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Meet Shruthi Kumar? The Indian-American whose speech at Harvard on Palestine went viral
Indian-American Shruthi Kumar's viral speech at Harvard criticized the university over the Gaza issue, highlighting intolerance for freedom of speech and civil disobedience on campus.
The rise of Finternet: an interconnected network of financial ecosystems
A new model proposed by Nandan Nilekani and Agustín Carstens envisages multiple financial ecosystems interconnected with each other. Multiple financial ecosystems interconnected with each other is called Finternet, the building blocks of which combine technological advances with sound governance. The framework proposes using technologies such as tokenisation and unified ledgers.
The rise of Airchat & growing debate over navigating Internet with voice: can it gain momentum?
Voice input technology faces challenges despite widespread adoption in internet products. Smart speaker shipments decline, while the voice recognition market is poised for significant growth. Users with visual disabilities encounter accuracy issues with voice commands.
SC stays govt’s fact-check unit; no CCI relief for Indian internet firms
The apex court has put on hold the Centre's notification on setting up a fact-checking unit. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
India had longest internet shutdown in 2023: report
According to a report by virtual private network tracker Top 10VPN, India imposed an internet shutdown of over 5,000 hours in Manipur alone, since the start of the ethnic conflict between the Kukis and Meiteis.
Surveillance or security? Digi Yatra app divides opinion on facial scanning
With massive data breaches in the past few years, critics are sceptical and have raised concerns about privacy. So, are these fears real or just teething troubles with the new way to travel?
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Consent of passenger is pre-requisite for taking face biometric: Jyotiraditya Scindia
"Consent of passenger is pre-requisite for taking face biometric," Scindia said in a letter to Rajya Sabha member Saket Gokhale.
CoinDCX and Solana Foundation earmark Rs 25 crore grant for Web3 developers
Solana is a public blockchain known for its high-performance network across use cases such as finance, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), payments, and gaming. The Solana cryptocurrency is one of its most adopted and traded products across the globe, rated third after Bitcoin and Ethereum.
5 best tokens to hold for maximum profits in Q1 2024
In the dynamic world of cryptocurrency, each of these tokens—Retik Finance, Aave, Pepe, Injective, and Bonk—holds unique strengths and opportunities for maximum profits in Q1 2024. However, among them, Retik Finance stands out as the main contender, with a robust ecosystem, strong presale momentum, and a clear vision for reshaping the future of decentralized finance.
Cricket World Cup, IPL, Jawan and Pathaan among top 10 most-read Wikipedia articles in 2023
Meanwhile, the most popular article was about ChatGPT. Since its launch just over a year ago, OpenAI's ChatGPT has skyrocketed into the public's consciousness as the technology makes its way into schools, health care, law and even religious sermons.
Bhagat Singh's 116th birth anniversary celebrated in Lahore; highest gallantry award for the freedom fighter sought
The Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation in Lahore celebrated the 116th birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh. The foundation demanded Pakistan's highest gallantry award for Singh and an apology from British King Charles III for the execution of Singh and his comrades.
Financial frauds accounted for over 75% cyber crimes since 2020: Study
Social media-related crimes such as cheating by impersonation, cyber-bullying, sexting and email phishing accounted for 12% of the online offences during the period, the study showed.
Aspirational Districts Programme aims to digitally skill over 3.5 million by March 2024: Nidhi Bhasin, nasscom foundation
nasscom foundation is working towards digitally skilling women entrepreneurs and promoting digital literacy, and enhancing citizens’ access to government schemes in rural areas.
National Cinema Day makes a comeback with $4 movie tickets for second edition. Details here
National Cinema Day is back on August 27 with $4 tickets for all movies at 3,000 theaters and 30,000 screens. Last year's edition drew 8.1 million attendees amid Covid recovery.
After YouTube & X polls, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath & Biocon boss Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw pledge Rs 50 lakh to Parikrama Foundation
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the Executive Chairperson of Biocon, pledged INR 5m ($67,000) to the Parikrama Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed at empowering underprivileged children.
Infosys growing on a solid foundation, says Nandan Nilekani; Byju’s awaits entire amount from Davidson Kempner
Indian tech services bellweather Infosys is not only growing on a “solid foundation” on the back of large deal wins, but is equally poised to harness opportunities despite global macroeconomic challenges, non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani said at the firm’s 42nd Annual General Meeting.
US commission seeks sanctions on Indian agencies over 'violation' of religious freedom
In its annual report on religious freedom, the USCIRF asked the US State Department to designate India as a "country of particular concern" on the status of religious freedom along with several other nations.
ETtech Explainer: Punjab’s internet shutdown and why is it significant?
Authorities have shut down mobile internet and SMS services in Punjab as the hunt for Amritpal Singh — a radical preacher with the Khalistani separatist group Waris Punjab De — is still on.
Digital India Bill consultation: Stakeholders suggest retaining safe harbour provision
The government is reconsidering the safe harbour provision, because of which social media intermediaries are not liable for what third parties post on their website. Social media platforms get immunity from posts made by users.
Draft DPDP skips 'Right to Privacy' in preamble, govt gets unrestrained powers: CUTS
The preamble of the draft Personal Data Protection Act 2018 mentioned of "right to privacy" as "a fundamental right and it is necessary to protect personal data as an essential facet of informational privacy".
Free cross-border flow of data within trusted nations mooted
In the draft Bill, the government has retained the definition of 'child' to be anyone who has not attained the age of 18 and mandated that parental consent is needed for the processing of data of a child.
Free cross-border flow of data within trusted nations mooted
The latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, which was released for public consultation on Friday, has proposals from the Centre regarding free-cross border flow of data pertaining to Indian users within "trusted" jurisdictions.
Government likely to release new draft of data protection bill in a week for public comments
Union telecom and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said that the joint parliamentary committee which went through the original draft suggested 88 amendments to a bill of 91 sections, which led the government to decide that there was "no option" but to withdraw the original bill completely.
Data privacy: Here's why IRCTC scrapped plan to monetise passenger data
India's much awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021, was withdrawn earlier this month by the government. The Bill also included data protection, along with other important aspects such as national data governance policy, cybersecurity and data safety among others. All these developments are directly related to IRCTC's decision to scrap the plan to monetise passenger data.
3 factors that can make Zomato profitable in the next few years
In our opinion, a successful modern tech company can transform industries, achieve expansion of scale, and make enormous profits, all without requiring significant capital investments. It typically has most, if not all, of the following features
Joint committee calls for one body to regulate personal, non-personal data
The Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) in its report on the Personal Data Protection Bill (2019) has sought the establishment of a single regulatory authority to oversee both personal and non-personal data and recommended that the centre, in consultation with sectoral regulators, prepare an extensive policy on data localisation.
Delhivery files for IPO; IFF fact-checks govt on IT rules
A day after we reported that Delhivery’s investors such as Carlyle and SoftBank plan to part-sell their stakes during the company’s IPO, the company has filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
New IT Rules prevent fake news, misuse of freedom of press: Centre tells Delhi High Court
While submitting that there have been "past incidents of disinformation on digital media leading to disturbance of public order", the Centre has asserted that digital media "allows sensational content being re-circulated in a different context leading to misinterpretation by the audience", making it susceptible to being used as fake news.
Facebook's new content moderation changes may impact relationship with Indian government
The global changes announced by Facebook on Friday imply that posts from politicians on the platform will no longer be exempt from the company’s policies that prevent regular users from engaging in harmful speech. These changes will be applicable in India as well and the update has gone into effect immediately, a Facebook spokesperson told ET.
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