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Twitter faces legal liability due to India’s IT Act

Popular micro-blogging platform Twitter stands facing legal accountability in India after failing to adhere to the country’s new IT act forcing social networking sites to remove content following the issuance of a legal order. Twitter has been facing an increasing backlash from a plethora of fronts for the past couple of months. As steep tensions […]

Audacity scrambles to clarify privacy terms to ease users

Audio-editing software Audacity has been accused by its users of being spyware for governments, following its update of its privacy terms which would see it collecting private user data. The privacy terms, which were released last week, state that the program will start collecting certain forms of “personal data” like the user’s operating system name […]

Biden: US damage appears minimal in big ransomware attack

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that damage to U.S. businesses in the biggest ransomware attack on record appears minimal, though information remained incomplete. The company whose software was exploited said fewer than 1,500 businesses worldwide appeared compromised but cybersecurity experts caution that the incident isn’t over. Also Tuesday, a security researcher who chatted online with […]

Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft

The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers. “With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long been delayed, […]

Temasek Investment in Google-Backed DotPe May Jeopardize Zomato’s Indian Presence

When Singaporean global investment company Temasek announced the financing news of Google-backed Indian software engineer company, DotPe. India’s digital services space was bound to enter a new round of changes by delivering users a more customized and brand-led experience. However, the Temasek investment in Google-backed DotPe could hold significant risks for platforms such as Zomato […]

ByteDance debunks rumors of selling TikTok’s AI Technology

Tiktok’s Chinese caretaker company ByteDance debunks any implications of selling Tiktok’s advanced artificial intelligence technology to other companies. Succeeding a published report by the Financial Times stating the Beijing-based company ByteDance will be selling its prominent Tiktok’s AI technology to well thought of list of clients.   Allegedly, the client list includes a distinct range […]

Ericsson & Entel Telcos agree to launch 5G & IoT services in Chile

Ericsson, the Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company and Entel telcos partnered to launch 5G and IoT services in Chile. Through this agreement the largest Chilean telecommunications company, Entel, will install a 5G network using products and solutions from the Ericsson Radio System and Ericsson Spectrum Sharing portfolio, including Massive MIMO radios for high-band (26GHz), […]

Can the telecoms industry boost sustainability?

Although not the biggest culprit of heightened carbon emissions and waste production by far, the telecommunications industry must still make its operations, products and services more sustainable. What should telcos focus on to reduce their environmental impact?   The telecommunications industry contributed 2.6 percent of total global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2020, according to the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ (ETNO) Association.   Although the sector isn’t as energy or resource-intensive as the likes of electricity production and […]

Apple halts ByteDance attempt to bypass ATT

In an unprecedent effort, ByteDance, owner of popular video-sharing app TikTok, attempted to bypass Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) measures in collaboration with a several other Chinese tech company, but Apple managed to halt any peculiar activity that might jeopardize their users’ privacy.  This transpired as Chinese tech companies attempted to switch to their new […]

Airbnb Party ban blocks thousands of bookings across the U.S.

The Airbnb party ban feature has automatically blocked over 50,000 “suspicious” bookings across 15 U.S. cities as part of the company’s strategy to clampdown on parties during the pandemic. The automated feature blocked 7,000 in Dallas, 6,000 in San Diego, 5,100 in Charlotte, 3,500 in St. Louis, 3,000 in Columbus, and 2,700 in New Orleans, […]