SBM Bank India, building BaaS platform, seeks funding at $200 million valuation • TC

The Indian arm of SBM Bank, one of the banks that has aggressively worked with fintech startups in the South Asian market, is engaging with investors to raise capital and…

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Accacia tackles the real estate industry’s massive carbon emissions problem • TC

The real estate and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions, and part of solving the climate crisis is fixing how those industries work. Accacia gives large property…

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Two neurosurgeons weigh in on the feasibility of Musk’s brain implant and its potential- Technology News, FP

Mehul Reuben DasDec 05, 2022 18:32:26 ISTElon Musk’s new brain-computer interface company Neuralink has the potential to revolutionise tech as we know it. While the brain-computer interface has been around…

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Twitter is leaning too much on machine-based content moderation. Here’s why this is problematic- Technology News, FP

Mehul Reuben DasDec 05, 2022 16:27:49 ISTTwitter has taken a new approach to content moderation, which might not be that fruitful. While the platform has dealt with child pornography and…

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After moving its production facilities, Apple plans to diversify its supply chains outside of China- Technology News, FP

Mehul Reuben DasDec 05, 2022 14:04:08 ISTApple, along with most tech companies that relied on China for the manufacturing of their devices, had started to move a portion of their…

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Elon Musk is set to get two of Twitter’s biggest advertisers back, weeks after multiple brands paused Twitter ads – Technology News, FP

Mehul Reuben DasDec 05, 2022 12:10:03 ISTElon Musk and his team at Twitter have finally started to steer the ship in the right direction it seems. Weeks after multiple brands…

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San Francisco Police can now kill high-risk suspects using robots- Technology News, FP

Mehul Reuben DasDec 02, 2022 18:40:07 ISTAs developed as the United States of America is, it has its own share of gun violence and mass shootings to deal with. However,…

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India won’t enforce market share cap on UPI until 2025 in a win for Google and Walmart • TC

India won’t enforce a cap on the market share for players operating on the homegrown payments network until December 31, 2024 in a surprising move that analysts say is a…

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India’s KreditBee raises $80 million from Azim Premji’s Premji Invest, Motilal Oswal Alternates, among others • TC

The digital loans business in India has been the subject of a lot of controversy, not least for over-predatory and un-transparent practices, yet that’s existed alongside the rise of a…

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