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TikTok Reportedly Laid Off a 'Large Percentage' of Employees as the App's Fate in the U.S. Remains Unclear

Laid-off TikTok employees were notified Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

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I Cold-Emailed Mark Cuban and a Meta Exec, and They Both Responded. Here's How I Worded It.

Cold-emailing can be one of the most impactful habits of your career — it has been for mine.

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This Pricey Pineapple Costs Nearly $400 — And It's Already Selling Out

The rare fruit was once only available in Asia. Now, there's already a waiting list for next year.

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Google's New AI Search Results Are Already Hallucinating — Unless You Like Making Pizza Sauce With a Side of Glue

From pizza sauce recipes to fun facts, some AI search results need a fact-checker.

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Here Are the Books on Bill Gates' Summer Reading List

The four books recommended by the Microsoft founder all "touch on the idea of service."

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Leading the Charge: How Awfis became a Public Company in the challenging coworking space sector

Recovery from the pandemic has positioned Awfis to go public, with an IPO size of INR 577-599 crore, including INR 2 crore in employee reservation shares.

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Gurugram-based Wealth Management Firm Finvolve Closes Maiden INR 100 Cr Fund, Launches Two New Funds

Finvolve also announced the launch of two new funds, pre-seed Accelerator Fund and Scale Fund, including a GIFT city, with an investment capacity of around INR 500 crore to widen its investment spectrum: Accelerator, Seed, and Scale.

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Whats Fuelling Growth Of Indian Aviation's International Ambitions?

In April 2024, India's international airline capacity reached 7.3 million seats, an increase of 17 per cent from the 6.2 million seats scheduled in the same month in 2019. This change can be attributed to a noticeable shift in spending patterns that emerged after the pandemic, as evident in the increasing inclination of Indians towards international leisure travel

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Portl, Freshleaf, and Fix My Curls Raise Growth Stage Funding

Here are the Indian startups that announced growth-stage funding rounds.

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Remembering the Ice Cream Man: Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath

In 1984, he opened his first Naturals Ice Cream store in Mumbai's Juhu with just four staff and 10 flavors

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GenAI Could Help Indians Save 51 million Hours a Week On Routine Tasks: Report

By 2026, GenAI will be saving a big number of 4,387,000 hours per week on the time spent on promoting products, services, or programs

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Six Bollywood Films on Cricket, We Must Learn Life Lessons From

As soon as the cricket fever of the Indian Premier League gets over, movie lovers will queue up to the theatre because a cricket-based film Mr. & Mrs Mahi, starring Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor is all set to release theatrically on May 31. So, here we look at five Bollywood films on the game of cricket that taught us the best life lessons ever…

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8chili, Infinx, NoPo Nanotechnologies, and SuperKalam Raise Early Stage Funding

Here are the Indian startups that announced early-stage funding rounds.

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GPS Renewables Partners with Dubai-based SAF One to Develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects in India

As part of this collaboration, GPS' project platform, ARYA, and SAF One will work together to co-develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility that can produce 20 to 30 million litres annually utilising lignocellulosic waste feedstock (residual dry plant matter).