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Facebook’s global ads chief quits after 10-year stint

Sowmya Ramasubramanian

Everson played a key role in scaling up the social network’s ad business, making it one of the largest advertising platforms

The major websites were inaccessible due to an issue with the content delivery network (CDN) of Fastly, an American cloud computing service provider.

Explained | What is CDN and how is it linked to the massive internet outage?

Abhishek Chatterjee Aditya Saroha

Twitter has said that it intends to comply with India's IT rules but needs more time

Will provide details of compliance officer in a week: Twitter tells government

Yuthika Bhargava The government had sent out “one last notice” to Twitter seeking immediate compliance with the new IT rules.

The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology.

U.S.-China U.S. Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech threat

Reuters The measure authorizes about $190 billion for provisions to strengthen U.S. technology and research - and would separately approve spending $54 billion to increase U.S. production and research into semiconductors and telecommunications equipment.

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The company has received nearly 49,000 responses globally in 14 languages, the spokeswoman said.

Users have a say Twitter hears from record respondents over world leader rules

Reuters Twitter’s month-long survey asked questions like whether world leaders breaking Twitter's rules should face "greater or lesser" consequences then other users and whether it was ever appropriate for Twitter to permanently suspend the account of a current president or prime minister

Hackers target Indian users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration message.

Hackers target Indian users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration message

Aditya Saroha Hackers first send users an SMS message which says “REGISTER FOR COVID VACCINE from age 18+” and asks users to register with the ‘COVID-19’ app.

Amazon's concept smart sticky note printer features voice-to-print technology. | Picture by special arrangement.

Amazon is testing a new way to sell its “favourite concepts”

Ishan Patra To start with, the Seattle-based company has revealed three concepts compatible with Alexa — a smart sticky note printer, a smart nutrition scale, and a smart cuckoo clock.

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Zoom not focussed on competition, has enough ideas to execute for the next five years

German environmental groups file objection against Tesla gigafactory permit

U.K. competition watchdog secures Google commitments on third-party cookies

Fall in e-waste generation in poor countries shows growing digital divide, report says

Facebook’s global ads chief quits after 10-year stint

Google to build the longest undersea cable in the world

Can cyber insurance secure your organisation’s data

Several companies are considering taking cyber insurance to seek protection against huge financial losses, especially after the prevalence of large-scale cyberattacks including the recent ones on SolarWinds and the U.S. Colonial Pipeline

Explained | What is CDN and how is it linked to the massive internet outage?

CDN delivers content from the website to users in different geographies in a quick, reliable, secure and efficient way.

U.S. Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech threat

The measure authorizes about $190 billion for provisions to strengthen U.S. technology and research - and would separately approve spending $54 billion to increase U.S. production and research into semiconductors and telecommunications equipment.

PC emerges as India’s most preferred gaming device: HP

‘Women, students, GenZ youth want to make career in gaming.’

Facebook’s new interface to reveal how much Apple, Google charge creators

Facebook and Apple have been at loggerheads since the rollout of Apple’s iOS 14.5 software update that allows users to disallow apps from tracking their activity.

Will provide details of compliance officer in a week: Twitter tells government

The government had sent out “one last notice” to Twitter seeking immediate compliance with the new IT rules.

Twitter blocks JazzyB, three other accounts

Users checking JazzyB and L-Fresh the Lion’s account are shown a message saying “account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand”.

KaiOS feature phones to get WhatsApp VoIP

To activate the new feature, KaiOS users will need to update the current version of WhatsApp on their devices by accepting the update notification within the app

Fastly, the cloud company behind a global internet outage

Fastly said it was investigating an issue with its CDN services at 0958 UTC (GMT) on Tuesday.

Guardian, NYT, Reddit websites go down in massive Internet outage

The mass outage is said to have been caused by an issue with Fastly, a U.S-based cloud platform that powers several internet companies.

Apple WWDC21 | Top 10 takeaways from the keynote

The roughly 90-minute virtual WWDC 2021 keynote produced many updates so we make it easy to digest; from FaceTime going universal to granular privacy controls for users

Live updates from Apple WWDC21 keynote: iOS15, iPadOS, macOS Monterey, watchOS8, privacy features, and more

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2021 ‘Glow and Behold’ keynote sees the announcement of iOS15, watchOS8, macOS Monterey, improved Health data features, new App Privacy Report and better developer tools for app-makers

France fines Google 220 mn euros over online ad dominance

Google had already been fined 150 million euros by the French regulator in December 2019 over "opaque" operating rules for its advertising platform, which were deemed to be applied in "an unfair and random manner"

Skin in the game: Video chat apps tout 'inclusive' AI features

The tech industry has long been under fire for a poor record on workplace diversity and a failure to recognize the ways in which product design can perpetuate discrimination

Twitter owner’s firm launches solar-powered bitcoin mining facility in U.S.

Square will invest $5 million in the facility that will “demonstrate how bitcoin mining in conjunction with renewable energy can help drive clean energy transition”.

German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcase

The case is the second to be opened against Google in a matter of days, after the German antitrust body launched a probe into whether the U.S. search giant was exploiting its market dominance in the way it handles user data.

Smartwatch data can be used to predict underlying illness, study says

Smartwatch data also gave more consistent heart-rate readings than those taken in the labs, the team said in the study

Twitter’s new subscription service will let you undo your tweet

The micro-blogging platform has rolled out the initial version of 'Twitter Blue' to users in Canada and Australia. The company did not mention when it will be available in other countries.

Using augmented reality to advertise products could mislead consumers, study says

Advertisers could also distort a consumer’s sense of reality by overlaying graphics on someone’s AR glasses to change what they are seeing

Huawei unveils operating system in fight for survival

Move follows U.S. blocking use of Android for firm’s mobiles

Google Photos alternatives you can try

Users with the Apple ecosystem can opt for Apple photos as it offers seamless integration across Apple, and multiple editing features.

Advanced AI speech tech could be used to generate disinformation online, study finds

The system was able to produce over 15 tweets denying the occurrence of climate change from just few human prompts, indicating how easily it could sway a reader’s opinions

Beware Coronavirus-themed cyber-attacks, urges McAfee

McAfee’s ‘2021 Consumer Security Mindset Survey’ reveals much of 2020 saw an average of 648 new cyber-threats per minute. Plus, some security tips for all netizens:

Twitter halts 'blue tick badge' verification days after relaunch

The social network introduced new guidelines for verified accounts on the platform, intended to “encourage healthy conversations for the betterment of the Twitter community overall”, the company had said in a statement.

Google Photos free unlimited storage ends today

Starting today, June 1, any new photos and videos that users back up will count towards the 15GB Google storage.

Juhi Chawla moves Delhi High Court on 5G technology

The actor seeks study on any adverse effects of radiation emitted by cellular telecom on health before the rollout

The dawn of social audio apps and their relevance to users

Audio apps have been adopted by a range of users, including stock traders, content creators and musicians, as the medium is convenient and flexible to interact with others globally.

Google, Facebook updating website to reflect new grievance officer appointed under IT rules

The new rules require significant social media intermediaries - those with other 50 lakh users - to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These personnel are required to be resident in India.

Explained | Why is WhatsApp opposed to traceability?

How has the Government of India responded to the tech giant’s lawsuit over privacy issues?

Instagram allows you to hide likes counts, will hiding followers counts follow?

Tara Bedi, Instagram’s Public Policy and Community Outreach Manager, chats about a potential ‘hide followers counts’ feature, child safety on the platform, and what the new ‘hide likes count’ feature means for sponsored content

Hyundai to slash combustion engine line-up, invest in EVs

The automaker added that it aims to gradually expand battery EV offerings in key markets such as the United States, Europe and China with a goal for full electrification by 2040.

India well-placed to apply AI to solve challenges, tap into opportunities: Nilekani

Indian companies are looking at using AI to solve problems in a big way across the world, and especially after the pandemic that has accelerated digital adoption, Nilekani said during a fireside chat Making India a Global Leader of AI.

EU bodies' use of Amazon, Microsoft cloud services faces privacy probes

The investigations, one of which focuses on the use of Microsoft Office 365 by the European Commission, will look into whether the EU bodies comply with privacy rules and the Court judgment.

Facebook says U.S. is the most targeted country by hackers on its platform

Cybercriminals on the social network have moved to attacking users through smaller campaigns, after the social network started using automation to block hackers conducting high-volume operations.

Facebook reverses stance, says it won’t ban ‘COVID-19 being man-made’ posts

Facebook said it removed more than 18 million pieces of content from Facebook and Instagram globally, from the start of the pandemic to April 2021, for violating policies related to COVID-19 and vaccines.

U.S. Senate advances sweeping tech bill taking aim at China

Senators voted 68-30 to end debate on the $250 billion U.S.Innovation and Competition Act of 2021, and move nearer to a final vote on the legislation.

New IT rules | Centre seeks compliance report from intermediaries

Govt, on Feb. 25, notified Rules, giving them 3 months for compliance

Want to hide your likes on Instagram? This tool has officially rolled out

To empathise with netizens on the mental health front and to give them more control of their social media, Instagram and Facebook are officially rolling out the option to remove ‘likes’

Facebook marketplace faces EU antitrust probe

Classified ads competitors complained that Facebook uses its market power to give it an unfair competitive advantage, people familiar with the matter had told Reuters.

Facebook, Twitter told to open databases in Russia by July

Facebook and Twitter were fined 4 million roubles each in February 2020 for breaching Russian data law.

All about the ‘meme-ification’ of NFTs

As the iconic ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ viral video is sold as an NFT for US$760,999, we look at the memes that have made headlines as an emerging crypto-art subculture

WhatsApp moves Delhi High Court against India’s new IT Rules

Challenge escalates tensions between government and tech giants.

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