The DOJ charges AI shopping app Nate's ex-CEO, Albert Saniger, with fraud, alleging the app relies heavily on workers in the Philippines; Nate had raised $50M+
#RIPNate Paul Rietschka / @prietschka : Can't wait until more and more of the ‘agentic’ revolution turns out to be (1) just ‘500 employees in Hyderabad,’ and (2) has some high-profile failures where ‘...
Sources: Apple will begin producing AirPods in India for the first time around Q1, 2025; a Foxconn unit is already making AirPods on a trial basis in Hyderabad
- Partner Foxconn to begin making the product near Hyderabad — Apple is diversifying its manufacturing network beyond China
Google debuts new Maps features in India to help users easily navigate though flyovers and narrow roads, says it built an AI model specifically for Indian roads
check full list here Yamini C S / Hindustan Times : Google Maps to introduce narrow road alerts, flyover guidance in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, other cities: Report NDTV : Google Maps To Alert For Road Wid...
Amazon partners with Bengaluru-based cargo airline QuikJet to launch Amazon Air in India, to deliver goods initially in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Hyderabad-based Keka, which helps automate payroll, recruiting, and more, raised a $57M Series A from WestBridge Capital
Kul Bhushan / Entrackr :
Google starts building a 3.3M-square-foot campus on a 7.3-acre site in Hyderabad, India, which will be its largest campus outside the Mountain View headquarters
The New Indian Express :
Google begins work on a new campus spread over a 7.3 acre site in Hyderabad, India, which will be its largest campus outside its headquarters in Mountain View
The new campus prioritises sustainability and energy-efficiency throughout its design. Upon commissioning,
Hyderabad-based Darwinbox, which offers cloud-based HR management software, raises a $72M Series D led by TCV at a $1B+ valuation
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
A look at the aggressive recovery methods used by dodgy loan apps plaguing the Play Store in India; Google doesn't say how many apps it recently removed
where 800 such apps shutdown & now it's India. https://twitter.com/... Varsha Bansal / @varshaabansal : Finding these apps isn't hard. A search of instant loan on Play Store will pull up 100s of optio...
Facebook moderators in India, working for a third-party contractor, say they felt pressured to return to the office this summer, even as the pandemic surged
when Covid-19 cases were surging in the country 1/4 https://restofworld.org/... Nilesh Christopher / @nilchristopher : IMPORTANT: When covid cases were surging, third-party FB moderators employed by I...