India Threats to Twitter 🤔, Ola IPO 📈, Google Breakup 🧐

Catch up on the latest in tech, business and startups - all in 5 minutes. [Newsletter Banner] Daily News Roundup Welcome to today's edition of the NextBigWhat Daily News! Today's top stories include threats from India to Twitter, Ola Electric's upcoming IPO, and EU regulators eyeing Google breakup. 📰 Help us reach your your friends and colleagues! Share the NextBigWhat newsletter. [Tweet it]( [Whatsapp]( 🇮🇳 IndiaTech: Latest tech and startup news. Twitter faced threats from India amid farmers’ protest, claims Jack Dorsey - Twitter co-founder alleges the company received ‘many requests’ from India to block accounts during farmers’ protests. - Dorsey claims threats included shutting down Twitter in India, raiding employees’ homes, and shutting down offices. - Indian Youth Congress and National Students’ Union of India react to the allegations on Twitter. Ola Electric Begins Investor Meetings for Upcoming IPO - Ola Electric discusses stock market listing with investors in Singapore and the US. - Company targets to raise $600 million to $1 billion in IPO, planned for late 2023. - Early investor meetings aim to showcase India’s nascent EV market potential. India’s GDP reaches $3.75 trillion, fifth largest economy - GDP grows from $2 trillion in 2014 to $3.75 trillion in 2023. - India surpasses UK, France, Canada, Russia, and Australia. - Moody’s forecasts 6-6.3% growth for June quarter, lower than RBI’s 8% prediction. Byju’s to Lay Off at Least 1,000 More Employees - Byju’s is looking to cut at least 1,000 more jobs. - Managers have been directed to sack two employees each from the sales and marketing teams of its 280 tuition centres in India - In January, the startup let go off 5,000 people across verticals “Almost all of the K10 team, which is around 500+ people, is being fired” Get NBW News: The short news app for busy professionals. [App Store]( [Google Play]( 🌎 GlobalTech: Trending global tech news. Apple’s stock reaches record high following Vision Pro reveal - Apple stock closed at $183.79, first record close in over a year. - Vision Pro mixed reality product unveiled last week, set for early 2024 release. - Apple likely to reach $3 trillion valuation, currently at $2.89 trillion. EU Regulators Eye Google Ad-Tech Breakup Amid Antitrust Complaints - European Union antitrust regulators weigh breaking up Google’s advertising-technology division. - Move follows US Department of Justice’s January lawsuit accusing Google of ad-tech monopoly abuse. - Trans-Atlantic efforts aim to reduce Google’s control over digital advertising. Reddit subreddits turn private in protest of API pricing changes - Over 8,000 subreddits go dark or read-only for 48 hours to protest Reddit’s API pricing. - Blackout led by moderators and users may force third-party apps like Apollo and Reddit is Fun to shutdown due to high fees. - Popular subreddits protesting include r/funny, r/aww, r/gaming, r/Music, r/Pics, r/science, and r/todayilearned. Google Keep introduces single-note tile for compatible Wear OS watches - New tile displays a specific note on smartwatch’s watch face. - Multiple single notes can be displayed, with four lines of text per note. - Feature part of the latest Keep for Wear OS version. 🤖 AI: Latest in AI and ML. Amazon Tests AI-generated Summaries for Product Reviews - Amazon experiments with AI tool to create brief overviews of customer reviews. - Feature highlights positive and negative aspects, with a disclaimer stating it’s AI-generated. - Example provided for a children’s toy, outlining both positive and negative feedback. Microsoft Expands Bing Chatbot Voice Chat to Desktops - Bing’s voice chat now available on desktop browser version. - Users access feature by clicking microphone icon and granting access. - Supports five languages with text-to-speech answers provided. Meta introduces AI chatbot ‘Metamate’ for employee use - Metamate helps employees summarize meetings, write code, and debug features. - Initially rolled out to a small group, using in-house model instead of Microsoft or OpenAI. - Part of Meta’s focus on generative AI and eventual development of AI personas. Google Cloud’s Vertex AI with Generative Support Now Generally Available - Google Cloud’s Vertex AI offers generative AI applications for businesses, governments, and developers. - Platform features over 60 accessible models, including text model powered by PaLM 2 and Embeddings API. - Developers can use user-friendly tools in Generative AI Studio for model tuning and deployment. © 2023 Zakti Techmedia Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. | [Unsubscribe](