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TikTok fined GBP 12.7 million by UK regulator for illegal use of children’s data
TikTok, the widely used social network dedicated to short-form videos, has been fined GBP 12.7 million (USD 15.85 million) for allowing children under the age of 13 to access its platform and for illegally processing their data.
New US Court ruling on H-1B visa may benefit bulk of Indian techies
A judge in the US has ruled that partners of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are Indians, can work in the country, in a big relief to foreign workers in the American tech sector which has seen massive retrenchments.
Stunning ISRO images show Earth from space
Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-06) also known as Oceansat-3 has beamed back new images of the planet using the onboard Ocean Colour Monitor.
Twitter to limit polls, ‘For You’ section to Blue-check accounts
Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently announced that only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15.
Elon Musk says Twitter’s worth has dropped to US 20 billion
Elon Musk has put the current value of microblogging Twitter at USD 20 billion, less than half the USD 44 billion he paid for the social media platform just five months ago.
Japan PM Fumio Kishida arrives in India; set to discuss defense, tech deals
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in New Delhi today morning to explore ways to boost bilateral ties in a range of areas, including defence and security, trade and investment, and high technologies.
ICC, NIUM announce Global Hackathon for digital cricket viewing
Taking advantage of cricket enthusiasm in Singapore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and global platform for on-demand money movement Nium announced the first ever ‘Next In’ global hackathon.
Mock Wedding by Pakistani Students Breaks Internet: Watch
In what appears to be an annual ritual of Lahore University of Management Sciences, where selected seniors from a batch get married, wedding from 2023 has gone viral.
‘Silicon Valley Bank’s fall triggered crisis across tech firms’
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the second-largest bank failure in US history, created a deep crisis in the technology industry.
