Thought H-1B workers had made it? Turns out Google, Microsoft, other tech firms pay them below par
Report says 500,000 migrant workers in firms like Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Qualcomm and Uber are paid salaries in lowest wage slabs
Location tracking not allowed on apps using Google, Apple APIs but indie app Aarogya Setu does
Aarogya Setu, which runs on its own Application Program Interface or API, is not bound by international privacy protection norms
Intel buys Moovit app to boost its self-driving car business in an age of social distancing
The chip maker plans to combine Moovit with Mobileye, a self-driving car specialist that Intel bought for about USD 15 billion in 2017.
Jeff Bezos may be forced to testify in US House about Amazon's alleged anti-trust practices
US lawmakers on Friday wrote to Bezos saying they would use legal means to force him to appear if he didn’t do so voluntarily
Users added aplenty but Google, Facebook, and Twitter lose ad revenues amid covid lockdowns
As travel and shopping shut down, advertising on the three platforms plummeted, but now as lockdown curbs begin to ease, things may look up
YouTube adds fact-check panels to videos in US to curb spread of misinformation
Fact-check information panels highlight credible findings by third-parties so YouTube viewers can make informed decisions about claims.
Searches for child sexual abuse material spike, NCPCR sends notice to Google, WhatsApp, Twitter
A recent report by India Child Protection Fund showed that there has been a surge in searches for child sexual abuse material amid lockdown
Big Tech firms try to highlight covid efforts to burnish image as they grow amid the pandemic
Quarterly results looming, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft do not want to be seen as having cashed in on the coronavirus crisis
Germany backs Google and Apple's covid app, after privacy concerns raised over alternative app
Backing for a pan-European app that was to keep data on a central server was stopped over criticism from a nation haunted by Nazi-era spying
Coronavirus 'heat map' visualises spread of COVID-19 from Facebook, Google user surveys
Carnegie Mellon researchers said they received about one million responses a week from Facebook users, and 600,000 from Google users.