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Hi, this is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. The stringent action by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against Paytm Payments Bank could have a positive fallout. It can actually push One 97 Communications, which runs Paytm, to focus on what it does best — build distribution.It can also focus on technology and product development like it did with Soundbox — a desi way of reducing fraud and confirming merchant payments.With Paytm Payments Bank staring at an uncertain future, it all comes down to the Paytm app for founder Vijay…

CCP Games has revealed that the “First Strike” live event for EVE Vanguard will kick off on December 7. The online playtest is for EVE Vanguard, the upcoming sandbox FPS module that will connect to the long-running MMORPG EVE Online. Image via CCP Games Persistent Universe with EVE Online According to CCP Games, EVE Vanguard will connect directly to the EVE universe from Day One with a persistent new world. Players in Vanguard will be able to fuel the ongoing wars in the EVE Online MMO allowing players to add…

Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind October’s critically acclaimed survival horror game Alan Wake 2, revealed that it is reworking what was previously a free-to-play multiplayer game into a premium cooperative title. Remedy Entertainment While Remedy made a name for itself with trippy, narrative-focused single-player franchises like Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Control, a multiplayer project code-named Vanguard has been in the works at the Finnish studio since at least 2018. In 2021, Remedy announced that it…

The war, unsurprisingly, has made conservation a lot harder. Oleg Dyakov, a rewilding officer from Rewilding Ukraine’s head office in Odesa and one of the organization’s cofounders, recounts the hazards his teams have faced with a casual frustration. Marine mines drifting in from the Black Sea stalled the release of fallow deer, and monitoring activities of Dalmatian Pelicans were limited to binoculars and telescopes because parts of the Delta were restricted by the Ukrainian government. (In peacetime, they’d have been…

Mobility major Ola cofounder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Sunday announced a new service by the cab aggregator. Aggarwal took to Twitter to announce the launch of Prime Plus which will offer “best drivers and top cars”, he said.The service will be a "premium offering" and will not include cancellations from drivers.Aggarwal added that the service will be initially available for select customers in Bengaluru starting Sunday and that he also will be “using it frequently” and share experiences on the microblogging…

US-based asset management firm Baron Capital Group has reduced food and grocery delivery company Swiggy’s valuation by another 10% to $6.38 billion as of March 31, 2023.Baron Capital had marked down Swiggy’s valuation by 34% to $7.1 billion as of December 2022, which ET reported on May 16.Now, latest documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Baron on May 25 show that Swiggy’s fair value has been reduced further.In the filings made for the period ended March 31, 2023, Baron Capital valued its…

Sony is holding a massive PlayStation Showcase event later this week, leading to speculation that it could reveal the June 2023 PS Plus games early. If Sony follows tradition, then the June 2023 PlayStation Plus games will be announced on May 31. However, Sony has used previous State of Play events to unveil PS Plus games ahead of schedule, so subscribers might want to check out this Wednesday's hour-long presentation to find out more. As we count down to the big event, Express Online is predicting the free PS4 and PS5…

Those of you who who sit up at night fretting about how American financial institutions are getting too damn woke, don’t worry: Your champion has arrived, and he’s gunning for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. On Tuesday, investor Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been called the “The CEO of Anti-Woke, Inc.” by The New Yorker, went on Tucker Carlson Tonight to announce that he will be running for president in 2024.If you haven’t heard of Ramaswamy before now, chances are you haven’t been watching Fox News when they cover…

The top 10 companies in the vanguard of the rise of humanoid robots offer a range of applications Human-like robots, also known as Humanoids, are professional service robots built to mimic human motion and interaction. The Rise of humanoid robots leads to the automation of tasks that lead to cost-savings and productivity. This market possesses significant growth due to the improving capabilities of these robots and their viability in an ever-widening range of applications. Humanoid Robots are used in the inspection,…

Vanguard announced earlier this week that it was leaving the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, a nascent attempt by the industry to self-regulate its carbon emissions. Its departure reinforces the need for government oversight of climate risks in investments. Absent legal, financial or professional repercussions, industry self-regulation is often little more than window dressing so members can say they’re doing something, anything. That’s not to denigrate the work being done by the Net Zero…