Internet
Clubhouse to let content creators in India make money off the platform
Sowmya Ramasubramanian Creators will also be allowed to design services for creative assets, promote within and outside Clubhouse, and help build an audience.
Internet
How to stop Facebook from tracking your online activity
Sowmya Ramasubramanian The world’s largest social network often tracks and shares user information to businesses and third parties. Here’s how you can disable it.
Internet
Indian microblogging site Koo launches Assamese service
Special Correspondent Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is the first to post in the language on the death anniversary of Anandaram Dhekial Phukan, one of the pioneers of Assamese literature
Technology
Smartphone shipments set to grow in 2021 despite supply pressure
Abhishek Chatterjee 5G handsets contributed 37% of global shipments in Q1, and is expected to account for 43% for the full year shipping more than 600 million units, according to research firm, Canalys.
Gadgets
A smart ring to replace your wallet, house key
Ishan Patra Concealed inside the ring is an RFID chip that can enable people to pay at the supermarket checkout counter, open a smart door, act as a health insurance card, or replace a key card at the hotel.Like other nations, India also evolving in terms of regulations to deal with social media: CII chief
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has slammed Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country's new IT rules, which has led to the US giant losing its intermediary status in India.U.S. senators propose 25% tax credit for semiconductor manufacturing
The tax credit could benefit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), which is building a $12 billion semiconductor factory in Arizona, and Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV as well as U.S. firms such as Intel Corp and Micron Technology Inc.Google must face shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid security risks
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the lawsuit raised a "strong inference" that Alphabet's then-Chief Executive Larry Page and his successor, Sundar Pichai, knew about the bugs and an internal memo on security issues but intentionally concealed the information from investors.Is Big Tech prioritising power over innovation
Lawmakers and regulators in the U.S., E.U., Australia and U.K. are going after Big Tech firms' anticompetitive practices. Last July, U.S. lawmakers probed Facebook’s Instagram acquisition, Apple’s App Store dominance, Google’s advertising practices and Amazon’s treatment of small sellers.Reports of Twitter losing intermediary status is based on incorrect reading of the law: Internet Freedom Foundation
#TwitterBanInIndia went viral on social media platforms after inaccurate reports emerged. Internet Freedom Foundation termed the interpretation as incorrect and requested users to exercise caution against such reports of any social media entity losing the “protective shield” of an “intermediary status”.UK watchdog looking into Apple, Google's dominance of mobile phone systems
The Competition and Markets Authority said it would undertake a "market study" into the matter to see whether the pair's effective duopoly was stifling competition and ripping off consumers, or hurting businesses like app developers.India to expedite Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probe as tech focus intensifies
The comments come as major U.S. technology firms including Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc are at loggerheads with the government over issues such as data privacy bills and policies some industry executives have called protectionist.