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Tech Crunch – Invesco raises Swiggy’s valuation to nearly $8 billion
Conditions appear to be shifting favorably for India’s Swiggy. The food delivery startup — backed by SoftBank, Prosus and Accel — saw its paper valuation slashed by more than a half this…
Tech Crunch – Stack Overflow cuts 28% of its staff
Developer community site Stack Overflow has laid off 28% of its staff, the Prosus-owned company announced Monday. In a blog post, Stack Overflow’s CEO, Prashanth Chandrasekar indicated that the company is focusing…
Tech Crunch – Ambani’s Jio Financial launches lending and insurance businesses
Jio Financial Services, the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries’ financial services unit, has started its lending and insurance businesses and is rapidly scaling up its offerings as billionaire Mukesh Ambani expands the ever-so-wide…
Tech Crunch – Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses have ‘influencer’ written all over them
This is a review-in-progress. More soon! Somewhere between the Ray-Ban Meta and Meta Quest 3 sits an ideal mixed-reality headset. It’s slim, light, offers hand tracking and passthrough and livestreams video when…
Tech Crunch – Snapchat is now allowing websites to embed content
Snapchat has relied on people consuming content on its own app. But now, the social network is allowing websites to embed public content including Lenses, Spotlight videos, Public Stories, and Public Profiles….
KTSM News – Crash involving pedestrian shuts down I-10 West near UTEP
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Police are responding to a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian along Interstate 10 near UTEP, they reported in an alert sent out to media. The…
Tech Crunch – FTX execs blew through $8B; testimony reveals how
Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations, endorsement deals and even a sports stadium, according to testimony from…
Yard Barker – Tennessee QB Joe Milton has earned the respect of Nick Saban and Alabama
Hendon Hooker was good for the Volunteers. The guy who replaced him — redshirt senior Joe Milton III — is just as good, though. That is, at least, according to the head…
Tech Crunch – India’s Agnikul gets $26.7M to prepare for commercial space launches
Agnikul, an Indian space tech startup developing small-lift launch vehicles, has raised $26.7 million in fresh investment as it looks to begin commercial launches using its customizable satellite rocket. Companies — from…