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Adrienne Williams does school work with her daughter Gia, 7, at her mothers house in Pinole, California, on May 13, 2020. - She delivers for Amazon, but Adrienne Williams says the e-commerce and tech giant did not deliver for her. The 42-year-old California single mother is among the legion of drivers for Amazons third-party delivery firms which have been struggling amid surging demand for goods and supplies to locked-down consumers during the pandemic. (Photo | AFP)

Amazon faces heavy scrutiny among tech-enabled companies growing...

It has boosted its global workforce to nearly one million and dealt with protests over safety and reported deaths of...

17 May 2020 3:12 PM IST

Aarogya Setu app-focused phishing has been on the rise. Scammers impersonate as HR department, CEO, or any other known person and target users by spreading messages like your neighbour is affected, see who all are affected, someone who came in contact with you tested positive, recommendations to self-isolate, guidelines to use Aarogya Setu among others, CERT-In said in its latest advisory.

Links telling you to check if you're COVID infected could be an online...

Online fraudsters trying to impersonate the Aarogya Setu app as well as video-conferencing apps such as Zoom, Teams and...

16 May 2020 7:02 PM IST

$Commerce platform DotPe Founder Shailaz Nag said: \I am confident that our solution will allow the restaurants to completely own the customer experience, create their own digital channel for both online and offline ordering and thereby manage their expenses and customer data better.\$ Technology

Fed up with Swiggy, Zomato taking them for a ride, restaurateurs set...

The initiative takes off from the #Logout Movement against food service aggregators' practice of deep discounting and...

16 May 2020 6:00 PM IST

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

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

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

Facebook, which already offers Giphys library of GIFs on WhatsApp and Messenger, said owning the service would make it easier for people to find the perfect GIFs and stickers in Stories and direct messages.

Giphy, bought by Facebook, to be integrated into Instagram

The social-media giant has reportedly offered to keep more than 100 Giphy employees

15 May 2020 11:06 PM IST

Covid-19 crisis provides an opportunity to revive, re-invent and move more banking products and services to the digital platforms, former RBI deputy governor HR Khan said.

Paper currency now seen as a COVID risk, former RBI man says banks...

Reliance Jio, with its new ties to Facebook , already hopes to use Whatsapp for cash transactions. Banks should jump on...

15 May 2020 10:17 PM IST

The Huawei Watch GT 2e comes with 100 workout modes, oxygen monitoring capability and two weeks charge on the battery.

Huawei Watch GT 2e available with no-cost EMI and free Bluetooth...

Purchases made till May 28 are eligible for the no-cost EMI scheme, whereas the free Bluetooth earphones is only on...

15 May 2020 8:28 PM IST

Mobile phones are one of the most highly touched surfaces according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, keyboards, tablets and bedside tables.

Phones with Aarogya Setu may tell you if you're safe but the devices...

Healthcare workers use phones every 15 minutes to two hours, and phone surfaces are virus magnets

15 May 2020 7:51 PM IST

Hard to believe an eight-year-old developed shades fitted with IR...

The class 4 student is quoted talking like an experienced scientist, which beggars belief

15 May 2020 5:58 PM IST