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H-1B visa diktat: Lobbyists of top Indian IT companies in Washington

Emails sent to TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Meta and others remained unanswered

US tech firms enabled surveillance, detention of thousands in China

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralysed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on US technology that spies on them and predicts what they'll do. Their train tickets, hotel bookings, purchases, text messages and phone calls are forwarded to the government. Their house is ringed with more than a dozen cameras. They've tried to go to Beijing 20 times in the past few years, but masked men show up and grab them, often before they depart. And last year, Yang's wife and younger daughter were detained and now face trial for disrupting the work of the Chinese state a crime carrying a sentence of up to a decade in prison. Yet the Yangs say they are not criminals. They are simply farmers trying to beg Beijing to stop local officials from seizing their 1 1/2 acres of land in ..

Trump threatens tariffs, tech export curbs in digital tax reprisal

Trump has long argued that digital services taxes discriminate against US tech giants such as Amazon.com Inc., Google owner Alphabet Inc. and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc

Meta clashes with Apple, Google as US states push age verification laws

In 2025, Utah, Texas, and Louisiana passed laws requiring tech firms to verify users' ages, get parental consent for minors, and shield them from harmful online content

Meta AI talent raid: OpenAI promises to reward employees after 8 poached

'It feels like someone's broken into our home', OpenAI mentions after Meta intensifying effort to recruit AI talent poaching from it

Google removes 5.1 bn ads, 247 mn from India alone to tackle scam surge

The company said it is constantly adapting its methods, including using advanced tools and working closely with its partners, to ensure a safer online environment

Google lays off hundreds in Android, Pixel, Chrome group amid restructuring

Google layoffs are part of a restructuring from last year when the tech giant merged its Android and Chrome teams under Pixel

Meta to replace fact-checking with Community Notes, announces Joel Kaplan

Joel took to X to announce this significant decision, a topic that has been widely debated in recent months. His post stated that there would no longer be any new fact-checkers

Google, OpenAI push for lighter AI regulations under Trump's admin

US tech majors urge the US government to adopt a flexible framework as the Trump administration calls for an 'AI Action Plan'

Tech giants embark on final push to dilute European Union's AI Act

EU lawmakers in May agreed the AI Act, the world's first comprehensive set of rules governing the technology, following months of intense negotiations between different political groups

Why are Nvidia shares falling?

Over the past few weeks, Nvidia shares have been in freefall, with a staggering 9.5% drop that erased nearly $279 billion in value. That’s right—$279 billion!

Meta shuts CrowdTangle: Why it's bad for fight against misinformation

But earlier this week, the owner of CrowdTangle, Meta, shut the tool down. The tech giant has replaced it with its new Content Library, which it says will serve the same purpose

Asian stocks subdued after lacklustre earnings from US tech; yen firms

The US dollar was broadly firm, with traders watching out for an inflation reading on Friday and Federal Reserve meeting next week

Need democratisation of tech for mass usage: PM Modi at G7 Outreach summit

The world community must work towards converting the monopoly in technology into mass usage to lay the foundation of an inclusive society and help eliminate social inequalities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. In an address at the Outreach session of the summit of G7 advanced economies at Italy's Apulia region, Modi also said India will work with all countries to make Artificial Intelligence transparent, fair, secure, accessible and responsible. The prime minister said India's approach in the field of energy is based on four principles -- availability, accessibility, affordability and acceptability. Highlighting the challenges facing the countries of the Global South, Modi said they are bearing the brunt of uncertainties and tensions around the world. "India has considered it its responsibility to place the priorities and concerns of the countries of the Global South on the world stage. We have given high priority to Africa in these efforts," he said. "We are proud th

Austrian group accuses Google of tracking users on Chrome browser

NYOB has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority claiming that Google's new 'Privacy Sandbox' still allows tech giant to track browser users

Nvidia's Q1 result preview: Know street expectation, stock strategy here

Analysts are eyeing impressive figures, with the street anticipating earnings of $13.2 billion, translating to $5.62 per share, alongside projected revenue of $24.6 billion in the quarter

Microsoft adds security chiefs to product groups in wake of hackings

The software giant said it is adding deputy chief information security officers within its product groups, while declining to identify the new officials

Ireland becomes second EU state with no women leading listed companies

Only 8% of CEO positions at the largest listed companies in the EU28 in 2023 were women

Microsoft set to invest $1.7 billion in cloud, AI in Indonesia: CEO Nadella

Microsoft will train 2.5 million people in Southeast Asia in AI use by 2025, Nadella said

How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for artificial intelligence

Like OpenAI, Google transcribed YouTube videos to harvest text for its AI models, five people with knowledge of the company's practices said