India 5G Ranking 📶, Jio Plans 🤝, PayPal Antitrust 🚨

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 India's 5G network ranking, Jio's new prepaid plans, and PayPal hit with antitrust lawsuit. 📰 Help us reach your your friends and colleagues! Share the NextBigWhat newsletter. [Tweet it]( [Whatsapp]( India ranks among top three countries for 5G network base, says Nokia CEO - India’s 5G network rollout has been one of the fastest, placing it among the top three nations with the largest 5G installed base. - Nokia and Ericsson have seen significant growth in India sales, offsetting a dip in telecom gear shipment across major geographies. - Nokia’s 6G research lab in Bengaluru aims to accelerate the development of 6G technology and facilitate testing of innovative solutions. Elon Musk initiated custody suit against Grimes, seeking connection with his kids - Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against Grimes before she did, aiming to ‘establish the parent-child relationship’ with their children. - Musk accused Grimes of moving to California to avoid Texas jurisdiction, and served his case to her on September 13. - Grimes later filed her own suit, seeking physical custody and a restraining order to prevent the children from being moved out of California. What Dunzo could have been: A bloody boring and profitable logistics business [NBW Newsletter Ad]( Dunzo which raised $457 million dollar across 19 rounds is struggling to pay salaries to its employees. This isn't a case of a company not solving a real world problem - local courier, running errands, deliveries - they all are a super important problem to solve. [Watch]( Jio introduces six new prepaid plans with Disney+Hotstar subscriptions for ICC World Cup 2023 - Jio has launched six new prepaid plans in response to the ICC World Cup 2023, offering complimentary Disney+Hotstar subscriptions. - The plans range in validity from 28 days to a full year, with data allowances varying between 1.5GB and 2GB per day. - Additional data addons are also available, providing Jio users with more flexibility and continued access to Disney+Hotstar. Bill Gates-supported startup introduces AI chatbot for personalized entertainment recommendations - Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, has been supporting AI development since 2016. - Gates announced in March that ‘the Age of AI has begun.’ - One of his investments focuses on using AI to assist people in selecting their entertainment. Get NBW News: The short news app for busy professionals. [App Store]( [Google Play]( WhatsApp hacking techniques now worth millions due to improved security - Hacking techniques for WhatsApp are now worth millions due to enhanced security measures. - A Russian company offered $20 million for bug chains that could compromise phones running iOS and Android, targeting only Russian private and government organizations. - A zero-day exploit allowing user to compromise a target’s WhatsApp on Android and read message content can cost between $1.7 and $8 million, according to leaked documents. Bizongo cuts 15% of workforce following $50 million funding round - E-commerce packaging firm Bizongo has laid off 15% of its workforce, or 50 employees, shortly after a $50 million funding round. - This is the second official layoff for the company, with unverified reports of further layoffs in early 2023. - Despite the layoffs, Bizongo aims to post a profit before tax in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Great Learning founders negotiating to repurchase company from Byju’s - Great Learning’s founders are in early talks to buy back the company from Byju’s, a struggling edtech firm. - The discussions are in the initial stages and a potential deal is being considered by both parties. - Byju’s, which acquired Great Learning in 2021, is also planning to divest US-based Epic to meet repayment obligations towards a $1.2 billion loan. PayPal hit with antitrust lawsuit over alleged competition suppression - PayPal is facing a class action lawsuit, led by law firm Hagens Berman, accusing the company of stifling competition against lower-cost platforms like Stripe and Shopify through its anti-steering rules. - The lawsuit alleges that PayPal’s merchant agreements lead to consumers paying more for purchases, and that merchants are prohibited from offering discounts for other payment options or suggesting other methods are more cost-effective. - The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, compares PayPal’s rules to those previously imposed by Visa and Mastercard, which were sued by the Department of Justice in 2010. Apple unveils SF Symbols 5 featuring over 700 new icons for app developers - Apple’s SF Symbols 5 introduces over 700 new icons, including game controller buttons, weather conditions, and additional currencies, for use in apps across iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10. - The update also brings symbol animations with behaviors like bounce, scale, and pulse, and improved tools for developers to create custom symbols. - Developers can download SF Symbols 5 from Apple’s developer site and use them in various interface icons. Google Assistant integrates with Bard for enhanced AI capabilities - Google Assistant is receiving an AI-powered update with Bard, enabling it to handle a broader range of tasks and offer more intelligent responses. - The new feature allows the assistant to integrate with Google apps like Gmail and Google Drive to provide personalized responses to queries. - Google aims to examine user interaction with the new feature before launching it broadly to the public across Android and iOS platforms. Deadspin’s AI, ‘Deadspin Bot’, resumes publishing articles - G/O Media’s Deadspin Bot, an AI that publishes articles, has resumed operation, producing over 30 new pieces since last month. - The AI’s content has been criticized for being error-laden, lacking sources, and failing to meet journalistic standards. - Despite the criticism and concerns from staff, G/O Media appears committed to its AI-dependent vision, suggesting more AI-generated content in the future. Artifact news app introduces AI-generated images, shifts towards user-generated content - Artifact, a news app by Instagram co-founders, now features AI-generated images for user posts. - The app is moving away from its original news feed model towards a more user-generated content approach, similar to Twitter. - Despite being initially released as an Apple News competitor, Artifact continues to evolve, incorporating social networking elements and AI functionalities. © 2023 Zakti Techmedia Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. | [Unsubscribe](