Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, cuts startup valuation to $8.4 billion

May 30, 2023

Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, has yet again cut the valuation of its holding in the Bengaluru-based startup, this time to about $8.4 billion, even as the most Indian valuable startup continues to raise capital at a better price. Blackrock cut the value of Byju’s share by 62% in the quarter ending March this […]

Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, cuts startup valuation to $8.4 billion by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

First they worked in tandem, now they’re in an e-bike patent suit

May 30, 2023

Grenoble-based eBikeLabs, a French startup that has been working on embedded software for electric bikes, is suing Cowboy for patent infringement and, more generally, copying eBikeLabs’ technology in its latest feature, AdaptivePower. Cowboy, the Belgian electric bike manufacturer, has refuted all the allegations and even said that eBikeLabs is running a smear campaign. There have […]

First they worked in tandem, now they’re in an e-bike patent suit by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

How to talk about AI (even if you don’t know much about AI)

May 30, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Everyone is talking about AI, it seems. But if you feel overwhelmed or uncertain about what the hell people are talking about, don’t worry. I’ve got you. I asked some of the…

A popular Android app began secretly spying on its users months after it was approved on Google Play

May 29, 2023

A cybersecurity firm says a popular Android screen recording app that racked up tens of thousands of downloads on Google’s app store subsequently began spying on its users, including by stealing microphone recordings and other documents from the user’s phone. Research by ESET found that the Android app, “iRecorder — Screen Recorder,” introduced the malicious […]

A popular Android app began secretly spying on its users months after it was approved on Google Play by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch