Culture & Policy News Startups Amid controversies, BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover takes leave of absence till end of March The beginning of the year was not a comfortable one for fintech… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 19, 2022
Culture & Policy Futurism Global News Startups RESPONSIBLE, an embedded finance platform helping fashion industry upcycle products, gets $6.6M in seed It would be an understatement to say that the global fashion industry… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJanuary 10, 2022
Culture & Policy Internet News Google has been fined $98 million (again!) in Russia for not deleting illegal content Times are changing, and it is not just due to the pandemic… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 24, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Marc Andreessen blocks Jack Dorsey on Twitter over Web3 remarks targeting VCs such as a16z Jack Dorsey may have left Twitter, but he continues to make headlines… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 24, 2021
Business Culture & Policy Global News You can now buy Tesla merchandise with Dogecoin Elon Musk, Time’s Person of the Year 2021, has been an ardent… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 15, 2021
Business Culture & Policy Facebook Global Internet News Facebook-parent Meta launches initiatives to protect women users across its platforms The internet continues to be an unsafe place, especially increasingly for women.… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 4, 2021
Business Culture & Policy News UK competition regulator orders Facebook parent ‘Meta’ to sell Giphy It seems that the matter of the acquisition of Giphy by Meta… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Jack Dorsey to step down as Twitter CEO, CTO Parag Agrawal to take over Twitter is having a change of guard once again as CEO Jack… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 30, 2021
Culture & Policy Futurism News Indian govt asks public not to sign up for SpaceX Starlink, says it does not have license to offer internet services in India Starlink has been Elon Musk’s mission to provide high-speed, low-latency internet to… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 27, 2021
Crypto Culture & Policy News New crypto law in India soon to ban all private cryptocurrencies, with a few ‘exceptions’ Cryptocurrency has had a contradictory journey in India – on one hand,… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 23, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Instagram, Facebook Messenger will not get end-to-end encryption as a default, before 2023 If you use WhatsApp, then you are no stranger to end-to-end encryption.… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 23, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook tests a new News Feed that will let you see less from groups, more from friends If you are still one of those who regularly uses Facebook, you’d… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalNovember 19, 2021
Business Crypto Culture & Policy News India could soon allow Cryptocurrency as an asset, but not a legal tender There has been a buzz for quite some time, about India —… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 17, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy News Amazon Echo and Echo Dot will now detect people presence using ultrasound If only privacy from tech needed to become a bigger joke, Amazon’s… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 15, 2021
Culture & Policy Global Internet News China’s Tencent could emerge as a likely rival to Facebook’s metaverse vision The metaverse has not come yet, but companies have already started betting… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 12, 2021
Culture & Policy News Space Blue Origin looses lawsuit over Moon Lander contract; NASA, SpaceX to commence work soon Blue Origin’s lawsuit against NASA over the $2.9 billion lunar contract has… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 5, 2021
Culture & Policy News Software error causes Tesla to recall 11,704 vehicles AI Technology has evolved a lot over the years, but it is… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 2, 2021
Culture & Policy News SpaceX sets up wholly-owned subsidiary in India for Starlink SpaceX has its eyes set on the skies, whether it be sending… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 2, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook Inc rebrands to ‘Meta’ In a news that may not be a massive surprise to industry… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalOctober 29, 2021
Culture & Policy News Elon Musk’s net worth reaches $281Bn after Hertz places order for 100,000 Teslas Elon Musk, the Technoking of Tesla, has been playing a game of… Upneet SinghOctober 26, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Ransomware group behind US gas shortage ‘REvil’ hacked and forced offline Life, it seems, is not without its ironies. Months after its cyberattack… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 22, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook reportedly plans to rebrand with a new name to focus on metaverse vision Ever since Mark Zuckerberg first came out with the announcement of the… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 20, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News Jack Dorsey’s Square may build a Bitcoin-mining system as price soars to $62,000 Apart from Elon Musk, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been one of… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 16, 2021
Culture & Policy News Amazon copying popular products and rigging search results in India: Reuters Nearly a month after Amazon initiated investigations into accusations that claimed that… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 15, 2021
Culture & Policy News At 90, Star Trek actor William Shatner becomes oldest person to go to space with Blue Origin’s latest launch James T. Kirk has once again made it to space. However, this… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 14, 2021
