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The TikTok creator fund will be open in August to US applicants 18 years or older who have a platform following, and post original content in line with its community guidelines. (Photo | AP)

US content creators of TikTok stand a chance to earn from a fund of...

The short video platform also said it plans to add 10,000 US jobs in the next three years, as it battles complaints over...

24 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (C) speaks during a press conference as attorney Joe Cotchett (L) and Janet Wozniak look on July 23, 2020 in Burlingame, California. Steve Wozniak and 17 other victims are filing a lawsuit against YouTube and Google over their lack of action to address a fraudulent Bitcoin giveaway that used an image of Wozniak to to defraud innocent people out of their cryptocurrency. (Photo | AFP)

Bitcoin scams misusing big names plague YouTube, Steve Wozniak sues...

Similar to the Twitter hacking, YouTube videos using Wozniak's, Bill Gates' and Elon Musk's photos tricked people out of...

24 July 2020 4:19 PM IST

Organizations that build their own digital capability will recover faster and emerge from this crisis stronger, Microsot CEO Satya Nadella said. (Photo | AP)

Revenues rise but profits fall at Microsoft as taxes take a bite

Chief executive Satya Nadella said Microsoft was equipped to deal with the pandemic with its integrated, modern...

23 July 2020 9:09 PM IST

Along with the campaign against cyber bullying, the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) has also launched a campaign to raise awareness about domestic abuse called #UnMuteTheAbuse campaign on social media. The objective of the campaign is to get people to accept that domestic abuse is a long-standing problem that has seen an increase during the lockdown. (Photo | Flickr - ipredator)

Maharashtra launches digital campaign against cyber bullying, domestic...

More than 50 webinars will be held across the state to educate and train young girls and women and certify them as ...

23 July 2020 8:39 PM IST

Inside a Walmart India Best Price Store. (Photo | Walmart India)

Flipkart to enter wholesale space, buys Walmart India's business

The move will further intensify competition with Flipkart's rival Amazon that has a similar offering for the B2B...

23 July 2020 8:14 PM IST

JNU Vice Chancellor Professor M Jagadesh Kumar said the university has streamlined many procedures by adopting digital technologies over the last four years and more such reforms are in the offing.

JNU digitalises student assessment processes amid shutdown

All official requirements, such as plagiarism check of draft dissertations and theses and fee payment will be done...

23 July 2020 7:38 PM IST

Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the user gains showed the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate weve delivered using this measure. (Photo | Twitter - Jack Dorsey)

Revenue loss hurts Twitter amid pandemic despite surge in users

Twitter's revenue slumped 19 percent from a year ago to $683 million.

23 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

QAnon became a force this year in protests against confinement and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, in both the United States and Europe. Some claim the virus is a hoax and others that it is Chinas contribution to the plot against Trump. The movement has followers in the military and police as well and more than a dozen Republican candidates for Congress in November openly support the group. (Photo | AFP)

Conspiracy theorist group QAnon has hundreds of thousands of...

More than 7,000 accounts linked with QAnon, which supports Trump and believes the deep state is trying to overthrow him,...

23 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

A lawyer who offers digital security training to women said obscenity complaints are vague and often aimed at women, praising TikTok for allowing people to express themselves in ways they often cannot in public. (Photo | Thumbnail of YouTube video posted by Interstellar)

TikTok warned by Pakistan telecom authority for hosting 'immoral...

A government official claimed the exploitation, objectification and sexualisation of young girls on TikTok was causing...

21 July 2020 7:33 PM IST

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has greatly concentrated powers into his own hands during 17 years in office, vowed this month to bring social media platforms under control following a series of tweets that allegedly insulted his daughter and son-in-law. (Photo | AP)

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube could be forced to toe Turkey government...

An official said a draft legislation would make social media companies accountable in Turkey legally and for tax...

21 July 2020 6:40 PM IST

From January to April 2020, Zoom has seen 6,700 per cent growth in free user sign ups in India, the company said.

Zoom to set up shop in Bengaluru to attend to growing India user base

India is a strategically important country for Zoom and we expect to see continued growth and investment here, Zoom CEO...

21 July 2020 6:00 PM IST

n this June 5, 2019, file photo, neighborhood residents chat near the entrance to an OFILM factory in Nanchang in eastern Chinas Jiangxi province. The company is one of 11 that the U.S. government has imposed trade sanctions on and says are implicated in human rights abuses in Xinjiang. This action will ensure that our goods and technologies are not used in the Chinese Communist Partys despicable offensive against defenceless Muslim minority populations, said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement. (Photo | AP)

US sanctions Chinese suppliers of Apple, Samsung for human rights...

China has detained an estimated 1 million or more members of the Uighur and other Muslim ethnic minority groups in...

21 July 2020 4:44 PM IST