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Jul 03, 2022 02:04 PM ISTThe move comes a few days after the US Supreme Court overturned women's right to abortion
Jul 02, 2022 09:49 AM IST Roe v. Wade overturning: Google's announcement comes a week after the US Supreme Court made the tectonic decision to strip American women of constitutional rights to abortion
Jul 01, 2022 07:06 PM IST Ambani's succession plan comes against a backdrop of financial stability and is part of an overall group restructuring.
Jul 01, 2022 12:47 PM IST The company introduced new filtration settings for comments, and is cracking down on fake channel names
Jul 01, 2022 06:37 AM IST The app developers, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, had accused Google of using agreements with smartphone makers, technical barriers and revenue sharing agreements to effectively close the app ecosystem and shunt most payments through its Google Play billing system with a default service fee of 30%.
Jun 30, 2022 08:14 PM IST The deal has been cleared on the basis of modifications offered by the acquirer, according to an official release.
Jun 30, 2022 04:05 PM IST Further, the report reiterated RBI's stance that fintech has exposed the banking system to new risks, and the presence of Big Techs like Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, etc in fintech has increased risks to financial stability.
Jun 30, 2022 10:07 AM IST Brendan Carr, the FCC commissioner, said in a letter to the CEOs, dated June 24 and sent on FCC letterhead, that video-sharing app TikTok has collected vast troves of sensitive data about U.S. users that could be accessed by ByteDance staff in Beijing. ByteDance is TikTok's Chinese parent.
Jun 29, 2022 06:40 AM IST The news sent the company's shares 9% higher in extended trading on Tuesday and underscored a shift in focus at Pinterest to e-commerce initiatives from its advertising-based business model.
Jun 28, 2022 06:31 AM IST The round takes the total fundraise by Progcap in the past year to $95 million.
Jun 27, 2022 03:39 PM IST The enterprises should, in all fairness, be allowed their fundamental right to choose with whom they partner to set up their private captive networks, Broadband India Forum (BIF) said in a statement.
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Jun 27, 2022 01:51 PM IST "I thought choosing Facebook would be the best as the pay package offered by them was high," Bisakh Mondal said.
Jun 26, 2022 02:14 PM IST Individuals who seek abortions would be particularly vulnerable if their data, specifically location information, is collected and shared, four senate Democrats said, citing the recent US Supreme judgment
Jun 26, 2022 12:41 PM IST Google's head of HR Fiona Cicconi has said the company will support workers and they can apply to relocate without justification
Jun 26, 2022 07:47 AM IST Someone going for an IIM interview may be coached in admission-appropriate replies to anticipated questions. Same with LaMDA, though its text prowess far exceeds what a human could pull off.
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Jun 24, 2022 05:25 PM IST Google said that the vendors were distributing dangerous hacking tools to the governments
Jun 24, 2022 06:47 AM IST Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices, the report said.
Jun 23, 2022 03:47 PM IST Apart from this, the company has also contributed $1 million each in grant funding and in search advertisements to help the refugees.
Jun 23, 2022 03:40 PM IST The group which contains technology heavyweights like Sony, Qualcomm and Nvidia, want to create interoperability standards for the metaverse
Jun 22, 2022 09:01 PM IST Russia's state communications regulator said on Wednesday that Google risks yet another fine on its revenue in Russia for allegedly failing to remove unlawful content on multiple occasions.
Jun 20, 2022 05:02 PM IST Artificial intelligence isn’t on the cusp of sentience. But its growing inscrutability and sway over us should still be cause for concern
Jun 20, 2022 03:04 PM IST The ex-employee, who was fired, says Google Developer Studio has at least 12 people affiliated to the 'Fellowship of Friends'
Jun 20, 2022 11:38 AM IST Sergey Brin, the world’s sixth-richest person, has filed for divorce from Nicole Shanahan, citing “irreconcilable differences”. With a staggering amount of wealth involved, billionaire divorces get a lot of news time
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