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Users free to keep or delete Sanchar Saathi: Jyotiraditya Scindia
According to the direction dated November 28, all mobile phones...
Messaging Apps like WhatsApp to work only with active SIM, DoT tightens cyber norms
The Centre's latest directive means that these messaging services...
China’s latest EV is a ‘connected’ car from smart appliance maker Xiaomi
The combined share of EVs and hybrids in China's auto sales is likely to reach 42 per cent to 45 per cent this year, up from 36 per cent in 2023, according to Fitch Ratings. But the agency said in a December report that the competition could put pressure on...
SEC ramps up hack probe with focus on tech, telecom companies
The probe — aimed partly at determining what the companies may have known but didn’t disclose — follows a landmark lawsuit the SEC filed in October against SolarWinds Corp., claiming it failed to maintain adequate controls and defrauded investors by downplaying...
Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s new billionaire capital
Leading the Indian billionaire list is Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, with a staggering net worth of $115 billion. Closely following is Gautam Adani, the founder of the Adani Group energy conglomerate, with assets valued at $86 billion, marking a...
2024 Geopolitical Risk: Increasingly complex global risk landscape in landmark election year
Insured losses from civil unrest by 4-year period – 2012 to 2023 (Source: Howden, NOVA) Howden data shows that insured losses from civil unrest have risen significantly over the last decade to total USD 7 billion in 2020-23. Rather than a series of random acts, recent...
North Korean hackers stalk crypto startups scrimping on security
Hacks and scams cost the crypto industry an estimated $1.8 billion last year, down about 50% from 2022, according to Immunefi, which runs a platform where companies offer bounties to those who locate and flag security flaws in their software. A drop in the very...
Apple, Google, Meta targeted in EU’s first Digital Markets Act probes
The European Union law, effective from March 7, aims to challenge the power of the tech giants by making it easier for people to move between competing online services like social media platforms, internet browsers and app stores. That should in turn open up space for...
Tokyo, Tokyo, make me a match! Metropolis hopes AI app will spur marriages
With a population set to start shrinking from 2030, Tokyo will nearly double to 335 million yen ($2.2 million) its budget for marriage-support services in the fiscal year starting next month. Nearly one-third of Tokyo men in their 50s have never been married, while...
Google, Apple breakups on the agenda as global regulators target tech
That in turn could inspire watchdogs around the world to pile on, as evidenced in the growing number of antitrust probes in various countries following the opening of EU and U.S. cases. Since AT&T was broken up exactly 40 years ago, no company has faced the...
China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers, FT reports
The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft's Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options, the report said. According to the FT report, Chinese officials have begun following the guidelines, which were...
Tata Group will move to 70% green energy by 2030: Chairman Chandrasekaran
Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said the priorities of the conglomerate are simplification, synergy, sustainability, supply chain transformation and digital transformation Jamshedpur: Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Saturday said the conglomerate will move...