New Delhi: WhatsApp is testing privacy-protective ways for people to confirm their age as it prepares to comply with upcoming laws in India, such as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), the messaging platform has said. WhatsApp further said it understands that age-related information...
New Delhi: The government will raise a number of issues, including lapses in tackling of CSAM as well as wrongful action on a prominent account during the upcoming meeting with Meta's global team, IT Secretary S Krishnan said Tuesday, adding that a company at the...
New Delhi: Meta-backed messaging platform WhatsApp appears to have taken action against several accounts, with users reporting that their accounts are under review for up to 24 hours and that they are unable to access key features of the application. The notification displayed by the...
New Delhi: The head of the department-related standing committee on information technology, Nishikant Dubey, Monday said Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg should personally apologise for the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video from Facebook, while several other members demanded legal action after fixing accountability. However,...
New Delhi: Representatives of social media platforms like Google, Meta, YouTube and top officials of the ministries of Home and MeitY Monday appeared before a parliamentary panel on the issue of social media regulation. The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, headed by...
New Delhi: India's manufacturing sector activity growth fell to a five-year low in July, due to slower rise in new business orders amid increasingly challenging market conditions, a monthly survey said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, fell from 54.2 in...
New Delhi: The West Asia conflict and a surge in AI server demand have caused a shortage of printed circuit boards, a key hardware platform, which in turn has triggered a price rise in the electronics industry. This crunch in printed circuit boards (PCB) --...
New Delhi: India's passenger vehicle industry witnessed robust growth in July as leading automakers posted strong year-on-year sales Saturday, led by sustained demand for SUVs, a sharp rise in electric vehicle sales and healthy export momentum. Hyundai Motor India posted its highest-ever monthly sales since...
Dhaka: US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor Saturday discussed bilateral ties, trade and investment with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and called on Dhaka to join the US-led Pax Silica initiative, local media reported. In a meeting with PM Rahman at...
Washington: Two powerful House committees have launched a fresh investigation into DoorDash's use of a Chinese-developed artificial intelligence model, raising concerns that the growing adoption of Chinese AI by American companies could pose national security, cybersecurity and economic security risks. The House Select Committee on...
Uttar Pradesh’s latest babu reshuffle, while seemingly routine, is difficult to view in isolation. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved...
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Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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What was considered India’s demographic dividend is beginning to appear less like an opportunity and more like a warning signal....
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