Category: NEWS

Twitter began applying “disputed” and other warning labels to tweets containing election misinformation ahead of the November 3rd US presidential election, and restricting engagement with those tweets.

France’s data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet’s Google for breaching the country’s rules on online advertising trackers (cookies).

The revised height of Mt Everest, the world’s highest peak, is 8,848.86 meters, which is .86 meters more than its previous height of 8,848 centimeters.

Alexander Vinnik, 41, a Russian national, dodged a bigger sentence after French prosecutors failed to prove that the BTC-e founder was directly involved in the creation and the distribution of Locky, a ransomware strain that was active in 2016 and 2017.

The streaming giant Netflix is free in India on Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, for an event called Netflix StreamFest,

China’s digital yuan is one of the world’s most advanced “central bank digital currency” initiatives, as authorities globally respond to threats from private currencies such as bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra.

Gulati was born on March 27, 1923, in Pakistan’s Sialkot, where his father had set up a small shop. However, after partition in 1947, the family moved to Delhi in India. In 1953, Gulati rented a shop in Chandni Chowk, named it Mahashiyan Di Hatti...

Salesforce is paying $27.7 billion for Slack, according to the press release. “Under the terms of the agreement, Slack shareholders will receive $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share.

British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from high speed mobile networks, via Reuters Britain has already ordered all Huawei equipment to be...

Amazon announced it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m grateful to our teams who continue to play a vital role serving their communities, Amazon...

Boris Johnson has announced the details of a stricter three-tier system – medium (tier 1), high (tier 2), or very high (tier 3) – for England. The prime minister confirmed the news during an appearance in the House of Commons via video link on Monday,...

Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China, Reuters reports. The assembly lines are set to start production in the first half of next year at Foxconn’s Bac Giang province, according to Reuters’ source, who notes that Apple wants to diversify...

Undertaker, one of the most iconic Superstars in WWE history and a pop culture phenomenon, made his official debut on TikTok. In his first-ever TikTok video, the “Phenom” watches on as his wife Michelle McCool imitates his iconic sit-up pose while while at home. @Undertaker joins...

The Argentina government has declared three days of national mourning for the death of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, the office of the presidency has said. Diego Maradona, who captained the 1986 World Cup-winning team, died from a heart attack at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Argentina’s President...

Square Enix, the studio behind the Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Tomb Raider games says it’ll allow most of its employees to work from home permanently. Status changes will be allowed on a monthly basis depending upon the intensity of an employee’s duties. The Company...