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Various state laws allow gaming sites, tough to block them: Centre to HC

The court said the governments while arriving at their respective decisions would also keep in mind the aspects of money laundering, FEMA violations and taxation of the gaming proceeds

Techno launches Spark Power smartphone with 6000 mAh battery at Rs 8,499

The Tecno Spark Power will be available on Flipkart starting December 1, said the company in a statement on Thursday

Better technology helped contain onion crop damage due to erratic monsoon

An ICAR survey has found that traditionally sown onion crops saw a damage of up to 80%

Xiaomi announces Black Friday sale: Deals, discounts, bank offers, and more

Xiaomi Black Friday Sale will start from November 29 and continue until December 2. It will be available on online and offline platforms - Flipkart, Amazon, Mi online store and Mi Home

Google Photos now lets you manually tag people in images: Details here

Face tagging feature still relies on the Google's algorithm and its ability to detect person or pet's face

Xiaomi launches Mi TV 4X (55) 2020 edition: Know price, features, and more

The Mi TV 4X (55) 2020 edition gets native support for popular over-the-top platforms, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar

Huawei's Honor confident of survival despite ban on using Google services

Honor is working on a strategy to overcome the difficulties being faced owing to the ongoing US-China trade war and restrictions imposed on the company

How tea chains are using chai bots to make the cuppa of your choice

To cater to those individual tastes, and to make sure that you get your "meri wali chai", Delhi-based tea cafe chain Chaayos is offering 80,000 permutations and combinations of tea to customers

Chit fund cos go tech-savvy with huge data at stake on getting legal status

Last week Lok Sabha passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019, amending the Chit Funds Act, 1982

Explained: How AI is revolutionising the way customer service is executed

Interestingly, the company has not tapped any external funding since 2003 when Sequoia invested $22 million for a minority stake

Evolution of eReaders: Amazon Kindle completes 12 years in the market

A rare new gadget in a sea of revamped devices, it was launched in 2007 in the US and started selling in India in 2012

Flipkart unveils smart assistant to handhold first-time e-commerce users

The platform would help Flipkart to tap consumers across tier II, III cities and beyond in rural India, as it seeks to bring the next 200 million consumers online.

WhatsApp to soon add self-destruct feature to automatically delete messages

The feature will be initially available for group chats only and can be enabled by the group's administrators

Social media must guard against misuse of platforms, says Prasad

The right of accessing the Internet is 'not negotiable' and if the Internet is designed for common good, it should be safe and secure, he added

Social media officials to meet TN secy over data sharing case on Wednesday

The meeting with social networking platforms was to be held between May 20-27

Social media may be future of entertainment: Should it be regulated?

Social media entertainment is certainly part of the gig economy. It's inherently unstable, with huge growth over a ten year period

Facebook defends itself against critics of social media

Facebook is spending $1 million on research into the relationship among technology, youth development and well-being

What does Facebook's plan to hire scribes mean for media industry?

Facebook's journalists will be curating stories from news sites and won't be editing headlines or writing content

Now you see it, now you don't: Facebook begins hiding likes in Australia

The reason behind removing likes from view was aimed at reducing social pressure among the users

Facebook unveils new logo to separate company and social network

The new branding, basically the company name in crisp lettering, will be stamped on its "family" of offerings