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Unacademy, once a one of India’s most valuable edtech startups, is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal that would bring together two major online learning platforms in the country. On Sunday, Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal said in a post on X that the companies had signed a term sheet for upGrad to acquire Unacademy in a 100% share-swap deal, adding that the valuation would not be disclosed until the transaction closes. The announcement comes more than three months after Munjal said that Unacademy’s valuation had dropped below $500 million — down roughly 85%…

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! This newsletter was wrapped and ready to go and then Travis Kalanick brought me back to 2016 by making an eyebrow-raising announcement. Uber’s co-founder and former CEO who resigned in 2017 after a string of controversies is back and building a robotics company called Atoms. And, wait for it, he is on the precipice of acquiring Pronto, the autonomous vehicle startup focused on industrial and mining…

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Key Aspects: Norwegian Cruise Line has begun issuing letters to spring break cruisers with conduct reminders. The letters cover policies on drinking and casino ages, stateroom occupancy, and onboard behavior. The policies are not new, but serve as reminders during a busy and often rowdy time for cruising. With the hectic spring break season just getting underway, Norwegian Cruise Line is issuing reminders to embarking guests about stateroom occupancy, drinking ages, and casino participation, as well as general onboard behavior. Guests boarding Norwegian Joy have received such a letter, and while it’s not dated to a specific sailing, it’s likely…

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If you haven’t heard, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has another company — his third by our count. And this time it’s focused on robotics. The serial entrepreneur is best known for Rivian, the buzzy EV maker that was thrust into the spotlight in 2018 after debuting an electric truck with its now-famous gear tunnel.  The publicly traded company is now a few months away from delivering its most important EV yet, a mid-sized SUV called the R2. This EV is cheaper to build than its flagship R1 counterpart (Scaringe tells me “roughly half” the cost), and yet, in…

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NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance.  Challenges facing the commercial aviation industry include a shortage of qualified maintenance workers and increasing demands to keep complicated aircraft running for longer. With Gateways to Blue Skies, NASA taps into student innovation to address some of the biggest topics in aviation, and the current competition, RepAir: Advancing Aircraft Maintenance, is looking for solutions that can have immediate impact.  “Through this competition, students will learn about aviation maintenance and be empowered to change its future,” said Steven Holz, associate project manager for NASA’s University Innovation Project and judging panel co-chair for Gateways…

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Regulatory uncertainty around stablecoins could place traditional banks at a greater disadvantage than crypto companies, according to Colin Butler, executive vice president of capital markets at Mega Matrix.Butler said financial institutions have already invested heavily in digital asset infrastructure but remain unable to deploy it fully while lawmakers debate how stablecoins should be classified. “Their general counsels are telling their boards that you cannot justify the capital expenditure until you know whether stablecoins will be treated as deposits, securities, or a distinct payment instrument,” he told Cointelegraph.Several major banks have already developed parts of the infrastructure needed to support stablecoins.…

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Seven fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were scrambled to Teville Road in Worthing on the night of March 12. Flames engulfed the entire building, quickly turning the roof into tinder as the fire spread through the structure. A spokeswoman for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called at 9.37pm on Thursday, March 12, to reports of a fire involving a property on Teville Road in Worthing. “Joint Fire Control mobilised seven fire engines and an aerial ladder platform to the scene.” The fire ripped through the entire property (Image: Eddie Mitchell) Sussex Police closed off…

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Sunday 15 March 2026 11:56 am  |  Updated:  Sunday 15 March 2026 11:57 am Companies House suffered a major security glitch on Friday. Business directors are urged to check their details after a major glitch on Companies House allowed people to edit the data of other firms, leaving them potentially exposed to fraud.On Friday, a tech glitch on the UK’s official corporate register permitted people to access other companies’ details by pressing the back key on the site’s dashboard.This led to the potential exposure of the five million companies on the register and allowed people to view directors’ addresses, email addresses,…

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