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Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai hail India's historic T20 World Cup victory Tech honchos Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and others hailed India's historic win over South Africa in a nerve-wrenching final of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday.
30 Jun, 2024, 04.50 PM ISTBrazil judge closes coordination probe into Google, Telegram The bill, which is still pending, would require that internet companies' search engines and social messaging services find and report illegal material, and would charge hefty fines for failures to do so.
21 Jun, 2024, 07.37 AM ISTAlphabet hit with Austrian privacy complaint over alleged browser tracking Google has introduced a set of tools called the Privacy Sandbox to block covert tracking techniques and limit data sharing with third parties while developers and publishers can measure ads without tracking individual users.
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Judge rules Google will not face jury trial in US digital ads case Google avoids jury trial by paying $2.3 million to U.S. government for alleged digital advertising dominance, preventing the first-ever civil antitrust case jury trial by the Justice Department and states suing the tech giant.
08 Jun, 2024, 12.02 PM ISTNew York lawmakers pass measure to protect youths on social media New York state lawmakers passed legislation to protect children online by restricting social media platforms from exposing 'addictive' content to users under 18 without parental consent.
08 Jun, 2024, 09.16 AM ISTNvidia's stock market value surpasses $3 trillion Nvidia's stock price has more than doubled this year and it's now the third most valuable company in the S&P 500. The company is also about to undergo a stock split and has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors.
06 Jun, 2024, 07.40 AM ISTTribunal rules $17 billion UK adtech lawsuit against Google can go ahead The lawsuit, which seeks damages on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, is the latest case to focus on the search giant's business practices.
05 Jun, 2024, 08.48 PM ISTGoogle's privacy chief to exit Google's chief privacy officer, Keith Enright, is leaving the company this fall after 13 years. The departure is part of a broader reorganization within the privacy teams amid heavy government scrutiny over privacy issues.
05 Jun, 2024, 08.45 AM ISTOpenAI, Google DeepMind's current and former employees warn about AI risks The letter further warns of risks from unregulated AI, ranging from the spread of misinformation to the loss of independent AI systems and the deepening of existing inequalities, which could result in "human extinction."
04 Jun, 2024, 08.58 PM ISTGoogle cuts at least 100 jobs across its cloud unit: report Alphabet-owned Google is laying off at least 100 employees from several teams in its cloud unit, CNBC reported on Monday. Roles in sales, operations, engineering, consulting, and 'go to market' strategy were some of the positions cut.
04 Jun, 2024, 09.19 AM ISTGoogle says tech infrastructure investment in Singapore reaches $5 billion The company said its data centres in Singapore employ over 500 people and are used to power services such as Google Search and Maps.
03 Jun, 2024, 07.54 PM ISTArm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says Demand for use of Arm's technology in personal computers got a boost after Microsoft unveiled ambitious plans last month to launch a new breed of PCs with artificial intelligence features to compete with Alphabet and Apple.
03 Jun, 2024, 05.56 PM ISTNvidia set to overtake Apple as world's second-most valuable company at $2.68 trillion Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world's second-most valuable company, benefitting from the surge in adoption of AI applications. Nvidia's high-end chips power virtually all AI applications, propelling its stock value to $2.68 trillion.
01 Jun, 2024, 12.44 PM ISTEU court backs Google, Amazon, Airbnb in Italian rule dispute The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union said, "A member state may not impose additional obligations on an online service provider established in another member state."
30 May, 2024, 02.05 PM ISTSingapore to invest $222 million to boost quantum computing capability Singapore to invest $222 million in a new national quantum computing strategy, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at the Asia Tech x Singapore Summit. The investment will focus on building capabilities in quantum processors over five ...
30 May, 2024, 10.28 AM ISTGoogle to invest $2 billion in data centre and cloud services in Malaysia Google announces $2 billion investment in Malaysia for its first data centre and cloud region, supporting the country's digital ambitions and AI capabilities to enhance local industry and global competitiveness.
30 May, 2024, 09.18 AM ISTUS presses TikTok, Meta and X to crack down on antisemitic posts: report The Biden administration urges tech companies to tackle antisemitic content. Companies like Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok met with U.S. special envoy Deborah Lipstadt to combat rising antisemitism post Hamas attack on southern Israel and Gaz...
29 May, 2024, 11.16 AM ISTUS court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September A U.S. appeals court sets a fast-track schedule to consider challenges to a new law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban, joined by TikTok, ByteDance, and TikTok content creators.
29 May, 2024, 09.58 AM ISTTop EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI compliance Des Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products for data privacy compliance.
29 May, 2024, 09.14 AM ISTEU in touch with Telegram as it nears criterion for EU tech rules The Digital Services Act (DSA) which kicked in last year applies to all online intermediaries and platforms, but with tougher obligations on Big Tech to do more to police illegal and harmful online content on their platforms.
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