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Facebook

India remains the second highest requester of user data from Facebook

On Tuesday, Facebook released the social media giant’s annual transparency report for…

Key Google Pixel executives, including the brain behind Pixel’s camera, have left the company

While the launch of Pixel’s latest smartphone comes in a few weeks…

Uber makes it mandatory for drivers to wear face masks, will verify that via object detection in selfies

As governments globally work towards partially lifting coronavirus lockdowns in lesser affected…
Facebook

Youtube, Facebook take down viral “plandemic” conspiracy video on coronavirus pandemic

Multiple Social Media platforms including Youtube, Vimeo and Facebook have recently come…

Spotify signs licensing deal with Saregama adding 100,000 tracks to its Indian catalog

Swedish music streaming company Spotify, which has steadily grabbed a decent pie…
Facebook

Facebook to allow its employees to work from home till year end

In wake of the Corona Virus pandemic, Facebook has decided to let…

Facebook announces first members of its ‘truly autonomous’ Oversight Board for better content governance

Facebook has today announced the first 20 members of its proposed 40-member…

Google to contribute another $50 million for COVID 19 relief measures

Google came on the frontlines of the attack against coronavirus. The company…

Airbnb lays off close to 25% of its workforce as COVID-19 continues to hit travel

With most of the countries being in lockdown, COVID-19 is continuing to…
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An Amazon warehouse worker has died of COVID-19 in company’s Staten Island warehouse

An Amazon worker at the company’s massive warehouse in Staten Island, New…
Meta fixes Instagram’s violent content glitch

Delhi women commission issues notice to Instagram over a group that shared morphed images of underage girls

On Sunday, a series of disturbing screenshots went viral on Instagram when…

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ director Taika Waititi will ‘reawaken’ the force as he signs up to direct his first Star Wars movie

The Star Wars franchise has had a rocky past. The series has…

Freshworks appoints SaaS veteran Tyler Sloat as new Chief Financial Officer

Inching closer to going pubic, California based software giant Freshworks Inc. has…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk

As Mark Zuckerberg praises lockdown efforts, Elon Musk terms it “fascist”

Much like the American populace, two Silicon Valley billionaires have had starkly…
Uber

After 7 years at Uber, tech chief Thuan Pham steps down

Uber’s Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham has resigned, effective May 16th, the…

Alibaba demotes top e-commerce executive after internal inquiry on improper behaviour

Chinese e-commerce entity Alibaba has demoted its e-commerce chief and senior vice-president…

Uber has disbursed COVID-19 grants to 55,000 drivers in India through its Uber Care Drivers Fund

Uber’s ‘Uber Care Driver Fund’, an INR12.5 crore (~$1.6Mn) COVID-19 relief fund…