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Meta Q1 Results: Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of social media majors Facebook and Instagram announced its first quarter results on April 24. The tech giant reported a significant surge — more than doubling numbers — in its Q1 profit, AP reported. The profit increase was driven by increased advertising revenue and a 6 percent rise in average ad prices on its platforms, it added.

Q4 results today: A total of 38 companies will announce their financial results for the fourth quarter of FY24 today, April 25. Bajaj Finance, Nestle India, Tech Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, L&T Technology Services, Schaeffler India, ACC, MphasiS, Coromandel International, Laurus Labs, Cyient, Jai Balaji Industries, Himadri Speciality Chemical,Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra), Olectra Greentech, Welspun Living, Zensar Technologies, Tanla Platforms, AAVAS Financiers, and UTI Asset Management Company will announce their Q4 results today.

Sensex gained 114.49 points, or 0.16%, to close at 73,852.94, while the Nifty 50 settled 34.40 points, or 0.15%, higher at 22,402.40. “We expect this bullish momentum to continue in the markets. Further, a sharp decline in India’s VIX amid the start of elections indicates lower market volatility in the near term.

database company MongoDB sees a “great opportunity” in India as large banks, airlines and financial services companies here launch AI business models, a top company executive said. Valued at about $30 billion, MongoDB counts Tata Digital, Tata AIG, Canara HSBC Life Insurance, Zomato, Devnagri, Ambee, Inovaare and Observe.AI among its key clients.

Vanilla, a leading estate planning software provider, has enhanced a key piece of its platform to provide a better experience for advisor users.

The Rookie has entered its sixth season with six if its episodes having been released till now while fans await eagerly, the release of its seventh episode. According to Dexerto, the release is going to happen very soon and will continue an LAPD team's journey across the world of crime. Created by Alexi Hawley, this procedural crime drama TV series saw itself becoming a full-fledged franchise when it premiered for the opening season back in 2018, showing the journey of the oldest rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) of the United States. Most importantly, at the start of the first series, it was made clear that The Rookie follows the real-life journey of a rookie cop by the name of William Norcross who joins the LAPD at a ripe-age and as a rookie.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms

President Joe Biden’s signing of legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. runs counter to his campaign’s embrace of the platform and outreach to influencers

Luca Guadagnino, the sports drama has a cast of Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist. With the film releasing at theatres, questions are asked about the movie's premier on OTT streaming platform and digital release.

After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature

TikTok is halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features

Lord of the Rings franchise is expanding its universe with a new game, Tales of the Shire, set to immerse players in the charming world of Hobbits. Here's a comprehensive look at what we know about this upcoming title. Trailers

WABetaInfo on WhatsApp beta for Android, version 2.24.9.28. Although the feature is not available to beta testers at the moment, the tracker indicates that it could be introduced in one of the upcoming updates.

FPIs continue buying cyclicals like capital goods, auto stocks while selling defensives in April Kamath also reposted a message from Sensibull, an options trading platform owned by Zerodha, aimed at assisting traders in grasping the concept of spreads. Here is a brief overview of its post - One significant benefit of employing these strategies lies in the containment of losses. Irrespective of market volatility or unforeseen circumstances like circuit breakers or geopolitical unrest, losses are restricted to a predetermined level.

Amazon.com will let companies use their own generative artificial-intelligence models inside its AI app development platform, part of a package of moves the cloud-computing giant is launching to keep up with its rivals in AI. Amazon Web Services said “tens of thousands" of businesses are using Bedrock, its AI app development platform.

Also Read: From ‘Hua to Hua’ to ‘Inheritance Tax’: 6 remarks by Sam Pitroda that put Congress on the back foot Explaining his take on ‘tax politics’ amid the tax inheritance row, Grover said in a post on social media platform ‘X’, ‘’You need to understand ‘Tax Politics’ in India. 8/140 crore file IT Return. 2/140 crore Indians pay Income Tax.

So.Social has released groundbreaking Web3 social protocols, designed to disrupt centralized Web2 social platforms, creating a new frontier for social interaction. The So.Social Protocols are a decentralized, modular, and human-centric approach to social activity.

Uniswap prices have recently fluctuated wildly, leaving investors wary, while Cardano has seen a sharp 22% drop, causing a stir among its holders. Amid ups and downs, BlockDAG shines brightly with its X100 miner. This revolutionary tool leverages exceptional ASIC technology to offer superior hashing power and energy efficiency, promising high-yield results. As the best crypto platform for stability and growth, BlockDAG sets a new standard for mining investments. Moreover, BlockDAG’s team has raised excitement levels by revealing a teaser for their upcoming keynote video from the moon.

banks to exercise more vigilance when it comes to preventing the misuse of traditional banking channels in enabling unauthorised trading in foreign exchange. The central bank said in a notification on Wednesday that it has come across instances of unauthorised entities offering foreign exchange trading facilities to individuals with promises of disproportionate and exorbitant returns. Upon investigation, the RBI found that in order to facilitate such unauthorized foreign exchange trading, these entities have engaged local agents who then open accounts at different bank branches to collect money for margins, investments, and charges.

edtech platforms to upskill themselves in green technology and sustainability. Edtech firms like Coursera, Emeritus, UpGrad and Terra.do are seeing high enrolment rates for courses related to ESG reporting, climate technology, carbon accounting, lifecycle analyses, etc. There is also an increasing trend of engineers wanting to learn the tech stacks used in the climate tech industry, or product managers learning how to reduce emissions of their digital products.

Speakers Agnija Gailane, product manager for open banking platforms at Nordea, and Piers Marais, global head of product of embedded cross-border solutions at Visa, spoke in the session titled: ‘Data privacy and Consumer Duty - how to improve open banking with API integration’.