Culture & Policy News TikTok ban possibility grows after Supreme Court hearing While the US Supreme Court heard the TikTok case on Friday (January… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 12, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy News Meta ends DEI programs as policy landscape shifts with Trump’s return After scrapping its fact-checking program, social media powerhouse Meta is axing its… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 11, 20252 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy News Zuckerberg approved use of pirated content to train Meta’s AI model, amended authors’ lawsuit claims Meta faced a copyright infringement lawsuit back in 2023, but a new… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 10, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News Apple denies using Siri data for targeted ads or marketing profiles Apple has now responded to recent allegations around Siri and its usage… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 9, 20252 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Telegram is sharing a lot more user data with law enforcement than what it used to Telegram has reported a marked increase in the number of data requests… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 8, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News Zuckerberg says all of Meta’s platforms will “get rid of factcheckers” With Donald Trump returning to the White House, tech companies are taking… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 7, 20252 minute read
A.I. Culture & Policy Global News Nvidia unveils agentic AI Nemotron LLMs, series of world models named ‘Cosmos’ at CES 2025 It will be an understatement to say, that AI has dominated the… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 7, 20252 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Several VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s, removed from app stores through Indian govt order: Report India, which starting banning several apps starting 2020 — particularly Chinese —… Ashutosh SinghJanuary 3, 20252 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Startups India’s central bank begins digital unsecured loans pilot for gig workers: Report As the gig workforce in India is expected to grow to 23.5… Ashutosh SinghDecember 30, 20242 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Global Internet News Russia threatens WhatsApp ban amid legal compliance deadlock Just as Iranian authorities voted to lift the ban on Meta’s WhatsApp,… Ashutosh SinghDecember 25, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Trump could ‘maybe’ allow TikTok to function in the US Tiktok may not be banned from the US after all. This time,… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 23, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News Amazon workers go on strike ahead of Christmas rush Christmas rush is here for most shopping and commerce platforms, and thousands… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 20, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google trims 10% of managerial staff, CEO Sundar Pichai announces Google, which has recently been accelerating its AI initiatives with models like… Ashutosh SinghDecember 20, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy News YouTube announces plans to curb clickbait videos, starts with India The increasing commonness of clickbait titles, especially in video formats, is raising… Ashutosh SinghDecember 19, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy News TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention amid final attempts to avert US ban The immensely popular short-form video app TikTok, released in 2018 in the… Ashutosh SinghDecember 17, 20242 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Google appoints Preeti Lobana as new India head Google, recently facing a new probe by the Indian competition watchdog, has… Ashutosh SinghDecember 16, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Apple sued for $1.2Bn for failing to curtail Child Sexual abuse content on iCloud Apple is being sued, to the tune of $1.2Bn, by a potential… Staff@The Tech PortalDecember 9, 20241 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Australian passes law that bans social media for users under 16 years Australia has successfully passed a new legislation, one that bans children under… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 29, 20242 minute read
Apple Culture & Policy News India competition regulator rejects Apple plea to halt antitrust probe India’s Competition Commission of India (CCI), country’s regulator in antitrust cases, has… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 25, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy News Byju Raveendran faces legal battle over disputed financial dealings Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran, is at the center of yet another set… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 21, 20242 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google must sell Chrome, agree to ‘oversight over Android’ to end monopoly: US DOJ In what could very well turn out to be the “trial of… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalNovember 21, 20242 minute read
