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Analysis | Tesla’s tale of woes in the U.S. and China

Tesla maker is at a critical juncture, and has to re-evaluate its technology and market, while responding to regulators in the U.S. and China. And it looks like the EV maker is facing a moment when autopilot may not be the best mode to engage.

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Google to lay out new features to keep users clicking after lockdown.

Google to lay out new features to keep users clicking after lockdown

Apple's App Store chief kicks off iPhone maker's defense at Epic Games trial.

Apple's App Store chief kicks off iPhone maker's defense at Epic Games trial

Reuters Schiller, who has spent three decades at the iPhone maker, is expected to spend more than 10 hours on the witness stand in federal court in Oakland, California, rebutting Epic's allegations that Apple has monopoly over mobile developers.

India’s PC market records highest ever first-quarter shipments.

India’s PC market records highest ever first-quarter shipments

Ishan Patra The PC shipments in the country surged 73.1% to 3.1 million units in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the previous year, according to a report by research firm IDC.

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Facebook still gives low priority to elections in India and other countries, says whistleblower Sophie Zhang

AP Sophie posted a 7,800-word memo to the company’s internal forum after she was fired from Facebook in the fall of 2020

Twitch iOS App on iPhone X

gaming Gamers, celebrate; Twitch‌ ‌announces‌ ‌lower‌ ‌subscription‌ ‌prices‌ ‌globally‌

Divya Kala Bhavani The update to the video game streaming service’s subscription plans across the world is ‘one of the biggest changes in Twitch history, which will help creators build larger, more global communities’

WhatsApp has deferred its May 15 deadline as it battles regulatory inquiries in India.

WhatsApp installs fall over 40% as users download rival apps

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The Facebook-owned company announced a contentious privacy policy update in January, triggering a mass exodus of users to rival apps Signal and Telegram.

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In living colour The Asus ROG Phone 5 special arrangement

Asus ROG Phone 5 review: Time to get air trigger-happy

Divya Kala Bhavani Asus’ ROG Phone 5 sports thoughtful features that will have most mobile gamers salivating

Nintendo's Game Builder Garage software. | Picture by special arrangement.

gaming Build your own video game using Nintendo’s new software

Ishan Patra The software offers guided lessons covering basics of visual game programming and can be used by anyone even without prior experience in creating a video game.

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Analysis | Tesla’s tale of woes in the U.S. and China

Now you can use Microsoft Teams to connect with friends and family

Google to lay out new features to keep users clicking after lockdown

Apple's App Store chief kicks off iPhone maker's defense at Epic Games trial

Tesla cooperating with Chinese authorities after accident killed police officer

India’s PC market records highest ever first-quarter shipments

Reliance Jio joins global consortium to build undersea cable network

The submarine cable networks are used to connect several countries for flow of internet and telecom services.

Chinese automakers dominate electric vehicle market: report

Tesla retained its top spot with a share of 24.6% by a single car maker

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ under review in U.S.

The probe comes amid several high-profile crashes nationwide — including a fatal wreck in California — involving Autopilot in recent weeks.

Tech firms have a moral duty to explain how their algorithms make decisions, study says

When companies do not provide details about how they gain access to users’ profiles, from where they collect data, and with whom they trade it, both fairness and trust are at stake, the team stated

Google partners with The Hindu Group and select media houses to launch 'News Showcase' in India

The technology giant also announced plans to expand its work to strengthen digital skills in newsrooms and journalism schools across India to train 50,000 journalists and journalism students to aid reporting and combat misinformation online

France embraces Google, Microsoft in quest to safeguard sensitive data

Google and Microsoft, along with market leader Amazon, dominate the realm of data storage worldwide, fuelling concerns in Europe over the risk of surveillance by the United States in the wake of the adoption of the U.S. CLOUD Act of 2018.

Apple, Amazon not to charge extra for lossless music

Amazon Music, which so far charged a premium for lossless audio, became the first major music service on Monday to upgrade its subscribers to the format.

Parler returns to Apple's App Store, names new CEO

Parler named George Farmer, the company's chief operating officer since March, as its new chief executive and said interim CEO Mark Meckler would be leaving.

WhatsApp to offer end-to-end encryption on chat backups

End-to-end encryption is said to be protected by a private code or password that prevents unauthorised access to messages.

Gamers, celebrate; Twitch‌ ‌announces‌ ‌lower‌ ‌subscription‌ ‌prices‌ ‌globally‌

The update to the video game streaming service’s subscription plans across the world is ‘one of the biggest changes in Twitch history, which will help creators build larger, more global communities’

Google I/O 2021 | Android 12 and what else to expect

The Alphabet-owned company had already released a few developer previews of Android 12, which has an Emergency SOS feature update.

WhatsApp installs fall over 40% as users download rival apps

The Facebook-owned company announced a contentious privacy policy update in January, triggering a mass exodus of users to rival apps Signal and Telegram.

Facebook still gives low priority to elections in India and other countries, says whistleblower Sophie Zhang

Sophie posted a 7,800-word memo to the company’s internal forum after she was fired from Facebook in the fall of 2020

‘Mass Effect Legendary Edition’ game review: A fine repackaging of a much-loved trilogy

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a remaster packed with nostalgia for the followers of the series. But the new players will be in for a treat as well.

Ransomware gangs disrupted by response to Colonial Pipeline hack

If it continues, the moves would reverse a trend in the past two years of the gangs targeting more vital companies that are likely to pay to resume operations, or to have insurance coverage that will pay for them.

Facebook faces prospect of 'devastating' data transfer ban after Irish ruling

A Facebook spokesman said the company looked forward to defending its compliance with EU data rules as the Irish regulator's provisional order "could be damaging not only to Facebook, but also to users and other businesses".

Biden revokes Trump order that sought to limit social media firms' protections

Trump, who made his anger with social media companies a campaign theme, issued his order after Twitter tagged his tweets about unsubstantiated claims of mail-in voting fraud with a warning to readers.

Microsoft investigated Gates before he left board: report

The Wall Street Journal reported that Gates resigned before the board's investigation was finished, citing another person familiar with the matter.

Robotic surgeries gaining acceptance among patients, surgeons in India

Fewer blood transfusion, reduced risk of infection, and shorter stay in hospital

Weekly Bytes | YouTube’s $100 million fund for creators, Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle brand, and more

Here's our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.

Chip shortage to cost automakers $110 bln in revenues in 2021

Automakers are now looking at developing direct relationships with semiconductor makers, said Mark Wakefield, co-leader of AlixPartners' global automotive practice

Govt pro-actively looking for action on WhatsApp privacy rules issue: MeitY

WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company Facebook.

Irish health service hit by ransomware attack

Reid said the attack was largely affecting information stored on central servers and not hospital equipment.

Google partners with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide Starlink internet service

Under the deal, SpaceX will install Starlink ground stations at Google data centres that connect to Starlink satellites, with an aim to enable high-speed broadband internet via Google Cloud.

Ethereum co-founder donates over $1 billion in cryptocurrency towards India’s COVID-19 relief

Buterin also donated $0.6 million to the fund in the form of ether and maker tokens earlier in April, according to a Forbes report.

Fisker finalizes deal with Foxconn to make EVs in U.S. starting in 2023

The plant's location has not been identified, but Fisker Chief Executive Henrik Fisker said four states are under consideration.

A battle on another front

Opinion | The battle must be fought on two fronts — against the pandemic and against wilful disinformation

U.S. judge dismisses advertisers' antitrust claims against Google

The plaintiffs also need to better explain why Google's refusal to support rival systems that the advertisers rely upon is anticompetitive, because antitrust law does not require monopolists to help competitors survive.

Apple holds edge in app store trial despite nagging issues

Apple has collected a 15% to 30% commission on those in-app purchases for the past 13 years, fueling a moneymaking machine that has helped the company increase its market value from about $150 billion in 2008 to more than $2 trillion today

Amazon seeks renewable power for Japan data centres

A Japanese trading house is considering supplying electricity to Amazon from an off-shore wind farm to be built in Japan if it wins in the government auction that began last year.

Crypto crime down in 2021 through April, but 'DeFi' fraud at record

Globally, crypto criminals ran away with $432 million as of end-April, according to the CipherTrace report. About 56% of that, or $240 million were DeFi-related, a record peak.

Intel unveils 11th gen H-series processors for gaming, content creation

The mobile processors are built on Intel’s 10 nm SuperFin process technology and feature up to 8 cores and 16 threads for higher single and dual-core turbo performance.

Italy fines Google $123 million for abuse of dominant position

The regulator said Google did not allow JuicePass, an EV services app from Enel X, to operate on Android Auto - which allows apps to be used while driving - unfairly limiting its use while favouring Google Maps.

Samsung boosts non-memory chip investment to $151 billion as S.Korea offers bigger tax breaks

Some 153 chip companies including global No.1 and 2 memory chip makers Samsung and SK Hynix already have plans to invest a combined 510 trillion won or more between this year and 2030.

Facebook users raise over $15 million for COVID-19 relief in India

Social media has played a crucial role in helping connect people with urgent COVID-19 requirements

Tesla suspends vehicle purchases using Bitcoin

Tesla began accepting the world’s most-traded digital currency as payment in February this year

World’s first programmable master of classical music NFT bought for more than US$375,000

After shooting to crypto-fame for buying Beeple’s ‘Everydays’, Metapurse dives into classical music with a choral piece drawn on one of the world’s most fascinating missing person’s cases: Amelia Earhart

Biden cybersecurity order mandates new rules for govt software

The executive order's initiatives include the creation of a organization that would investigate major hacks along the lines of National Transportation Safety Board inquiries that are launched after plane crashes.

Facebook-backed crypto project Diem to launch U.S. stablecoin in major shift

The association, which comprises 26 financial firms and non-profits, said it was relocating its main operations from Switzerland to the United States and withdrawing its payment system license application with the Swiss financial regulator.

Community-led online radio meets live-streaming across Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces

Whether you are planning a live on filmmaking or just a live-streamed jam session, the rise of drop-in audio social spaces such as Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces across India harken back to the era of community radio

Ericsson to pay $97 mln to Nokia for after settling damages claim

Ericsson said on Wednesday the settlement would impact operating profit (EBIT) by 80 million euros and cash flow by 26 million euros in the second quarter.

Amazon wins court fight against $303 mln EU tax order

The Amazon ruling is a setback for European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has aggressively used the bloc's state aid rules to tackle sweetheart tax deals between multinationals and EU countries

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