Facebook's India problem; Groww valuation triples to $3BA series of damning reports on Friday and Saturday, based on internal company documents, showed that Facebook is aware its platforms are us...
25 Oct, 2021, 07.23 AM IST
Facebook’s 2019 India experiment paints damning picture of gore, fake newsAmong the trove of documents released by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is a 46-page research note on Facebook's India experiment in...
24 Oct, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
Twitch hit by data breach, hacker leaks source codeAn anonymous hacker claimed to have leaked Twitch data, including information related to the company's source code, clients and unreleased ...
07 Oct, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
ETtech Evening Briefing on Feb. 16, 2021: Greta’s toolkit explainedShared by Greta Thunberg on February 4, the protest toolkit has been spoken about endlessly since the arrest of 21-year-old climate activis...
16 Feb, 2021, 09.12 PM IST
ETtech Morning Dispatch on 21 Jan. 2021: Top tech news to start your dayFrom India's plan to revamp IT Act to Tesla India's one-seat office in Bengaluru and Joe Biden's tech to-do list, here are the must-read to...
21 Jan, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Business leaders denounce violence on US CapitolTechnology giant Alphabet and Google's CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday condemned the events at the US Capitol as an "antithesis of democracy"...
07 Jan, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Three dead, 140 arrested in Bengaluru violence after online hate turns street into war zoneA social media post that sections of the Muslim community saw as offensive led to violence lasting for hours in northeast Bengaluru on late...
13 Aug, 2020, 12.36 PM IST
TikTok updates community guidelines, bans ‘misleading’ information, ‘hateful’ ideologiesTikTok said in a blog post on Wednesday that the changes offer clarity around how it defines harmful or unsafe content not permitted on the...
08 Jan, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Law enforcement agencies turn to social media for better outreachPublic service departments are now getting more active on social media platforms including WhatsApp, ShareChat, TikTok for a better redress...
27 Jul, 2019, 10.57 AM IST
After backlash, Youtube says better policies against hate speech in the worksThe company declined to disclose specific information on how many channels or videos would be taken down as part of the policy changes.
06 Jun, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
Your YouTube content will have to pass Wipro musterThe content management services will involve removal of posts involving pornography, incitement to violence, or hate speech.
12 Feb, 2019, 09.05 AM IST
Summoned by Kolkata Police, Mohammed Shami stays back"The DD team left around 3pm but Shami could not board the flight as he faces a summon from the Kolkata Police. There's no update yet on hi...
17 Apr, 2018, 06.56 PM IST
How artificial intelligence is reshaping recruitment, and what it means for the future of jobsThe recruitment industry is undergoing a big transformation, and artificial intelligence has been one of the biggest drivers behind this ch...
08 Oct, 2017, 01.28 PM IST
Ola, Uber drivers to strike again on TuesdayThe drivers' association claim there has been no satisfactory response from either the companies or the Delhi government after February agi...
17 Apr, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
After year of flip-flops, EPFO buckles up for digital rideFor settling online claims, the subscribers will have to activate their UAN which are seeded with KYC details, including bank accounts, Aad...
30 Dec, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Fear and loathing leaves Bengaluru citizens clueless, confinedAs the Cauvery crisis put parts of the city under curfew and the rest under fear of more violence, Bengalureans experienced a siege first-h...
14 Sep, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
Cauvery row: Bengaluru police use social media to answer citizens' queriesFor scores of Bengalureans confined to their homes due to the Cauvery unrest, @BlrCityPolice Twitter handle became the most reliable source...
14 Sep, 2016, 10.53 AM IST