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The rules require telecommunications providers to treat all data traffic the same, and prevent them from reserving better access for their own services, or selling bandwidth to big companies like Google and Netflix while leaving a slower Internet for everyone else.

European Union top court verdict keeps the internet egalitarian

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday issued its first interpretation of the EU's net neutrality rules since they...

15 Sept 2020 7:22 PM IST

YouTube Shorts will be modified based on user feedback before being made more broadly available.

As YouTube Shorts gets rolled out in India, could it dull desi...

YouTube Shorts videos are limited to 15 seconds, according to the Google-owned platform used by some 2 billion people...

15 Sept 2020 6:26 PM IST

Some Republican leaders, including House Minority Whip, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying they suspect that Microsoft, which is in talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, though a US company, may be compromised.

US government considers Oracle's bid for TikTok, but China says deal...

The bid would be handled by a government panel that reviews foreign transactions for national security concerns.

15 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST

The government should work promptly on consulting with industry players and civil society on changes that are required in the draft rules for e-pharmacies and notify them on priority. (Photo | Pixabay - Steve Buissinne)

Tech This Week | Regulating online pharmacies must be an inclusive...

The draft amendments and the e-pharmacy space needs to be more platform friendly as we advance.

12 Sept 2020 8:39 PM IST

Samsung will also provide YouTube Premium free for 4 months and Microsoft Office 365 at a discount of 22 per cent along with the 5G -enabled Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2.

Samsung's ultra premium Galaxy Z Fold2 5G pre-booking starts September...

The phone costs Rs 1.5 lakh but Samsung offers a no-cost 12-month EMI on bookings done at its experience stores and on...

11 Sept 2020 10:19 PM IST

Drone companies are moving away from targeting individual users and instead tailoring their products for government or commercial tasks such as inspecting pipelines, monitoring crops or police surveillance. DJI has made a push to counter the security concerns, most recently with a Wednesday announcement that it will enable an internet kill switch on more drones so that commercial and government users can halt data transmission on sensitive flying missions. (Representative Image | AP)

Leading drone maker DJI being sidelined in US-China rift changes tack...

Years before the push to ban TikTok and WeChat and blacklisting Huawei, DJI was already under watch as a potential...

11 Sept 2020 9:29 PM IST

Microsoft and Walmart together were involved in negotiations with ByteDance to buy TikToks US operations in which Oracle too was interested. But a new rule introduced by China recently may not allow for sale of the short-video platform to a foreign company. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

'It'll either be closed up or they'll sell it', Trump says, refusing...

In an executive order last month, Trump had set a September 15 deadline for the Chinese app to either sell to a US...

11 Sept 2020 8:50 PM IST

Microsoft did not assess which foreign adversary poses the greater threat to the integrity of the November presidential election. The consensus among cybersecurity experts is that Russian interference is the gravest. (Photo | AP)

Microsoft warns of Russia, China hackers' attempts to influence US...

Foreign activity groups have stepped up efforts targeting the election as had been anticipated, Microsoft corporate vice...

11 Sept 2020 5:02 PM IST

The move indicates Huawei intends to push ahead with plans to create its own ecosystem, a challenge analysts say is daunting in a world dominated by Android and Apples iOS.

Android having pulled out long ago, Huawei set to launch own jazzed up...

The source code for HarmonyOS will be made available beginning in December to software developers who create apps for...

10 Sept 2020 10:34 PM IST

The Bassbuds Urban, the newest in a line of earbuds and other in-ear wireless audio devices from pTron, are comfortable for the ears both in terms of sound quality as well as fit.

Review | pTron Bassbuds Urban stereo earbuds are a sound buy good on...

Available on Amazon at Rs 1,599, the latest earbuds from pTron are a good choice for the price.

10 Sept 2020 9:25 PM IST

Remember when former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the American government was eavesdropping on peoples online data and communications? It was also revealed that Facebook gave US security agencies access to the personal data of Europeans. (Photo | thedaywefightback.org)

Facebook facing heat for sending EU data to US, which, like China, is...

A recent court ruling found that some trans-Atlantic data transfers don't protect users from American government...

10 Sept 2020 6:49 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST