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Trump’s proclamation suspended a group of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas relied on by many technology firms to bring in software and hardware engineers. Indians have been the recipients of 70 per cent of H-1B visas, according to reports.

Trump's blocking of H-1B visas harming the US, say Facebook, Amazon, Apple

More than 50 tech firms have signed onto a court filing in support of a suit by US Chamber of Commerce against Trump blocking work visas.

11 Aug 2020 9:22 PM

Pressure has been growing both from the right and the left—and sometimes internally—to do something about the overwhelming dominance of the internet platforms. In this photo, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos. The four CEOs on Wednesday attended an antitrust hearing of the US House Judiciary Committee. (Photo | AFP)

Tech This Week | What we learned from the US antitrust inquiry

Lawmakers seem to be catching up with technology and so will regulation, so Big Tech should not take things for granted.

01 Aug 2020 4:17 PM

Staggering economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in reports released Thursday from Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google's corporate parent, Alphabet. (AFP Photo)

Big Tech including Apple, Facebook reports mixed earnings amid pandemic

Apple delivered surprisingly strong numbers with both its revenue and profit rising, defying analysts' lowered expectations

31 Jul 2020 9:37 AM

Tech company chiefs are expected to stress how they benefit consumers, particularly during the pandemic, and face competition—particularly from China.

Zuckerberg, Bezos will sell their companies as American success stories at anti-trust hearing today

The antitrust debate is being muddled by a rising “techlash” over a range of issues from privacy to economic inequality to political bias.

29 Jul 2020 7:11 PM

Initially Flipkart Quick will be available at select locations in Bengaluru and will be gradually scaled up and expanded to six large cities by the end of the year, the company said.

Flipkart Quick takes on Amazon Prime Now and JioMart with 90-minute grocery delivery

Apart from fresh vegetables and meat, the hyperlocal service also delivers mobile phones.

28 Jul 2020 8:34 PM

Big Tech CEOs' postponed anti-trust hearing will now be held on Wednesday

The heads of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple will be testifying at a time of growing complaints about their dominance.

26 Jul 2020 4:17 PM

The hearing in the US Congress at Capitol building was called amid rising concerns over Big Tech dominance, which has become even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic, and coincides with investigations at the federal and state level of the online giants. (Photo | Flickr - aoc.gov)

Antitrust hearing with Big Tech CEOs at US Congress postponed

The hearing would have conflicted with the memorial service for the late representative and civil rights leader John Lewis.

25 Jul 2020 4:41 PM

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 segment.

23 Jul 2020 8:14 PM

The Federal Trade Commission is considering taking sworn testimony from Zuckerberg and Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, the Wall Street Journal reported. Major tech companies Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, referred to by the acronym GAFA, have been under the scrutiny of the US House Judiciary Committee and the Department of Justice for alleged anti-trust practices. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - C Flanigan)

Antitrust regulator to question Zuckerberg on Facebook for unfair practices, says report

The Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a yearlong probe into whether the social network has abused its dominance in the market.

18 Jul 2020 4:45 PM

Reliance’s 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 gamble

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

17 Jul 2020 10:20 PM

The Amazon Dash Cart is a step up on Amazon Go, a store that uses cameras and sensors to detect items that a shopper grabs off shelves and automatically charges a shopper's Amazon account, that was opened to the general public in Seattle in 2018. (Photo | Wikipedia - Sounder Bruce)

A smart shopping cart at Amazon stores in the US lets you skip the checkout queue

The cart, which Amazon unveiled on Tuesday, uses cameras, sensors and a scale to automatically detect what shoppers drop in.

14 Jul 2020 6:10 PM

Trump last week had said he is considering banning the wildly popular TikTok app as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo | Pixabay - Motion Stock)

User data being sent to China's servers, TikTok will face 'strong action' in US, says Trump aide

China dismissed the comments as “ridiculous and narrow-minded”, and slammed the US as “the world’s real hacker empire”.

13 Jul 2020 4:35 PM

The punitive duties of 25% on $1.3 billion in French cosmetics, handbags will be delayed till January 6, 2021 as discussions continue.

US hits back at France with tariffs on cosmetics, handbags for taxing Big Tech

The office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said France’s digital services tax unfairly targets US digital technology companies.

11 Jul 2020 7:21 PM

The positions for temporary global customer service staff at Amazon are open in Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Noida, Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Mangaluru, Indore, Bhopal and Lucknow. (Photo | AFP)

20,000 jobs now available at Amazon India's global customer service

Most of the positions are part of Amazon’s ‘Virtual Customer Service’ programme that provides work-from-home options.

28 Jun 2020 5:38 PM

A technology analyst said Zoox “has one of the better autonomous driving offerings but is currently suffering from its inability to forecast market readiness and demand for its product.” (Photo | Zoox)

Amazon enters ride-hailing space with purchase of self-driving taxi startup Zoox

Amazon and Zoox will compete with robotaxi offerings from Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Mobileye.

26 Jun 2020 8:40 PM

Gamers will be encouraged to transition to Facebook Gaming, which has some 700 million people who play or watch games every month.

Can't keep up with Twitch, YouTube, Microsoft gives up livestreaming gaming, ties up with Facebook

Microsoft Mixer will be shuttered on July 22, the tech giant said in a statement.

24 Jun 2020 7:10 PM

A Black man who says he was unjustly arrested because facial recognition technology mistakenly identified him as a suspected shoplifter is calling for a public apology from Detroit police, and for the department to abandon its use of the controversial technology. Several cities, led by San Francisco last year, have banned the use of facial recognition. (Photo | bigbrotherwatch.org.uk)

Calls to abandon facial recognition use as wrongly identified Black man seeks Detroit police apology

The Detroit police has been challenged over face recognition flaws, bias, especially as it is prone to errors identifying people of colour.

24 Jun 2020 6:44 PM

Google’s net US digital ad revenues will drop 5.3 percent to $39.58 billion to bring its market share down to 29.4 percent

Google ad revenues down, the duopoly it enjoyed with Facebook now a ‘triopoly’ including Amazon

A big part of the decline will come from “search advertising,” or paid messages deployed by Google when a user enters a search query.

22 Jun 2020 9:03 PM

Artisans and weavers who were part of Amazon’s ‘Karigar’ program witnessed a 2.5X growth on Amazon after the event, while women entrepreneurs selling as part of ‘Amazon Saheli’ program witnessed a growth of 1.7X, Amazon said.

Amazon's Small Business Day on June 27 promises to be a karigari treat

Themed stores like ‘India Bazaar’, ‘Budget Buys’ and ‘Bestsellers’ from micro, small and medium enterprises will be showcased.

21 Jun 2020 10:24 PM

Amazon and BigBasket have got approval to deliver liquor in West Bengal.

Coy Grofers won't touch liquor, while BigBasket, Amazon, Swiggy and Zomato grab a keg

“We serve families mostly, so not looking to get into this,” Grofers co-founder and CEO Albinder Dhindsa said.

21 Jun 2020 8:19 PM

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