India’s Competition Commission (CCI) has initiated an inquiry into Google after multiple companies have claimed that the service fee charged by the US firm for in-app payments violates an earlier antitrust directive. The CCI had imposed a fine of $113 million on Google in October, stating that it must allow the use of third-party billing
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Twitter has rolled out its new encrypted direct messages (DMs) feature aimed at securing messages on the platform. This is Twitter’s first move towards supporting end-to-end encrypted messages on the service. However, the company has warned that the current implementation has several limitations. The new encryption feature for DMs is supported on the latest versions
Sony Pictures and Marvel have released the third official trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, ahead of its release on June 2. The trailer gives a glimpse of Miles Morales’ arc, where he faces a host of Spidey-themed enemies, including Spider-Cat and The Spot, who can create interdimensional portals. The Plot The trailer opens with
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has taken action against the top five e-commerce platforms for selling car seat belt alarm stopper clips. These clips have been found to compromise the safety of consumers by stopping the alarm beep when not wearing seat belts. This blatant sale of these clips is in violation of the
Italy’s competition watchdog, AGCM, is attempting to close a legal loophole that allows various companies to dodge antitrust fines, which could benefit Amazon in an ongoing appeal. A legal expert and two sources have informed Reuters that the European Commission is closely monitoring the situation, which could impact a record fine of €1.1bn that Amazon
The US Transportation Department (USDOT) experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 237,000 current and former federal government employees. The breach affected the systems used for processing transit benefits that reimburse government employees for commuting costs. It is unclear if any of the personal information has been used for criminal
Google, the parent company of Alphabet, has been fined RUB 3 million (approximately Rs. 31 lakh) by a Russian court for its failure to delete YouTube videos promoting “LGBT propaganda” and “false information” related to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, as reported by Russian news agencies. This is part of Moscow’s recent efforts to increase
Cisco, a US-based network gear maker, has announced plans to manufacture products, including routers and switches, in Tamil Nadu to cater to the increasing demand from Indian customers. The move is also aimed at diversifying its global supply chain. The company’s CEO, Chuck Robbins, has outlined plans targeting $1 billion from combined exports and domestic
Artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially pose a greater threat to humanity than climate change, according to AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton. Hinton, who is widely known as one of the “godfathers of AI”, recently left Alphabet after working there for a decade. He wants to speak out on the risks of technology without it affecting his
Meta Platforms has hired a team of engineers from Oslo who were previously working on artificial intelligence (AI) networking technology at Graphcore, a British chip company. The move will strengthen Meta’s infrastructure team and help support AI and machine learning at scale in its data centers. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is increasingly reliant