Indian edtech giant Byju’s raises $250 million, on track to close another $700 million

May 12, 2023

Byju’s has raised $250 million in fresh funding and is close to securing an additional $700 million, two people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the Indian edech giant builds up its war chest ahead of the highly-anticipated IPO of its subsidiary Aakash. The New York-headquartered investment firm Davidson Kempner has invested $250 million […]

Indian edtech giant Byju’s raises $250 million, on track to close another $700 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Linda Yaccarino leaves NBCUniversal, adding fuel to the Twitter CEO fire

May 12, 2023

Linda Yaccarino, the woman hotly tipped as the next CEO of Twitter, has not made any statements confirming or denying the rumors. But she is definitely open to work: today, NBCUniversal, where she had been the chairman of its advertising and partnerships group, announced that she is leaving the company, effective immediately. “It has been […]

Linda Yaccarino leaves NBCUniversal, adding fuel to the Twitter CEO fire by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

3 Game-Changing Stocks to Buy This Week

May 12, 2023
The video gaming industry is well-positioned to see considerable long-term growth, driven by the increasing popularity of online gaming, the rise of esports, technological proliferation in software and hardware, and…

Reddit will allow users to upload NSFW images from desktop

May 12, 2023

Reddit announced Thursday that it will now allow users to upload NSFW images from desktops in adult communities. The feature was already available on the social network’s mobile app. The company made the announcement on the r/modnews subreddit, saying that this step will bring feature parity across platforms. “This now gives us feature parity with […]

Reddit will allow users to upload NSFW images from desktop by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature

May 12, 2023

TikTok has upended how music is discovered, used and consumed these days; now, its long-term effort to build a business around that is getting a boost. The Bytedance-owned app today announced a search feature called “NewMusic”, which users can use to find new tracks, and artists can use to promote them. To see new music […]

TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: open vs closed AI, and Google’s uneasy demo

May 12, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The open-source AI boom is built on Big Tech’s handouts. How long will it last? Last week a leaked memo reported to have been written by Luke Sernau, a senior engineer at Google,…

Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade

May 12, 2023

Toyota Japan has apologized after admitting to leaving millions of customers’ vehicle details on the public internet for a decade. The car maker said in a notice that it will notify about 2.15 million customers whose personal and vehicle information were left exposed to the internet after a “cloud misconfiguration” was discovered recently in April. […]

Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch