Sunny Leone turns serial entrepreneur; Edtech unicorn BYJU'S raises $150M

Mid-day Digest - 10th July [Edtech unicorn BYJU'S raises $150M]( Bengaluru-based edtech unicorn BYJU'S has raised $150 million investment led by the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar - Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). The round also saw participation from Owl Ventures. [Read more.]( [Sunny Leone turns serial entrepreneur]( After her foray into the beauty and cosmetics segment, actor Sunny Leone has made a grand entry into the $262 billion global licensing and merchandising industry with the launch of her innerwear brand, “Infamous by Starstruck”. [Read more.]( [Instagram rolls out new features to counter bullying]( Instagram has introduced new features aimed at curbing online bullying. The Facebook-owned platform will use technology to detect when a user is about to post something offensive and issue a warning. [Read more.]( [Google and Amazon end their two-year-long battle]( Google had pulled out YouTube from Amazon's Fire TV in 2017 after the ecommerce giant stopped selling some of its products. But, the app is back, and comes with Alexa Voice Remote support. All you need to say is, "Alexa, open YouTube." [Read more.]( [Facebook to experiment with new apps and scrap them]( Facebook has said it will be launching new customer-focused apps in the coming weeks. Developed by the NPE (new product experimentation) team, the apps will be rolled out for iOS, Android, and the web. [Read more.]( [Invest India joins hands with MTS Startup Hub and Altair]( Invest India has partnered with Russia-based MTS Startup Hub and US-based Altair to scout for technology-based startups through the MTS Innovation Challenge and Altair Grand Challenge, respectively. [Read more.]( Today test labs suffer fewer outages. There are lower number of errors and reiterations. The wait times have come down drastically. All thanks to automated deployments. In addition,automated deployment has collapsed the deployment cycle time while improving reliability and efficiency. With automated deployments becoming the norm, Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment have become two key automated delivery pipelines for DevOps. #BehindTheCode #BuildSmartIndia [Read more.]( Follow us on social media for more frequent updates [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Linkedin]( -- [Click Here]( to unsubscribe from this newsletter.