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Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for Big tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content. In a message sent to the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) conference on Friday, Chandra said Australia, Canada, France and …

The government on Friday made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their “material” interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. The regulations are part of continuing efforts to curb misleading advertisements as well protect the interests of consumers …

The Competitions Commission of India on Thursday denied allegations by Google that investigators had “copy-pasted” parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android platform. “We have not cut, copy and paste,” N Venkataraman, a government lawyer representing the Competition Commission of …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced up to 10,000 job cuts, with notices going out to affected employees as early as today. In a memo circulated to staff and published online, Nadella outlined the economic conditions that are forcing “hard choices” such as this, but stated that Microsoft will continue …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on January 23 plea of Rapido, the bike taxi and auto aggregator, challenging the Bombay High Court order which directed it to stop operation in Maharashtra immediately as it does not have a license to operate bike taxi or rickshaw services. A …

The Supreme Court on Monday asked tech giant Google whether it will put in place the same regime in India as it has in Europe with respect to the pre-installed apps in Android-based mobile phones. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala posted …

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2023 has now started for everyone, 24 hours after offering an early access to Prime members. Amazon’s first big sale of 2023 brings exciting discounts and bundled offers on mobile phones, laptops, TVs, Amazon devices, and other electronics. Amazon Great Republic Day Sale also brings …

Amazon Great Republic Sale 2023 sale has gone live for the Prime members starting January 14, with an early access to exclusive deals and offers. For everyone else, including non-Prime members. the sale with begin at 12AM IST on January 15. As the first sale of the year begins on …

The Indian government is allowing banks to verify individual transactions that exceed a certain annual limit using facial recognition and an iris scan in some cases, in a bid to reduce fraud and tax evasion, three sources told Reuters. A few large private and public banks have begun using the option, said one of the sources, a banker, who declined to name the banks. The advisory allowing the …

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) on Thursday exposed six YouTube channels for “working in a coordinated manner and spreading false information” about the government, elections, proceedings in the Supreme Court and Parliament of India, the president and the prime minister. Last December, the Centre flagged three channels peddling fake …