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Oracle Cuts Jobs in Its Commerce Cloud Business Vertical Amid Falling Market Share
Oracle reportedly sacked employees working in the development teams in Northern Ireland and Massachusetts in the United States.
Ant Group makes pre-listing filing in China for blockbuster IPO
Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba Group Holding , has made a preparatory filing with China's securities regulator for its planned blockbuster initial public offering.
Google to end responding directly to data requests from HK authorities - newspaper
Alphabet Inc's Google will stop responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
China to launch digital currency pilot program in some cities - MOFCOM
China's commerce ministry said on Friday it will launch a digital currency pilot program in some cities.
Sharing Covid-19 Articles on Facebook? You'll Soon Be Warned to Check Facts First
Facebook's latest fact checking on Covid-19 articles will come in the form of the pop-up notification screen, which it aims to expand in the near future.
25 Years of Internet: Remembering India's Cyber Cafes, Where We First 'Surfed' the Web
Cyber cafes were the portal to internet back at a time when most households did not own PCs, and today form relics of memories of a time gone by.
Industry Dialogue | Small Businesses Going Online Now Is The Big Push Towards Atmanirbhar Bharat
In early 2020, out of the 75 million MSMEs based in India, only 16-18 million (23%) had a social media presence, an online listing or a website. Out of 5 million domain names registered in India, only half had a website behind them. But all this has chang...
Online Ads Then and Now: Looking Back at the Earliest Internet Ads in India
From flashy GIFs to fitting in a limited set of characters into a pulsating banner, the earliest internet ads were all about grabbing the eyeballs of unsuspecting users, even with pixelated webpage images of yore.
England's revamped contact-tracing app to begin public trials on Thursday -BBC
A revamped coronavirus contacttracing app for England will begin its public trials on Thursday, BBC News reported on Wednesday.
ASUS ROG Phone 3 12GB RAM Variant Will be Available For Purchase on August 21
Some of the new upgrades on the ROG Phone 3 include the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ chipset, an improved OLED display with 144Hz refresh rate and triple cameras at the back.
Facebook removed seven million posts in second quarter for false coronavirus information
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus, including content that promoted fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures.
U.S. appeals court reverses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission.
25 Years of Internet: Two Defining Moments That Changed India's Mobile Internet Forever
The advent of Xiaomi transformed the affordable smartphone industry, pushing Indian OEMs out of the market and biggies like Samsung to sit up and take note. Then, came the 4G data influx by Reliance Jio.
U.S. Treasury chief says TikTok cannot continue in present form
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that Chineseowned short video app TikTok cannot continue in its present form collecting data on Americans on a large scale and the Treasury has the tools it needs to remedy the situation.
ByteDance takes step toward entering online stock broking in Hong Kong
Beijingbased ByteDance, the owner of global short video hit TikTok, is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong, trademark registration documents show.
Google Sent Me A New Privacy Policy And Promises To Not Store Any Audio Recordings Until I Say So
This update is extremely important because the audio samples taken from our conversations with Google Assistant are used to develop and improve audio recognition tech that is working in the background.