View: Peril of face recognition technologyFor several years, activists have been crying hoarse about the abuse of these technologies. However, on March 11, the Indian government cas...
29 Jun, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
CAA protests: Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea suspend mobile services in many parts of DelhiAlthough the capital has seen violent protests over the last few days against the law, this was the first time that mobile networks were di...
20 Dec, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
Where did the advisory note go: Experts quiz CERT-InOn the missing web page note, CERTIn had provided a detailed explanation of the vulnerability, which could be exploited by an attacker by m...
04 Nov, 2019, 07.27 AM IST
What Digital India should mean: A tech policy for the Indian futureThe tech policy platforms of the opposition parties must proclaim a better approach to beating digital colonialism, which does not merely p...
05 Mar, 2019, 10.54 AM IST
ShareChat bans 50,000 in dicey content clean-upSocial media startup takes action to keep pornographic, violent & fake content off platform.
21 Jan, 2019, 08.56 AM IST
How data privacy and governance issues have battered Facebook ahead of 2019 pollsData privacy has battered Facebook. It requires greater scrutiny in India ahead of elections.
09 Dec, 2018, 12.14 PM IST
Curbs on tracking minors’ data may hurt tech giantsApart from the social media, edu tech companies may also face restrictions if recommendations are accepted.
30 Jul, 2018, 08.11 AM IST
Why globalising Aadhaar is a good idea wrapped up in a terrible ideaUsing one single database and identity management scheme for everything will not work.
31 May, 2018, 11.06 AM IST
TRAI and fail: By decreeing net neutrality, India’s regulator has trumped America’s FCC for an open internetIndia, according to the TRAI, possesses sufficient means to bring all its citizens into a future Digital India without allowing telecos to ...
05 Dec, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
FCC’s plan to repeal net neutrality may not impact IndiaIndia adopted a pro-net neutrality stand by taking a tough call against zero-rated plans such as Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero las...
23 Nov, 2017, 12.46 AM IST
Checking online content on terror a tough call nowGovts, tech cos would want to block explosive content but the problem lies in the sheer scale at which such content is generated & amplifie...
25 Sep, 2017, 12.51 PM IST
How Indian IT can compete with Google and Facebook and show the world a better wayAutocratic “digital sovereignty“ like China or Russia cannot be India's way: more than any other society , India stands to benefit economic...
29 May, 2017, 10.27 AM IST
Experts express concern over FBI Director James Comey's commentsEncryption can be understood as the practice of scrambling data to make it unintelligible for even service providers.
11 Dec, 2015, 12.37 AM IST
4 Indians among 32 Young Leaders named by Asia Society in New YorkFour Indians are among 32 young leaders named by a prestigious global non-profit organisation as its 2015 class of young leaders.
14 Jul, 2015, 10.08 AM IST
Experts stress need to re-look Section 66A post verdictChandrashekhar had argued that Section 66A was unconstitutional because in the name of securing the internet and in the name of preventing ...
27 Mar, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Microsoft, IBM and Oracle look for alternate ways as government looks to adopt open source softwareProprietary software vendors such as Microsoft, IBM and Oracle are worried, and are looking at alternative ways of doing business.
05 Mar, 2015, 05.14 AM IST
India needs to focus on privacy & data collection laws: SFLCThe report said: "Citizens must have a legislatively recognised right to privacy, the violation of which will entitle them to constitutiona...
17 Feb, 2015, 07.48 PM IST