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Cybercrime pendency rose in two-thirds of states in 2020: NCRB data

Chargesheeting, which indicates the rate of disposal of crime cases by the police, declined in nearly half the states when compared to 2019

Facebook 'actioned' about 31.7 mn content pieces in Aug '21, shows report

Facebook "actioned" about 31.7 million content pieces across 10 violation categories proactively during August in the country, the social media giant said in its compliance report on Friday

'Consumers aren't stupid': Google lawyer rejects EU market abuse ruling

European Commission hit Alphabet's Google with a 4.34 billion euro fine in 2018 for using its Android mobile operating system to thwart rivals and cement its dominance in general internet searching

Surge in gaming PCs, monitors expected to continue, says report

Gaming PCs - both desktop and notebook - unit shipments are expected to grow from 41.3 million in 2020 and to 52.3 million in 2025, says a new report.

Dyson brings latest generation of Cool, Hot+Cool air purifiers to India

British tech firm Dyson on Thursday announced to launch its latest generation of air purifiers in the Indian market, expanding its portfolio into the segment further

Nigeria's president Buhari directs conditional end to Twitter ban

Nigeria suspended Twitter's operation on June 4, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence

Facebook to let you make group chats across Instagram, Messenger

Facebook will now let users start cross-app group chats between Messenger and Instagram, the company has announced.

Streaming service Spotify brings polls, Q&A to all Anchor-hosted podcasts

Streaming service Spotify has announced the polls and Q&A features that it has been testing will be available to all creators through Anchor, the podcast production service it also owns

Global tax talks race to resolve hurdles as time runs out: Report

OECD-led group aims to resolve issues by October 8 gathering

Facebook confronts Senators furious about Instagram's risks

"Facebook has shown us once again that it's incapable of holding itself accountable," said Blumenthal, the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee's consumer protection panel.

Google versus CCI: Whom to blame for the media leak?

Google's letter to the CCI chairman is like someone blaming the trial court for media leaks of a police charge sheet

Counterpoint slashes global smartphone market growth forecast to 6%

Semiconductor shortage is hitting the smartphone industry globally with shipment now expected to grow only 6 per cent instead of 9 per cent as previously forecasted

Google tells court 'staggering' $5 billion EU antitrust fine flawed

Alphabet's Google urged Europe's second-highest court to scrap or reduce what it said was not an appropriate penalty

WhatsApp adds rupee symbol to chats for faster access to payment capability

Says camera icon in chat composer now lets users scan any QR code to enable paying at over 20 mn stores in India

Vivo launches X70 series in India: Check features, price, availability

The X70 series is co-engineered with ZEISS for imaging, and on top of that the line-up has certified compliance to ZEISS T Coating

Apple iPhone 13 series reportedly facing production issues

Apple iPhone 13 series is reportedly facing production issues because of a Covid-19 wave in Vietnam which has limited manufacturing capacity for the devices' camera systems.

What is 5G and how does it work? - Decoded

We hear a lot about 5G telephony these days and come across devices claiming to be 5G-ready. But what is 5G? And how does it work? All you need to know about 5G and the three parameters that define 5G

Facebook launches largest creator education, enablement programme in India

The programme includes an e-learning course, aimed at encouraging, educating and enabling creators even more on the platform

Google adds visual search features in shopping, video push

By Paresh Dave

Facebook to highlight own positive research on Instagram and teens

Facebook has been under fire for the past week after a report said internal documents showed that the social media company was aware that Instagram harmed the mental health of young users