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Byju’s said on Thursday it has acquired California-headquartered Tynker, a leading coding platform for K-12 students, the latest in a series of major purchases as the Indian edtech giant attempts to aggressively expand to international markets. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, but a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that…

BOSTON, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Political, economic, social, and technological factors are all elevating the need for end-to-end food traceability and transparency, and the COVID-19 pandemic served as a force multiplier, according to new insight from Lux Research, a leading provider of tech-enabled research and innovation advisory services. While there is an abundance of reasons…

LONDON, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) (IGT) – Get International Game Technology PLC Report announced today that it won the “Technology Provider of the Year” award and the “Lottery Product of the Year” award in the 2021 International Gaming Awards. In its 14th year, the International Gaming Awards is a global…

Pine Labs said on Thursday it has raised an additional $100 million, just weeks after securing $600 million in a financing round, as the Asian merchant commerce platform begins to explore the public markets. The U.S.-based investment management company Invesco Developing Markets Fund made the $100 million investment, the startup said in a statement. Pine…

Exicure, Inc. ® (XCUR) – Get Exicure, Inc. Report, a pioneer in gene regulatory and immunotherapeutic drugs utilizing spherical nucleic acid (SNA™) technology, today announced participation in the following scientific conferences during the month of September: TIDES USA 2021Poster presentation: “Biodistribution of Spherical Nucleic Acids in the Rat CNS Following ICM and IT Delivery”September 20…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Amazon has raised its average starting wage in the U.S. to more than $18 an hour as it looks to hire more workers to handle its warehouse and transportation operations, Reuters reported on Tuesday, a move that comes at a time when the e-commerce giant faces a tight…

Doccla, a healthtech startup with a platform that can monitor patients on hospital wards and in the home, has secured a $3.3 million Seed funding round, led by Giant Ventures and Speedinvest. The company allows hospitals to predict when beds will be freed up by monitoring patients remotely via wearable medical devices, thus helping to…

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has yet another ‘Big Tech’ GDPR probe to add to its pile: The regulator said yesterday it has opened two investigations into video sharing platform TikTok. The first covers how TikTok handles children’s data, and whether it complies with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation. The DPC also said it will examine…

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday it fined Google $177 million for abusing its market dominance in the Android operating system (OS) market. The U.S. tech company has restricted market competition by prohibiting local smartphone makers like Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics from customizing their Android OS, through Google’s anti-fragmentation agreements (AFA),…

Helsinki-based VC Maki.vc is poised to reach the final close of its second fund at €100 million, with the aim to invest in seed-stage startups across Europe. The first investments from the new fund include UK-based Baseimmune (antigen discovery and vaccine design), Volare (Foodtech), and PixieRay (adaptive eyeglasses). Maki.vc’s initial ticket sizes range from €250,000…