Twitter's website not working for some users: Downdetector

Twitter said it was working to fix the issue.

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Australian regulator may authorise media group talks with Google, Facebook

Australia's competition watchdog said it issued draft proposals to authorise regional newspaper industry group, Country Press Australia, to negotiate with Google and Facebook for payments for news content on their platforms.

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Google introduces new defaults for education accounts

Privacy and security features to be updated for students, school-managed Google accounts

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Amazon asks for FTC head to step aside from antitrust probes

Khan has been a fierce critic of tech giants Facebook, Google and Apple, as well as Amazon. She arrived on the antitrust scene in 2017, writing an influential study titled "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox" when she was a Yale law student.

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Russia opens case against Google for breaching personal data law

Roskomnadzor said it was also waiting for Facebook and Twitter to respond to a demand that they localise similar data by July 1 or face fines, part Moscow's wider efforts to exert greater control over Big Tech.

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Tim Bernes-Lee's World Wide Web NFT sells for $5.4 million at Sotheby's

The World Wide Web NFT is considered valuable by some because blockchain authenticates that it is one-of-a-kind and has been officially created, or 'minted', by Tim Berners-Lee himself.

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Sony SRS-XB13 Bluetooth speaker review: Compact and competent

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19 Chinese consumer electronics brands banned by Amazon

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After $4.4 billion New York IPO, founders of China's Didi eye global growth

From working at a foot massage company to setting up China's biggest ride-hailing firm, Will Wei Cheng has navigated several hurdles on the path to taking Didi Global Inc public in a $4.4-billion New York float.

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Elon Musk says $20-30 billion may be needed to keep Starlink in orbit

Without disclosing details, he also said Starlink has "two quite significant partnerships with major country telcos" that could help the SpaceX division plug the gaps in fifth-generation mobile and cellular networks.

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Microsoft executive says US overuses secret orders for Americans' data

The United States government is overusing its secret subpoena power to routinely gather vast amounts of data on American internet users, a senior Microsoft executive said in prepared testimony to Congress released on Wednesday.

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How to use Facebook's digital wellbeing feature

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LG launches new offer, to give buyers health and wellness benefits of up to Rs 20,000

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How to manage interests in Google app

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Google risks being fined by Russia for not complying with personal data law: Regulator

The Alphabet Inc subsidiary, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, could be fined up to 6 million roubles ($82,060) for failing to comply.

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Domains and servers of"DoubleVPN" service used by cybercriminals seized and shut down

Europol, the European police coordinating agency, said on Wednesday that police in Europe, the United States and Canada had seized the domains and servers of "DoubleVPN", a network used by criminals to hide their identity during cyber attacks.

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Flipkart sale last day: 10 new smartphones available at up to Rs 5,000 discount

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With 3D printed 'steaks', Spanish startup eyes the mass market

As demand for plant-based alternatives to meat rises, Barcelona-based startup Novameat is using its 3D printing technology to manufacture vegetarian "steaks" that it hopes will reach the mass market next year.

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'Smart cane' unveiled at MWC 2021 to help visually impaired

The device is the brain-child of Kursat Ceylan, a Turkish inventor who was born blind and had an accident three years ago that left him scarred as he struggled to navigate while pulling luggage and checking GPS directions through his smartphone.

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Apple now Google's largest corporate client for cloud storage: Report

As of May, Apple was on track to spend about $300 million on Google cloud storage services in 2021, about a 50 per cent increase year-over-year, reports The Information.

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E-commerce rules: Fight between Amazon, Flipkart vs Reliance, Tata to intensify

Foreign brokerage, Jefferies said in a note, "The proposed rules now target indirect ownership in vendors, own label, flash sales. Fight between foreign cos (Amazon, Flipkart) & Indian cos (Reliance, Tata Grp) is set to intensify".

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SC asked to intervene over bar on action against Twitter boss

The tussle, coupled with discontent over increasing regulatory scrutiny of other U.S. tech firms such as WhatsApp and Amazon, has soured the business environment in a key growth market.

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Google says it received 27,700 user complaints, removed over 59,000 content pieces in April in India

Under the new IT rules, large digital platforms - with over 5 million users - will have to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon.

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Facebook launches newsletter product Bulletin, its Substack rival

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the platform, which is live at Bulletin.com, and introduced some of the writers that the company has recruited in a live audio room on Facebook.

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US Justice Department says Google depositions should be in person

We wanted to let the court know that we hope to do all or most of these depositions in person, said the Justice Department's Kenneth Dintzer, noting that the three first people that he wanted to depose were in California. It is our understanding that California is re-open.

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How India can make research attractive to grads

Hari Balakrishnan, Fujitsu professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), says engineering colleges in India should encourage more students to take up research.

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Huawei CFO says HSBC emails disprove basis for US extradition claim

CFO Meng Wanzhou's legal team said the emails and documents submitted to a Canadian court showed at least two senior HSBC leaders were aware of connections between Huawei and its Iranian subsidiary, Skycom. HSBC declined to comment.

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Google to introduce measures to curb online financial scams in UK

Google said in a blog post it will begin enforcing the new policy, which follows calls from the Financial Conduct Authority for the U.S. tech giant to vet paid promotions, from Sept. 6.

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6 things to check when you attend a walk-in Covid vaccine camp

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Realme smart TV 4K review: An affordable option

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How to share your screen during video calls on Telegram app

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How to use Clubhouse app on Windows

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Bharti to invest $500m in satellite communications company OneWeb

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German privacy tsar tells ministries to shut Facebook pages

In a letter to government departments and agencies earlier this month, commissioner Ulrich Kelber said Facebook had provided no way to run pages for institutions, whose feed users can subscribe to by clicking 'like', in an EU-compliant way.

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Axis Bank partners with AWS for digital banking services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday said it has inked a multi-year deal with Axis Bank to power the digital transformation programme of the country's third largest private sector bank.

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DoT starts online portal for spectrum allocation for trials to telcos

Telecom companies can now apply online for licence to use spectrum for trials and demonstration on Saral Sanchar Portal and there will also be deemed approval in certain cases, the Department of Telecom said on Tuesday.

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Amazon Music Fest sale: Wireless audio gadgets under Rs 2,000 you may buy

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EU antitrust regulators to decide Facebook acquisition of Kustomer by Aug 2

EU antitrust regulators will decide by Aug. 2 whether to clear Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer, a filing on the European Commission website showed.

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SoftBank leads new funding round in Gympass, valuing startup at $2.2 billion

Gympass, which makes gym memberships more accessible for corporate employees, has raised $220 million in a funding round led by existing investor SoftBank Group Corp , more than doubling the startup's valuation to $2.2 billion.

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Facebook, Google representatives depose before parliamentary panel on issue of social media misuse

The panel chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had asked the officials of the social media sites to appear in-person on the issue.

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Canon announces 14-35 ultra-wide angle zoom lens for its full frame mirrorless cameras

Canon has expanded its RF lens lineup with the launch of L308 ultra-wide angle zoom lens. The new lens joins the f/4L trinity of RF lenses -- the RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM and RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lenses.

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Elon Musk set to tout Starlink progress as cost, demand hurdles linger

If the service is successful, it could vastly expand the reach of broadband internet around the world, connect Tesla vehicles, and even provide a new platform for traders and others with exotic internet needs, people familiar with the Starlink plan said.

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L&T Technology Services, Mavenir partner for 5G automation services

IT company L&T Technology Services on Tuesday announced partnership with telecom gear maker Mavenir to deliver end-to-end 5G automation services.

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Google takes down maps targeting hundreds of Thais accused of opposing king

Google took down two Google Maps documents on Monday that had listed the names and addresses of hundreds of Thai activists who were accused by royalists of opposing the monarchy, the technology company said.

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Google restores services after outage affects multiple users

Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc's search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services late Monday before services were restored, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.

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These are the 10 ‘most-downloaded apps’ on iPhones and Android phones for the first 6 months of 2021

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Twitter hit with new headache in India after police complaint over controversial map

The police complaint filed by Praveen Bhati, a leader of the Bajrang Dal in Uttar Pradesh, accuses Twitter India boss Manish Maheshwari of breaching the country's IT rules as well as laws designed to prevent enmity and hatred between classes.

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Pakistan high court bans TikTok temporarily for ‘spreading immorality'

A high court in Pakistan on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok for “spreading immorality”, three months after the country lifted a ban imposed on it.

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Google services may not be working for some users, here’s why

Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc's search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.

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Flipkart Monsoon Dhamaka sale: Discounts on inverter ACs from Samsung, Voltas and others

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Adobe nixes Photoshop Sketch, Illustrator Draw

Software major Adobe has said that its Photoshop Sketch and Illustrator Draw apps will no longer vand Android from July 19.

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Renault seals electric car battery deals with Envision, Verkor

French carmaker Renault said on Monday it had sealed partnerships with China's Envision AESC and France's Verkor to produce electric car batteries in northern France.

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How to share video along with audio on Google Meet

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Samsung launches AI-powered vaccum cleaner, Jet Bot AI+

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How to disable Alexa’s ‘By the way suggestions’

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SoftBank to scale back robotics business, stops producing Pepper robot

As part of the retrenchment, SoftBank plans to eliminate about half of its 330 staff positions in France in September, according to four sources and documents, cutting into the historical heart of the business, whose origins lie in SoftBank's 2012 acquisition of French robotics firm Aldebaran.

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Mastercard buys stake in online selling platform Instamojo

Global payments technology major Mastercard has picked up an equity stake in Instamojo, a digital platform catering to small businesses and self-employed workers, for an undisclosed amount.

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How to make group video calls using Telegram: A step-by-step guide

Telegram announced plans to add group video calling to the app earlier this year. The feature is now finally rolling out to users via an update on both mobile and desktop operating systems. The desktop version, however, gets some additional functionality like selective screen sharing and more.

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Trojans made up over 90% of all pandemic-related malware: Report

Trojans pose one of the biggest threats to consumers this year, with them accounting for 90 per cent of all pandemic-related malware, a report said on Monday.

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Qualcomm expects to work with more than 30 companies on faster 5G variant

Qualcomm Inc on Monday said it expects to work with more than 30 carriers and telecommunications gear providers who have committed to using the faster variant of 5G networking technology.

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Mobile World Congress 2021 kicks off in Barcelona

A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that reflect the new reality for industry conventions in the post-pandemic era.

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Flipkart Monsoon Dhamaka Sale: LED smart TVs under Rs 40,000 available at up to 52% discount

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15% lower Google Play fee for Wear OS, Android Auto integrations

Google is offering Android app developers a lowered Google Play commission rate if they agree to add deeper integration for Google platforms like WearOS and Android Auto in their apps.

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WhatsApp appoints Manesh Mahatme as Head of Payments in India

WhatsApp on Monday said it has appointed former Amazon executive Manesh Mahatme as a director to lead the growth of its payments business in India.

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Dyson Omni-glide launched at Rs 34,900, top features of the cord-free vacuum cleaner

Dyson has expanded its vacuum cleaner category in India with the launch of Dyson Omni-glide. According to the company, the device is ideal for daily cleaning and comes with compact cord free design.

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Amazfit T-Rex Pro smartwatch review: For the love of outdoors

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Be among first to preview Windows 11, how to enroll for Windows Insider Program

he operating system is now available as a part of Windows Insider Program and can be installed on any laptop or PC via Dev channel or Beta Channel. Users need to enroll into the Dev Channel for the same.

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Boat forays into personal grooming with new sub-brand

To introduce an exciting range of grooming and personal care products, lifestyle consumer tech brand boAt on Monday announced its entry into the personal grooming category with MISFIT.

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Google, Facebook summoned by Parliamentary Committee on IT on June 29

Parliament Standing Committee on Information Technology (I&T) has issued summons to Facebook India and Google India asking them to send their representatives to appear before it on Tuesday to hear their views on safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social online news media platforms.

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18 new games coming to Xbox Game Pass later this year

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Windows 11 will require laptops to have high-quality webcams: Report

As part of the rush of news surrounding its new operating system, Microsoft has declared that starting January 1, 2023, all new laptops running on Windows 11 will need to have a front-facing camera.

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ADIA picks up minority stake in Mobikwik at valuation of $700 million

Mobikwik is said to be working on a Rs 1,200-crore IPO, which is likely to hit the markets by September. The fintech startup was recently in the news for an alleged data breach, following which the RBI ordered a forensic audit.

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'Arrogant' US e-commerce firms flout India's laws: Piyush Goyal

Large e-commerce firms have come into India and are "very blatantly" violating Indian laws, in more ways than one, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal says at an event.

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Thousands descend on Barcelona for reboot of MWC mobile tech show

Over 30,000 visitors from 143 countries are set to stream into the Catalan city for the three-day Mobile World Congress, or MWC, which starts on Monday - and each will have to pass through a mammoth testing area complete with 80 booths.

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Apple tells Epic judge to consider SC's NCAA decision: Report

Apple's main trial activity with Epic finished in May, with both sides now awaiting a decision from Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on the matter.

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8 things to do to keep money safe when your smartphone gets stolen

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Flipkart Monsoon Dhamaka sale: ACs and washing machines available under Rs 25,000

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Flipkart Monsoon Dhamaka sale: ACs and washing machines available under Rs 25,000

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Self-driving sensor firm Aeva Technologies adds two Apple veterans

James Reuther, who spent more than a decade at NASA before a stint at Apple overseeing new sensing technologies, has joined the company as its vice president of technology. Sawyer Cohen, who spent more than a decade at Apple and was the company's iPhone product design lead for almost five years, will be Aeva's senior director of product design.

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Reliance announces its ‘Google phone’, Microsoft’s next big update and other top tech news of the week

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How check whether your laptop, desktop is compatible with Windows 11 in few simple steps

If you aren’t sure what processor your system has or how much RAM is there on your system and still want to know whether your system will support Windows 11 or not. Microsoft has got that covered for you.

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15 popular smartphone brands that are 'dead' in India

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How to share Google Sheets in Excel format

Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel are the two most used spreadsheet programs. But what happens when a Google Sheets user sends a file to an Excel user? You might know that Google Sheets comes with an in-built export mechanism, which allows users to export a Google Sheet document to open it in Excel.

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How to link your passport number to Covid-19 vaccination certificate

Travelling abroad? You will need to get your passport linked to your vaccination certificate. Vaccination certificates have become the new mandatory requirement to travel abroad. Though so far there are no set norms globally for exemptions for vaccinated travellers and most countries have their own rules, one thing is clear: No vaccination, no international travel. So this makes it as important for those planning a trip abroad to link their passports to the vaccine certificate as to get the vaccination.

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Tesla 'recalls' vehicles in China for online software update

Chinese regulators said on Saturday Tesla Inc would 'recall' nearly 3 lakh China-made and imported Model 3 and Model Y cars for an online software update related to assisted driving, with owners not required to return their vehicles. The remote online software 'recall' - a first for Tesla cars built in China - covers 249,855 China-made Model 3 and Model Y cars, and 35,665 imported Model 3 sedans.

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Thane civic app wins Centre's award

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Flipkart Monsoon Dhamaka sale: Get up to Rs 10,000 discount on these microwave oven, water purifier, induction cooktop, air fryer and more

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India's IT exports may witness double-digit growth in FY22: Report

As Indian IT majors adapt to the post-Covid business dynamics and spend heavily on several aspects, IT exports from the country are expected to witnessed a healthy double-digit growth in the ongoing financial year, according to a report prepared by Kotak Institutional Equities.

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Microsoft says new breach discovered in probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers

The company said it had found the compromise during its response to hacks by a team it identifies as responsible for earlier major breaches at SolarWinds and Microsoft.

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Telegram is adding another feature to counter WhatsApp

With the latest version of Telegram's iOS, Android and desktop apps, encrypted messaging app Telegram users can turn their group voice chats into video conference calls.

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Twitter may soon let you connect your Google Account

Micro-blogging site Twitter is working to make it possible to sign in to your account through a connected Google Account.

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ET or not: US intelligence report has no answers on 144 UFO sightings

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Pharmeasy to acquire diagnostics chain Thyrocare in a deal worth over Rs 6,300 crore

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How to fix and Image’s position in Google Docs

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Amazon buys Wickr, encrypted chat app used by government agencies

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How to turn off activity status on Facebook on your smartphone

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45% of all smartphones to be sold in 2022 to have OLED display: Report

Nearly half of all smartphones that will be sold in 2022 will feature an OLED panel, a new report has revealed.

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Electric wave: EVs to dominate sales 5 years sooner than expected

Accordingly, EY deployed its 'Mobility Lens Forecaster', an artificial intelligence (AI) powered forecast modelling tool that provides an outlook for the supply and demand of mobility products and services through 2050 to derive these results. The latest predictions show that by 2028 EV sales in Europe will surpass those of other powertrains, a trend that will be repeated in China by 2033 and in the US by 2036.

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Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher, may test online law

Australia's competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook Inc refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage for the first test of the world's toughest online content law.

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Social media cos unable to curb Covid-related misinformation: Report

Social media companies such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube are not doing enough to stop the spread of misinformation about Covid-19 on their platforms, a new report has found.

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Google adds VPN to iPhones using Google Fi plans

Google has announced that iPhone users on any of its Google Fi phone plans will now automatically get a built-in VPN service.

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Canada court rejects Huawei CFO push for publication ban on new evidence in U.S. extradition case

USA-HUAWEI TECH/CANADA (PIX)Canada court rejects Huawei CFO push for publication ban on new evidence in U.S. extradition case

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Learn to learn; the value of a degree is vanishing

Rajendra Pawar, chairman of the NIIT Group, says earlier if you learnt, say, cement technology of a certain type, the technology would last some 40 years, and what you learnt in college and in the first few years of working would be enough to see you through your entire career. But now, he says, technology is changing extremely fast and you might live up to 100 years. “So imagine the number of times you will have to make changes in your life. Lifelong learning is the rule of the game,” says the co-founder of the group that pioneered IT skilling in India.

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Data is allowing creation of amazing new business models

One in two enterprises have made data a key strategic goal for their organisations, Subrahmanyam KVJ, director of Capgemini Invent India – the consulting, digital innovation and transformation unit of the French IT company – said at the Times Techies webinar last week on `Building a data first enterprise in the digital economy’.

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UK regulator opens formal probe into Amazon, Google over fake reviews

Britain's competition regulator on Friday opened a formal investigation into Amazon and Alphabet Inc's Google over concerns the tech giants have not done enough to combat fake reviews on their sites.

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HP says it is Windows 11 ready

HP on Friday announced that its currently shipping portfolio of Windows-based PCs are expected to be upgradeable to Windows 11 when available later this year.

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Google tests feature to warn users if search results not reliable

Tech giant Google has started testing a new feature to notify people when they search for a topic that may have unreliable results, media reports said.

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Garmin Forerunner 55 with up to 2 weeks battery life launched in India

Garmin has expanded its smartphone lineup in India with the launch of Forerunner 55. The smartwatch comes with GPS connectivity that the company claims is designed for people of all skill levels. The Forerunner 55 has been launched at Rs 20,990. It will be available online — Amazon.in, Flipkart, Tata Cliq, synergizer.co.in — as well as offline via Garmin Brand Stores.

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Fujifilm launches FUJINON XF18mmF1.4 R LM WR lens at Rs 91,999

Expanding its X-series lens lineup, Fujifilm India has announced the launch of the FUJINON XF 18mm F1.4 R LM WR lens (XF18mmF1.4) in India today.

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New FTC chief Khan names some top staffers, including competition chief

Tech critic and the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, has named three top staffers in a signal that the agency could become more aggressive in how it enforces antitrust law and laws against deceptive advertising.

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Google delays Chrome's blocking of tracking cookies to late 2023

Google had wanted to bar reams of ad-personalization companies from gathering users' browsing interests through cookies from January 2022. But rivals accused the world's biggest online ads seller by revenue of using improved privacy as a pretense to gain greater market share.

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Mercedes-Benz USA accidentally puts out data from nearly 1,000 customers

Individuals whose data has been breached will be offered a complimentary two-year subscription to a credit monitoring service.

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11 ways your computer will change with Windows 11 update

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Apple has begun testing a major redesign to the iCloud Mail experience on the web, bringing its webmail service more in line with recent design changes made in macOS Big Sur.

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LG announces its ‘Together We Can Make Life Better’ campaign, offers deals and assured gifts of up to Rs 35000

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Amazon Web Services says will open data centers in Israel

In April, AWS and Google won a tender for the four phase project known as "Nimbus".

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Researchers develop tech that uses human body as medium to transfer power between devices

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a technology that enables a single device, such as a mobile phone placed in the pocket, to wirelessly power other wearable devices on a user's body, using the human body as a medium for power transmission.

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Education ministry launches online module to track, re-enrol out-of-school children

The Ministry of Education on Friday launched an online module to compile data on out-of-school children that will facilitate age-appropriate admissions for children in the 6-14 age group.

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Romanian president signs bill into law to ban Huawei from 5G

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis signed a Washington-backed bill on Friday that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in the development of its 5G telecommunication networks, on security concerns.

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McDonald's Corp, the world's largest burger chain, said on Friday that a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan has exposed some customer and employee information, making it the latest global company to be targeted by cybercriminals.

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The biggest game show of the year, E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is set to kick off tomorrow (June 12). This year, however, the event will be held digitally just like every other tech event this year thanks to the covid-19 pandemic.

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Karnataka High Court dismisses pleas by Amazon, Flipkart to quash CCI's antitrust probe

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Frequent run-ins with India govt cloud US tech expansion plans

Twitter joins compatriots Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and Facebook-owned WhatsApp in long being at loggerheads with the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over data privacy bills and policies some executives have called protectionist, but tension has escalated in recent weeks.

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Google updates Search algorithms to reduce online harassment

Google has updated its Search algorithms to protect people who are dealing with extraordinary cases of repeated harassment online.

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IT major Wipro on Friday said it has appointed Anup Purohit as its Chief Information Officer (CIO).

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Britain's competition regulator said on Friday it had secured commitments from Google about the tech giant's proposal to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome browser.

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Donald Trump administration subpoenaed Apple for lawmakers' data: Report

The records of at least a dozen people tied to the committee were seized in 2017 and early 2018, including those of Representative Adam Schiff, then the panel's top Democrat and now its chairman, the Times said.

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The Nigerian government said Twitter is seeking a dialogue in a bid to resolve the issues leading to the suspension of its activities in the west African country.

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Germany on Thursday started rolling out a digital vaccination pass that can be used across Europe as the continent is gets ready for the key summer travel season.

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India and Australia to expand cyber security cooperation

The two sides discussed a range of issues relating to emerging technologies in the cyber domain at the first meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group (JWG) on cyber security cooperation, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

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ByteDance launched its new Volcano Engine brand to offer the proprietary algorithm used to power TikTok's personalised recommendations to more corporate clients, as the company seeks to expand beyond mainstay consumer products.

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Britain's competition watchdog is planning a formal competition investigation into e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing three unidentified people familiar with the situation.

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The automaker plans to livestream the delivery of the first Model S Plaid at its U.S. factory in Fremont, California at 7 pm PT (0200 GMT, Friday), according to its official Twitter account.

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Google has launched a new feature called Paced Walking that will help you meet your best walk goals for utmost health benefits with an audio beat for you to fall in step with.

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El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has approved legislation making the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender in the country, the first nation to do so, just days after President Nayib Bukele made the proposal at a Bitcoin conference.

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Facebook says on track to reopen all US offices by October

Facebook Inc expects to reopen all its U.S. offices by October, with plans to offer flexible work-related options to employees, the social media platform said.

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US bank JPMorgan said it will exclude Huawei's dollar bonds from some its most influential investment indices from the end of next month, following the latest ratcheting up of U.S. sanctions on Chinese technology firms.

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South Korea's data protection watchdog said on Wednesday that it has imposed monetary penalties on six companies and institutions, including technology giant Microsoft and an affiliate of local internet giant Kakao, for failing to protect personal information of their clients by negligence.

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Fastly Inc., the company behind a major global internet outage this week, said on Wednesday the incident was caused by a bug in its software that was triggered when one of its customers changed their settings.

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Adobe on Wednesday announced that it has released some major updates across its Creative Cloud apps, with an emphasis on performance gains for customers on Apple M1 Macs.

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Spanish electric-vehicle charger maker Wallbox plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange later this year through a merger with shell company Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp, the companies said on Wednesday.

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EU antitrust regulator cite concerns about voice assistants' exclusivity practices

A year-long inquiry into voice assistants such as Alexa and Siri and other internet-connected devices has led to among more than 200 companies expressing concerns of potential anti-competitive practices, EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday.

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For nine in 10 Indians, gaming especially on personal computers (PCs) helps relieve work and study pressure while reducing stress and inducing positive feelings in the remote era, a new HP India report showed on Wednesday, clearing indicating that gaming on big screen is now being preferred over mobiles in the country.

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which developed 2-Deoxy-D- Glucose (2-DG), a drug used for treatment of Covid-19 patients, has called for Expression of Interest (EoI) to transfer the technology to Indian pharmaceutical industries for production.

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Uber says it will hire about 250 engineers in India for tech, product teams

Ride-hailing platform Uber said it is recruiting close to 250 engineers for its teams in Bengaluru and Hyderabad as it continues to expand the scope of operations for its engineering and product work in the country.

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Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China's CATL and BYD about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Bitcoin fell to a three-week low on Tuesday amid signs of institutional investor caution, while the head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service called for lawmakers to provide authority for tighter reporting rules on crypto transfers.

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Microsoft to sell some products through experience stores

Microsoft Corp said it will use its experience centers in London, New York and Sydney to sell products to customers starting July 1.

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Google loosens its search engine grip on Android devices in Europe

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Thousands of government, news and social media websites across the globe were coming back online on Tuesday after getting hit by a widespread hour-long outage linked to U.S.-based cloud company Fastly Inc.

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Hong Kong is to test connecting China's digital yuan with its domestic payments network, officials said on Tuesday, the second stage of trials of China's digital currency in the financial hub.

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Google has bowed to pressure from rivals and will let them compete for free to be the default search engines on Android devices in Europe, widening a pledge to EU antitrust regulators two years ago.

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Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a messaging app secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they said dealt an "unprecedented blow" to organized crime in countries around the world.

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A 35-year old senior executive at a software company in Singapore, who made racially offensive tweets in April last year, including slurs to Indians and condemning Indian immigrants about COVID-19, was jailed for three weeks on Tuesday, a media report said.

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Apple has made building manufacturing facilities in the United States a condition for potential battery suppliers, said two of the sources

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The areas covered by the draft bill on data protection include consent, what comprises personal data including sensitive personal data, exemptions which can be granted, grounds for processing information, storage restrictions for personal data and individual rights.

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Samsung bets on Europe 5G orders to grow network equipment business

Samsung Electronics is banking on Europe to maintain growth momentum in its network equipment business, a senior executive said, as 5G rollout widens and industry leader Huawei Technologies of China focuses on its domestic market.

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Multiple websites operated by news outlets including the Financial Times, the New York Times and Bloomberg News were down across the globe on Tuesday.

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Google to change global advertising practices in landmark antitrust deal

Google said it would make changes to its global advertising business to ensure it did not abuse its dominance, bowing to antitrust pressure for the first time in a landmark settlement with French authorities.

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A group of 50 investors managing more than $4.5 trillion in assets is calling on companies involved in the development and use of facial recognition technology, such as Amazon and Facebook, to do so in an ethical way.

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Amazon to invest $3 billion in data centres in Spain

US tech giant Amazon plans to invest 2.5 billion euros ($3.04 billion) in new data centres in the Spanish northern region of Aragon that will open in mid 2022, the company said on one of its websites.

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The industry wants levies like France's 3% tax on certain online revenues removed.

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The feature was one of a number of privacy protections Apple announced at its annual software developer conference on Monday, the latest in a years-long effort by the company to cut down on the tracking of its users by advertisers and other third parties.

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Facebook hits out at Apple while offering 'deal' to content creators

Apple's control over what apps make it to its app platform and its commissions of 15% to 30% on digital sales have come under regulatory scrutiny

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With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies, the attacks on crypto users quadrupled in the first quarter this year, as cybercriminals installed malicious programs called Miners to steal cryptocurrency from infected devices, a new report has showed.

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Venice has long been in peril from the waves that motor boats create along its canals, eroding the foundations of historic buildings and threatening them with collapse.

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IT major Infosys has announced a collaboration with Archrock, Inc., a leading provider of natural gas compression services in the U.S, to integrate digital technologies and mobile tools for its field service technicians.

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The Indian Space Research Organisation has developed three types of ventilators, and has come forward to transfer the technology to industry forclinical usage as the country battles the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos brother will fly to space next month on the first space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin, the billionaire said.

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SBI invests in digital payments firm Cashfree

Cashfree, a digital payments and banking technology company on Monday announced State Bank of India (SBI) has made an investment in the organisation.

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Flipkart introduces contactless, QR-based payment for pay-on-delivery orders

Flipkart has launched a contactless, QR-code based payment facility for all its pay-on-delivery shipments.

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Google agrees to change some ad practices after French watchdog imposes fine

The authority also fined the Mountain View, California-based company 220 million euros ($267.48 million) after a probe found it abused its market power in the intricate ad business online, where some its tools have become almost essential for large publishers.

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The latest to join the elite tech CEOs' club is Rajesh Nambiar, currently the Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant India, who has replaced Malcolm Frank, Executive Vice President and President, Digital Business and Technology at the IT major.

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The global smartphone sales to end users grew 26 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, led by Samsung which garnered 20.3 per cent market share, a Gartner report said.

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Model S Plaid+, which would have been Tesla's highest-end model with a driving range of 520 miles, was unveiled at a battery event last year and Musk said it would adopt its next-generation 4,680 battery cells. But production was pushed back to 2022 from the end of 2021.

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