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OTT guidelines lack teeth, mechanism to take appropriate action against violations: Supreme Court of India

Nearly a week after the Indian government issued guidelines to regulate content…
Tim Cook in front of an Apple Logo

Apple faces investigation from UK antitrust watchdog for App Store policies

Apple once again finds itself in thick waters as the Competition and…
SpaceX

First paying passenger aboard SpaceX’s paid moon flight is giving away 8 seats

The pay-to-get-on all civilian moon mission that SpaceX had announced back in…

Australia passes landmark law, makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to pay for news

The Australian Parliament on Thursday moved forward with the passing of the…
Facebook

Facebook to end ban on news sharing in Australia after government agrees to make amends to controversial law

Facebook has transcended the sphere of social media and has become a…
Epic Games Fortnite

UK court rules Epic Games’ case against Apple can’t continue in London while US trial is ongoing

Epic Games’ crusade in Europe against tech giant Apple has reached a…

Bone cancer survivor set to board SpaceX flight for Inspiration4 ‘all-civilian’ mission

Earlier, SpaceX had announced Inspiration4, its all-civilian private spaceflight mission in the…
Uber launches teen rides with safety

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…
Meta adds passkeys to Facebook

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…