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As the Peoples Republic of China attempts to blur the lines between civil and military sectors, knowing your supplier is critical, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman. In this picture, Hikvisions office in Hangzhou, China. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Raysonho)

Pentagon names Huawei, Hikvision among firms tied to Chinese military

The list covers firms owned by, controlled by, or affiliated with China's government, military, or defense industry.

25 Jun 2020 1:28 PM GMT

A nine-member panel has been asked to study and understand the insurance needs of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) owners and operators.

Increasing use of drones amid lockdown prompts insurance regulator to...

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India sets up panel to work out products covering risks related to...

25 Jun 2020 12:54 PM GMT

We believe that products should keep your information for only as long as its useful and helpful to you, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post, adding that the changes were designed to keep less data by default. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Nguyen Hung Vu)

Now, new users on Google have auto-delete already activated to wipe...

Current users can already opt in to auto-delete their data every three or 18 monthsa setting that has not changed.

25 Jun 2020 11:59 AM GMT

Brad Bender, Googles vice-president of product management, said they had been in discussions with partnered publishersincluding the Spiegel Group in Germany, Schwartz media in Australia and Brazils Diarios Associadosfor several months, with more to come. (Representative Image)

Google gives up resistance, says it's ready to pay publishers for high...

Google said in a blog post that it would launch a licensing program to pay publishers

25 Jun 2020 11:21 AM GMT

While Trump has argued the temporary freeze was aimed at helping US workers facing high unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said the move would backfire and hurt one of the key segments of the American economy. In this picture, a view of Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, which is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, considered part of Silicon Valley in the United States. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Tumbenhaur)

Key segment of US economy, tech firms will be hit by Trump's ban on...

Google, Apple, Microsoft and other tech firms have long relied on skilled immigrants to fill key positions of engineers...

24 Jun 2020 2:08 PM GMT

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...

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

24 Jun 2020 1:40 PM GMT

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...

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

24 Jun 2020 1:14 PM GMT

The in-app payment feature in WhatsApp, which could be accessed directly within a conversation with a participating business, was free for users. Businesses were to be charged a small fee similar to a typical credit card transaction.

Blow to Facebook as Brazil suspends WhatsApp digital payments just a...

Brazil's central bank said the payments platform was anti-competitive and there were concerns over data privacy.

24 Jun 2020 12:36 PM GMT

There will never be an Autonomous Zone in Washington, DC, as long as Im your President. If they try they will be met with serious force! Trump tweeted. Trumps tweet referred to the police-free district created by protesters in Seattle, in Washington state, two weeks ago, which has sparked outrage among conservatives. (Photo | AP)

Can the US President not tweet he would 'force' against protestors?...

Twitter's move escalated the battle between the White House and social media firms.

24 Jun 2020 11:45 AM GMT

Ben & Jerrys said it was also joining the Stop the Hate for Profit initiative supported by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other rights groups. Facebook makes an estimated $70 billion annually from ads. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Hede2000)

Facebook losing ads because of its inaction against hate speech

Popular US icecream brand Ben & Jerry's becomes latest to join Facebook ad boycott

24 Jun 2020 11:01 AM GMT

Googles 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...

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

22 Jun 2020 3:33 PM GMT

Swiggy said that it only operates as an intermediary and the prices displayed on the platform are directly uploaded by its partner restaurants. (Representative Image)

Complaint against Swiggy for overpricing unsubstantiated, says...

Swiggy was accused of overcharging customers but the company said it's restaurants that decide the pricing.

22 Jun 2020 1:52 PM GMT