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Licious, a Bangalore-based startup selling fresh meat and seafood online, has raised $ 192 million in a new round of funding to expand its presence beyond the South Asian market. The new round – a Series F – was led by Singapore’s investment firm Temasek and Multiples Private Equity. The round that increases the six-year-old … Read more
Three major forest fires destroyed several homes and forced mountain communities to evacuate in Northern California, where hundreds of firefighters battled the flames in triple-digit heat on Thursday. (2nd July)
Sir Richard Branson could visit space before Jeff Bezos. Virgin Galactic has announced that it will open the flight window for SpaceShipTwo Unity’s next rocket-powered test flight on July 11th, more than a week before Blue Origin’s first tourist flight is scheduled to take off on July 20th with Bezos on board. The Unity 22 … Read more
Toni Townes-Whitley (left) and Kate Johnson. (Microsoft and UPS photos) Microsoft’s US President Kate Johnson and Toni Townes-Whitley, President of the US Government and Regulated Industries, are leaving the company. The company confirmed both exits and said a search for Townes-Whitley’s replacements was ongoing. Deb Cupp takes over the management of the US subsidiary of … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden paid their respects at the memorial site for the victims of the building collapse.Credit…Tom Brenner for The New York Times SURFSIDE, Fla. — President Biden on Thursday offered impassioned remarks in a hotel ballroom filled with the families of some of … Read more
Hepsiburada – Turkey’s giant online shopping platform considered the Amazon of their country – is floating on Nasdaq today, with a valuation of likely $ 3.9 billion according to current forecasts, particularly with stocks trading as high as $ 14 -Dollars per item are marked (compared to the previously forecast $ 12). . But for … Read more
The ruling will limit the ability of minorities to challenge government laws that they believe are discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act. The votes in this case are 6: 3 and break along conservative-liberal ideological lines. Judge Samuel Alito gave the majority opinion. The court upheld two provisions of Arizona law. The first provision states … Read more
In three weeks, you’ll be able to play the remastered pixel versions of the first three Final Fantasy games. Square Enix has announced that the remasters of Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III will be available on July 28th for PC via Steam and on July 29th for Android and iOS. You … Read more
A senior US official suggested on Wednesday that people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are likely to be protected against the Delta variant. US surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNBC that data shows that the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot – a “cousin” of the J&J – is highly effective against the variant first identified … Read more
Tents line a street in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) The group driving the Compassion Seattle electoral measure, which aims to revise city policy in relation to its ongoing homelessness crisis, will turn in more than 60,000 signatures Thursday to qualify the measure for the November election. Supporters of the initiative will need … Read more