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Zomato has filed for an IPO of up to Rs. 8,250 crores as consumers increasingly turn to ordering food online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched in 2008, Zomato is one of India’s most prominent startups. It is present in 24 countries and employs more than 5,000 people, according to its website. In February, the company

Twitter is adding a fact box on users’ timelines to help promote the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination effort. The new feature will provide people around the world with the latest vaccine information in their particular country, as per a report. The feature will appear as a big, unmissable box at the top of a user’s Twitter

Elon Musk said Tesla had sold 10 percent of its Bitcoin holdings to demonstrate the cryptocurrency’s liquidity on balance sheet, while he has retained his personal Bitcoin investment. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was responding to a tweet by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who questioned Musk’s sale of Bitcoins and said that he had

Google, on Monday, shared a Doodle to say “thank you” to all healthcare workers and members of the scientific community who have faced massive hurdles and raced against time to help us face the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The doodle shows the first letter of the word Google sending out a heart emoji to the last

WhatsApp is now testing a 24 hours option for disappearing messages on Android, iOS, and Web/ desktop, as per a report. The instant messaging app already has an option that allows users to set a week’s (7 days) time for disappearing messages. With this option, WhatsApp now competes with rival apps like Telegram that give

Checking your CIBIL score online is easy and can be done for free. CIBIL stands for Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited and a CIBIL score is simply a number that shows how credit worthy you are, based on your credit history. This matters when doing things like applying for a home loan. It uses the

Ehtereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a proof of transfer of 100 ETH and 100 MKR, worth approximately $606,110 (roughly Rs. 4.5 crores), for use in COVID-19 relief in India. Ethereum, the open-source blockchain software founded in 2014, is used to build contracts on the blockchain, and has recently been in the news a lot because

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies suffered hefty losses on Friday on concern that US President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The selloff came after reports that the Biden administration is planning a raft of proposed changes to the US tax code, including a plan to nearly double

Turkey’s Finance Ministry is working on wider regulations regarding cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Governor Sahap Kavcioglu said on Friday, adding the bank does not intend to ban them. In an interview with Turkish broadcasters, Kavcioglu said some details would be ready in two weeks. The central bank last week banned the use of crypto assets in

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — Marvel Studios’ second TV series that ended its run Friday — was a high-octane offering that became too predictable at times. From the moment Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) handed over his Captain America shield to Sam Wilson/ Falcon (Anthony Mackie) at the end of Avengers: Endgame, it’s been

A trio of Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood, and Elon Musk are promoting the idea that Bitcoin mining can be good for the planet actually. That’s not exactly true. The basis of the idea is that mining cryptocurrencies uses a lot of power and can be deployed at any time. That could help a developer make

TP-Link Deco X68 (AX3600) home mesh router system has been launched with tri-band Wi-Fi 6 connectivity support. The new router system comes as an upgrade to the existing TP-Link Deco X60 that was introduced last year. Unlike the earlier model that had integrated 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands, the Deco X68 mesh system offers an additional

Earth Day 2021 has got a Google Doodle that highlights “how everyone can plant the seed to a brighter future — one sapling at a time!” A short, animated film on the Google homepage shows a half-asleep elderly woman, sitting under a tree, leaning on its bark and reading a book, while her daughter proceeds

Google has released a update for its Chrome browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux that brings a total of seven security fixes. The list of fixes include one for a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in the wild. The updated Chrome browser will be rolled out over the coming days, Google said in an advisory.

Messaging platform Discord has ended deal talks with Microsoft and plans to focus on expanding the business as a standalone company, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The company will focus on building the chat platform and making money from its user base that has grown quickly during the pandemic. A public

UK has announced the creation a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential UK CBDC. This was announced jointly by Bank of England and HM Treasury. The new CBDC would be a new form of digital money issued by the Bank of England for use by households and businesses.

Apple will bring social media app Parler, favored by US conservatives, back to its App Store after the iPhone maker pulled it following the deadly January 6 US Capitol riot, according to a letter sent to two Republican lawmakers. The letter, obtained by Reuters, said that after substantial conversations with Parler, the app had proposed updates to its

Search engine Google is planning to roll out a new feature for its extension – Chrome 90 that will allow users to create a link to a section of a website that they have highlighted earlier. As per reports, first launched as a browser extension titled ”Link to Text” fragment last year, Google has now

Country’s cyber security agency CERT-In has cautioned WhatsApp users about certain vulnerabilities detected in the popular instant messaging app that could lead to breach of sensitive information. A “high” severity rating advisory issued by the CERT-In, or the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, said the vulnerability has been detected in software that has “WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business for

You can keep your driving licence on your smartphone or download its soft copy instead of carrying it physically. The government has provided an option to help keep your driving licence saved on your phone or have its soft copy via DigiLocker or the mParivahan app. This comes handy especially if you forget to carry

Facebook Oversight Board said on Friday it had extended the timeline for deciding whether to uphold former US President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram. The board, created by Facebook in response to criticism over its handling of problematic content, wrote in a tweet that it would announce the decision in the coming

Dogecoin seems to be riding the wave. On Saturday, it saw one more taker in the form of easyDNS, which became the first Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) registrar to accept the cryptocurrency as a mode of payment. Releasing a statement, the Canadian firm said, “Continuing in our tradition of being a

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 brought the new Marvel Cinematic Universe series’ first post-credits scene, just one episode away from the series finale. As such, it would be completely understandable if you missed it given there has been not a single scene during the credits for the first four The Falcon and

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 promised fans a cameo by a “well-known performer” playing a “grounded” character — and boy was that an understatement. While the previous Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series WandaVision was busy hyping up non-existent cameo appearances, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier more than delivers on what its

Flipkart on Thursday announced that it is acquiring online travel aggregator Cleartrip for an undisclosed amount. The deal will allow the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant to bolster its presence in the online travel space and become a stronger competitor against Amazon. Although both Flipkart and Amazon offer flight, bus, and train bookings, companies like MakeMyTrip and

Dogecoin has been having a great year, so far. Even as the world economy is reeling under the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cryptocurrency that started as a joke has only been moving from strength to strength. Now, Dogecoin has found itself in the headlines, yet again, thanks to tech billionaire Elon Musk. Earlier

Google I/O 2021 registrations are now open, and anyone who is interested in Google technology can tune in to get the information about product releases, insights from experts, and hands-on learning. Google skipped last year’s annual conference entirely due to COVID-19, but this year, the free-for-all event is taking place virtually from May 18 to

Microsoft on Tuesday moved to defend against a dangerous new threat to Exchange email servers while the fight continued against hackers taking advantage of a flaw patched last month. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, called on government departments to immediately install the latest software update released

Army of the Dead trailer has punched in. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled a new (proper) trailer for Zack Snyder’s zombie heist film that follows a group of mercenaries — Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Omari Hardwick (Power), Ana de la Reguera (Eastbound & Down), and Theo

The rally in tech shares has taken the number of people with fortunes of more than $100 billion (roughly Rs. 7,54,390 crores) to eight. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin joined the exclusive club last week, entering a group dominated by US tech entrepreneurs, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The world’s eight richest people together