Monthly Archives: January 2023

India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Suneeta Kohli, a female Uber driver in New Delhi, had her account suddenly disabled one evening while she was en route to pick up a rider in a southern part of the capital city. “I was reaching the destination, but … Continue reading →

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BMW continues its love affair with EVs, backing this Bulgarian startup’s $13M A-round

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Electric vehicle charging management systems are usually end-to-end solutions for managing EV charging operations, billing, energy, drivers, and even fleets. This means EV charging service providers can optimize the monetization of their operations. A number of players have proliferated over … Continue reading →

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Multiple Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Xbox Live suffer outage

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Scores of Microsoft services including Teams, Xbox Live, Outlook and Microsoft 365 suite are inaccessible to thousands of users around the globe. Microsoft has acknowledged the outage, and said it’s working on a fix. According to DownDetector, a popular tool … Continue reading →

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Speaking for myself, it sounds rather cumbersome — having to plop on a headset to browse for, say, trousers as opposed to click through a few galleries. … Continue reading →

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Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

In another flip-flop move, Twitter says that it will now remember the feed — the algorithmic “For You” or chronological “Following” — its users have chosen on the web. This change will give relief to many who had complained that … Continue reading →

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Dubai-based accounting and financial compliance startup, Wafeq, raises $3M

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

In 2016, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states signed the Value Added Tax (VAT) agreement paving way for the introduction of the general levy on consumption across the region. The United Arabs Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia became the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s forecast suggests gloomy tech environment will continue

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Microsoft’s business weakened in December. Now it expects those patterns to continue to play out through March, including in its critical Azure cloud.

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BlockFi secret financials show a $1.2 billion relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Financial documents that were mistakenly uploaded from bankrupt crypto firm BlockFi show a $1.2 billion relationship with FTX and Alameda Research.

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Tesla plans to spend $3.6 billion more on battery and truck manufacturing in Nevada

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Tesla said in a statement that its expanding facilities in Nevada will include a 100 GWh battery cell factory and high-volume factory to manufacture the Semi.

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Big factories, big trucks and big Musk: Tesla Q4 earnings expectations

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Techme101

Tesla’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 earnings are upon us, and with it expectations from Wall Street for the electric vehicle maker to hit revenue for the quarter of $24.03 billion and adjusted earnings per share to land around $1.13, according … Continue reading →

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