Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund to launch offshore tourism project ‘THE RIG’

One of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, Public Investment Fund has recently announced plans for a tourism project called “THE RIG”, which includes building a 150,000 square meter resort in the Arabian Gulf on an....

Facebook to introduce new harassment policy to guard public figures

Social media giant, Facebook has revealed plans to expand its harassment policies to remove harmful content. The firm undertook the move following congressional testimony from a whistleblower who criticized Facebook for not doing enough to ....

Google’s business intelligence platform Looker collabs with Tableau

Google Cloud Platform has recently revealed that its business intelligence platform, Looker has been integrated with Tableau, empowering users of both the platforms to benefit from the different features offered by each. For starters, Goog....

HR tech firm Personio ropes in $270 million in latest financing round

Personio, a HR software provider targeting small and medium sized businesses, has attained a $270 million investment in the wake of high demand for its services. With the latest Series E round of funding, Personio's valuation roses to ....

Bettervest invests in Oakridge Rooftops to support solar projects

Oakridge Rooftops Pvt. Ltd., a solar energy company based in India, has reportedly secured funding from Germany-based crowdfunding platform, Bettervest Gmbh. The solar firm has raised the funding for urban solar projects in New Delhi. Oakr....

New Zealand prepares to deal with potential surge in COVID-19 cases

New Zealand is preparing for an increase in Covid-19 cases after registering 94 new infections over the weekend, with pandemic modelers predicting that if the government continues on its present path, new cases would rapidly exceed 100 per ....

Tesla to form energy traders’ team as it expands battery projects

American EV behemoth, Tesla is reportedly looking to trade energy capacity for which it is putting together a new team of traders to accomplish that precisely with its platform, Autobidder. Autobidder is a control and real-time trading pla....

Pfizer urges FDA to approve COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11

Pharma majors, Pfizer and BioNTech have recently requested the FDA to approve emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children aged between 5 to 11. If approved, the vaccine rollout could potentially protect more than 28 million peop....

Databricks buys 8080 Labs to boost its low code/no code offerings

California-based enterprise software company- Databricks has acquired German software startup 8080 Labs that developed bamboolib- a leading GUI for the Python-based Pandas data analysis and manipulation system. The purchase of 8080 Labs ma....

Google rolls out GNI Advertising Lab for news publishers in India

American tech giant, Google LLC has recently announced the launch of Google News Initiative (GNI) Advertising Lab program for supporting small and medium-sized news publishers that generate original and accurate news for regional and local ....