 1

The MPAI, an association that represents merchants, has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to plug issues around recurring payments through tokens before giving effect to the no-card storage rule, three people familiar with the development told ET.

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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...