Apps Culture & Policy News Tinder’s “Swipe Night” all set to take your dating game up a notch As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world and makes in-person meetups… Sanjoy GhoshSeptember 4, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter and Facebook label yet another Trump comment on mail-in ballots The Donald Trump vs mail-in ballots fight saw some reinforcement on the… Shashank RajSeptember 4, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Facebook to stop accepting Political advertisements a week before the US election With only a few months to go for the US Presidential Elections,… Shashank RajSeptember 3, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook bans BJP MLA from Telangana, T Raja Singh, from all of its platforms for promotion of hate After facing scrutiny from politicians across the spectrum for its alleged inaction… Shashank RajSeptember 3, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter confirms PM Modi’s personal website twitter account was hacked In what would add up to the recent hacking of Twitter accounts… Staff@The Tech PortalSeptember 3, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Delhi government committee calls Facebook “co-accused” in February Delhi riots In what would act as a fresh blow to an already troubled… Staff@The Tech PortalSeptember 1, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman, 43, passes away due to colon cancer Chadwick Boseman has died after a 4 year battle with Colon cancer… Chinni SinghAugust 29, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s Nevada Factory was target of a ‘serious’ foiled cyberattack Elon Musk has confirmed via Twitter, an earlier report from Teslarati, that… Chinni SinghAugust 28, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Apparently, even Google engineers can’t figure out Google’s privacy settings While Google was being grilled by members at the antitrust meeting back… Upneet SinghAugust 27, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Newly appointed TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns post Trump’s executive order to ban the app In what would be a serious body blow to an already troubled… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 27, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy Gaming News Fortnite players on Apple devices will lose out on cross-functionalities, updates for the game The Apple and Fornite dispute does not seem to be ending anytime… Upneet SinghAugust 27, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News “Now is the time for us to act”, TikTok is suing U.S. government over incoming ban TikTok is taking it up to the U.S. government and has sued… Upneet SinghAugust 24, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy News Facebook CMO Antonio Lucio bids farewell to the company in the middle of a storm While working at Facebook might be a dream prospect for many, the… Upneet SinghAugust 24, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India’s parliamentary panel to question Facebook execs on September 2nd over content moderation bias Following the controversy about Facebook’s content moderation policies about Indian politicians, an… Chinni SinghAugust 21, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Congress party says Facebook favours India’s ruling BJP when it comes to content moderation Taking their political rivalry to the social media field, India’s primary opposition… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 17, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook launches Voting Information Center on both Facebook and Instagram Following on an announcement from June, Facebook has launched a Voting Information… Upneet SinghAugust 13, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook tightens its grip around terrorist content, takes down 40% more content in Q2 Facebook claims that it took down 40% more terrorism related content in… Upneet SinghAugust 11, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Zomato allows female employees to avail 10 days of ‘period leave’ per year Zomato-India’s biggest food delivery platform and a household name at this point,… Upneet SinghAugust 8, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google has been asking employees to avoid certain language to fend off regulators Google, along with 3 other major tech companies (Amazon, Facebook and Apple)… Upneet SinghAugust 8, 20203 minute read
Culture & Policy News Facebook will let employees work remotely until July 2021 along with $1000 for supplies Facebook will now let all its employees work from home through July… Chinni SinghAugust 7, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy News Google will provide digital learning tools to 23 million students in India’s Maharashtra state The state government of Maharashtra and Google are partnering up to promote… Chinni SinghAugust 7, 20202 minute read