Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday, following an incident in which citizens were directed to the platform for updates during a large storm. “We find it problematic that the government depends on Twitter for sharing crucial information,” lawmaker Nico
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked is scheduled to take place in the last week of July, and the South Korean conglomerate has now confirmed the date of its next launch event. The company is expected to take the wraps off its newest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Galaxy Z Flip 5, alongside the
The Canadian government will stop spending some CAD 10 million (nearly Rs. 62 crore) per year on Facebook and Instagram ads amid a dispute over a new law on paying online news publishers that the Meta-owned platforms have opposed, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said on Wednesday. The government still sees a path forward in resolving
iPhone 15 series is expected to make its debut later this year, and Apple’s next-generation iPhone models are expected to feature a major upgrade in terms of battery life, according to a report. The Cupertino company is said to equip all four purported smartphones in the series — the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., speaks during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. for a virtual future. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Chinese state-controlled media outlet published a harsh critique
The Union Cabinet has approved draft of Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2023 for tabling it in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, an official source said on Wednesday. The bill proposes to levy penalty of up to Rs. 250 crore on entities for every instance of violation of norms in the bill. “The Cabinet has approved
Apple Watch Ultra 2nd generation is said to be in development, and is likely to succeed the Apple Watch Ultra, that was unveiled in September 2022. Previous reports suggested that the watch may launch by the end of 2024 or early 2025 with a microLED display. However, a new report now suggests that the launch of
Jul 05, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Social Media Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in the European Union due to privacy concerns, according to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC). The development was reported by the Irish Independent, which said the watchdog has been in contact with the social media giant
Italy expects to take until the end of the year for an initial assessment of Facebook parent Meta in a tax case that could land the US company with a bill of around 870 million euros ($925 million or roughly Rs. 7,609 crore) and prove a test case for the tech sector. Although a modest
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino on Tuesday tweeted a defense of the temporary cap announced July 1 on the number of tweets users can read in a day, and the company said advertising has been stable in the days since the step that drew heavy criticism from users and marketing professionals. Yaccarino wrote in her tweet:
Microsoft believes that Sony PlayStation will release a PS5 Slim model, later this year. New court documents from the ongoing trial between Xbox parent company Microsoft and the US FTC indicate that the tech giant expects rival Sony to unveil the long-rumoured less-expensive PS5 model at a price tag of $399.99 (about Rs. 32,825). As
Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week. Zuckerberg’s Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as “Threads, an Instagram
Nokia 110 4G (2023) and Nokia 110 2G (2023) have been launched in India on Tuesday as the latest feature phones by Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The new phones come with wireless FM radio support and have an inbuilt Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment app with scan and pay facility. The Nokia 110 4G
Twitter is limiting how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Executive Chair Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. Verified accounts were initially limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that unverified accounts will
Apple is expected to unveil four new models in the upcoming iPhone 15 series — iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max — in September this year. While the Cupertino-based company has not shared any details on the upcoming iPhone 15 series and its launch, there have been several
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Recent usage limits on Twitter were implemented to “detect and eliminate bots and other bad actors,” the company said Tuesday, adding that only a “small percentage” of users are currently affected. “To ensure the authenticity of our user base we must take extreme measures to remove spam and
Alphabet‘s Google is set to appoint a manufacturing and policy veteran as its top government affairs executive in India to tackle legal challenges and expand hardware assembly to the country. Sreenivasa Reddy, currently a senior engineering executive at Microsoft, is likely to join Google toward the end of this year, people familiar with the matter
Elon Musk‘s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move that has sparked some backlash and could undermine the social network’s efforts to attract advertisers. The limit, imposed to “address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”, is the latest change by Twitter,
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is expected to debut later this month during the Galaxy Unpacked event along with Galaxy Z Flip 5. Earlier rumours have suggested dust resistance for the Galaxy Z Fold 5. However, a prominent tipster has now denied this rumour and states that it won’t come with an official IP58 rating
Thierry Breton, internal market commissioner for the European Union, delivers a keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union is looking to co-operate more closely with Japan on key technologies such as artificial intelligence, the bloc’s industry chief said, as the coalition looks to reduce its