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If Julian Assange is prosecuted it could have a chilling effect on media freedom, leading publishers and journalists to self-censor in fear of retaliation, said Amnestys Europe Director, Nils Muiznieks. (Photo | Flickr - Ecuador Foreign Ministry)

Julian Assange set to fight US extradition bid over Wikileaks exposes...

US prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Australian on 18 espionage and computer misuse charges that could draw a...

6 Sept 2020 10:42 PM IST

The survey results will be submitted to key stakeholders of the Digital Health ID initiative, says community social media platform LocalCircles that conducted the survey. (Photo | Pixabay - Mohamed Hasan)

59 pc of people surveyed about Digital Health ID do not want personal...

Forty eight per cent of respondents did not want external agencies to access their data for research or promotional...

6 Sept 2020 10:03 PM IST

At this time, we dont have any evidence indicating this is something other than a brushing scam where people receive unsolicited items from a seller who then posts false customer reviews to boost sales, the Department of Agriculture said in a statement on August 12. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - ParentingPatch)

Suspected 'agri warfare' as US Amazon users get free Chinese seeds...

Initially feared to be a hit on US agriculture, it was later concluded that firms were looking to post fake reviews on...

6 Sept 2020 8:11 PM IST

Social short-video platform Bolo Indya said it doesnt host audio or video libraries and any content on their platforms is user generated. If user content is found violating copyright, it is removed when alerted, the social video platforms representatives said. (Representative Image)

Homegrown TikToks get legal notice demanding Rs 3.5 crore each for...

The music distribution company also filed a lawsuit against short-video app Roposo over infringing its copyright.

6 Sept 2020 7:07 PM IST

Apart from worries about China being able to develop competitors to American industry using American technology, Washington also worries about Chinas development of long-range missiles, supercomputers that can be used in nuclear warhead development and other high-tech weapons. (Representative Image)

Fearing US blacklisting, Chinese chipmaker SMIC asserts its tech is...

SMIC is a leader in a semiconductor industry built up by the ruling Communist Party in an effort to reduce China's...

6 Sept 2020 4:30 PM IST

Amazon was considered the lead contender to provide technology for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) programme, with Amazon Web Services dominating the cloud computing arena and the company already providing classified servers for other government agencies including the CIA. Amazon has alleged it was shut out of the deal because of Trumps vendetta against the company and its chief executive Jeff Bezos. (Photo | AP)

Pentagon reaffirms deal with Microsoft for cloud computing despite...

However, the contract can't move forward yet due to a court order putting it on hold as Amazon pursues a lawsuit over...

5 Sept 2020 9:50 PM IST

Alain Cocq announced that he was now refusing all food, drink and medicine after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia. Facebook said its rules dont permit it to portray suicide. (Photo | AFP)

Terminally ill man refused euthanasia blocked by Facebook from...

To show France the agony caused by the law that does not allow euthanasia, Alain Cocq had planned to broadcast the end...

5 Sept 2020 7:01 PM IST

No one ever is happy with the current amount of content moderation that platforms are undertaking. Some people think it is too little, while others think it is too much.

Tech This Week | Should India have its own social media content...

Platforms are diverse and a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.

5 Sept 2020 6:03 PM IST

Twitter has cracked down by removing or labelling several of the presidents tweets. Facebook, citing the risk of civil unrest, announced Thursday that it would not allow new political ads on its platform in the last week of the November 3 race. (Photo | AFP)

Team Trump sticks to polarising, manipulative content on social media...

The open use of digitally-altered images by Trump and other candidates in 2020 has tech giants worried.

5 Sept 2020 5:38 PM IST

There were disagreements among the 40-lawyer team over how broad the complaint should be and what Google could do to resolve the problems that the investigation unearthed. The lawyers viewed the September-end deadline as arbitrary. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Shrijagannatha)

Google could face an antitrust case before the end of Trump's term,...

A 40-lawyer team investigating Google was reportedly asked to wrap up by month-end, despite their seeking more time to...

4 Sept 2020 6:50 PM IST

Banning the apps, including the popular PUBG Mobile, is the most visible indication of Indias slow decoupling from China, as it has both an emotional and an economic impact.

India's virtual war on Chinese apps is an impactful move, say retired...

The ban on Chinese apps is the start of India's decoupling from the Chinese economy, say defence and warfare experts.

4 Sept 2020 5:42 PM IST

Currently, apps are automatically given a tracking code unless users of iPhones and other Apple devices go to the extra trouble of changing their privacy controls on their own. With iOS 14, Apple planned to make apps get explicit consent from users to track them to serve them ads according to their web use. (Photo | AFP)

Apple postpones unveiling privacy feature on iPhones as apps complain...

Facebook has said that the privacy feature in iOS 14 would deliver a blow to many apps at a time that they are...

4 Sept 2020 4:40 PM IST