Bits and Bytes: Meta unveils glasses pitched as smartphone rival and moreAccording to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the bulky, black-framed prototype called ‘Orion’ is able to overlay holographic images on a wearer’s fiel...
29 Sep, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13The U.S. Justice Department has sued TikTok and ByteDance, alleging failure to protect children's privacy in violation of the Children's On...
03 Aug, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
US sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13The government said TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act that requires services aimed at children to obtain parenta...
03 Aug, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
US lawsuit against TikTok to focus on childrens' privacyTikTok faces challenges from Congress over data access concerns by the Chinese government and a divestiture law requiring ByteDance to sell...
21 Jun, 2024, 10.51 PM IST
US regulator says TikTok may be violating child privacy lawThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it had referred a complaint against TikTok to the Justice Department, saying t...
19 Jun, 2024, 06.48 PM IST
US FTC could bring suit or reach settlement with TikTok over privacy probePolitico earlier reported the potential FTC action on Tuesday citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The FTC and TikTok decline...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.28 AM IST
Biden administration pursuing TikTok over data practices: reportEarlier in March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill giving ByteDance about six months to sell the U.S. ...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.26 AM IST
Ecommerce roll-up firms in distress; how Krafton scripted BGMI returnThrasio-style ecommerce roll-up companies such as Goat Brand Labs are struggling to survive amid an overall funding squeeze. This and more ...
11 Jan, 2024, 07.51 AM IST
Indian govt should continue to keep China apps in check: FCC Commissioner Brendan CarrThe chief of FCC also said he found the work India is doing to provide access to the internet and telecommunication services to every citiz...
11 Jan, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Meta, US government spar in court over toughened privacy orderLawyers for Meta , which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and the U.S. government tangled on Tuesday over the U.S. Federal Trade Comm...
17 Oct, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: EU’s $1.3 billion fine on Meta is one of many penalties on Big Tech globallyBig Tech companies worldwide have come under the lens of antitrust regulators, policymakers and enforcement agencies amid concerns about pr...
23 May, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
Is social media a safe place for children? Tips for concerned parents to set limitsThe risks of social media use by children and teens are prompting US lawmakers to propose changes, including prohibiting children under 13 ...
06 May, 2023, 06.44 PM IST
Two senators call for FTC probe into TikTok over US data accessThe request from Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Marco Rubio followed a Buzzfeed report saying the short video app permitte...
06 Jul, 2022, 07.54 AM IST
An "eraser button"? Focused ideas could help bridle Big TechBreak up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies' shield against liability in cases where the content they push to users causes ha...
31 Oct, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Government regulation isn't necessarily a bad thing, says Instagram's Adam MosseriAdam Mosseri, the global head of Instagram, spoke to Anumeha Chaturvedi and Vinod Mahanta about the growing importance of India, the ban on...
17 Dec, 2020, 02.14 PM IST
Innovation on the tap: Meet the winners in 9 categories of Govt’s mobile app challengeIT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has also launched a series of other grand contests in categories such as video conferencing and semiconduct...
04 Sep, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Time runs out for TikTok downloads as Google, Apple remove social media app from storesThe app, popular among teenagers who use it to create and share short videos, was available on app stores of Google and Apple until Tuesday...
18 Apr, 2019, 07.08 AM IST