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World Wide Web Day 2023: Date, History, Importance and Celebration

On August 1, 1991, the World Wide Web was first made available to the public. The day acknowledges and celebrates the ingenuity of the founder of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee

US may respond to consequences for China due to tech export curbs: Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said she agreed Washington will listen to Chinese complaints about security-related curbs on US technology exports and might respond to unintended consequences as she ended a visit to Beijing aimed at reviving strained relations. Yellen defended targeted measures" on trade that China's leaders complain are aimed at hurting its fledgling tech industries. She said the Biden administration wants to avoid unnecessary repercussions" but gave no indication of possible changes. Relations between the two biggest economies are at their lowest level in decades due to disputes about technology, security and other irritants. A key Chinese complaint is limits on access to processor chips and other US technology on security grounds that threaten to hamper the ruling Communist Party's development of smartphones, artificial intelligence and other industries. We will open up channels so that they can express concerns about our actions, and we can explain a

Vodafone Idea enterprise business going big on IoT : Official

IoT device base still predominantly 2G-based in India, and 5G impact will be limited in medium term, he said

The world that awaits us

Big technical problems need to be solved before nuclear fusion, fuels cells at scale, and quantum computing under normal conditions, get off the ground

Hackers release sensitive information after ransomware attack on CommScope

The leaked data includes employees' social security numbers and bank account details

Like-minded nations must address safe Internet challenges together: MoS IT

For a country that will have more than 1.3 billion Indians connected to Internet by 2025, making Web safe from user harm, online criminality, disinformation and misinformation has to be a joint goal

E-sports in India a lucrative career path in 2023, gamers positive: Experts

E-sports, or competitive video gaming, in India has witnessed a steady rise in popularity over the years

Server malfunction at Supreme Court disrupts IT services, computers

Several computer applications and IT services faced disruption and were unavailable in the Supreme Court on Wednesday due to sudden malfunction of one of the servers at the data centre

Connected vehicles' count to surpass 367 million globally by 2027: Report

The number of connected vehicles in service will reach 367 million globally in 2027, from 192 million in 2023, a new report showed on Monday

Elon Musk announces tweaks in Twitter interface, long-form tweets from Feb

Twitter is also bringing a much sought-after feature that will help users find specific tweets and profiles by filtering based on date, user, retweet count, hashtags and more

Now connect to WhatsApp by choosing proxy server if denied the right

Meta-owned WhatsApp launched a proxy support for users all over the world, like millions of people in Iran and elsewhere who continue to be denied the right to communicate freely and privately

India's internet industry to reach $5 trillion valuation by 2030

Despite a few hiccups this year, the Indian internet industry is expected to grow and could reach a valuation of $5 trillion by 2030, a report showed

India will chart its own course on future of internet: Chandrasekhar

Differing from the view that Europe's data protection rule is a gold standard, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said India will chart its own course for the future of internet, according to an official statement released on Wednesday. The minister during a session with UAE minister Omar Sultan Al Olama at the India Global Forum in Dubai said with more than 820 million internet users, India has the largest presence on global internet and deserves an opportunity to shape its own destiny. "European GDPR is considered a gold standard for privacy and data protection. But we would like to disagree. With more than 820 million internet users, we have the largest presence on global internet and deserve an opportunity to shape our own destiny. We will chart our own course and build a framework suitable for us," Chandrasekhar said. The minister said that the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is now open for consultations. "Protecting the digital rights of our

Tech firm Astrome takes high-speed internet to India's hinterlands

IISc-backed Astrome has deployed India's first indigenous technology to facilitate rural 4G and 5G connectivity for the BharatNet Project.

Podcast: What is network slicing?

One of the key features of 5G technology that everyone is waiting for is network slicing. What is it?

Deloitte expands pact with Google Cloud to double down its specialisations

The two firms will help clients across industries innovate and implement Google Cloud technology at scale

Indian agencies have real-time, remote access to internet traffic: Report

The revelation was made by the Internet Service Providers Association of India in a filing with the Department of Telecommunications

Jio True 5G now in Bengaluru, Hyderabad; unlimited data under welcome offer

Starting November 10, Jio users in Bengaluru and Hyderabad will be invited to the 'Jio Welcome Offer', to experience unlimited 5G Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost

Large-panel TVs' share has tripled in 5 years to over 40%: CRISIL report

Sharp 35-40% decline in prices over the past five years has been the key growth driver; other tailwinds include greater rising incomes, higher OTT consumption and deeper web penetration

Technologies like quantum computing core for India's growth: MoS IT

Quantum computing has been gaining pace in recent times as tech leaders look to solve scale related problems that need high computing power