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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
EU antitrust regulator seeks input on Microsoft's $16 billion Nuance deal
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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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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Indian SaaS firms may reach $30 billion in sales by 2025: Report
Over the past five years, the number of software-as-a-service (SaaS) firms have doubled in India and the SaaS firms in the country are poised to reach $30 billion in revenue by 2025, a new report showed on Tuesday.
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NEC could spend up to $4.4 billion on acquisitions by 2025, says CEO
"It's natural that we would have 500 billion yen in investment capacity," Takayuki Morita said at a press roundtable on Monday.
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Facebook-owner Meta sued for $150 billion by Rohingya refugees
In a coordinated action, British lawyers also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook's London office.
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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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Bitcoin back over $50,000, as market calms after weekend turmoil
Bitcoin rose 1.5% in early Asia, after firming overnight in line with equity markets and other risk assets, but many crypto traders remained on edge after Saturday's sharp and sudden plunge.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Joe Biden's EV bill should not pass
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said that the U.S. Congress should not approve the Biden administration's bill to boost subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs), saying the proposal would worsen the country's budget deficit.
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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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WhatsApp launches incubator program for organisations to build healthcare solutions
WhatsApp on Monday announced an incubator program to support organisations in building digital solutions to tackle pressing healthcare issues.
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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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Chewing gum to cut Covid-19 transmission under development: Report
Scientists are developing a chewing gum laced with a plant-grown protein that serves as a trap for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, reducing viral load in saliva and potentially lowering transmission.
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Most of India's USD 1.1 trillion growth in next 11-year can come from yet to be invented digital businesses: Report
Most of India's USD 1.1 trillion in total economic growth in the next 11 years can come from ancillary digital asset-related businesses that are yet to be invented, according to a report released here on Monday.
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Oppo signs a Memorandum of Understanding with IIT Delhi to offer scholarships
To empower young minds of India, Oppo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IIT Delhi to offer scholarships covering academics expenses for the shortlisted students.
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This humanoid robot makes perfect human-like faces
As robots evolve to do more work around us, the UK-based humanoid robot manufacturer Engineered Arts has infused more human-like facial expressions into one of its robots, which may leave you with an eerie feeling.
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Apple starts legal action against Russian regulator in App Store dispute: Report
Apple has started legal proceedings against Russia's anti-monopoly regulator in a dispute concerning alternative payment options on its App Store platform, the RIA news agency reported on Sunday citing court filings.
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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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MapMyIndia IPO to open on December 9: Key details
Digital mapping company MapMyIndia, which powers Apple maps, has fixed a price band of Rs 1,000-1,033 a share for its Rs 1,040-crore initial share-sale, which will open on December 9.
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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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China's Yutu 2 rover spots 'mystery hut' on far side of Moon
China's Yutu 2 rover has spotted a mystery object on the horizon while working its way across Von Karman crater on the far side of the moon, media reports said.
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Tesla new FSD Beta update to improve object detection
Elon Musk-owned Tesla has started to push a new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software update -- version 10.6 -- to its fleet with improved object detection.
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Rapido's bike taxi segment provides 78% to overall business
Amid the growth of bike taxi services in recent times, Rapido's bike taxi segment contributes 78 per cent to the overall business, the company's top executive said on Sunday.
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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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Russia files court cases for fines on annual turnover of Google, Meta
Roskomnadzor in October threatened both Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook with fines based on a percentage of their annual turnover for a repeated failure to delete content that Moscow deems illegal.
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Saturday, December 4, 2021
How to change default browser in Windows 11
If you want to change the default browser on Windows 11, you can follow these steps.
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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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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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More users can now install Android TV apps through their smartphone
Google has started rolling out functionality that enables users to install apps on their Android-enabled smart TVs through their phones.
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More Samsung Galaxy A series smartphones to reportedly launch next year
South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly planning to launch more water-resistant Galaxy A series mid-range smartphones in 2022.
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Facebook Messenger testing built-in bill splitting feature
Meta-owned Facebook said it will start testing the Split Payments feature, a free and fast way to share the cost of bills and expenses in Facebook Messenger in the US.
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Friday, December 3, 2021
This is Elon Musk-backed Starlink's first statement after Indian 'government warning'
Starlink, the satellite internet division of billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX, will apply early next year for a commercial licence in India to provide broadband and other services, its country head said.
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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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Russia files court cases for fines on annual turnover of Google, Meta
Russia's state communications regulator Roskomnadzor has filed cases against U.S. tech firms Google and Meta that could see fines imposed on their annual turnover in Russia, a Moscow court said.
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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 how government plans to use Blockchain in its systems
The electronics and IT ministry on Friday released a national strategy on blockchain for adopting the technology in government systems especially for e-governance services.
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Government has Rs 100 crore budget for chip design related activities this fiscal: Vaishnaw
The government on Friday said it is cognizant of the importance of semiconductor design and has a budgetary allocation of Rs 100 crore for chip design related programmes the ongoing financial year.
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Hackers steal $120 million in crypto from DeFi platform
Hackers have stolen crypto tokens worth $120 million from Blockchain-based decentralised finance (DeFi) platform BadgerDAO. Several crypto wallets were drained before the platform could stop the cyber attack.
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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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China imposes $235,000 fine on social media firm Douban, here's why
The internet watchdog said in a statement that Beijing authorities fined Douban's operating entity 1.5 million yuan ($235,000)
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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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Tesla CEO Elon Musk takes jibe at Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal with this meme
After acknowledging the contribution of "Indian talent" in the US, tech billionaire Elon Musk has shared a meme on Twitter's leaders -- Parag Agrawal and Jack Dorsey.
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Gaming, comedy videos rule YouTube in India in 2021
Google-owned YouTube revealed a list of top videos as well as creators for 2021 and gaming along with comedy videos that have topped the chart in India.
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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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Afterpay delays vote on $29 billion buyout as Square awaits Spain's nod
Afterpay Ltd will delay a shareholder meet to approve Square Inc's $29-billion buyout of the Australian buy now, pay later leader, as the Jack Dorsey-led payment company awaits regulatory nod in Spain.
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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
Jack Dorsey's firm Square changes its name to Block
Jack Dorsey''s financial services company Square has announced to change its name to Block, effective from December 10, as the former Twitter CEO renews his focus on Blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
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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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Man loses Rs 89,000 while ordering food online
A man allegedly lost Rs 89,000 while ordering for food online from a famous restaurant in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, police said on Wednesday.
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IT spending in India expected to cross $100 billion in 2022: Report
IT spending in India is expected to touch USD 101.8 billion in 2022, up 7 per cent from this year, according to research firm Gartner.
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Facebook-owner Meta's top crypto executive to leave the company, here's why
Facebook parent Meta's cryptocurrency head David Marcus has announced that he will be leaving the company at the end of the year.
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Elon Musk warns employees of potential SpaceX bankruptcy
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in an email to his company's employees asked them to work over the weekend on SpaceX's Raptor engine as the company faces "genuine risk of bankruptcy" unless it speeds up the production.
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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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CRED to acquire this expense management firm
The acquisition is expected to be a cash and stock deal
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Paytm expects revenue, monetisation methods to expand in next few quarters: CEO
Digital payments and financial services firm Paytm is expecting to increase revenue and monetisation methods on its platform in the next few quarters, according to a top company official.
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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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