Deeptech battery startup Log9 raises $40 million

Log9, backed by its recent series of investments, aims to solve the challenges around safety, reliability, and performance by investing further into cell and battery technologies.

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Google pauses green card applications from employees amid layoffs

Google has sent an email to foreign employees, notifying them that the tech giant will pause any new filings of PERM, leaving foreign workers in a limbo.

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Spotify to cut staff as soon as this week

The number of positions to be eliminated wasn’t specified. Spotify laid off 38 staff from its Gimlet Media and Parcast podcast studios in October. The music streaming giant has about 9,800 employees, according to its third-quarter earnings report.

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Activist investor Elliott Management takes stake in Salesforce: report

Elliott has made many technology focused investments. It recently won a board seat at Pinterest Inc when the company added Elliott portfolio manager Marc Steinberg as a director.

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Meesho tightens returns process to save costs, triggers seller protests

Meesho undertook changes to its product returns policy following feedback from its third-party logistics partners, the sources added. Returns comprise a big cost area for e-commerce players in India as it adds to logistics expenditure.

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India to be model of global science, tech and innovation by 2047: CSIR chief

Kalaiselvi, the first woman director general of CSIR, established by the government in 1942, was in Bhopal to participate in the 8th India International Science Festival (IISF)-2022 which began on Saturday.

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Elon Musk says higher priced Twitter subscription won't carry ads

The billionaire also said that ads are "too frequent on Twitter and too big," and that steps will be taken to address those issues in coming weeks.

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