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Many Indian startups have struggled to remain solvent amid the prolonged funding winter this year, but Money View isn’t one of them. The fintech startup raised $75 million at a $625 million valuation in March, and has now raked in another $75 million at a $900 million valuation from Apis Partners, Tiger Global and others. Credit: GiphyAlso in this letter:■ 2022 Year in Review | Is the startup IPO party over?■ Over 500 consumer tech firms will be listed in 10 years: Stallion Asset’s Amit Jeswani■ Hacker claims 400 million…

The O2 Academy Brixton has had its licence suspended following last week’s crush at the south London venue in which two people died and others were injured.Fans attending a gig by the Afrobeats singer Asake were trapped in a crowd surge outside last Thursday night when a large number of people tried to enter the venue, leading to two deaths. A third person is still in a critical condition and eight others needed hospital care.The venue is closed, and Lambeth councillors suspended its licence until 16 January, when a full…

New information has revealed why Apple and the NFL couldn't reach a deal over Sunday Ticket, a package that is now likely headed to rival Google and its YouTube platform. It emerged earlier this week that Apple was no longer in the hunt for NFL Sunday Ticket, currently one of the most sought-after rights packages on the market. A new report from The Athletic (opens in new tab) reveals three main sticking points that saw the deal stall, including a disagreement over the price and problems with rights for other platforms…

Last year, King, the maker of Candy Crush, gave us a new mobile Crash Bandicoot game called Crash On The Run. It was an interesting take on the character and the whole crash universe. However, according to the the team (via Engadget), Crash On The Run will officially be shut down. This is a bummer, as the game hasn’t been out for that long.Crash On The Run was a pretty good game. At first, it almost seemed like an infinite runner. You would run down three lanes while avoiding obstacles and defeating enemies. However,…

A California Highway Patrol captain on leave in Tennessee was found dead of a gunshot wound days after an arrest in the fatal shooting of her husband in Kentucky and her own arrest on suspicion of trespassing at his girlfriend’s house, police reports obtained by The Times show.Julie Harding, 49, was found dead Saturday in a home in a rural area near the Kentucky border, said CHP spokesman Sgt. Jeremy Wayland. Her death comes two days after a Napa, Calif., man was arrested in connection with the October slaying of her…

People view thousands of white flags representing Americans who have died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) placed over 20 acres of the National Mall in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2021.Joshua Roberts | ReutersLong Covid has contributed to the deaths of more than 3,500 people since the pandemic began, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.This is the first official U.S. estimate of how many people have died from the mysterious array of conditions that…

Just how dangerous can an asteroid strike on Earth be? The horrific damage a 1500-foot asteroid can do is detailed here. With thousands of asteroids floating around our planet, it is a matter of when, and not if, an asteroid will strike. Luckily, anyone who is alive on this planet at the moment has never witnessed an actual asteroid strike where the size of the space rock was larger than a few metres. The closest we came was the Chelyabinsk incident where the incoming asteroid exploded in the sky and still managed to…

ABINGDON, Va.  —  Coworkers of Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed the grandparents and mother of a 15-year-old Riverside girl he “catfished” online, removed a sheriff’s truck and a black trash bag from Edwards’ property the night before it was officially searched, according to an eyewitness and a video reviewed by The Times.Two deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the law enforcement agency that employed Edwards immediately before his death, arrived at the white Cape Cod-style home with…

Before Sam Raimi delivered his instant classic in the summer of 2002, the rights to Spider-Man had spent decades bouncing around various studios in Hollywood, with countless filmmakers trying (and ultimately failing) to bring the iconic web-slinger to the big screen. The most famous without a doubt was James Cameron, who penned a 40-page “scriptment” that he was planning to direct himself. It’s easily available online, and it’s an exceedingly bizarre read that makes you wonder if even the infallible brains behind The…

ABINGDON, Va.  —  The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed three of her family members was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his then-girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by the Los Angeles Times. The 2016 incident, which has not been previously reported, raises new questions about how Austin Lee Edwards became a law enforcement officer and offers new…