IIT-Delhi sees a jump in placement offers

According to the officials, over 1,100 offers, including multiple pre-placement ones, were made to the institute's graduating students from various national and international organisations.

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US FCC issues final orders declaring Huawei, ZTE national security threats

In May 2019, the FCC voted to deny another state-owned Chinese telecommunications company, China Mobile Ltd, the right to provide U.S. services, citing risks that the Chinese government could use the company to conduct espionage against the U.S. government.

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China says India's ban on Chinese apps may violate WTO rules

"India's measure selectively and discriminatorily aims at certain Chinese apps on ambiguous and far-fetched grounds, runs against fair and transparent procedure requirements, abuses national security exceptions and (is suspected of) violating WTO rules," Ji Rong, spokesman at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, said in a statement.

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Facebook bans accounts linked to anti-government US 'boogaloo' movement

The boogaloo movement's name is inspired by the 1984 breakdancing film "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." Followers suggest that, just as the movie was a sequel, any coming conflict would be the sequel to the American Civil War.

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EU sets out rules for 5G small antennas in boost for data capacity

The European Commission on Tuesday took another step towards accelerating up the rollout of high speed 5G across the European Union by adopting rules for small antennas, which are key to expanding data capacity and coverage.

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Facebook agrees to audit its hate speech controls

Media Rating Council (MRC), a media measurement firm, will conduct the audit to evaluate how it protects advertisers from appearing next to harmful content and the accuracy of Facebook's reporting in certain areas.

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Apple not dominant in any market, plenty of rivals, senior executive says

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Max with Snapdragon 720G to go on sale today via Amazon

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Max comes in three colour options- Aurora Blue, Glacier White and Interstellar Black. It comes with a starting price of Rs 16,999.

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Realme Buds Q to go on sale today at 12pm via Amazon

Realme Buds Q come in three colour options- Quite Yellow, Quite Black and Quite White. The headphones are priced at Rs 1,999.

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Wirecard's former boss faces criminal complaint in Austria

An Austrian lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against Wirecard's former Chief Executive Markus Braun and Chief Operating Officer Jan Marsalek at a court in Vienna, accusing them of market manipulation and serious fraud.

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Apple supplier Japan Display posts first quarterly profit in over 3 years

Apple supplier Japan Display Inc reported on Tuesday its first quarterly net profit in more than three years, boosted by the sale of its stake in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel affiliate JOLED.

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MTN launches 5G network across major cities in South Africa

Mobile operator MTN Group launched its 5G network across major cities in South Africa on Tuesday, joining Vodacom Group and Rain in the race to expand fifth-generation technology in the country.

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All apps must adhere to India's data integrity, privacy: Niti Aayog CEO

The 59 apps, most of which have Chinese links, were banned by the government citing that they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.

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Bridgestone partners Microsoft to develop tyre damage detecting system

Under the collaboration, Bridgestone will use the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP), which not only reduces accidents caused by technical failure but also increases road safety.

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L&T builds cryostat for $20 billion global fusion project

The final assembly or top lid sectors of the cryostat, a key part of the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor being built in France, were dispatched on Tuesday from the company's Hazira manufacturing complex in Surat district in Gujarat.

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Amazon expands Pantry service to over 300 Indian cities

The online grocery segment has witnessed strong growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic as people logged onto digital platforms to order household items while practicing social distancing.

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NSO Group says Facebook to unblock its employees' accounts

Facebook told an Israeli court it would open Facebook and Instagram accounts of NSO Group workers in the wake of a lawsuit against NSO, the Israeli surveillance firm NSO said on Tuesday.

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Australia to spend nearly $1 billion to boost cyber security

Australia will spend A$1.35 billion ($926.1 million) over the next 10 years to boost its cyber security defences, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as Canberra seeks to combat a wave of attacks.

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Indian social app Chingari logs over 3 million downloads

Indians have rushed to download social app Chingari, a desi alternative to Chinese TikTok, which is witnessing nearly 1 lakh downloads and over 2 million views per hour since the government banned 59 Chinese apps over national security concerns.

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Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance

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China says strongly concerned over India's ban on 59 Chinese apps

India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including the hugely popular TikTok and UC Browser, in the backdrop of the current stand-off along the Line of Actual control in eastern Ladakh with Chinese troops.

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Apple iPhone XS Max is available with Rs 40,000 discount on Amazon

Originally priced at Rs 1,09,900, the 64GB storage variant of the iPhone XS Max can be purchased at Rs 69,900. It is listed with 36% off on Amazon.

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Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches

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Amazon to pay $500 million in one-time bonuses to front-line workers

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro with 48MP quad camera to go on sale today via Amazon

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a starting price of Rs 13,999. It can be purchased at 12pm on Amazon and Mi.com.

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TikTok, SHAREit and 57 Chinese apps banned: Here are the other options you can use

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Chinese online tutor Zuoyebang raises $750 million in fresh round

Online tutoring startup Zuoyebang said on Monday it raised $750 million in a fresh funding round, led by investment firms FountainVest Partners and Tiger Global Management, as the COVID-19 crisis spurs investor interest in education technology.

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IIT-Gandhinagar develops AI-based tool to detect COVID-19 using X-rays

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar have developed an artificial intelligence-based deep learning tool for detection of Covid-19 from chest X-ray images.

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SAP introduces Global Bharat programme for Indian MSMEs

"MSMEs are a big contributor to India's GDP (gross domestic product) and provides employment to over 111 million people, and it is imperative to strengthen the sector for the revival of the country's economy.

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Sebi invites bids to create 'data lake' with analytical capabilities

To prevent malpractice in the capital markets, Sebi has invited bids from shortlisted companies to create a 'data lake' solution that can handle vast amount of data from multiple sources.

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Indian Oil to set up technology development centre at Faridabad

Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation's biggest oil firm, on Monday said it will set up a new technology development centre focussed on clean and alternative energy solutions.

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MevoFit: Technology For Health, Fitness And Lifestyle

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How to mute yourself on during a video call on Zoom

During an ongoing video conference or meeting, at times we feel the necessity to mute a microphone to sneeze or clear your throat and most importantly suppress unnecessary background noise while others are talking. Follow our step-by-step guide on how to mute a call on Zoom.

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Amazon to hire 20,000 temporary staff in customer service to serve global customers

Most of the positions are part of Amazon's 'Virtual Customer Service' programme that provides flexible work-from-home options.

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How to install the iOS 14 beta on iPhone

If you are a developer or just eager to try out the new widgets, picture-in-picture and other features of the iOS 14, you can sign up for the beta program.

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Amazon stops using single-use plastic in packaging across centers in India

Many Indian cities rank among the world's most polluted, and waste generated from single-use plastic has been a growing problem.

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Apple, Google coronavirus API comes to India: What you need to know

The exposure notification technology jointly developed by Google and Apple has begun rolling out in India through updates on their smartphone operating systems — iOS and Android. Public health authorities in India could now use the API to build a contact tracing app that is integrated deeply with the mobile operating system, thus avoiding technical glitches such as loss of tracking when the app is in the background.

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Nokia secures 5G contract worth $450 million from Taiwan Mobile

Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia Oyj said on Monday it has won a 5G contract worth about 400 million euros ($449.48 million) from Taiwan Mobile to build out the telecom operator's next-generation network as the sole supplier.

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Researchers develop IoT device to help people wash hands properly

Researchers have developed an Internet of things (IoT) device for soap dispensers which they say can ensure that people wash their hands properly for over 20 seconds as per the World Health Organization guidelines for COVID-19.

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Apple, Google coronavirus app comes to India: What you need to know

The exposure notification technology jointly developed by Google and Apple has begun rolling out in India through updates on their smartphone operating systems — iOS and Android. Public health authorities in India could now use the API to build a contact tracing app that is integrated deeply with the mobile operating system, thus avoiding technical glitches such as loss of tracking when the app is in the background.

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Sony sees software subscription as future for data-analysing image sensors

Transforming the light-converting chips into a platform for software - essentially akin to the PlayStation Plus video games service - amounts to a sea change for the $10 billion business, which built its dominance through hardware breakthroughs.

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Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global, organizers say

Free Press and Common Sense, along with U.S. civil rights groups Color of Change and the Anti-Defamation League, launched the campaign following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by Minneapolis police.

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Uber's Middle East business Careem sees ride-hailing recovery next year

Careem has seen its overall business recover at an almost double-digit rate week-on-week over the past two months as countries eased restrictions.

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OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro to go on sale: Price and offers

Both OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and run on Oxygen OS based on Android 10 operating system.

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Apple showcases iOS 14, new Realme phones, Poco X2 price hike & top tech news

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Amazon, SoftBank held talks over Russian online retailer Ozon, shareholder says

Global retail giant Amazon and Japanese SoftBank have made approaches to Russian conglomerate Sistema about a possible acquisition of its online retailer Ozon, Sistema's majority owner Vladimir Evtushenkov said on Saturday.

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Facebook will label newsworthy posts that break rules as ad boycott widens

Facebook has drawn heat from employees and lawmakers in recent weeks over its decisions not to act on inflammatory posts by the president.

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Microsoft to close physical stores, take $450 million hit

Microsoft Corp said it would close its retail stores and take a related pretax asset impairment charge of $450 million in the current quarter.

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US government asks tech CEOs to ensure online platforms not used to spur violence

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Canadian visa programme may lure tech workers blocked by Donald Trump

The number of successful applicants to Canada's Global Skills Strategy (GSS) programme rose five-fold over its first three years, with more than 23,000 workers approved under the top five tech categories, data provided to Reuters by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shows.

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Xiaomi Mi 10 5G vs OnePlus 8 Pro: Which is a better buy

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Video games group Ubisoft investigating allegations of misconduct

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Canada's top court rules in favor of Uber driver in gig economy case

The ride-hailing company's contract allows arbitration, but not class-action lawsuits.

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Samsung group heir should not be indicted, South Korea panel recommends

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Britain and France suggest phased approach to global digital tax talks

Britain, France, Italy and Spain suggested a "phased approach" to unblock global digital taxation talks in a joint letter to US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin last week, rebuffing his call for a pause in negotiations.

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Belgium adopts mobile tracking to limit beach crowds

Belgium has set up a new system to track mobile phones in order to limit crowding of seaside resorts and beaches that formally open for the summer season on Saturday.

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West Bengal government to use ISRO's remote-sensing tech to assess crop damage

"This will help us in fast verification of the damage and, in turn, ensure timely submission of data to Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited," state Agricultural Minister Ashis Banerjee told .

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HC declines to entertain PIL for direction to telcos not to block incoming calls during COVID-19

The Delhi High Court Friday said courts cannot do charity at the cost of others while declining to entertain a PIL seeking directions to TRAI and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to ensure that operators do not block incoming services of subscribers during the COVID-19 pandemic "Telecom companies also need money. Courts cannot do charity at the cost of others," the high court said.

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IOC launches battery swapping facility for quick recharge of EVs

India's top oil firm IOC on Friday launched a battery swapping facility for electric vehicles (EVs) at its petrol pumps, offering to replace discharged batteries with fully charged ones in just couple of minutes.

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How parents can control TikTok account for their kids

As a parent, there are a couple ways to restrict TikTok usage among your kids. TikTok has already launched a new feature called “Family Pairing” which let parents control how much time their teenage kids spend on watching TikTok videos.

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Amazon to buy self-driving startup Zoox for over $1 billion

Amazon has stepped up its investment in the car sector, participating in a $530 million funding round early last year in self-driving car startup Aurora Innovation Inc.

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Alibaba's Lazada appoints Chun Li as new CEO

Lazada Group Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Pierre Poignant will be replaced by Chun Li, a former Alibaba executive, who is currently Lazada co-president and head of its Indonesia operations, the company said in a statement.

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How to set up and use TRAI's new Channel Selector app to manage cable TV subscriptions

Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a new app called TRAI Channel Selector to make the channel selection process easier for Cable TV subscribers. TRAI’s new channel selector app will allow subscribers to check their subscription status along with all the channels and bouquets provided by their DTH/Cable operators.

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Google to pay some publishers in Australia, Brazil, Germany for content

Google has for years tried to fend off demands for payment from news publishers worldwide in return for using their content

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US lawmakers unveil bid to boost domestic chipmaking industry

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a measure aimed at strengthening chip manufacturing in the United States, adding to efforts to champion the sector and lure high tech supply chains back into the United States.

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Canada rejects call to swap Huawei executive for detainees in China

Trudeau, who has dismissed repeated calls from China to intervene in the case against Meng, said the signatories were wrong to call for her release.

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Working from Home: Google has these 5 video-calling tips

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Japan's NTT to invest $560 million in NEC to catch up in 5G race

Japanese telecoms company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) will invest 64.5 billion yen ($560 million) in NEC Corp to beef up efforts to develop fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies.

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Government to rescind vehicles Bulk Data Sharing Policy

Under the Bulk Data Sharing Policy and Procedure, eligible bodies could purchase the data for Rs 3 crore from fiscal 2020-2021 and on conditions of strict security steps to prevent its theft or transfer.

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Amazon to build new facilities in Australia as online demand surges: Report

Retail giant Amazon Inc is expanding its Australian operations with plans to build a warehouse in Sydney and is also scouting locations for a giant facility in Melbourne, the Australian Financial Review reported on Thursday.

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Huawei to build $1.2 billion British research centre

China's Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound ($1.2 billion) research and development facility in England.

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son steps down from Alibaba board

Masayoshi Son, the chief executive of Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp., said Thursday that he is stepping down from the board of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

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IIT-Bombay to go completely online next semester

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will go completely online next semester and not call students for face to face lectures in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, IIT-Bombay Director Subhasis Chaudhuri announced on Wednesday late night. The other IITs are likely to follow suit with similar announcements for the autumn semester that runs from July till December.

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US administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military

Washington placed Huawei and Hikvision on a trade blacklist last year over national security concerns and has led an international campaign to convince allies to exclude Huawei from their 5G networks.

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Tesla plans battery manufacturing facility under project 'Roadrunner'

Chief Executive Elon Musk earlier this week said it will give a tour of Tesla's battery cell production on Sept. 15, the tentative date for what the automaker has dubbed Battery Day.

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Face recognition vendor vows new rules after wrongful arrest in US using its technology

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Amazon and Flipkart may make it compulsory to reveal country of origin

Amazon and Flipkart have agreed to compel their seller to display country of origin for all products, Bloomberg reported.

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OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro with Snapdragon 855 to go on sale today via Amazon

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro come powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and run on Oxygen OS based on Android 10 operating system. Both the smartphones will be available on Amazon and OnePlus official website at 12pm.

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Amazon app quiz June 25, 2020: Get answers to these five questions to win Rs 50,000 in Amazon Pay balance

Result of today’s app quiz will be announced on June 26.

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10 fun keyboard apps for your Android phone

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Atos to acquire US-based Paladion

IT company Atos on Wednesday said it will acquire Paladion, a US-based global provider of managed security services, to strengthen its global cybersecurity services.

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Apple, Dell products from China held up at Indian ports: Sources

Apple, Cisco and Dell products are among the goods from US companies being caught up in India's border tensions with China, as Indian ports hold up imports from China, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

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Aarogya Setu to be coupled with another IT-driven tool to boost surveillance, contact tracing in Delhi

Authorities have planned to use Aarogya Setu app coupled with an IT-driven tool to boost surveillance and contact tracing in COVID-affected areas in Delhi.

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Facebook-Jio deal gets Competition Commission nod

The Competition Commission on Wednesday said it has cleared Facebook's proposed acquisition of 9.99 per cent stake in Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries.

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IBM unveils free digital learning platform

Technology giant IBM in partnership with Directorate General of Training on Wednesday introduced the SkillsBuild Reignite and the SkillsBuild Innovation Camp.

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Top German court reimposes data curbs on Facebook

Facebook must comply with an order by Germany's antitrust watchdog to curb data collection from users, a top German court ruled on Tuesday, in a setback for the US social network company that could set a wider precedent.

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Mercedes-Benz cars to be built on Nvidia autonomous driving platform from 2024

Semiconductor maker Nvidia Corp has struck a deal with Germany's Daimler Mercedes-Benz to provide cars produced from 2024 with a chip and software platform that can eventually be used for autonomous driving functions.

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How to permanently delete TikTok account using the app

If you have started getting bored of using TikTok or if there’s any other reason you want to get rid of the app from your smartphone then merely deleting the app is not sufficient. Your account is still active until you remove it manually. Read on to know about how to do it from within the TikTok app before deleting it from the phone.

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OnePlus TVs (2020) pre-booking starts on Amazon India website

OnePlus, the BBK-owned smartphone brand launched its first smart TV in India last year and now the company is gearing up to launch its second product in the category on July 2.

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Trump administration sees no loophole in new Huawei curb

The US government sees no loopholes in a new rule aimed at crimping global chip sales to China's Huawei and will "aggressively" crack down on any bid to disobey the intent of the curb, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Max with 5020mAh battery to go on sale today at Amazon

Chinese technology company Xiaomi is set to make its Redmi Note 9 Pro Max smartphone available for sale today. Interested customers can buy the smartphone from both Amazon and Mi.com at 12 pm.

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What the new iOS 14 means for iPhone users: 9 key features

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Mandate e-commerce players to mention country of origin of products: SJM requests government

The govt should make it mandatory for e-commerce firms like Flipkart and Amazon to mention the country of manufacture or origin of a product on their platforms so that people can identify if they are made in China.

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Patagonia latest brand to join Facebook ad boycott

Patagonia joins The North Face and the outdoor gear company REI, which have announced similar boycotts in recent days.

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Amazon to launch $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in clean energy: Report

Amazon.com Inc will launch a $2 billion internal venture capital fund that will focus on technology investments to reduce the impact of climate change, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

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PNB expects to complete technology integration of OBC, United Bank of India by March

With the merger, the bank now has about 11,000 branches, more than 13,000 ATMs, one lakh employees and a business mix of over Rs 18 lakh crore. Total domestic business of PNB at the end of March 2020 stood Rs 11.81 lakh crore.

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Mastercard to buy technology firm Finicity in $825 million deal

Mastercard Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Finicity in a deal valued at $825 million, adding a fintech firm that helps banks share customer data with other financial firms.

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Former Wirecard CEO arrested in scandal over missing 1.9 billion euros

Markus Braun resigned on Friday after the company said that auditors couldn't find accounts containing the money.On Monday, Wirecard said it had concluded that the money probably doesn't exist.

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How to delete truecaller account and remove your phone number from it

Truecaller also allows people to unlist their phone number from the app’s database. However, to do that, people will also need to delete their Truecaller account permanently.

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It is the practice of concealing a message—or file—within another file, (usually an image or video). The word comes from the Latin steganographia that is a portmanteau of the Greek words steganós that means concealed and graphia that means writing.

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Taiwan's Foxconn eyes further India investment, sees bright outlook

Foxconn is best known for assembling Apple's iPhones, many at its factories in China.

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Apple modifies app review process, letting developers 'challenge' guidelines

Apple Inc said it would let software developers "challenge" the guidelines that govern its app review process and will end its practice of blocking routine bug fixes over minor violations.

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Virgin Galactic, NASA to develop program for private missions to space station

As part of its agreement with the Johnson Space Center, the space tourism company will identify candidates interested in buying tickets for private rides to space in orbital-grade vehicles from other companies, and develop training packages under its "astronaut readiness program."

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Google's US ad revenue to take a hit due to pandemic: Report

Google had been expected to grow its U.S. ad revenue by almost 13%, according to eMarketer's first-quarter forecast which did not account for the pandemic.

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US President Donald Trump to suspend H-1B work visas and others through end of year

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CCI rejects unfair business complain against Swiggy

The complaint claimed that customers are generally unaware of the rates charged by of a particular restaurant in offline mode and thus, cannot compare it with the rates displayed on Swiggy's platform.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro with Snapdragon 720G to go on sale today via Amazon

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a staring price of Rs 13,999. It can be purchased at 12pm on Amazon and Mi.com.

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iPhones and iPads set to get the next big OS update from Apple

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Flipkart Big Savings Day sale is live: Deals and discount on smartphones, headphones and other gadgets

Flipkart Big Savings Days sale is live. The sale starts today (June 23) and will run through June 27. The five-day sale is the first big e-commerce sale after the nationwide lockdown that was announced in late March to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.

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Technology developed by Israeli cyber security company NSO Group was used by the Moroccan government to spy on journalist Omar Radi, a critic of Morocco's human rights record, Amnesty International said on Monday.

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Elon Musk says Tesla shareholder meeting and 'Battery Day' tentatively set for September 15

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday that Sept. 15 is the tentative date for the company's shareholder meeting and its "Battery Day" at which it is expected to reveal significant advances in battery technology.

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Huawei to receive planning permission to build 400 million sterling facility in UK: Report

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Australian leader says unnamed state increasing cyberattacks

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UK ditches COVID-19 app model, to use Google-Apple system

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Amazon India expands Flex delivery programme to over 35 Indian cities

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Facebook removes another 900 accounts linked to hate groups

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Twitter launches dedicated search prompt to help people combat domestic violence in India

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Indian firms pay hackers nearly Rs 6 crore per DNS attack: Report

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HCL Tech starts operations in Sri Lanka

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Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges, court documents released showed.

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Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges, court documents released on Monday showed.

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US companies can work with Huawei on 5G, other standards: Commerce Department

The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China's Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for next-generation 5G networks.

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Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace coronavirus contagions after a public spat between health authorities and the information watchdog.

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The feedback call centres will touch those public grievances that were filed on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) for the period between March 30 and May 30.

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Walmart teams up with Shopify to expand online marketplace business

Walmart Inc has partnered with Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc, as the world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer ramps up its efforts to capture a bigger slice of the coronavirus-driven surge in online shopping.

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Europe steps up tech battle against coronavirus with German app

Germany on Tuesday becomes the latest European country to launch a smartphone app that seeks to break the chain of coronavirus infection by tracking encounters between people and issuing a warning should one of them test positive.

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Swedish cloud computing services provider Sinch AB said on Monday it had agreed to buy Indian firm ACL Mobile for about $70 million in cash, its third large acquisition since the start of March.

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Facebook AI model achieves 65% accuracy to detect deepfake videos

Alarmed at the growing forged or deepfake videos on its platform, Facebook organised a Deepfake Detection Challenge and the results were not very encouraging, as the highest-performing model achieved an average precision of 65.18 per cent against real world examples.

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US Congress wants big four tech CEOs to testify in antitrust probe

US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary has sent letters to technology giants Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet, asking them to confirm by Sunday if their chief executives will testify as part of the committee's tech competition investigation, Axios reported.

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As the Indian telecom companies reel through a severe financial crisis with huge AGR dues towards to the Centre still pending, COAI Director General, Rajan Mathews has said that there is an immediate need to revise the definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) in a prospective manner to avoid any further similar issues for the industry.

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China Passenger Car Association says sales of Tesla's Shanghai-made Model 3 sedan hit 11,095 units.

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Finland's Nokia Oyj said it has partnered with Broadcom to develop chips for 5G equipment in its third such deal following ones with Intel and Marvell .

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, which became the first academic institute to get a nod from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for its COVID-19 test kit, has given non-exclusive open licence to Bengaluru-based biotechnology firm Genie Laboratories for commercialising the test, but with a price rider of Rs 500 per kit.

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IIT-KGP asks students, researchers to go home by June 20

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Franklin Templeton MF receives interest payment of Rs 103 crore from Vodafone Idea

Franklin Templeton MF side-pocketed its exposure in the telecom player and from January 24, various securities issued by Vodafone Idea in the schemes were segregated from the total portfolio. Creation of segregated portfolios is a mechanism to separate distressed, illiquid and hard-to-value assets from other more liquid assets in a portfolio.

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TPG, L Catterton pick up 1.32% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 6441.3 crore

Reliance Industries said it has sold a further 1.32 % stake in its digital arm Jio Platforms for Rs 6441.3 crore to TPG and L Catterton.

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BOE fails to deliver first iPhone 12 OLED shipments: Report

Chinese display maker BOE has reportedly failed to deliver the first shipment of OLED panels for Apple iPhone 12, which is expected to launch in November, the media reported.

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Turkey slams Twitter for removing thousands of accounts

Turkey has slammed Twitter for removing thousands of accounts based in the country that supported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying these were not "fake" profiles designed to support the president.

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Facebook fires employee who protested inaction on Trump posts

Facebook Inc fired an employee who had criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month, citing his tweet challenging a colleague's silence on the issue.

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China says Twitter should shut down accounts that smear China

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Local electronics firm PCI to make Singapore's virus-tracing device

Singapore-based electronics maker PCI has won a bid to supply 300,000 dongles for a government project that could eventually see everyone in the city-state given the wearable device to help identify people who have interacted with COVID-19 carriers.

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Facebook's acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy is being scrutinised by Britain's competition watchdog for possibly reducing competition in the United Kingdom.

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Punjab government launches 'Ghar ghar nigrani' mobile app

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Mark Zuckerberg's former aide Chris Cox returns to Facebook as product head

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Google's new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing, job ads

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ByteDance said it now has over 1,000 employees across the country from Mountain View, California to New York, up from around 300 this time last year.

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China hits back at US telecom supply chain order at WTO

China has accused the United States of undermining the global tech industry's supply chains with a renewed executive order barring U.S. companies from using telecoms equipment made by firms deemed to pose a national security risk.

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China set to complete Beidou network rivalling GPS in global navigation

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Twitter takes down Beijing-backed influence operation pushing coronavirus messages

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Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias.

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Facebook plans 'multi-million dollar' venture fund: Report

On the lines of Microsoft venture fund M12 that is helping B2B software startups in emerging technologies, Facebook is reportedly establishing its own multi-million dollar fund to invest in "leading private companies alongside top venture capital firms and angel investors", The Axios reported on Thursday.

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China hits back at US telecom supply chain order at WTO

China accused the United States on Thursday of undermining the global tech industry's supply chains with a renewed executive order barring US companies from using telecoms equipment made by firms deemed to pose a national security risk.

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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as it has prompted millions of people to turn to cashless payments, central bank officials said on Thursday.

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SC questions DoT demand for AGR dues from PSUs, says it is totally impermissible

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as 'totally impermissible' the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore in Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) from PSUs and said DoT must consider withdrawing it.

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India mobile handset industry can reach $100 billion in exports by 2025: Report

With a three-pronged strategy (restart, restore and resurgence), India can achieve $100 billion in mobile phones and nearly $40 billion in component exports by 2025, a new report said on Thursday.

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The Chinese joint venture of SoftBank Group Corp-owned Arm Ltd rejected on Thursday allegations of misconduct made by its investors against its CEO and said it would take legal action, escalating an internal spat.

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China's Xiaomi Corp and Oppo are importing some smartphone models into India as their local plants struggle to get back to production levels needed to meet demand that built up during lockdown, sources familiar with matter said.

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The Supreme Court expressed grave concerns over the government move to slap spectrum dues worth over Rs 4 lakh cr from PSUs as adjusted gross revenue (AGR)-based dues on par with private sector telco’s dues. It was also sceptical about the government's plans for staggering recovery of another Rs 1.69 lakh crore spread across 20 years from the private telcos.

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Europe's Just Eat Takeaway to buy Grubhub for $7.3 billion

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Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said.

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EU wants tech giants to do more to counter virus fake news

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Jack Dorsey-run Twitter and mobile payments company Square are making June 19 a company holiday in the US to celebrate Juneteenth which commemorates ending of slavery in the country.

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Israel's Bezeq to convert pay phones into defibrillator stations

Israel's main phone company said on Wednesday it would collaborate with the country's ambulance service in replacing thousands of public phone booths with defibrillator stations.

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Reddit names Michael Seibel to board after Ohanian's call for black candidate

Social network company Reddit on Wednesday named venture capital investor Michael Seibel to its board, days after co-founder and former director Alexis Ohanian resigned and called for the company to replace him with a black candidate.

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Trai says 'perverse' practice of RWAs charging operators for access to complexes must stop

Regulator Trai on Wednesday came down heavily on the "perverse" practice of RWAs charging telecom operators for allowing entry into housing complexes and colonies and said it would like to see connectivity infrastructure a pre-condition for granting completion certificates for such multi-story buildings.

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Polish scientists design remote-controlled ventilator to fight COVID-19

A team of Polish scientists has designed a remote-controlled ventilator they hope will allow doctors to help critically ill patients breathe, but from a distance, in a bid to make medical personnel safer during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Facebook content moderators make 3 lakh blunders a day: Report

Tasked with reviewing about three million posts a day, Facebook moderators make about three lakh mistakes in 24 hours in deciding what should stay online and what should be taken down, said a new report.

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SoftBank Group Corp-owned Arm Ltd and its Chinese joint venture on Wednesday publicly disagreed over whether the unit's chief executive officer had been fired, disclosing an internal spat at one of the global chip industry's major suppliers.

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US student's app offers roadmap to Singapore contact tracing tech

The project drew inspiration from a 2014 U.S. high school project that won an international prize but found no backers - until now.

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The head of the NATO military alliance said that the West could not ignore the rise of China and so it was important that the United Kingdom had a review of the role of Huawei in its 5G network to ensure its security.

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Anand Mahindra invests $1 million in Gurugram-based startup Hapramp

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Apple users can now anonymously share data for its Covid-19 app

Apple has updated its coronavirus screening app where users can now anonymously share data like age and symptoms that would be used to help health officials better fight Covid-19 pandemic.

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You use your email ID to communicate with friends and family. The question begging to be asked is ‘how safe is your email communication?’.

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Chinese video app TikTok's new Chief Executive Kevin Mayer has told EU digital chief Thierry Breton he intends to play an active role fighting disinformation, an EU official said on Tuesday, as Breton pushes tech giants to step up their efforts against fake news.

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Vodafone says UK's desire to lead in 5G will suffer a blow if Huawei is ripped out

Vodafone Group Plc , the world's second-biggest mobile operator, has warned that Britain's desire to lead the world in 5G technology will face a big blow if it decides to remove China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] from the country's telecoms infrastructure.

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German government backs 'electronics you can trust'

The German government will commit millions of euros in funding to electronics research and development as part of a wider effort to reduce reliance on imports of equipment used in its critical infrastructure, it said on Tuesday.

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Thailand proposes to tax foreign internet companies

Thailand on Tuesday approved a draft bill requiring foreign digital service providers to pay a value-added tax (VAT), becoming the latest country in Southeast Asia to seek to boost tax revenues from international tech companies.

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Israel halts coronavirus cellphone surveillance, official says

Israel's internal security service Shin Bet has halted its cell-phone tracking of coronavirus carriers, an official said on Tuesday, citing the success of alternatives to the controversial method of containing contagions.

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Poland rolls out privacy-secure coronavirus tracking app

Poland has released its latest version of a smartphone application to help to track coronavirus outbreaks, which has been adapted to address concerns about privacy, the country's digital minister said on Tuesday.

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Empays Payment Systems India Pvt Ltd, which built and runs the IMT Payment System, on Tuesday announced a partnership with Mastercard to enable contact-free ATM cash withdrawals in India.

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Airtel's arm buys additional stake in Dhaka-based telecom operator Robi Axiata

Bharti Airtel said its subsidiary has acquired an additional 6.3 per cent stake in Bangladesh's telecom operator Robi Axiata from NTT Docomo for an undisclosed sum.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) could quickly fill any order gap should U.S. restrictions against Huawei Technologies Co Ltd prevent sales to the Chinese firm, the company's chairman said.

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Alibaba says cloud unit to recruit 5,000 staff globally this financial year

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Finnish telecom operators share new 5G spectrum

Finnish telecom operators Telia, Elisa and Telenor-owned DNA all won frequencies at the country's auction of new high-speed 5G mobile networks on Monday, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said.

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Chinese telecom firms urge FCC not to revoke ability to operate in US

The US units of China Telecom Corp's and China Unicom urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to revoke the company's nearly two-decade old authorization to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States.

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South Korean court denies arrest warrant request for Samsung heir

A South Korean court on Tuesday denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee after prosecutors accused him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation.

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Google is using its “crowdedness predictions” model that was rolled out earlier to help users understand whether a particular place or public transport will be crowded or not.

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Israeli security head calls for halt in virus phone tracking

The head of Israel's Shin Bet security service reportedly said that he opposes the continued use of his agency's phone-snooping technology to track coronavirus cases.

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Google Maps is getting new features to alert users

The update would allow users to check how crowded a train station might be at a particular time, or if buses on a certain route are running on a limited schedule, Google said.

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IBM to exit facial recognition business, says aids racial profiling

The company will stop offering facial recognition software and oppose any use of such technology for purposes of mass surveillance and racial profiling.

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) said its researchers have identified a specific microRNA (miRNAs) called 'miR-155 that is over-expressed in tongue cancer.

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An autonomous mobility system that works like a wheelchair without anyone pushing it is scuttling around a Tokyo airport to help with social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai had a special message for the graduating class of 2020, urging them to be open, hopeful and "impatient", and exuded confidence that they have a "chance to change everything".

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Huawei launches ad blitz as UK reconsiders its role

Huawei has launched an advertising campaign in Britain as officials reconsider the Chinese technology company's role in supplying equipment for the country's next-generation high speed mobile networks.

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Philippines probes proliferation of fake Facebook accounts after anti-terror law protest

The Philippines is investigating the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts using the identities of students, journalists and government officials, which appeared after an anti-terror law protest, the justice secretary told Reuters on Monday.

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Finnish telecom operators share new 5G spectrum

Finnish telecom operators Telia, Elisa and Telenor-owned DNA all won frequencies at the country's auction of new high-speed 5G mobile networks on Monday, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said.

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Nokia's broadband business boosted as pandemic pressures networks

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For a preview of how office work will evolve, watch how the biggest tech companies are preparing for a post-pandemic world.

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While only one in three employees working in small businesses are aware of security requirements for personal devices, three in five employees (57 per cent) have not been not given secure corporate devices from their employers, a new report has said.

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Google Cloud India hires NetApp veteran Anil Valluri

Google Cloud on Monday announced to appoint global Cloud data services company NetApp veteran Anil Valluri as Senior Director for Google Cloud in India.

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Airtel says its retail stores open in most locations now; lists measures for customer convenience amid 'uncertainity'

In a note to subscribers, Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal said that while restrictions are lifting in large parts of the country, "there seems to be even more uncertainty" as people are worried about safety of their loved ones, and there is growing concern about incomes and jobs.

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Samsung heir appears in court, awaits decision on whether he'll be jailed again

Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee arrived at a South Korean court which will rule whether he will be sent back to jail after more than two years of freedom, as new allegations dog the executive and cast a pall over the country's top conglomerate.

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IIT Mandi researchers develop technology for making high efficiency masks from waste plastic bottles

The team at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi has also filed a patent for the waste plastic bottles derived filter membrane technology based on electrospinning.

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Airtel says no broadband outage after users reported issues

Airtel has said there was no major outage on its broadband network on Saturday evening, after several users reported no access to Internet and broadband services according to the data from the popular outage detection portal Downdetector.

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In early 2002, after graduating from JNTU Hyderabad with a degree in electronics and communication engineering, Radhika Tamvada aspired to follow it up with a master's degree. She had received offers from multiple universities in the US. "But my parents were reluctant," she says. "Although they were incredibly supportive of my ambitions, it was not common at that time, especially in our family, to send girls to study abroad. Besides, I had a job offer through campus placement."

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