All phones and tablets must use the same charging ports, the EU has agreed. A new agreement will force all companies to make USB-C the common charging port on all their smaller electronic devices by Autumn 2024, the EU has announced. Laptops will be required to use the port some time after that. The ruling […]
Another round of tussle between the government and social media firms like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc, may be in the offing as the former plans to further tighten intermediary rules by constituting grievance appellate committees. These committees would look into complaints relating to blocking of content or accounts by social media firms. “The central government […]
BT and Ericsson today announced a multi-million-pound new joint partnership to provide commercial 5G Private Networks for the UK market – the first agreement of its kind in the country. The telecommunications and technology firms have signed a multi-year contract that will enable BT to sell the next generation mobile network technology products to businesses […]
Homegrown microblogging platform Koo may have had some 30 million downloads in the last two years since its launch and offering services in nine regional languages, but it lacks the vibrancy of Twitter when it comes to debates on current affairs. The platform, which came to light a year ago when the Union government was […]
By Shubhangi Shah The department of telecommunications is set to come up with a mechanism that will enable the name of the caller to flash on the receiver’s mobile phone even if the number isn’t saved in the user’s contact list. Currently, we all use caller ID apps, such as Truecaller, for the same. However, […]
Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into whether Google has broken the law by restricting competition in the advertising technology market. The Competition and Markets Authority will assess whether the firm had distorted competition and made it more difficult for rival advertising services to compete. The regulator said its investigation into the Alphabet-owned search […]
As Vivo introduces its X80 series in India, the focus—like many other flagships— remains on the camera capabilities. But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes with the cameras on these phones. While the X80 series continues its partnership with renowned lens and camera brand Zeiss, the brand is also focussing on Artificial Intelligence […]
The UK’s data watchdog has fined a facial recognition company £7.5m for collecting images of people from social media platforms and the web to add to a global database. US-based Clearview AI has also been ordered to delete the data of UK residents from its systems by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Clearview has collected […]
By Rajesh Awasthi In today’s competitive landscape, users of the cloud – not just tech specialists but modern application developers, enterprises and consumers alike – have unique challenges to address. With cloud’s expanding footprint, developers and consumers look for infrastructure- agnostic platforms and serverless capability that can run in a boundary-less manner to ensure the […]
By Sethu Pradeep Lars Goossens is a 31-year-old video producer who works for a Belgian production house in Antwerp. During his free time, he loves going on road trips, attending music festivals and watching the perplexed expressions of onlookers as he pays at a card machine by placing his left hand on it. That last […]