It took SoftBank several years, but finally the Japanese investment giant is ready to bet on India’s food delivery market. Swiggy said on Tuesday it has closed a $1.25 billion financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Prosus Ventures. The new financing round, a Series J, includes the $800 million investment the Bangalore-based…
The Brazilian subsidiary of Ericsson have signed a partnership with John Deere to research and develop technological innovation using 5G technology to boost new agribusiness revenue. The agreement enables the companies to work together to develop solutions focused on 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) with the aim of identifying and solving issues…
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 19, 2021. In the old days, venture capital had seasons. VCs didn’t work in December, and the July-August period could be a bit hazy.…
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has issued new stricter vulnerability disclosure regulations that mandate software and networking vendors affected with critical flaws to mandatorily disclose them first-hand to the government authorities within two days of filing a report. The “Regulations on the Management of Network Product Security Vulnerability” are expected to go into effect…
Japan has set a new internet data transfer speed record of 319Tb/s just under a year after setting the previous bar. Last year, Japan and the UK collaborated to achieve an internet speed record of 178Tb/s. That was an incredible feat, but the new record set by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communication Technology…
Japan has set a new internet data transfer speed record of 319Tb/s just under a year after setting the previous bar. Last year, Japan and the UK collaborated to achieve an internet speed record of 178Tb/s. That was an incredible feat, but the new record set by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communication Technology…
Japan has set a new internet data transfer speed record of 319Tb/s just under a year after setting the previous bar. Last year, Japan and the UK collaborated to achieve an internet speed record of 178Tb/s. That was an incredible feat, but the new record set by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communication Technology…
A circular economy enables us to restore natural ecosystems while still accelerating business and financial objectives. With 90% of CEOs seeing sustainability as important to success and 66% of consumers paying more for sustainable brands, the circular economy might be closer than we think—and it often starts in the supply chain. Let’s look at a…
Torrenting doesn’t have to be a painful process, as the best Android torrent apps prove. But with so many choices out there, which app should you use to movie files and share data? As a reminder, the BitTorrent protocol allows users all over the world to download and share data by farming out file distribution…
Uber is doubling down on its grocery delivery efforts, on Monday announcing a major expansion to more U.S. cities and towns that more than doubles the reach of the service The company said its grocery delivery service, available via its Uber and Uber Eats apps, is now available in more than 40o cities and towns…
