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Most of the revenue comes from a digital ad market that Google dominates along with social networking rival Facebook _ another potential target of antitrust regulators. There has been no word, though, whether Facebook might be sued.

Accused of stifling competition, Google slapped with antitrust cases...

In 2013, the Federal Trade Commission closed an extensive investigation into Google's alleged abuses without taking any...

16 May 2020 4:50 PM IST

Severe cyclonic storm Gaja crossed the Tamil Nadu coast between Nagapattinam and nearby Vedaranniyam early Friday with wind speed gusting up to 120 kmph. (Photo: PTI)

Cyclonic storm brewing in Bay of Bengal; rains likely in coastal...

Fishermen have been advised not to venture into north Bay of Bengal along and off West Bengal-Odisha coasts from May 18...

16 May 2020 4:45 PM IST

Bosnian riot policemen stand outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo, Bosnia, ahead of the commemoration Mass for Croatian pro-Nazis killed at the end of World War II. (AP)

Bosnia Church holds Mass for Croatia's pro-Nazi WWII regime

The Mass provoked outrage from most political parties, Jewish leaders the Serbian Orthodox Church and anti-fascist NGOs

16 May 2020 4:38 PM IST

Technology will play a stronger role than ever before - enabling economic recovery and helping each one of us achieve more, , Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari says.

Investments in cloud, AI and cybersecurity being accelerated by the...

Technology is playing a key role in education, health and public distribution as movement restrictions become the norm.

16 May 2020 4:29 PM IST

A lab technician makes a quick test on a blood sample to detect the new coronavirus. (AFP)

Covid-19: Close red light areas to avoid 72% of projected cases, say...

Indians are at a much lower risk of getting Covid-19 if red light areas are kept closed until an effective treatment is...

16 May 2020 4:00 PM IST

A medic uses a thermal screening device on a boy during a door-to-door survey to detect COVID-19 cases in Nagaon district in Assam. (PTI)

Medics around the world face hostility over virus stigma

In countries like India, Egypt, Mexico and elsewhere, doctors and nurses are intimidated and treated like pariahs...

16 May 2020 3:56 PM IST

In retaliation for banning Huawei, China put US companies such as Apple on the unreliable entity list.

US' suppression of Huawei destroying global manufacturing, value and...

The US has set controls that would target Huawei's acquisition of semiconductors that are the product of certain US...

16 May 2020 3:54 PM IST

Facebook and other online platforms have been trying to minimise hate speech on social media, by getting content moderated.

Why India needs to be the centre for content moderation reform

A significant number of moderators for most platforms are contracted through companies such as Cognizant, Genpact, and...

16 May 2020 3:10 PM IST

Social media image posted by the Congress party showing Rahul Gandhi addressing a press conference by video link on April 16, 2020.

Rahul Gandhi urges Modi-led Centre to reconsider its economic package

He said he was trying to put pressure on the government for generating demand by putting money into the accounts of the...

16 May 2020 2:32 PM IST

Army personnel leave after an encounter with the militants in the Chanjmullah area of Handwara in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, Sunday, May 3, 2020. An Army Colonel and a Major were among five security personnel killed in the encounter with terrorists. (PTI Photo) (PTI03-05-2020_000190A)

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces bust hideout, nab 5 militant...

Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the hideout.

16 May 2020 1:48 PM IST

Stranded migrants board a truck to reach their native places in Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Bakania bypass in Bhopa. PTI Photo

Despite Covid-19 risk, migrant labourers prefer trucks to Shramik...

The migrants find trucks and tempos convenient, mostly because they drop them close to their home.

16 May 2020 1:17 PM IST

US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP)

Just don't want to talk to Xi Jinping right now: Trump

The US's criticism on how Chinese leadership handled the coronavirus outbreak has led to a spat between both the...

16 May 2020 12:51 PM IST