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Coming up, Facebook Parent Meta is eyeing an investment in Indian

app better opinions.

Microsoft will block office macros by default starting July 27th.

And big tech is cutting back on hiring and it's an opportunity for startups.

Facebook Parent Meta, which counts India as its largest market by users,

is gearing up to make its third startup investment in the South Asian market.

The American Social Media Group, which invested in Social Commerce Meetshow in 2019,

and online learning platform on Academy in 2020, is in talks to back the early stage startup

better opinions. The deliberations are ongoing and the deal is yet to close.

Better opinions is raising up to $3 million at a valuation below $25 million.

Next Microsoft confirmed this week that it will start blocking visual basic applications,

VBA, macros in Office, apps by default on July 27th.

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