Liquid Dataport and VIPNET Forge Strategic Partnership
Liquid Dataport, is excited to announce its partnership with VIPNET, a privately owned corporate Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Côte d’Ivoire. Through this collaboration, Liquid Dataport will leverage VIPNET’s infrastructure to offer ISPs and Enterprise customers access to Liquid’s complete range of services, including its extensive pan-African network and innovative
Read moreStarlink-rival OneWeb scores approval to launch satellite broadband services in India
OneWeb India, the local subsidiary of low-earth orbit operator Eutelsat OneWeb, has received the necessary approval from the country’s newly created space regulatory body to launch its commercial satellite broadband services in the South Asian nation. The company said Tuesday it’s the first organization to receive authorization from the nodal
Read moreVendelux grabs new capital for B2B event marketing amid in-person resurgence
Vendelux offers 65 million data points on over 160,000 global events, tradeshows and conferences so event marketers can make better decisions about what to attend or sponsor. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMotional and Hyundai to jointly build IONIQ 5 robotaxi in Singapore
Hyundai Motor Group and Motional, the Aptiv-Hyundai joint venture aimed at commercializing autonomous vehicles, announced plans Tuesday to co-develop production-ready versions of the all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxi at the automaker’s new innovation center in Singapore, the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS). Motional will deploy the vehicles as part
Read moreTwelve Below secures $108M across two new funds
Twelve Below aims to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed financings with the goal of earning a 10% to 15% ownership stake in the core investments from the fund. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEU widens scope of food delivery cartel concerns probe
European Union antitrust regulators have carried out another series of raids on two online food delivery companies headquartered inside the bloc. The Commission hasn’t named the companies involved but the move follows unannounced EU inspections back in July 2022 — which were reported to have taken place at the offices
Read moreHashtag Trending Nov.21-ChatGPT thought it was dumb to fire Altman; Microsoft prevails; Over half of tech industry thinks AI is overrated
Even ChatGPT knew that it was a dumb idea to fire Sam Altman. Over 700 OpenAI employees call for board resignation. Microsoft wins big by hiring Altman. And maybe even a couple of other stories. These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending I’m your host Jim Love,
Read moreIndia’s anti-money laundering agency to issue notice to Byju’s
India’s Enforcement Directorate, its crime-fighting agency, plans to issue a show-cause notice to Byju’s, alleging that it violated the nation’s foreign exchange rules, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The allegations, which ED plans to make public as early as Tuesday, will say that the Bengaluru-headquartered startup has
Read moreGoogle admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal
A Google executive said during a testimony in the Epic vs Google trial that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to bypass Play Store fees, as reported by The Verge. Don Harrison, Google’s head of partnership, said that Spotify pays no fees when it processes its own payments
Read moreIndy raises $44 million to simplify taxes and paperwork for freelancers
French startup Indy has recently closed a new funding round of $44 million (€40 million) with BlackFin Capital Partners leading the round. Indy started as an automated accounting platform for freelancers and other self-employed people. But the company has been slowly iterating on its product to become an all-in-one platform
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