Tech Giants

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The import curbs could force the global hardware giants to step up its production in India. (ANI File Photo)

AA Edit | Will Indian tech giants step up?

India has imported personal computers, including laptops worth $5.33 billion in 2022-23, as against $7.37 billion in 2021-22.

05 Aug 2023 12:10 AM

Google said its own forensic research shows the accounts were set up by people associated with the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

Google takes on alleged Iranian influence campaign

Google disabled dozens of YouTube channels and other accounts linked to a state-run Iranian broadcaster for a political influence campaign.

24 Aug 2018 4:39 PM

The ability to track internet users has attracted hundreds of companies

Insight: Europe's new data law upends global online advertising

Europe’s new data privacy law has put a small army of tech firms that track people online in jeopardy.

23 Aug 2018 8:17 PM

The tax would also help fund the introduction of a digital BBC license fee.

UK Labour proposes tax on tech giants in media shake-up

A Labour government would aim to shake up Britain’s media by levying a tax on big tech firms like Google.

23 Aug 2018 8:10 PM

US trade groups, representing companies such as Amazon, American Express and Microsoft, have opposed India’s push to store data locally.

US tech giants plan to fight India's data localisation plans

US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localisation requirements.

18 Aug 2018 5:57 PM

The standards of accuracy and impartiality which tech companies are held to could be based on regulator Ofcom’s rules for television and radio.

Tech firms should be made responsible for fake news on sites - UK lawmakers

Facebook has increasingly become a focus of the media committee’s inquiry into “fake news.”

28 Jul 2018 5:30 PM

The jury said Groupon’s infringement was willful, allowing IBM to ask a judge to award additional damages.

IBM wins $83 million from Groupon in internet patent fight

A jury in Delaware said Groupon used IBM’s patented e-commerce technology without authorization following a two-week trial.

28 Jul 2018 5:27 PM

Some 200 companies would fall within the scope of the new tax.

Europeans press for digital tax at G20 meeting

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, proposed rules earlier this year to make digital companies pay more tax.

24 Jul 2018 2:15 PM

The large profits come even as the tech industry, notably Facebook, faces questions about the extent to which companies depend on collecting personal data on users to fuel their advertising revenue.

7 striking facts: The money tech companies are making

The same five tech companies are worth more than the next 11 most valuable US corporations.

28 Apr 2018 9:47 AM

Airbnb will be monitoring the usage of the new filter to see if it provides accurate and useful results.

Apps ensure accessibility

The new addition in Airbnb and Google Maps takes into consideration the needs of disabled persons.

18 Mar 2018 12:57 AM

Tech giants duped into sending $100 million to this conman

Google and Facebook appears to have fallen for $100 million phishing scam.

30 Apr 2017 2:03 PM

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