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India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation

"We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that," Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. "I'm not going to dress these facts up."

2026-09-01 · 13:58 UTC
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Crypto

Alkemya Metacore Secures $50M via Tokenised Equity to Scale Nickel Energy and Security Tech

2026-09-01 · 13:58

London, London, 1st September 2026, Chainwire

Crypto

Alkemya Metacore Secures $50M via Tokenised Equity to Scale Nickel Energy and Security Tech

2026-09-01 · 13:57

London, London, September 1st, 2026, ChainwireALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF…

Crypto

Rupee Rebounds to ₹95: Why Indian Bitcoin Traders Could See Smaller BTC Gains

2026-09-01 · 13:57

The Indian Rupee (INR) has staged a strong rebound, opening at the ₹95.00 mark on September 1, 2026, and surging to a…

Crypto

Fake Claude desktop app spreads crypto-stealing malware

2026-09-01 · 13:56

RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected…

Sports

Brighton agree £15m deal for Millwall winger Azeez

2026-09-01 · 13:53

Brighton agree a deal to sign 25-year-old Nigeria winger Femi Azeez from Championship club Millwall.

Sports

Wales select eight uncapped players in WXV squad

2026-09-01 · 13:47

Wales include eight uncapped players in squad for the WXV Global Series games against South Africa and USA in Cardiff.

Tech

Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

2026-09-01 · 13:46

Mozilla has introduced a built-in Ad Blocker feature for Firefox on iOS that blocks third-party ads and ad-related…

Tech

We could save petabytes of cache storage with Zstandard and Pingora

2026-09-01 · 13:41

Cloudflare is implementing a Cache Transcoding system using Zstandard compression within its Pingora proxy to reduce…

Science

The UK just had its hottest summer ever 

2026-09-01 · 13:39

The average temperature in the UK in June, July and August 2026 has eclipsed the record set in summer 2025, and the…

Crypto

Analysts Grow Eager to See FET at Higher Prices, Has the Breakout for Altcoin FET Already Begun?

2026-09-01 · 13:35

Analysts grow eager to see FET at higher prices.  Has the breakout for altcoin FET already begun?

Crypto

Who’s Behind the $408 Million ETH Move to Exchanges?

2026-09-01 · 13:31

A mystery ethereum whale has moved 167,855 ETH, worth about $408 million, toward crypto exchanges over the past two days.

Crypto

Arthur D. Little Analyst Reveals Why the UAE Is Winning the Stablecoin Race

2026-09-01 · 13:30

The UAE is becoming a leader in the stablecoin market because it has clear regulations, institutional support, and a…

Crypto

Does the Bitcoin rally mean we haven’t wasted our lives in crypto?

2026-09-01 · 13:30

Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined.

Tech

Io_uring Without Readahead

2026-09-01 · 13:19

Turso implemented readahead for its io_uring backend to improve performance by submitting multiple read requests…

Crypto

Asia sees digital asset custody infrastructure deals from Ripple, Coincheck

2026-09-01 · 13:13

Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized…

World

Woman killed in Times Square stabbing, suspect shot dead by police

2026-09-01 · 13:12

Police say the double stabbing, which injured another person, was random and the suspect had a mental health history…

World

Sexual assaults happening almost every day in Ceuta, prosecutors say

2026-09-01 · 13:09

Most migrants have returned to neighbouring Morocco, but as many as 5,000 remain in the Spanish exclave.

Sports

Barcelona complete signing of Arsenal striker Jesus

2026-09-01 · 13:08

Barcelona have completed the signing of Gabriel Jesus on a permanent deal.

Sports

Ski Sunday to end after nearly 50 years

2026-09-01 · 13:08

The BBC is to end its Ski Sunday programme after nearly 50 years.

Crypto

India Works Longer for Less: What It Means for Crypto Adoption

2026-09-01 · 13:04

India’s long working hours and relatively low wages are putting a different perspective on the country’s leading…

Crypto

Kast launches stablecoin-powered business platform after $80M raise

2026-09-01 · 13:00

Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026.

World

Trump says US position on Falklands 'one of many' under review

2026-09-01 · 12:54

The UK says Falkland islanders "are British with a right to determine their own future".

Tech

EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype

2026-09-01 · 12:53

The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that courts should resist pressure to dramatically expand copyright…