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It’s the end of an era. Microsoft is shutting down Skype on May 5 and replacing it with the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers www.theverge.com/news/621353/...

Over 2,000 Technicolor India artists left jobless as firm stops operations, offers no clarity on pay www.moneycontrol.com/entertainmen...

Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa — Alexa+ It will be available in the US in the next few weeks for $19.99/month standalone or free for Amazon Prime members www.theverge.com/news/619755/...

At Cred, a stellar resume with top-notch skills aren’t enough to land you a job. You will also need a credit score of 750+ "If you are building products that are going to drive responsible financial behaviour, we have to live it first" says Kunal Shah www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨 Scoop: Google is restructuring its government affairs and public policy function in India, a move aimed at strengthening its capabilities in a market critical to its future growth strategy, particularly in the area of artificial intelligence www.moneycontrol.com/technology/g...

ICYMI over the weekend 👇 Meta to build engineering teams in India with new Bengaluru office www.moneycontrol.com/technology/m...

Skill gaming firms Games24x7, A23, and Junglee Games are taking Tamil Nadu to court over the state's new rules for the real-money gaming industry These firms are seeking a stay on the implementation of the rules among other things. www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

Delta Corp is selling Deltatech Gaming, which operates online poker site Adda52, to Head Digital Works for ~Rs 491 crore Head Digital Works operates online rummy & poker platforms under the A23 brand www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨 PhonePe finally begins its IPO process with plans to list on Indian exchanges www.moneycontrol.com/technology/p...

🚨 India has ordered blocking of 119 apps on Google Play Store, majority from China and Hong Kong, marking the latest wave of app bans in the country www.moneycontrol.com/technology/i...

NEWSY: The White House confirms tonight that Elon Musk is NOT the administrator of DOGE and is not even technically part of it. He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New: Pocket FM parent firm expands into webcomics with Pocket Toons, an AI-first comics platform It will release 3 episodes per comic each day www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

Grok going retro? 🤔

Reddit is opening an office in Bengaluru as part of its efforts to enter the Indian market The company is building out a team that can help deliver culturally relevant local experiences in the country Story - www.moneycontrol.com/technology/r...

🎬 Disney+ Hotstar has been rebranded as JioHotstar, as JioStar brings together JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar 👉 Existing JioCinema & Disney+ Hotstar subscribers will be able to transition & set up their JioHotstar subscriptions 👉 New plans start at Rs 149/3 months

Dreams shattered, careers in limbo after two and a half years' wait: Inside Infosys trainee layoffs www.moneycontrol.com/technology/d...

🚆Bengaluru Metro has become the most expensive transit service in India after increasing its maximum fare by 50%, from Rs 60 to Rs 90, effective February 9. www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/t...

Amazon MX Player bets on shoppable videos, which let viewers shop or add products to their cart while watching content, to drive growth It also plans to leverage Gen AI to help brands quickly create images & videos for their ads www.moneycontrol.com/technology/a...

Krafton is partnering with Kuku FM to expand the BGMI universe with the launch of an audiobook called BGMI: Lone Survivor www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says he is confident India & other emerging markets will become substantial businesses for the audio streaming service in the long term Spotify reported its first full year of profitability in 2024 yesterday www.moneycontrol.com/technology/s...

🚨Snapchat parent elevates Ajit Mohan as chief business officer He will be responsible for growing Snap's ad business across all regions & leading the social media company's revenue product & business operations organisations www.moneycontrol.com/technology/s...

🚨Netflix bets on high-profile shows, films to attract Indian consumers amid rising competition The service has unveiled its 2025 lineup of movies & TV series for the Indian market. It includes 25 titles, including new releases & returning shows www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🖥️Zomato has deployed 1,000 of Macs across their workforce to foster innovation: Apple CFO Kevan Parekh Also, how Apple performed in India in the Dec-ended quarter 👇

New: Nazara Tech's Nodwin to acquire StarLadder for Rs 46.75 crore to ramp up esport events www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨Meta to pour hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure as Mark Zuckerberg shrugs off DeepSeek threat 👉Llama 4 with natively multimodal & agentic capabilities coming soon. 👉Meta AI aims to reach 1 billion users in 2025 www.moneycontrol.com/technology/m...

Wow! Nvidia's $465 billion DeepSeek rout is largest in market history www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

Meta is testing ads on Threads with a handful of brands in the United States and Japan

🚨Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is hiking its capex to $60B-$65B & growing it's AI teams significantly for a big AI push in 2025 Also in the works is an AI engineer that will contribute code to its R&D efforts Story - www.moneycontrol.com/technology/m...

🚨 Relief for Meta in India NCLAT stays CCI's antitrust order over WhatsApp's user data sharing with Meta www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines....

🚨 Netflix added a record 18.9M subscribers in Q4 to go past the 300M subscriber mark 👉 Largest-ever subscriber gain in its history, higher than the COVID boost in 2020 👉 Live Sports (Tyson-Paul boxing, NFL) & Squid Game 2 among biggest drivers www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

ONDC, Ola, Magicpin to meet NRAI as row over Swiggy, Zomato's private-label practices escalates www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨 IMP: Nazara Tech secures Rs 495 Cr funding from an entity setup by CaratLane co-founder Mithun Sacheti & Plutus Wealth founder Arpit Khandelwal Sacheti & Khandelwal-led entities have announced an open offer to acquire another 26% stake in the firm www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨 TikTok and CapCut’s apps have started to shut down in the US, telling users, ‘you can’t use TikTok for now’ due to the ban It expects a resolution under President-elect Trump who is taking tomorrow www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24...

One of the most popular forms of entertainment in the U.S. is now inaccessible with a notification that specifically praises Trump as its only hope and savior.

Trump is 100 percent gonna charge Bytedance a broker’s fee on the inevitable sale

🚨New: Will TikTok ‘go dark' in US after Jan 19, or will it receive a last-min reprieve? That's the question on everyone's mind, with no clear answer right now For TikTok, it could evoke a sense of déjà vu after a similar ban in India in 2020 Story - www.moneycontrol.com/technology/b...

🚨 Bengaluru Metro rides are set to get costlier in the coming days BMRCL board has approved a proposal to increase metro fares in the city from Jan 20. The last fare revision was done in 2017 www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/a...

🎶Disney+Hotstar will be livestreaming Coldplay's Ahmedabad concert on Jan 26

It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Apple launches Apple Store mobile app in India ahead of offline retail expansion www.moneycontrol.com/technology/a...

🚨IMP: Pocket FM is laying off about 75 employees amid a push for profitability This is the 2nd round of layoffs at Pocket FM in the past 6 months Story - www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

🚨Google Pay VP Ambarish Kenghe, one of the prominent leaders for Google in India, is leaving the company after a stint of nearly 7 years. www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

US Consulate in Bengaluru: Site dedication ceremony on January 17 www.moneycontrol.com/news/busines...

Thindi Beedhi (Food Street) in VV Puram is quite packed even at this time.

Youngest ever Chess champion!

Google Maps is expanding the free usage limits for its developer offerings globally, including in India, starting in March 2025. The move comes a few months after Google slashed Google Maps Platform pricing in India by up to 70% www.moneycontrol.com/technology/g...