Chan Zuckerberg Initiative backs Indian education startup Eruditus in $113 million fundraise
Mumbai-based Eruditus, which works with top universities globally to offer more than 100 executive-level courses to students in over 80 nations, said on Monday it has raised $113 million in a new financing round as it looks to further scale its business to reach more learners.
The Series D financin
Some of the brightest minds in Europe are joining us at Disrupt
technewss Disrupt is right around the corner. And this year, we're trying something different — we're taking Disrupt virtual. That's why we're excited to announce that we used this opportunity to invite a slate of incredible European speakers to join technewss on our virtual sta
TikTok parent ByteDance says it will ‘strictly follow’ China export controls
While Beijing has repeatedly spoken out against Washington’s pressure on Huawei, it has remained relatively quiet amid TikTok’s recent struggles in the U.S. As the red-hot video app approaches a final sale in the U.S., however, the Chinese authority moved unexpectedly to make the deal m
YC startup SockSoho is using data science in a bid to become the ‘Uniqlo of India’
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SockSoho is a direct-to-consumer brand that aspires to become the “Uniqlo of India.” The company launched sales 10 months ago,
Twitter flags Republican leader’s video as ‘manipulated’ for altering disabled activist’s words
Twitter flagged an inflammatory video by House Republican Whip Steve Scalise on Sunday for altering footage of a conversation between progressive activist Ady Barkan and Joe Biden. The video is now labeled as “manipulated media” in a tweet from Scalise, though remains online.
The inflam
The Station: Luminar takes the SPAC path and Voyage lifts the hood on its next-gen robotaxi
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10 Berlin-based VCs discuss how COVID-19 has changed the landscape
A breeding ground for European entrepreneurs, Berlin has a knack for producing a lot of new startups: the city attracts top international, diverse talent, and it is packed with investors, events and accelerators. Also important: it’s a more affordable place to live and work when compared to m
Reliable Robotics is bringing remote piloting to small cargo planes
Nearly one year ago, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk stealthily made aviation history when it landed at a small airport in Northern California, marking the completion of the first successful remote-piloted flight of a passenger airplane in the United States.
The company behind this milestone in commercial avi
A must-see conversation on the state of VC, this year at Disrupt
On a surface level, the world of venture capital doesn’t look to change much year to year. But in truth, the industry is very much in flux, with many firms grappling with a lack of diversity, dealing with succession questions and confronting a growing pipeline of aging portfolio companies
India’s Reliance Retail to acquire Future Group’s units for $3.4 billion
Reliance Retail, India's largest retail chain, has found a much simpler way to expand its dominant position in the country: Acquire most of the second largest bricks-and-mortar retailer.
On Saturday evening (local Indian time), Reliance Retail said it has reached an agreement with Future Group
Walmart-exclusive TrillerTok will run on Azure, or Oracle, or something
If you can't keep up with the latest rumor mill on TikTok's impending doom acquisition, my suggestion is simple: don't. Or instead, enjoy it for what it is: one of the most absurd bake-off deals in investment banking history.
Walmart and its always low prices are in the fray. Oracle is
Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink’s tech live using pigs with surgically implanted brain-monitoring devices
Elon Musk-founded Neuralink has made headlines over the past many years around its efforts to develop a new kind of interface between the human brain and computing devices. On Friday, the company provided a demo of the technology, and Musk kicked it off by saying that the purpose of the entire pres
Take a closer look at Elon Musk’s Neuralink surgical robot
While the science was front-and-center in Elon Musk’s presentation about Neuralink, his human brain computer inference company, the surgical robot the company debuted made a splash of its own. The rounded polycarbonate sci-fi design of the brain surgeon bot looks like something out of the Por
Daily Crunch: Tesla targeted in ransomware attack
The Justice Department reveals a thwarted malware attack on Tesla, Facebook tests linking your news subscriptions to your social network account and Xiaomi has plans for under-screen cameras. This is your Daily Crunch for August 28, 2020.
The big story: Tesla targeted in ransomware attack