The previously unreported outreach is the most extensive by an antitrust authority since the companies announced the acquisition in April, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Researchers to Meta: Need to be more serious about kids' mental health on Instagram, Facebook
A global coalition of researchers has called on Meta to be more transparent and serious about the mental health of child and adolescent users on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as debate rises over the harmful impact these platforms have on the minds of children.
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Proposed bill banning crypto payments could mean jail for violations: Document
Proposed legislation that would ban the use of cryptocurrencies as a method of payment in India also seeks to make those who infringe the law subject to arrest without a warrant and being held without bail, according to a source and a summary of the bill seen by Reuters.
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Monday, December 6, 2021
Redmi Note 11T 5G to go on sale today at 12 pm via Amazon
Redmi Note 11T 5G is set to go on its first sale today. The smartphone will be available on e-commerce site Amazon and Mi.com at 12 pm. Those interested can head to either of the platforms to grab a unit for themselves.
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Epic Games' 'Flipped' goes live with new features
Epic Games has announced that its 'Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1: Flipped' is now live with new weapons, locations, characters and more. There are several new characters as well, including Spider-Man, Gears of War's Marcus and Kait, and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Fortnite character, The Foundation.
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Intel plans to list shares in self-driving car unit Mobileye
Intel Corp said it plans to take self-driving-car unit Mobileye public in the United States in mid-2022, a deal which could value the Israeli unit at more than $50 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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US, Taiwan discuss chips, to cooperate under new framework
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discussed chip supply chains during a call with her opposite number in Taiwan and the two will cooperate on technology trade and investment through a newly established mechanism, her office said.
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This company fired 900 employees in three minutes on a Zoom call
An Indian-origin CEO of a US-based homeownership company has abruptly fired more than 900 employees, about 9 per cent of its workforce, on a Zoom webinar, citing market efficiency, performance and productivity as the reasons behind the move.
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After BrahMos, IIT-M alumni and former TT champ eyes defence satellites
It has been a three-decade grind for the former table tennis champion and Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM) graduate Srinivasagopalan Rangarajan to lift his company Data Patterns (India) Ltd, whose prestige projects include the BrahMos missile programme, to the point of inflexion.
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Citi announces grants for Indian startups: Key details
Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) American lender Citi on Monday said it will be giving a grant to Indian startups for scaling up activities having a positive societal impact in the agriculture, healthcare and financial technologies space.
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Google, Meta dominate as digital propels global advertising growth -forecasts
The global advertising industry will notch higher growth this year than previously expected as brands are relying more heavily on search engine and social media companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Meta Platforms Inc to reach customers during the pandemic, according to two ad industry forecasts released on Monday.
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SoftBank drags Japan's Nikkei lower; hopes of milder Omicron impact cap losses
Japan's Nikkei share average ended lower on Monday, dragged down by a sharp decline in SoftBank Group, but optimism that the Omicron variant might not have as much impact on the economy as feared helped the index pare some of early losses.
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Malaysia's DNB to offer 5G services to telcos for free during initial rollout
Malaysian state agency Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) on Monday said it will offer wholesale 5G services to mobile carriers at no cost during an initial rollout set to begin next week, amid concerns from operators over its pricing plans.
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Sunday, December 5, 2021
Alibaba overhauls e-commerce businesses, names new CFO
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will reorganise its international and domestic e-commerce businesses and replace its CFO - changes that come as the tech giant grapples with an onslaught of competition, a slowing economy and a regulatory crackdown.
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Zoom likely to pay $25 to users as part of class-action settlement
Video conferencing platform Zoom has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over alleged privacy and security issues, media reports say. If a user used the app before July, then they could be eligible to receive money as a result, reports The Verge.
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Saturday, December 4, 2021
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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Fairphone finds market for responsibly sourced mobiles
Although about 99% of the phones the Netherlands-based firm makes are sold to individuals, corporates are starting to show interest, its Chief Executive Eva Gouwens told Reuters. Recycling is an important feature of the energy transition where companies, governments and individuals look to cut their carbon footprints and meet stringent emissions targets.
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How to play games on car's infotainment screen through Android Auto
Earlier this year, Google announced an update for Android Auto that brought new features to the car's infotainment screen. The update also allows users to play games right from the infotainment displays while they are parked.
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Friday, December 3, 2021
US State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware
Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Google real estate exec says 5% more workers coming in to office each week
Alphabet Inc's Google has seen an increasing number of employees coming in to its offices each week, particularly younger workers, the company's real estate chief said during an interview at the Reuters Next conference.
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Waymo has tens of thousands people on San Francisco robotaxi waitlist, co-CEO says
Waymo has given hundreds of people robotaxi rides since its test rollout in San Francisco in August, with tens of thousands more residents on a waitlist, the Alphabet Inc company's co-chief executive said at the Reuters Next conference.
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Facebook's struggle with Gateway Pundit highlights challenge of containing disinformation
The Gateway Pundit, a far-right news site, has used its Facebook page - with more than 630,000 followers - to post bogus stories alleging the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Some commenters responded with threats of violence.
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Twitter's design, engineering heads to step down in management rejig
Twitter Inc said its engineering head Michael Montano and design chief Dantley Davis would step down from their roles by the end of this month, as part of a broader management restructuring at the social networking site.
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Facebook whistleblower says transparency needed to fix social media ills
A deeper investigation into Facebook's lack of controls to prevent misinformation and abuse in languages other than English is likely to leave people "even more shocked" about the potential harms caused by the social media firm, whistleblower Frances Haugen told Reuters.
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This is what Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has to say on data privacy and cryptocurrency bills
Ambani, who has been a votary of Indians owning and controlling their own data and the nation drafting strict rules around how digital information is stored and shared, said nations have the right to build and protect strategic digital infrastructure.
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Jetpacks, flying cars and taxi drones: Transport's future is in the skies
Paramedics with jetpacks, border police in flying cars and city workers commuting by drone all sound like science fiction - but the concepts are part of a advanced air mobility market that is expected to be worth as much as $17 billion by 2025.
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Opt-out rate for mobile app tracking to decline by 2023: Report
As Apple and Google aim to control mobile app tracking on their respective platforms, the opt-out rate for mobile app tracking is expected to decline from 85 per cent in 2021 to 60 per cent by 2023 as consumers gain experience with untargeted ads, a new Gartner report has said.
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Softbank Group shares slide 3% after triple setback of Didi, Arm and Grab
Shares in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp dropped over 3% on Friday after the giant tech investor was hit with three disappointments within 24 hours, including a poor Nasdaq debut for ride-hailing firm Grab.
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This is how government is planning to take Aadhaar global
UIDAI CEO Saurabh Garg during a panel discussion with Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma at the Infinity Forum said the authority is also exploring emerging technology to enhance security and increase the number of transactions that can be done by using Aadhaar.
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
Twitter removes 3,465 state-linked info ops, Twitterati bemoans bigger 'losses'
Ask a Twitter jock and youll hear metrics like "engagement" and "quality". Dig deeper and it comes down to the crude number of follows. "Oh, she has just xyz follows (and they are bots), I have a thousand more" might be the predictable metric.
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Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $1.01 billion
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $1.01 billion to meet his tax obligations related to the exercise of options to buy 2.1 million shares, regulatory filings showed.
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US FTC sues to block Nvidia deal to buy Arm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued to block U.S. chip company Nvidia Corp's more than $80 billion planned acquisition of British chip technology provider Arm, adding to already significant global regulatory challenges of the deal.
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Metaverse won't be turning point in cryptocurrency adoption, investor Chesnais says
The growth of online virtual worlds will help advance the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies for payment transactions but it won't be a game-changer, according to Frederic Chesnais, chief executive of French fintech company Crypto Blockchain Industries.
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Google delays mandatory return to office beyond January 10
Alphabet Inc's Google said it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and some resistance to company-mandated vaccinations.
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IIT-M enhances wearable devices with IoT, ML for differently-abled
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) researchers are enhancing already developed wearable devices with latest technologies that will assist people with hearing impairment and motor disabilities to communicate independently and enhance their quality of life.
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Online job searches in vernacular languages grow in India: Report
Job seekers in tier-II cities are more likely to engage in a language apart from English on professional networking platforms and Hindi, Kannada and Tamil are the most preferred vernacular languages, a report by leading jobs and professional networking platform apna.co has showed.
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Ex-Google scientist Gebru opens own AI institute
Timnit Gebru, the computer scientist whose disputed exit from Google's artificial intelligence research team prompted debate across the tech industry about diversity and censorship, said on Thursday she has launched a small lab to continue her work freely.
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AAI working on facial recognition-based passenger boarding system: Government
The Digi Yatra initiative seeks to promote paperless and hassle-free air travel. It is a biometrics-based digital processing system for passenger entry and related requirements at the airport, according to the government.
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Google 'Project Starline' bring people more closer than video calls
As the world prepares for the Metaverse, Google's 'Project Starline', a technology project that would enable friends, families and coworkers to be together virtually, even when they're cities (or countries) apart, has revealed that it feels much closer to being in the same room with someone via a telepresence system than traditional video calls.
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Swiggy to infuse Rs 5,250 Crore in quick grocery service Instamart
Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday announced to invest $700 million (over Rs 5,250 crore) in its express grocery delivery service Instamart that delivers groceries in 15-30 minutes -- at a crucial time when its closest rival Zomato discontinued its in-house grocery delivery services.
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AWS introduces new features to make machine learning more accessible
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a slew of features and services to make technologies like machine learning more accessible and cost-effective, along with a new USD 10 million scholarship programme for careers in ML.
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Donald Trump's social media venture seeks $1 billion raise: Sources
Former President Donald Trump's new social media venture is seeking to raise up to $1 billion by selling shares to hedge funds and family offices at several times the valuation it commanded in a deal with a blank-check acquisition firm in October, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Now connect with people on LinkedIn in Hindi
With this launch, LinkedIn aims to break down language barriers, providing greater access to professional and networking opportunities to Hindi speakers in India and around the world. With the launch of Hindi, LinkedIn now supports 25 languages globally.
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WhatsApp says banned over 2 million accounts in India in October
WhatsApp said that it banned over two million accounts in India in October in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The Meta-owned platform also WhatsApp also received 500 grievance reports in the same month, and took action on only 18 of those.
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Facebook, Instagram remove Chinese network over fake 'Swiss biologist' COVID claims
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc said it had removed accounts used by an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake Swiss biologist saying the United States was interfering in the search for COVID-19's origins.
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Apple tells suppliers demand for iPhone 13 lineup has weakened: Report
Apple Inc has told its parts suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 lineup has slowed, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter, signaling that some consumers have decided against trying to get the hard-to-find item.
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Facebook asks court to dismiss US FTC antitrust lawsuit for good
Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook asked a U.S. court on Wednesday to dismiss and not allow the refiling of an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which urges a court to demand that the company sell two big subsidiaries.
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Facebook, Instagram remove over 18.8 million content pieces in India in October
Meta, the newly-formed parent company of Facebook and its family of apps, on Wednesday said that it has removed over 18.8 million pieces of content in October on Facebook and Instagram in India, as it faces intense scrutiny over user data privacy.
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upGrad files trademark infringement suit against Scaler
Online higher education company upGrad on Wednesday said it has filed a suit for trademark infringement against upskilling platform Scaler in the Delhi High Court, for violation of the intellectual property relating to upGrad's trademark.
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CollegeDekho raises $35 million funding from QIC, Disrupt ADQ, others
CollegeDekho, an online college admissions and higher education services platform, on Wednesday said it has raised USD 35 million (about Rs 260 crore) and will use the funds to further improve its offerings for students and colleges both within the country and abroad.
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Sabarimala devotees can now give offerings with Google Pay
As the annual pilgrimage is progressing at the famed Lord Ayyappa temple here, Travancore Devaswom Board, the apex temple body, has made arrangements for devotees to offer 'e-kanikka' at the electronic hundi collection in the temple complex and nearby areas.
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