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We never stopped hiring in India, says IBM India MD Sandip Patel

While there are pockets of recessionary tendencies that we see in different parts of the world, I believe that India is in a good spot, says IBM India MD Sandip Patel

Graded KYC for online gaming platforms likely to receive MeitY approval

Platforms must follow verification procedure as prescribed under RBI's directions for entities regulated by it

Over 31,179 fake customer care numbers duping Indian consumers: Report

About 44% of the fake numbers are from outside India; 80% of those from India were found to be valid and still operational

Google disobeying CCI orders blatantly: Digital start-up thinktank

The CCI in October 2022 directed Google to make significant changes to its Play Store policies after it found several anti-competitive practices on the platform

IAMAI opposes demands to share revenue, pay compensation to telcos

COAI has been advocating for a model where online platforms are made to pay 'usage charges' to telecom operators

76% see rise in pesky calls after interaction with WhatsApp biz accounts

"If a business receives excessive negative feedback we may limit or remove a business' access to WhatsApp," Meta spokesperson said

MeitY invites proposals to estimate the size of India's digital economy

Govt plans to showcase success of India's digital economy at the G20 summit to be held in New Delhi in Sept

As IT firms delay onboarding, experts call it ethically and morally wrong

Wipro's salary cut at the fresher level is perhaps the first ever instance in the industry

Investments worth Rs 1.5 trn likely on data centres in next six years: Icra

Current data centre capacity in India pegged at 870 Mw. Country likely to add 4,900-5,000 Mw; Mumbai, Hyderabad and NCR to hold 70-75% of overall installed capacity

Lack of international cooperation helping cybercriminals, says official

India's existing cybersecurity policy of 2013 has been proposed to be revised as per the recommendations of a task force submitted to the government last year

The digital boom's cybersecurity pitfalls: Negligence may spoil the party

The large-scale adoption of cloud and the work-from-anywhere model have led Indian businesses to step up investment in data protection

Google sacks employees in India, cuts 450 jobs across verticals

Engineering, customer support roles affected in Microsoft's 3rd round of sackings

Twitter's two India offices vacant as social media firm cuts costs

Sources said that no one has reported at Twitter's office at the WeWork facility in the Bombay-Kurla Complex (BKC)

Trusted fact checkers: Govt to work with tech majors to create a framework

Deepfakes are videos creating delusion with the use of deep learning, other artificial intelligence techniques and photoshopping to make images of fake events

Bad guys may re-enter digital lending in India despite govt ban: Experts

They say the rogue apps can come back using some other name or some forged documents

575 small firms hiring employees laid off by tech giants, says report

India stood third in global tech-hiring geographies, with the US and the European Union taking the lead

Data embassies may only be allowed to store non-personal information

A senior govt official says MeitY plans to draft a separate Policy for Data Embassies, instead of including it in Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

MCA likely to include tech experts in digital competition law panel

Startups, meanwhile, have been concerned about non-representation on the government panel which many said was skewed in favour of the big tech firms

Kissht to LazyPay: Centre revokes order blocking seven loan apps

Decision after reviewing documents justifying compliance, says official

Govt asks blocked lending apps to submit documents proving legality

Even as the ministry sources first said the crackdown was on illegal platforms with Chinese links, several Indian apps were blocked for downloading