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Hey Get some ☕ and read Chai - the newsletter by NextBigWhat that brings you fresh, curated short new [NextBigWhat]( NextBigWhat [@nextbigwhat]( Hey Get some ☕ and read [Chai]( - the newsletter by NextBigWhat that brings you fresh, curated short news that will make you better in your work. [Social media influencer/model created from AI lands 100 sponsorships]( [Social media influencer/model created from AI lands 100 sponsorships]( Meet Rozy. The reason for the popularity of virtual humans is that there is no fear that advertisements will be suspended due to unsavory privacy scandals after the AI model is selected as the advertising model. [nextbigwhat.com]( [Most Covid misinformation emerges from India, internet responsible for 90% of it, study says]( India generates the maximum amount of misinformation on Covid-19 across the world, according to a new study. A researcher from the University of Alberta in Canada, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, analysed 9,657 pieces of misinformation on coronavirus originating from 138 countries for his study. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Bengaluru most sought after hub for GCCs in India: Nasscom report]( Bengaluru is the most sought-after destination for global capability centres across verticals in India, with a presence of over 31% GCCs, followed by the national capital region, according to a Nasscom report titled ‘GCC India Landscape: 2021 & Beyond. Engineering and research & development is leading the growth story of GCCs in India with a 55% market share as digital technologies create new sources of revenue for ER&D GCCs to cater to the local customer base and develop engineering capabilities. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Over ₹900 cr credited to bank accounts of 2 school boys in Bihar: Report]( Much to their surprise, two boys from Bihar’s Pastiya village found out that their bank accounts have been credited with ₹900 crore, Livehindustan reported on Wednesday. The boys hold the account in Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [TCS valued at almost $200 billion, closer to US-listed peer Accenture with $216 billion]( This gets the company closer to its US-listed IT peer Accenture with a $216 billion market capitalisation. In the Indian market, TCS is the second largest valued company after Reliance Industries, which is valued at $205 billion as on September 15. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [After selling their previous startup to Quikr, Zefo founders are building an OYO for hospitals]( After selling their used furniture ecommerce platform to online classifieds firm Quikr three years ago, the founders of Zefo have now brought in a unique healthtech offering to help digitise private hospitals and manage their operations. The company started its journey with five-six hospitals in Chandigarh to aggressively test out its offering and expanded to another fifteen hospitals around the second wave of COVID-19 in April-May 2021.The company now wants to expand its services to six cities by the end of 2022. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Wipro bags multi-year contract from Malaysia-based Maxis Broadband]( Bengaluru-based IT services major Wipro has secured a multi-year contract from Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Maxis Broadband, a converged solutions provider. Wipro will enable new ways of working for application development and testing services and provide state of the art cybersecurity services for Maxis.. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Over 40 million pre-registrations for PUBG: New State]( South Korean gaming firm Krafton has announced that it has received more than 40 million pre-registrations for its upcoming battle royale title – PUBG: New State. “We’re now focused on taking the valuable feedback we received during PUBG: NEW STATE’s Second Alpha Test and polishing the game before its official launch later this year. We are devoting all our resources to ensuring PUBG: NEW STATE meets the expectations of our fans, both in terms of entertainment and stability.” [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Ola Electric S1 e-scooters worth ₹600 crore sold in a single day]( Ola Electric has reported a mammoth response to its decision to open purchase window for its S1 and S1 Pro range of electric scooters. CEO Bhavish Aggarwal took to Twitter to announce that Ola Electric had sold e-scooters worth ₹600 crore in a day since Wednesday when the purchase window was opened online. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Fake vaccination certificate available on Telegram Rs 5500: Check Point]( Fake vaccine certificates are available online on the chat app Telegram at a price of around $75 or about Rs 5,500 each, according to research by Check Point Research. “Vendors are choosing to advertise and do business on Telegram because Telegram is less technical to use compared to the Darknet, allowing them to reach an inordinate amount of people, fast,” said Oded Vanunu, Head of Products Vulnerability Research, Check Point Software Technologies. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [General Motors extends EV Bolt production halt to mid-October]( GeneralMotors Co said on Thursday it will extend a shutdown of a Michigan assembly plant to mid-October following a new recall of its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles over battery issues after 12 reported fires. GM said the additional three-week production halt at its Bolt plant comes as it continues “To work with our supplier to update manufacturing processes.” [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Amazon, Microsoft swoop in on $24 billion deposit of farm-data in India]( With the project, Modi is seeking to usher in long-due reforms to make over a farm sector that employs almost half of the nation’s 1.3 billion people and contributes about a fifth of Asia’s third-biggest economy. For global firms, it’s a stab at India’s agritech industry, which Ernst & Young estimates to have the potential to reach about $24 billion in revenue by 2025, with the current penetration being only 1%. It’s also a chance to deploy networks, artificial intelligence and machine learning in a developing country, while for e-commerce firms such as Amazon and Reliance, securing a steady stream of farm produce could help crack a groceries market that accounts for more than half of the $1 trillion in annual retail spending by Indians. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Fintech apps are catching them young]( “YPay card is a smarter and easier way for teenagers to make cashless transactions by also having parental control. To use the card, parents get their KYC done and log into the app and activate it. After that by using net banking, UPI, credit or debit card, they can top up,” said Navneet Gupta, founder and chief executive officer of YPay. Mobile apps provide the option to set limits and track spending of their children. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Facebook knows Instagram harms teens. Now, its plan to open the app to kids looks worse than ever]( Of research participants who experienced suicidal thoughts, 13% of British teens and 6% of American teens directly linked their interest in killing themselves to Instagram. Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Kathy Castor, and Lori Trahan sent Facebook their own letter demanding that the company walk away from its plan to launch Instagram for kids. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Manufacturing firms lost $4.99 mn due to cyber breaches in 2020]( The average breach in the manufacturing sector in 2020 cost enterprises $4.99 million, while the timeframe to contain the same was at an average of 220 days, according to a report by data security company Varonis. The study found that every employee could access 6 million files on an average at the first day of the job, while one out 5 files were accessible to anybody in the organisation, smaller companies had unfettered access to almost 1 out of every 4 files. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Dassault Systemes joins Atal Innovation Mission to promote Indian startups]( NITI Aayog backed initiative for innovation and entrepreneurship, Atal Innovation Mission, has signed a statement of intent with French software corporation Dassault Systemes. “This initiative will open a new window for select Indian startups as they get access to the Dassault Systemes global startup ecosystem – their accelerator programme, and a chance to connect with peers, industry experts, engineers, designers and be a part of the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, which I must say I am very excited about because of its ability to accelerate startups and with community worldwide,” Dr Chintan Vaishnav, mission director of AIM, said in a statement. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [WhatsApp will soon have built-in business directories]( Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has started testing a new business directory feature within its mobile application. The capability will help users of the service find businesses in their area – active through a separate WhatsApp Business app – and connect with them for products or services, Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp, said in a tweet. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( [Cabinet Clears Government Guarantee Of Rs 30,600 Crore For Bad Bank]( Union Cabinet has approved bank guarantee for bad bank. The National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited will receive Central Government’s guarantee of up to Rs 30,600 crore for supporting its security receipts. [chai.nextbigwhat.com]( Did you enjoy this issue? [Yes]( [No]( [NextBigWhat]( NextBigWhat [@nextbigwhat]( #ChaiNews: News over chai. Short and Crispy! If you don't want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe [here](. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe [here](. Created with [Revue by Twitter](. Bangalore, India.