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Major blow to Uber and Lyft, Superior Court judge rules CA gig economy law ‘Prop 22’ unconstitutional

In a blow to Uber, Lyft and other companies based on the…

ZyCov-D- world’s first needle-free plasmid DNA vaccine gets DCGI nod

The ongoing pandemic has initiated a race for a cure among the…

“Tesla Bot” unveiled by Musk on AI Day, prototype expected to come next year

The lines between science fiction and reality are blurring by the day,…

Blue Origin takes NASA to court over awarding $2.9bn lunar contract to SpaceX

Nearly a month after Jeff Bezos reached space aboard the New Shepard…

US investigation initiated over Tesla Autopilot crashes, covers nearly 7,65,000 Tesla vehicles

Autopilot on cars still sounds like science fiction, but over the years,…

Big win for Amazon in India, top court upholds Singapore arbitrator order halting Reliance’s $3.4Bn Future group deal

Reliance and Future Group, two of the biggest retail companies in India,…

Flipkart, founders reportedly issued show-cause notice against a $1.35Bn fine over breach of India’s foreign exchange rules

We are halfway through 2021 and still, things have not improved for…

Amazon slammed with record breaking $888 million data violation fine by EU

Online retail giant Amazon Inc. has just been slammed with what is…

Streaming apps see massive uptick in usage as millions of fans go online to watch the Tokyo Olympics

The Olympics need no introduction – they have been the biggest arena…

Karnataka HC quashes UP Police summoning of Twitter India MD, calls notice malafide and “arm-twisting”

Twitter has been engaged in a long and bitter feud with the…

CCI accuses Amazon of concealing facts regarding Future-Reliance deal

The tussle over Kishore Biyani’s Future Retail continues to unfold, with the…

After Branson, now Jeff Bezos reaches space aboard New Shepard flight, lands safely

SpaceX and NASA may be the names that first come to mind…

SpaceX warned by FAA that its Starship launch tower in Texas is “unapproved”

Elon Musk has a ton of dreams when it comes to his…

RBI bans MasterCard from issuing new cards amid data storage row

In a blow to credit and debit card vendor MasterCard, the Reserve…

Twitter appoints resident grievance officer in compliance with IT rules

Twitter Inc. might have been the last social media platform to agree…

WhatsApp temporarily holds new privacy policy roll out in India, will await passing of new data protection bill

Messaging platform WhatsApp has been in quite a bit of trouble with…

Ex US prez Donald Trump files class-action lawsuits against Google, Facebook, and Twitter

Former President Donald Trump is not one to accept defeat easily, as…

Google faces new antitrust lawsuit filed by US state attorney generals, targeting Play Store commission

Seems like Google has really not had any time to catch its…

NCLAT orders scrapping of corporate insolvency case against OYO

In what is good news for hotel aggregator platform OYO Hotels &…