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Reliances JioMart has had a shaky start with customers complaining about rotting vegetables, missing deliveries and delayed refunds.

Reliance's telecom strategy to make JioMart a success in ecommerce a...

Modernising India's creaky, inefficient supply chains will not be easy, even for Reliance, the nation's largest retailer...

17 July 2020 10:20 PM IST

Zoom last month released an enhanced and encrypted version of the application in order to ensure protection and privacy of personal information. (Photo | Flickr- Marco Verch)

Update your Zoom app or hackers could get access, says national cyber...

The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) says a vulnerability in an earlier version of the app could be...

17 July 2020 9:23 PM IST

Ultimate subscribers, who pay $15 monthly, will be able to access a library of games for play on Xbox consoles or Windows-powered computers.

XBox to debut cloud gaming service in September

Gamers can continue their game wherever they left off on any of your devices, Microsoft said.

17 July 2020 8:25 PM IST

Just hours before Wednesdays hack of Twitter handles, the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform called for the appointment of a national cybersecurity czar. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Twitter hack brings up concerns about social media manipulation ahead...

Tweets may increase misperception and sow confusion during crises, creating escalation incentives for an adversary,...

17 July 2020 7:36 PM IST

The TikTok app, which was dropped like a hot potato, has gone offline and stopped working completely for users in India (Photo | Pixabay - Kon Karampelas)

To avoid US ban, TikTok may sever ties with Chinese company ByteDance

A White House advisor says he expects TikTok to operate as an independent company in the US to skirt the proposed ban.

17 July 2020 5:31 PM IST

Twitter-like app Koo sparks interest among regional language users

The app is already gaining users among Kannadigas, and is available in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi with plans to add more...

16 July 2020 9:57 PM IST

TikTok has over 40 million American users.

As pressure mounts on US to ban TikTok since India's move, White House...

A group of 24 influential Republican congressmen have urged Trump to ban TikTok and other Chinese mobile applications...

16 July 2020 8:33 PM IST

The US has led a worldwide campaign to convince foreign governments, particularly those in allied nations, to bar Huawei from their advanced telecommunications networks, arguing that allowing it into those systems would lead to violations of their citizens privacy. In this picture, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he leaves a news conference at the State Department in Washington,DC on July 15, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Not just Huawei equipment, now US vows to keep out employees of...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a visa ban would be imposed on Huawei staff. The company's website says it has...

16 July 2020 7:13 PM IST

The top EU court said, however, that another arrangement known as standard contractual clauses, could stand, giving companies an alternative framework, as these were backed up by GDPR, the EUs strict rules on data privacy that can result in massive fines to companies.

EU-US data pact does not conform to GDPR: Top EU court junks privacy...

It will no longer be assumed that tech firms like Facebook will adequately protect European users' privacy when it sends...

16 July 2020 5:21 PM IST

The hacking assumes significance given the backlash against Twitter after it placed fact-check labels on President Donald Trumps tweets in May, angering him and conservatives who say the social networking platform stifles their voices and magnifies liberal opinion.

Biden, liberal voices targeted in Twitter hacking ahead of election...

The list of Twitter accounts commandeered include Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, Uber, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and bitcoin...

16 July 2020 4:53 PM IST

App-based businesses with a focus on localised content supported by regional language interfaces are the future. These digital startups hold the key to the growth of Indias digital economy and they require government assistance to become national champions.

Government must galvanise India's app ecosystem to pare down Chinese...

Quick disbursal of the Rs 20,000 crore Startup India corpus to app-based businesses is key, not reliance on large firms...

16 July 2020 8:05 AM IST

Every time someone searches for certain keywords associated with disaster relief, a prompt will direct them to the relevant information and sources of help available on Twitter, a statement said. (Photo | US Air Force - Kimberly Goff))

Twitter launches search prompt to get you help during natural...

The social network has partnered with the National Disaster Response Force to expand its efforts towards handling...

15 July 2020 7:15 PM IST