European regulators crack down on Big TechEuropean regulators are taking strong action against major tech firms. Investigations are underway into Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Tik...
22 Dec, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal documents showMeta documents reveal the company projected earning billions from scam ads, failing for years to stop fraudulent schemes targeting users. D...
07 Nov, 2025, 07.52 PM IST
Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fineThe company could be fined up to S$1 million ($775,698) if it fails to comply as part of the first such order under the nation's new Online...
03 Sep, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
Tensions rise in Silicon Valley over sales of startup stocksTensions over the shadowy and often enigmatic market of private company stocks have reached a boiling point, just as the buying and selling...
07 May, 2024, 11.01 AM IST
Nitin Bhatnagar on the latest trends in cyber fraud and how to safeguard against it“A magnitude of frauds are happening today and we cannot really classify them. What is important for users to understand is that while you ...
30 Oct, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
TikTok user's Facebook Marketplace scam warning goes viral: Here is what happenedMichel Janse's TikTok post went viral after she revealed how she was reportedly scammed on Facebook Marketplace. Know what happened to her.
06 Oct, 2023, 10.39 PM IST
Rajkot man orders smartphone from Facebook marketplace, gets deos insteadThe police launched an investigation and apprehended the scammer responsible, who admitted to duping at least ten people by substituting iP...
09 Sep, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants have kicked in, here's how they workGoogle, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up...
25 Aug, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Digital Services Act: Here's how Europe is cracking down on Big TechThe Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.
25 Aug, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
Ecommerce not clicking as it did post pandemic; Namma Yatri daily rides in fast laneAfter a pandemic-fuelled surge in online shopping, the industry is seeing moderate growth over the past few months. We have a detailed stor...
11 May, 2023, 08.02 AM IST
Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rulesThe updates help solidify Europe's reputation as the global leader in efforts to rein in the power of social media companies and other digi...
25 Apr, 2023, 10.40 PM IST
EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformationEuropean Union officials clinched the agreement in principle on the Digital Services Act after lengthy final negotiations that began Friday...
24 Apr, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
At Amazon, some brands get more protection from fakes than othersMost merchants, many of them small businesses, rely on Amazon’s algorithms to ferret out fakes before they appear—an automated process that...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.07 AM IST
ETtech Bytes on 19 Jan. 2021: Top 5 Tech News Today, in 10 MinutesFrom yet another FDI setback for Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart to Joe Biden’s overhaul of US immigration policy, here’s a look at the Top 5...
19 Jan, 2021, 08.36 PM IST
Ecommerce consumer law may include social media shopping85% of respondents to an online poll said social networks should be subject to e-commerce rules and policies.
16 Dec, 2019, 11.53 AM IST
Don't get cheated by online fraudsters: Here's how to protect yourselfFraudsters are finding innovative ways to cheat you via e-commerce and banking transactions as well as mobile calls and mail. Find out how ...
01 Aug, 2016, 04.35 PM IST
Raging demand for Mi3: Can Xiaomi match the hype with robust supply chain & service network?Xiaomi's success in India will be determined by whether it can match the hype. That will tell if it's the next Samsung or just another smar...
03 Aug, 2014, 11.09 AM IST