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Friday, 3 September 2021

Control, Alter, Delete: The dystopian new ‘hacking law’

Our main story today is about government surveillance and begins with a whodunnit. So in the interest of avoiding spoilers, let’s get right to it.

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Snapdeal explores IPO, in talks with bankers

The online retailer has held talks with three investment banking firms, including JM Financial, to gauge market interest for the IPO, the sources said, adding that the talks were still at an early stage.

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State-run firms may take over Didi; Zomato exits UK, Singapore

Didi has been in all sorts of trouble with Chinese authorities since it decided to go public in the US earlier this year. Now it faces an existential threat.

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ETtech Deals Digest: Skit, Bikayi raise funds; Prosus acquires BillDesk

India's startup ecosystem witnessed smaller funding rounds this week.

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Not my pay! Some tech workers bemoan China's crackdown on compulsory overtime

For the past decade, Chinese tech firms were known for "996", a gruelling business culture that usually means work hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week. But 996 was also seen as a badge of honour and was hailed as a competitive advantage over U.S. and European rivals.

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Amazon to proactively remove more content that violates rules from cloud service: Report

Amazon will hire a small group of people in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division to develop expertise and work with outside researchers to monitor for future threats, one of the sources familiar with the matter said.

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Village commerce startup 1Bridge raises $2.5 million funding

The funding for the Bengaluru-based company was led by Netherlands-based impact investor C4D Partners, an early investor since the last four years, who have doubled their commitment.

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