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In July, the PTA issued a final warning to Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, ordering it to filter any obscene content. It also blocked the video-streaming app Bigo Live, though the ban was lifted after a few days once the platform agreed to moderate immoral and indecent content . Now, its the turn of YouTube.

Pakistan tightens grip on internet, tells YouTube to remove...

Lawmakers in Punjab passed a bill last month to put publishers in prison if they print or import material with ...

28 Aug 2020 8:16 PM IST

The Japanese government is bullish on the Jetsons vision of flying cars, with a road map for business services by 2023, and expanded commercial use by the 2030s, stressing its potential for connecting remote areas and providing lifelines in disasters. (Photo | Skydrive)

Modest flying car test prompts maker to envision real-life product as...

In a video, a contraption that looked like a slick motorcycle with propellers lifted a few feet off the ground and...

28 Aug 2020 7:24 PM IST

$Chinese social media users on Friday responded to foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijians warning on Twitter, which is blocked in China but accessible through virtual private network softwareoblivious to the irony of using a blocked American platform to call out the US proposed ban of WeChat. This photo taken on August 19, 2020 shows a book about Chinese President Xi Jinping, titled \Xi Jinping; The Governance of China\, next to the QR payment code for Wechat Pay, at a news stand in Beijing. (Photo | AFP)$ Technology

Chinese users will boycott Apple, says China responding to WeChat ban...

If WeChat is banned...no reason why Chinese shall keep iPhone and apple products, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao...

28 Aug 2020 6:18 PM IST

Amazon has been trying to score a hit in the competitive wearable tech business, which is dominated in the US by FitBit and the Apple Watch. Last year, Amazon started selling wireless earbuds, finger rings and prescription eyeglasses with Alexa built in, but none have proven to be hits so far. Will this fitness tracker without a screen manage any better? (Photo | Amazon.com)

'I can tell when you're sad, I can see that you're fat': Amazon Halo...

The fitness tracker can analyse from the "positivity and energy" in your voice how happy, sad, tired or excited you are.

28 Aug 2020 5:37 PM IST

Walmart is likely interested in TikTok to better connect with younger shoppers who turn to the internet for lifestyle trends, analysts say. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok has one more suitor, Walmart teams up with Microsoft to buy...

Already business partners, Microsoft provides cloud computing services that help run the retailer's stores and online...

28 Aug 2020 3:36 PM IST

The ruling meant that companies like Huawei cannot insist that patent holders like Conversant prove their patents in every jurisdiction of the world, which would be both practically and economically prohibitive, the company added. (Photo | AP)

UK Supreme Court rules against Chinese firms Huawei, ZTE

The patents are meant to ensure fair competition and access to technology like 4G.

27 Aug 2020 5:50 PM IST

Facebooks shares went up 5% on the news, as investors clearly think that competing ad networks run by the likes of Snap and Twitter are going to be put at a disadvantage while titans like Google and Facebook charge ahead. (Photo | AP)

Apple rule that apps must get user consent for targeted ads will hit...

Facebook says Apple's rules could reduce what apps earn by advertising through Facebook's audience network.

27 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

The release of internal emails, where Google engineers say the location tracking of users who disabled the feature was misleading, is embarrassing for a company that tries to build trust with billions of users of free services such as maps and online search, which in turn provide the personal information Google can use to target ads. Those ads generated more than $130 billion in revenue last year alone. (Photo | AFP)

'Location off should mean location off', Google engineers said after...

After the AP article two years ago, Google made changes to its privacy settings to make it easier for users to conceal...

27 Aug 2020 2:19 PM IST

The Auschwitz museum, a Holocaust site, has become a symbol of Nazi Germanys genocide of six million European Jews, with one million killed at the camp between 1940 and 1945. (Photo | Pixabay - John Ondreasz)

New trend on TikTok with users playing Holocaust victims hurtful,...

Some videos are dangerously close or already beyond the border of trivialisation of history, the Auschwitz Memorial said...

27 Aug 2020 1:26 PM IST

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayers resignation comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a ban on TikTok, unless parent company Bytedance sells its US operations to an American company within 90 days. Just days ago, TikTok filed a lawsuit challenging a crackdown by the US government over claims that the wildly popular social media app can be used to spy on Americans. (Photo | Pixabay/AP)

TikTok CEO resigns amid Trump administration's accusations of spying,...

In a letter to employees, Kevin Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after the political environment has sharply...

27 Aug 2020 12:33 PM IST

A FASTag is a device that employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for making toll payments directly from the prepaid or savings account linked to it and is affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle and enables the commuter to drive through toll plazas, without stopping for cash transactions. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - Patrick Roque)

Go cashless on the highway with FASTag if you want discounts on toll...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is trying to get more people to adopt digital payments, instead of cash.

26 Aug 2020 8:45 PM IST

Positions for engineers, data scientists and financial analysts are among the tech and non-tech roles that Paytm is looking to fill.

Paytm expanding despite pandemic, hiring over 1,000 people in various...

The financial technology company is ramping services such as lending, insurance, wealth management and offline payments.

26 Aug 2020 7:27 PM IST