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Govt may propose up to Rs 500 crore fine for violations under Digital India Bill
Under the proposed bill, the Centre may authorise any government...
Google unveils Android Earthquake Alerts System in India
"We hope to supplement the government's efforts on earthquake...
Musk’s X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says
Ahead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from Russia, which is using social media to wage a "war of ideas'' against democracy, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said...
US urges court to consider Amazon.com asset sales for breaking antitrust law
“The FTC and its state partners say Amazon’s actions allow it to stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers, stifle innovation, and prevent rivals from fairly competing against Amazon,” the agency said in a statement...

Cough syrup deaths overseas prompt US crackdown on toxic testing
Cough syrups made in India and Indonesia have been linked to deaths of more than 300 children globally. The medicines were found to contain high levels of DEG and EG, leading to acute kidney injury and death. The poisonings have sparked criminal probes, lawsuits and a...

OpenAI CEO says possible to get regulation wrong, but should not fear it
Sam Altman, CEO,ChatGPT “Models that are like 10,000 times the power of GPT4, models that are like as smart as human civilization, whatever, those probably deserve some regulation,” The CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday that it was possible to get regulation...
AI, robots and satellite sensors are helping in the fight against wildfires
“It’s a huge game changer for the fire service,” says Schneider of the technology created by Pano AI, which acts as a second set of eyes looking out for fires. While AI alone won’t completely ease the burden of wildfire management, it’s one of a growing number of...
Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 mn people globally: Study
``Our new method for predicting the dispersal of mine waste in river systems worldwide provides governments, environmental regulators, the mining industry and local communities with a tool that, for the first time, will enable them to assess the offsite and downstream...
“Without citing any evidence or basis”: Centre rebuffs Moody’s “baseless” opinions on Aadhar
The UIDAI issued a strong rebuttal to Moody's Investors Service which claimed that the Aadhaar system often results in service denials and the reliability of biometric technologies, especially for manual labourers, in hot and humid climates is questionable New Delhi:...
80 per cent cybercrimes from 10 Indian districts: Study
The findings have been mentioned by the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF), a non-profit start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur, in its latest comprehensive white paper named 'A Deep Dive into Cybercrime Trends Impacting India'...
California lets insurers factor wildfire risks in rates to widen coverage
The continued retreat of larger insurance carriers from the California residential property insurance market signals ongoing regulatory constraints, rising cost inflation, and higher catastrophe losses, credit rating agency Fitch said in a note earlier this year...
No reason for Canadian pension funds to back out from India: Official
''They are here because they are making higher returns here… So I don't see any reason for them to back out because of the current situation, which hopefully we will sort out,'' the official said. According to a report by think tank GTRI, Canadian pension funds, by...