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Amazon

Amazon acknowledges fake review problem, reveals 200Mn fake reviews were blocked in 2020

Amazon Inc., in a new blog post, has confessed to having a…
SpaceX starship launch

SpaceX reportedly ignored FAA’s warnings before ‘explosive’ launch of Starship SN8 in December

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has made the headlines multiple times in recent months…
Twitter

Twitter loses legal indemnity in India owing to non-compliance of IT rules; UP Police files FIR

Social media giants have been inviting more and more scrutiny from governments…
PUBG Mobile

Mobile game spending up 40% in Q1 2021 compared to pre-pandemic, reaches $1.7Bn per week: Report

The pandemic has given millions of people a lot of free time…
India

Indian government’s NIC email system not affected by data breaches in Air India, Domino’s: MeitY

In the modern era where everything is digitized and the concept of…

Karnataka High Court gives CCI nod to resume antitrust probe against Amazon and Flipkart

US tech giants have seen better days, with Google being the latest…

Tesla Model S ‘Plaid’ now open for delivery in the US, reaches 0-60 mph in ‘under 2 seconds’

Tesla has ruled the electric market for quite some time, with a…

El Salvador legalizes Bitcoin as legal tender, offers citizenship and permanent residence for Bitcoin holders

Mere days after it announced that it was looking forward to making…
Alphabet Google

Google to change global advertising practices after $268Mn fine by French anticompetition watchdog

The biggest US tech giants have been having a hard time in…

Historic G7 deal to make companies like Facebook, Apple pay higher taxes

Recently, there has been a growing unrest among regulatory agencies over the…

El Salvador set to make history by becoming first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender

With Bitcoin having a topsy-turvy journey (influenced mostly by the actions of…
Bitcoin

RBI clarifies stance on cryptocurrencies, says it continues to have concerns

When the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s apex bank, set…

SpaceX launches latest cargo mission for NASA, 17th flight for Falcon 9 this year

Once again, the Dragon takes to the skies. SpaceX is undoubtedly a…
Lenskart

India’s Lenskart to set-up world’s largest automated eyewear manufacturing facility, aims to serve 100Mn customers annually

The eyewear industry has been revolutionized by Lenskart, which has brought an…
Amazon Prime

Prime Day scheduled for June 21-22, postponed in India and Canada

Summer is upon us, and with that comes the biggest online sale…

UPI, credit and other mode of transactions see decline in May amid 2nd wave of COVID-19 in India: RBI Report

With economic activity and the market in general seeing a decline amid…

RBI deems 2018 circular against cryptocurrency no longer valid, says banks can no longer use it to try to halt crypto trading

Cryptocurrency has not had an easy time in India. Not only was…
Twitter

Indian government asks Twitter to “stop beating around the bush” and comply with new IT rules after its controversial statement

Twitter has been in dire straits in India for quite some time,…

Ola completes first dose vaccination for 50% of employees and their dependents

At a time when companies are juggling between keeping their employees and…