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Uber loses battle in UK Supreme Court, has to classify drivers as “workers” now

Uber Technologies Inc. has not had the best of times with the…

NASA’s Perseverance nails landing on Mars, beams back first pictures of Martian surface

Perseverance is the key to success, they say. On Friday, National Aeronautics…
Facebook

Facebook fined in Italy (again!) over misleading information on data protection

The Italian Competition Authority Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM),…
Bitcoin

Bitcoin waltz past the $50,000 mark buoyed by grand investments

Bitcoin, the latest frenzy to take the investment world by storm, has…
WhatsApp

India’s supreme court seeks response from Facebook, Whatsapp over privacy policy change

The Supreme Court has decided to intervene to protect the privacy of…
Google

ISRO and MapMyIndia working on indigenous Google Maps substitute

The Government of India’s mission for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat has seen a…
Elon Musk SpaceX

XPRIZE reveals details about the $100M potluck by Elon Musk for developing carbon capture technologies

Back on January 22, Elon Musk announced a competition with a massive…
Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir finally gets back 4G internet, 18 months after suspension

Almost two years after they had been suspended by the government, high…

Myanmar military government blocks Facebook and Instagram, silences online activity

Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and other…
ByteDance

ByteDance sues arch rival Tencent for monopolistic behaviour

TikTok-owner ByteDance announced on Tuesday that it is suing fellow Chinese social…
Xiaomi

Xiaomi claps back: Sues U.S Defense Department after being blacklisted in the country

Before leaving the White House after what can only be described as…

India mulls a ban on all ‘private’ cryptocurrencies, RBI reportedly planning a digital rupee

India and cryptocurrency have had a weird, bittersweet relationship, as the country’s…
Apple

Apple completes hat-trick of European lawsuits over throttled iPhones, faces class action in Italy

US tech giant Apple finds itself in deeper waters as it faces…
Google

Google threatens to pull out of Australia if forced to pay publishers for content

Google and technology have changed the world of journalism in an unprecedented…
Elon Musk SpaceX

Elon Musk to donate $100 million for a new carbon capture tech challenge

Tesla Inc. co-founder Elon Musk said via a tweet on Thursday that…
Twitter

Twitter grilled by Indian parliamentary panel over blocking of Home Minister’s account

Social media giants have been facing scrutiny over the power they hold…
Jack Ma

Jack Ma reappears after months of suspicion, Alibaba shares soar

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma resurfaced three months after his last public…
WhatsApp

Indian IT ministry asks WhatsApp to suspend controversial policy change in stern worded email

WhatsApp has been in a whirlpool of controversy recently, after it notified…