An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its failure to take down a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” of videos drove him out of politics.Read More
Monthly Archives: July 2022
World’s main central bank umbrella group, the BIS, has demanded for individuals and firms to be given more control over the data harvested on them by social media, Big Tech firms and banks. In a pa[er published on Thursday, the BIS mentioned while most countries already have some laws around data use, most individuals are…
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Saturday asked Twitter and YouTube to remove from their social media platforms the videos of advertisement of a perfume brand that triggered outrage for “promoting gang rape culture”Read More
Facebook announced its plans to discontinue the Nearby Friends feature. The company is also dropping other location-based features like weather alerts and background locations. Users can download their location data from the platform before August 1 this year.Read More
WhatsApp is said to be working on an ‘Undo’ button, which would allow users to retrieve deleted messages. This feature was supposedly spotted in the Android beta version 2.22.13.5 of the app.Read More
India’s smartwatch market grew 173 percent YoY in Q1 2022, according to the most recent Counterpoint data. Noise led the market in the first quarter with a market share of 23 percent. Fire-Boltt came second for the first time with a 21 percent market share. Boat was placed in third spot with a 16 percent…
Elon Musk says that he may walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter if the social media network fails to provide data on spam and fake accounts, according to a letter he sent to the social media company.Read More
As per a report, videos posted online showed more than a hundred Quanta workers physically overwhelming security guards in hazmat suits and vaulting over factory gates to escape being trapped inside the Shanghai factory amid rumours that workers on the floor that day tested positive for COVID.Read More
Facebook parent Meta Platforms has appointed Guy Rosen, a company vice president as chief information security officer (CISO). He will be the first person to fill that role at the social media company.Read More
iPhone 14 series is reportedly in the works. The iPhone 14 Max is yet to be officially announced by Apple, but ahead of that, specifications and US pricing details of the phone have been tipped. It is expected to be powered by the A15 Bionic SoC.Read More