El Salvador Congress backs $150 million fund for Bitcoin ahead of adoption

With 64 votes in favor and 14 votes against, Congress approved the fund as El Salvador, which already uses the U.S. dollar, prepares to officially adopt bitcoin on Sept. 7.

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Consumers spent $40 billion on App Store in H1 2021: Report

According to data acquired by Finbold.com, the spending represents a growth of 22.05% from a similar period in 2020. App Store's H1 2021 spending is almost double compared to $23.4 billion spent by Android consumers.

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Having trouble connecting your phone to the car? You are not alone

Wireless smartphone emulation technology is creating challenges for virtually every automaker.

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Windows 10 users, features and apps that will be removed or replaced when you upgrade to Windows 11

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China's biggest air show to highlight homegrown technology

The biennial China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 had been scheduled to take place in the southern city of Zhuhai was postponed from its original date of last November because of the pandemic.

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Wipro, HERE Technologies partner to provide location-based service for customers

IT services major Wipro Ltd on Tuesday said it has partnered with HERE Technologies to offer location-based services, to customers from energy and utilities, manufacturing, transport and Logistics, telecom, and automotive industry verticals.

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Amazon revamps Delivery Service Partner programme in India

Amazon on Tuesday announced the revamping of its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) programme in India, wherein the e-commerce major will provide enhanced support to its partners across areas like technology, hiring and logistics.

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Shares of Zoom slide by more than 11% as growth sees a downturn

Shares of Zoom slid more than 11% in premarket trading on Tuesday, after the video conferencing company signaled a faster-than-expected drop in demand and analysts questioned its future plans as people return to office.

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Facebook says it took action on 33.3 million content pieces during June 16-July 31 period

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Facebook "actioned" over 33.3 million content pieces across ten violation categories proactively during June 16-July 31 in India, the social media giant said in its compliance report on Tuesday. Facebook's photo sharing platform, Instagram took action against about 2.

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South Korea bans Google, Apple app store empire: Here's why it's good for developers

South Korea's National Assembly approved legislation on Tuesday that bans app store operators such as Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems.

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Gaming restrictions: Chinese teens vent out on social media

Young Chinese gamers took to social media to express their outrage at new rules that limit their gaming time to just three hours per week, while investors fretted about the long-term impact on the industry.

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Yandex takes more control of Russian venture with Uber in $1 billion deal

Russian internet giant Yandex said on Tuesday it would buy Uber's stakes in their joint foodtech, delivery and self-driving businesses, and increase its stake in their ride-hailing joint venture as part of a $1 billion deal.

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Covid-19 app: Indonesia probes suspected data breach

Indonesia is investigating a suspected security flaw in a Covid-19 test-and-trace app that left exposed personal information and the health status of 1.3 million people, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.

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China's blue-chip shares end lower as factory activity slows

China blue chips fell on Tuesday after data showed the services sector in the world's second-biggest economy slumped into contraction and as analysts noted that Beijing's scrutiny over online gaming would affect the long-term growth of the industry.

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7 keyboard shortcuts that every Microsoft Teams user must know

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China's new 'online gaming ban': What it means, new timings, verification process and all details

China on Monday introduced new rules that limit the amount of time under-18s can spend on video games to three hours a week, a move it said was necessary to combat gaming addiction.

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Indonesia probes suspected data breach on Covid-19 app

Anas Ma'ruf, a health ministry official overseeing data, said the government was looking into the potential breach, but said the potential flaw was in an earlier version of the app, which has not been used since July.

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Airtel ends silence on Google rumours: This is what it said in response to stock exchanges

Telecom major Bharti Airtel described that the reports on likely investment by Google into the company as speculations.

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Indian payments platform BillDesk gets $4.7 billion investment from Prosus

Prosus NV doubled down on its investment in India on Tuesday with a $4.7 billion deal for payments platform BillDesk, making it one of the biggest players in the country's fast-growing fintech sector.

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Thai crypto exchange Zipmex raises $41 million from Bank of Ayudhya, others

BAY joins Thai media companies, Plan B Media Pcl and Master Ad Pcl, and foreign venture capital funds in the investment round.

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Semiconductor shortage hurting production, may impact Aug-Sep automobile wholesales: Report

Semiconductors are silicon chips that cater to control and memory functions in products ranging from automobiles, computers and cell phones to various other electronic items.

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TikTok parent ByteDance acquires VR headset maker Pico

In a statement issued to the publication, ByteDance said that Pico's "comprehensive suite of software and hardware technologies, as well as the talent and deep expertise of the team, will support both our entry to the VR space and long-term investment in this emerging field".

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Google says it removed 95,680 content pieces in July in India

On Tuesday, Google said it had received 36,934 complaints in July from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms, and the number of removal actions as a result of user complaints was 95,680 - the highest so far.

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Zoom's tepid growth forecast takes shine off billion-dollar quarter

The company on Monday forecast third-quarter revenue between $1.015 billion and $1.020 billion, compared with the analysts' average estimate of $1.013 billion, according to Refinitiv data.

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Uber proposes industry-wide gig worker benefits model in Canada

Under the preliminary proposal outlined in a company blog post, the fund would provide gig workers with cash benefits to put toward a retirement or life insurance plan, or to pay for educational or dental and health benefits not covered by Canada's universal healthcare system.

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Google, Facebook, Microsoft top EU lobbying spending: Study

Such efforts should be a wake-up call to EU policymakers to further beef up the draft laws and lobbying rules, the study by campaign groups Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl warned.

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Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push

Instagram will begin requiring users to confirm their birthdays as part of an effort to create new safety features for young people, the Facebook Inc-owned social media app said.

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Mi Notebook Pro and Mi Notebook Ultra to go on sale today at 12 pm via Amazon

Mi Notebook Pro and Mi Notebook Ultra are set to go on sale today. The new laptops will be available via Amazon and Mi.com at 12 pm. The laptops come powered by 11th Gen Intel core processors and run on Windows 10 operating system.

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These are 10 most-useful sensors in your smartphone: Find out what they do

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China cuts amount of time minors can spend on online games

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LG Energy Solution to decide by October whether to pursue IPO this year

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) said on Monday it will decide by October whether to pursue its planned initial public offering (IPO) this year, after a vehicle recall involving LG batteries clouded it outlook.

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China restricts children to 3 hours of online gaming per week

China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector.

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India must rethink on Mumbai concentration of data centres: Microsoft executive

Major global cities like Amsterdam and Singapore are shunning any new datacentres because they "suck out" power, and we need to be circumspect about concentrating all the capacities in or around the financial capital, a senior industry official said on Monday.

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Check Point Software acquires cloud email security company Avanan

Check Point Software Technologies said on Monday it acquired U.S.-Israeli cyber security company Avanan, which specialises in protecting email, where most cyber attacks begin.

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Researchers, cybersecurity agency urge action by Microsoft cloud database users

Researchers at a cloud security company called Wiz discovered this month they could have gained access to the primary digital keys for most users of the Cosmos DB database system, allowing them to steal, change or delete millions of records.

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Australia considering new laws for Apple, Google, WeChat digital wallets

Services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and China's WeChat Pay, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are not currently designated as payment systems, putting them outside the regulatory system.

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Realme Book Slim goes on sale:How Realme’s first laptop compares to Xiaomi’s RedmiBook Pro and Mi Notebook Pro

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Singapore's Shopee changes the game in Brazil's ecommerce sector

Shopee took just two years to become Brazil's most-downloaded shopping app, winning users to its low-cost marketplace with its game-changing approach to e-commerce: in-app mini-games offering coupons to winning users.

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'Angry Birds' maker has been sued, here's why

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has announced a federal lawsuit against the developer of popular "Angry Birds" mobile gaming franchise.

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Australia considering new laws for Apple, Google, WeChat digital wallets

Services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and China's WeChat Pay, which have grown rapidly in recent years, are not currently designated as payment systems, putting them outside the regulatory system.

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Clubhouse to bring spatial audio to its platform

The new surround-sound-like feature will help Clubhouse lean into performances and entertainment rooms that have proliferated on the app...

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Mi Smart Band 6 goes on sale in India via Amazon and Mi.com: Details

Mi Smart Band 6 comes with a 1.56-inch full-screen AMOLED display with 450 nits of brightness. It is said to offer approximately 50% more screen space than its predecessor Mi Smart Band 5. Mi Smart Band 6 is priced at Rs 3,499. The device is compatible with both Android and iOS phones.

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Why offline traders body CAIT is upset with Niti Aayog

CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal came down vehemently on Niti Aayog and said, "It is highly unfortunate that Niti Aayog in the last seven years since it's inception had done absolutely nothing to support the 8 crore traders of India and now when the government is trying to create a level playing field in the retail sector, Niti Aayog is interfering in between and trying to derail the process."

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Foxconn founder asks BioNTech to reserve 30 million more vaccines for Taiwan

Taiwan's government subsequently allowed Gou, Foxconn - formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd - as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, to negotiate on its behalf for the shot. A $350 million deal for 10 million shots was inked last month, which will be donated to the government for distribution.

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SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station

The Dragon is carrying more than 4,800 pounds (2,170 kilograms) of supplies and experiments, and fresh food including avocados, lemons and even ice cream for the space station's seven astronauts.

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Google Play app store revenue hit $11.2 billion in 2019, lawsuit says

Attorneys general for Utah and 36 other U.S. states or districts suing Google over alleged antitrust violations with the app store also said in the newly unredacted filing that the business in 2019 had $8.5 billion in gross profit and $7 billion in operating income, for an operating margin of over 62%.

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Microsoft 'threatens' to withhold Windows 11 updates on old CPUs

Microsoft had earlier said that it won't actually block users from installing Windows 11 on a PC with an older CPU, "so long as you download and manually install an ISO file all by yourself".

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Indian mapmaker powering Apple Maps, Amazon Alexa looks to IPO

The firm, backed by Qualcomm Inc. and Walmart Inc.-owned payments startup PhonePe, is targeting an IPO size around $175 million at a valuation of about $825 million

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This chip giant may have Tesla problem

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc and smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have also lodged opposition to the deal with U.S. authorities, the newspaper reported.

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

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Chinese regulators to exercise more control over algorithms

Chinese regulators will exercise greater control over the algorithms used by Chinese technology firms to personalise and recommend content, the latest move in a regulation spree across the internet sector.

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How to apply or renew your driving license online

Visiting the RTO office just to get a learner’s license or applying for a new driving license is a cumbersome process. To make things easier, the government of India has made an online portal that offers all the driving license-related services like applying for a learner’s or new license, changing address, renewal and more. Also, there’s an Aadhar eKYC method that saves the effort of filling in details in the form.

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New drone rules, Covid-19 vaccine booking on WhatsApp, new launches from Samsung, Amazon, Xiaomi and more

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Samsung, Realme and Nokia’s new phones launched: Here are some key features

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How to clean your Windows PC of junk files in six easy steps

When we talk about taking care of our digital devices like laptops and smartphones, getting rid of the junk file buildup is one of the aspects which usually gets neglected. In this tutorial, we tell you some simple steps to clean temporary and other junk files from your Windows PC without having to download and install any third-party software. We will be taking the help of the Command Prompt for the same. Here are the steps.

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Oppo Reno 6 5G review: Smart design, strong battery

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Bike price cut, rising costs to hit Peloton's profitability

Peloton Interactive Inc said its near-term profitability would suffer due to a decision to slash the price of its exercise bike and higher commodity and marketing costs.

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IATA backs European digital Covid certificate as global standard

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has commended the European Commission for its leadership and speed in delivering the EU Digital Covid Certificate (DCC) and urged states to make it their global standard for digital vaccine certificates.

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US House panel seeks records from Google, Twitter, Facebook and others in riot probe

The House panel investigating the riot at the US Capitol issued sweeping document requests on Friday to social media companies, expanding the scope of its investigation as it seeks to examine the events leading to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Salesforce-rival Freshworks files for IPO, reports 53% revenue jump

Business and customer engagement software company Freshworks Inc on Friday made public its filing for an initial public offering in the United States, reporting a nearly 53% surge in revenue as more customers signed up for its services.

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Chinese social media platforms to "rectify" financial self-media accounts

China's top social media platforms, Wechat, Douyin, Sina Weibo and Kuaishou, said on Saturday they would begin to rectify irregular practices of "self-media" accounts that publish financial information, reported state media Global Times.

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Tesla now aims to sell electricity directly to consumers in US

After electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels and energy storage systems, Elon Musk-run Tesla is now planning to sell electricity directly to consumers in the US.

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This may be Twitter’s ‘celebrity porn’ problem

Several 'Bluetick (verified) accounts and porn stars freely share explicit videos and pictures with no censorship from Twitter, DisinfoLab said in a report.

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US administration defends approving licenses for auto chips for Huawei

The comments came in response to demands from Sen. Marco Rubio that U.S. officials explain why they approved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of auto chip sales to the company, as reported by Reuters this week.

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LG Chem shares slide amid electric vehicle battery-fire probe with GM

LG Chem Ltd shares slid as much as 3.9% to the lowest since November and were on track for their worst week since early last year with a 14% decline.

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Amazon teams with Affirm to offer buy-now-pay-later option

San Francisco-based Affirm Holdings Inc. announced Friday that its flexible payment service will soon be available on Amazon.com.

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Delhi High Court to hear appeals of Facebook, WhatsApp in October in privacy policy matter

WhatsApp and Facebook have also challenged the CCI's asking them to furnish certain information for the purpose of inquiry conducted by it.

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First cryptocurrency ATM opens in Honduras

The first cryptocurrency ATM in Honduras opened this week as bitcoin backers sought to spur demand for virtual assets after neighboring El Salvador became the first country to establish bitcoin as legal tender.

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Western Digital $20 billion all-stock offer for Kioxia poses valuation, cash challenge: Analysts

Kioxia is one the largest players in NAND memory chips that provide the storage space in phones and hard drives, competing with South Korea's Samsung and SK Hynix. Hynix last year agreed to buy U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp's NAND business for $9 billion.

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How woman lost Rs 3 lakh to fraud on WhatsApp

The complainant claimed that she had received a link on WhatsApp, where rewards were promised in the name of a prominent online shopping portal after completion of certain tasks, he said.

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Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 vs OnePlus Buds Pro vs Google Pixel Buds A-series: How the three new true wireless earbuds compare

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YouTube suspends payments to Brazilian accounts over election disinformation

YouTube said it had suspended payments to content producers from 14 channels accused of spreading fake news about next year's election by the country's federal electoral court, the TSE.

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T-Mobile CEO says "truly sorry" to millions whose data was stolen

T-Mobile says it has notified nearly all of the millions of customers whose personal data was stolen and that it is "truly sorry" for the breach.

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Pakistan PM blames rising sexual crimes in the country to misuse of mobile phones

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that sexual crimes are rising in the country due to misuse of mobile phones, local media reported.

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Geely's EV brand Zeekr raises $500 million in first external funding

Zeekr, the premium electric vehicle brand by Geely, said on Friday it raised $500 million in its first external funding from investors including Intel , battery maker CATL and online entertainment firm Bilibili.

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Google to train 100,000 Americans to boost cybersecurity in the US

Google, which has announced to invest $10 billion over the next five years to strengthen cybersecurity in the US, said that the governments and businesses are at a watershed moment in addressing cybersecurity.

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West Bengal earmarks 100 acres more for IT hub: State IT Minister

The Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub is being set up to attract investment in IT/ITeS/Telecom projects with employment potential.

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Hacker slams T-Mobile's security after exposing 50 million users' data

A hacker has come forward to claim that he executed the T-Mobile data breach that exposed nearly 50 million users' personal data, criticising the cyber-security infrastructure at the US telecommunication giant.

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Cuba to recognise and regulate cryptocurrencies for payments

A resolution published in the Official Gazette on Thursday said the Central Bank will set rules for such currencies and determine how to license providers of related services within Cuba.

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Nvidia likely to seek EU okay for $54 billion Arm deal: Report

Nvidia is likely to seek EU antitrust approval for its $54 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm early next month, with regulators expected to launch a full-scale investigation after a preliminary review, people familiar with the matter said.

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Xiaomi to acquire self-driving startup Deepmotion

The deal happens as the company gears up to enter the electric vehicle market, reports GizmoChina. Deepmotion develops driver assistance software.

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Apple iPhone 13 production: Foxconn to hire 2 lakh more workers, claims report

Apple supplier and the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn is hiring 2 lakh more workers by the end of September to manufacture the new "iPhone 13" lineup.

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New IT rules: HC asks Centre to respond to pleas by Facebook, WhatsApp

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice and asked the Centre through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to file reply to the petition as well as application to stay the implementation of the Rules.

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Xiaomi launches Mi Band 6: Here’s how its most-expensive fitness tracker compares to that of Huawei Band 6, Oppo Smart Band and OnePlus Band

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Apple strikes App Store deal with small developers as it waits for 'Fortnite' ruling

The deal includes changes in how all developers can communicate with customers, an issue highlighted by the judge herself in the "Fortnite" case.

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Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases

The vulnerability is in Microsoft Azure's flagship Cosmos DB database. A research team at security company Wiz discovered it was able to access keys that control access to databases held by thousands of companies. Wiz Chief Technology Officer Ami Luttwak is a former chief technology officer at Microsoft's Cloud Security Group.

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Southeast Asia tech deal making booms as investors place post-COVID bets

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Alphabet's Waymo to stop selling lidar self-driving car sensors

Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo said that it has ended a two-year effort to sell light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors to other companies.

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China to crack down on 'chaotic' online fan culture

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Dell beats revenue estimates as remote work fuels demand

While the industry has faced pressure from components shortage and supply chain woes, revenue at Dell's client solutions unit - home to its hardware devices - surged 27% to a record $14.3 billion.

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Yahoo shuts down its news websites in India over FDI rules

Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India due to new FDI rules that limit foreign ownership of digital content platforms. These include Yahoo News, Yahoo Cricket, Yahoo Finance, Entertainment and MAKERS.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook set to get $750 million, here's why

The haul consists of about five million shares worth roughly $750 million, according to calculations by Bloomberg News. Part of the payout is contingent on Apple's stock return over the past three years surpassing at least two-thirds of companies in the S&P 500 - a threshold the iPhone maker cleared by a wide margin.

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India gets new rules for flying drones: 10 big changes you need to know

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JD.com in advanced talks to buy controlling stake in China Logistics: Report

China Logistics Chairman Li Shifa and private equity firm RRJ Capital have put more than 50% of the firm up for sale, seeking a valuation of about $2 billion

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Trai recommends reducing levies on satellite services, cutting out intermediaries to lower cost

Telecom regulator Trai on Thursday recommended to the government to reduce/remove various levies imposed on satellite operators as well as measures like avoiding intermediaries in the segment to make services affordable.

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Niti Aayog, Cisco launch next phase of Women Entrepreneurship Platform

The WEP is a first of its kind, unified access portal that brings together women from different parts of India to realise their entrepreneurial aspirations.

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Microblogging platform Koo gets 1 crore users

"Microblogging in India is restricted to less than two per cent, if you look at only English. The fact that microblogging will enable their voice to be heard by anyone in the country, is something that 98 per cent of the internet-using population is not even aware of. That is the market Koo is looking at," Radhakrishna told PTI.

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Google, Microsoft and others pledge billions in cybersecurity investments

The gathering was held Wednesday during a relentless stretch of ransomware attacks that have targeted critical infrastructure, in some cases with the attackers extorting multimillion-dollar payments from major corporations, as well as other illicit cyber operations that US authorities have linked to foreign hackers.

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YouTube says it has removed 1 million videos with dangerous Covid-19 misinformation

YouTube has removed 1 million videos related to dangerous Covid-19 misinformation, like false cures or claims of a hoax, since February 2020...

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Locomotive has more lines of code than Tesla: Wabtec’s Nalin Jain

We don’t hear much about locomotives becoming digitalised. But just like cars are getting digitally transformed and moving towards self-driving, so are trains. And Nalin Jain, as president of the digital electronics business of Wabtec, one of the world’s biggest locomotive makers, is at the centre of this digitalisation.

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Lenovo expands manufacturing capabilities for PCs, notebooks, smartphones in India

Lenovo has expanded its in-house PC manufacturing plant in Puducherry to include a third manufacturing line, while it has started local manufacturing of its tablet computers in partnership with Wingtech Technology in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

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80% of Samsung's $205 billion investment to go into chips, company says

Samsung Group said that its mainstay Samsung Electronics and other affiliates plan to invest a combined 240 trillion won ($205 billion) over the next three years in a move to secure future growth engines and expand technology leadership in the post Covid-19 era.

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Battery giant CATL weighs 10% stake in miner Jinchuan: Report

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd is weighing buying around 10% of Chinese miner Jinchuan Group International Resources Co in the hopes of securing supplies of key battery metals, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

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How to schedule a post on Instagram from professional and personal accounts

As we know, Instagram app does not offer scheduling features and that’s where Facebook’s Creator studio comes into play. Also, there are a bunch of third-party apps that offer a similar solution. Let’s check the steps on how to schedule a post on Instagram.

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How to check all SIM cards registered on your Aadhaar card

Named Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management and Consumer Protection (TAFCOP), the portal can be used to see the list of mobile numbers issued against a user Aadhaar card. As per DoT guidelines, registration for up to 9 mobile connections is permitted for one user.

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SpiceJet to trial mobile app that stores Covid certificates for international travel

SpiceJet on Thursday said it will conduct the trial of IATA Travel Pass mobile application that allows travellers to store and manage their verified certificates regarding COVID-19 tests or vaccines.

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In a prior statement, Amazon said the antitrust legislation would make it harder for merchants to make a living and reduce price competition, likely hurting consumers.

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Canadian prosecutors said the defense of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou failed on facts and law, as hearings in their bid to extradite her to the United States finished.

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PayPal to no longer charge customers late fees for buy now, pay later purchases

PayPal Holdings Inc will no longer charge customers late fees when they miss payments on buy now, pay later (BNPL) purchases globally, as competition heats up in the fast-growing sector.

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Rubio urges President Biden to block TikTok in US

The Biden administration in June withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat and TikTok.

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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday that 43 apps, including Tencent Holdings Ltd's WeChat, were found to have illegally transferred user data, and ordered their parent companies to make rectifications.

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US agencies warn flaw in BlackBerry software could be 'dangerous' for these cars, medical devices

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YouTube says it does not allow Taliban-affiliated accounts

Alphabet Inc's YouTube said it has a long held policy of not allowing accounts believed to be operated by the Taliban on its site, as social media companies faced questions about how they would handle the group that fast gained control of Afghanistan.

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HC asks Centre, Google to respond to plea of two businessmen to remove articles from Internet

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought response of the Centre and search engine Google on a plea by two businessmen seeking to remove certain articles, relating to a criminal case lodged against them, from various online platforms.

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Facebook bans Taliban, says will block WhatsApp accounts linked to the group

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Apple to only seek child abuse images flagged in multiple nations

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Twitter Inc's India chief, Manish Maheshwari, will take up a new internal role in the United States, the company said on Friday, a move that comes after months of tussle between the U.S. giant and the Indian government over compliance issues.

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Google has banned the location data app SafeGraph from its Play Store.

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Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost $610 million in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or hackers a $500,000 "bug bounty".

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Facebook Inc has pushed back its office return date for all U.S. and some international employees until January 2022 due to concerns over the highly infectious Delta variant, the company said on Thursday.

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Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong walked out of prison Friday a year early in a parole decision demonstrating the conglomerate's outsized influence in South Korea as well as continuing leniency for bosses who commit corporate corruption.

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The petitions filed by Carnatic music singer T M Krishna, Digital News Publishers of India, former Editor of The Hindu, N Ram and a senior journalist sought to declare the recently notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, as ultra vires of the Constitution and the parent Information Technology Act, passed in 2000.

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Australian publishers accuse Facebook of unfairly taking their content

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There has been a 64 per cent increase in ransomware attacks between August 2020 and July 2021, revealed a report on Thursday.

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Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) Budget carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said its passengers can now book cabs for airport transfer during their flight, using the airline's in-flight entertainment platform SpiceScreen.

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Facebook, the world's largest social media company, bought Giphy, a website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, in May last year to integrate it with its photo-sharing app, Instagram.

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Foxconn's Q2 profit beats estimates as pandemic drives tech demand

The world's largest contract electronics maker reported April-June net profit of T$29.779 billion ($1.07 billion), up 30% from a year earlier. That compared to a Refinitiv consensus estimate of T$25.98 billion drawn from 12 analysts.

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Toshiba returns to Q1 profit, in line with estimates

The Japanese conglomerate, which is conducting a strategic review, posted an operating profit of 14.53 billion yen ($132 million) for the April-June quarter, reversing a year-earlier loss of 12.64 billion yen.

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MediaTek has announced the successor of Dimensity 900 and Dimensity 800 chipsets. Dubbed as Dimensity 920 and Dimensity 810, the new chipsets are based on TSMC’s 6nm manufacturing process.

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China will draft new laws on national security, technology innovation, monopolies and education, as well as in areas involving foreigners.

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Apple supplier Foxconn reports better-than-expected Q2 profit

Taiwan's Foxconn reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday due to strong demand for technology products from clients, such as Apple Inc, as people continued to telecommute amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A hacker group reportedly attacked Accenture using LockBit Ransomware and threatened to release the data. Accenture says it restored affected systems from backup, and that there was no impact on operations or clients' systems.

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Shares of Bumble jumped 3% in extended trading, as the Texas-based company also surpassed quarterly revenue estimates after total paying users rose 20% to 2.9 million.

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The stakes are high for Apple, whose App Store anchors its $53.8 billion services business and boosts profits as the smartphone market has matured.

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"It has been observed that Indian banking customers are being targeted by a new type of phishing attack using ngrok platform."

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Global digital security companies NortonLifeLock and Avast have announced to merge their operations to become a mega cyber security empire worth more than $8 billion.

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Instagram has apologized for removing the official poster for Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's new film from the social network.

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China sends Canadian to prison for 11 years in case tied to Huawei

A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case that has been linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian government over the arrest of an executive at tech giant Huawei.

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