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Dunzo may only be able to secure $30-40 million in new funding, and that, too, with strings attached. The funding will come with onerous terms in favour of existing investors on liquidity preference, people aware of the matter said. A board meeting is expected to be held at the end of the week to approve the funding. To secure this much needed cash, Dunzo has also proposed to reduce its burn to $300,000 a month with a smaller team of just around 200, sources aware of the plans said. Until September, the cash-strapped company had a monthly burn rate of about $600,000. At the start of the year, Dunzo had more than 1,000 employees but has since undertaken three rounds of layoffs.

Amazon.com on Monday said it will invest up to $4 billion in cash in the high-profile startup Anthropic, in its effort to compete with growing cloud rivals on artificial intelligence. Amazon's employees and cloud customers will gain early access to technology from Anthropic as part of the deal, which they can infuse into their businesses. The San Francisco-based startup also committed to rely primarily on Amazon's cloud services, including training its future AI models on large quantities of proprietary chips it would buy from the online retailing and computing giant.

Todd Matshikiza through a colourful doodle. Created by South African artist Keith Vlahakis, the cartoon commemorates the maestro’s masterpiece the cantata ‘Uxolo’ (meaning peace) was played by the orchestra at the Johannesburg Festival on September 25, 1956.

Bard — Google's competitor to ChatGPT — got an upgrade. One interesting new feature, called Bard Extensions, allows the artificial intelligence chatbot to connect to a user's Gmail, Google Docs and Google Drive accounts.

The work ID, long used for gaining entry to the office, now has a new job: tracking how long people stay. Bosses are stepping up office surveillance this fall, vowing to use regular reports from badge systems to determine how many people are adhering to the return-to-work policy. Facebook parent Meta Platforms told employees in August that managers will review badge data monthly to assess whether those assigned to an office are meeting a requirement to spend at least three days a week in-person; repeated violations could result in disciplinary action, including termination.

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Sunday the country expected to receive investment of at least $5 billion from Tesla, Google and Microsoft. «Tesla would be looking into an EV manufacturing facility, Microsoft and Google are looking at data centres,» he said, without detailing whether the $5 billion was expected to be a combined investment or made individually by each company.

Also Read: Google Doodle celebrates Saudi Arabia National Day with a special illustration Meanwhile, her most notable legacy was founding the country’s first women's football team, the GFC (Gruppo Femminile Calcistico). This act undoubtedly broke down gender barriers during a time when official sports were mostly played by men.

Google is adding a useful «Select all» button to Gmail on Android, allowing users to clean up their inbox more easily and quickly. According to 9to5Google, Gmail for Android will start showing a «Select all» button when users start selecting multiple emails at once. This feature has been available on Gmail's web app for quite some time, but has never been available on mobile devices.

Robert Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, with charges of bribery and extortion. The indictment alleges that Senator Menendez wielded his considerable influence to assist three individuals and the Egyptian government in exchange for lavish bribes.

Indus Appstore Developer Platform for free in the first year, with a nominal annual fee applying afterward. Notably, there are no platform fees or commissions for In-App Payments, allowing developers to integrate their preferred payment gateways. Akash Dongre, CPO and Co-Founder of Indus Appstore, highlighted the potential of the Indian smartphone market, with over one billion expected users by 2026.

Google and Apple, digital payments major PhonePe is opening its Indus Appstore to other Android developers. The company on Saturday announced the launch of the Indus Appstore Developer Platform, which will be free for developers for the first year, after which a nominal annual fee will apply.

Mercedes Benz convertible, gifted by one of the businessmen, were also found. Prosecutors said they had evidence showing that around the time he and his wife received the gold bars, Menendez searched Google to find out how much they were worth.

Garena Free Fire Max is a revamped version of Garena Free Fire. It debuted in 2021 and became popular after the ban of the former by the Indian government. Developers of the game keep updating these codes daily.

Oracle Corp agreed to prepay $104.1 million for processor chips made by startup Ampere Computing, according to Oracle's proxy statement filed on Friday. Oracle also invested $400 million in Ampere through a convertible note in its fiscal 2023, the proxy said.

MotoGP apologizes for showing distorted map of India ahead of inauguration of Bharat 2023 round In view of the popular event being conducted in the city, Noida Traffic Police has imposed some restrictions on traffic movement. Here's what you should know about the latest traffic advisory. Noida Police has now amended its earlier advisory banning the movement of goods carriers on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and Yamuna Expressway.

Google Cloud’s BigQuery service just added 11 blockchains networks to its data warehouse, according to a September 21 blog post. The new networks include Avalanche, Arbitrum, Cronos, Ethereum Görli testnet, Fantom, Near, Optimism, Polkadot, Polygon mainnet, Polygon Mumbai testnet, and Tron.

Microsoft came one step closer Friday to completing its $69 billion purchase of the video game-maker Activision Blizzard, in a deal that has become an example of how a company can successfully ride out stricter regulatory scrutiny of the power of tech giants. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority, the last remaining agency that must sign off before Microsoft can complete the acquisition, said the companies took action that «substantially addresses» remaining antitrust concerns. The regulator initially tried to block the deal, saying it would undercut competition, but reversed course after Microsoft agreed not to purchase a part of Activision's business associated with so-called cloud gaming, a small but promising new area for the industry.

DuckDuckGo Gabriel Weinberg said in federal court. On Thursday, Weinberg spoke in court during the government's antitrust trial involving Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. The Department of Justice says that Google pays over $10 billion annually to other tech companies, phone manufacturers, and wireless service providers.

Garena Free Fire Max is a revamped version of Garena Free Fire. It debuted in 2021 and became popular after the ban of the former by the Indian government. Developers of the game keep updating these codes daily.

TikTok. YouTube says it had taken the feedback of around 3,000 creators in designing the new app.