It is not just in India that Amazon is facing criticism for its unfair and potentially exploitative practices. Wherever Amazon operates in the world, it is being criticised for anti-competitive business practices, exploiting its workers, and damaging the climate. In Amazon’s home country — the US — it is at its worst. Hence, frustrated sections […]
As the biggest cricketing nations, India and Australia, are set to enthrall cricket fans across the globe, Facebook and Instragram on Wednesday have launched an Augmented Reality (AR) effect featuring Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli. Titled “Bat Talks for India”, the AR filter will enable fans to re-create Kohli’s iconic celebration after recording a […]
Facebook has announced to send Groups that violate its content rules on a sort of probation, like forcing Group moderators to manually approve all posts for 60 days. The move is to slow the spread of misinformation on its platform, Facebook told The Washington Post on Sunday. Facebook will restrict all Groups with multiple posts […]
This scam email may appear to originate from an individual’s own email address and threatens to release personal and sensitive information unless the scammer is paid money. The email may also claim to have compromised a computer, router or other electronic device and it can include a password which the recipient has used in the past. Sextortion […]
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in the US has launched a new initiative with NASA’s Hubble observatory to survey more than 300 nearby stars. Called ULLYSES, short for UV Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards, it is Hubble’s largest observing programme ever in terms of the amount of time Hubble will dedicate […]
Technologies developed for and aboard the International Space Station have benefited people on the ground, from improving workouts to helping us get a good night’s sleep, NASA said as the orbiting laboratory marked 20 years of continuous habitation on Monday. For example, NASA research has shown that exercise is the best way to reduce harm […]
There should be a cap on the liability for damages to other space objects in outer space and its environment for private players which are mostly start-ups, said a top official of Skyroot Aerospace. As per the draft Spacecom Policy, private sector players wanting to provide communication service within and outside India using a space-based […]
Microsoft has taken further steps to end the support for its Internet Explorer as it pushes users to install the revamped Chromium-based Edge browser. Now, when you visit an incompatible site in Internet Explorer which still has 5 per cent market share globally, the browsing session will automatically be directed to Microsoft Edge. The redirection […]
Vivifi India Finance expects to deepen its credit reach with the recently launched FlexPay and aims to bring credit access to those provided credit by banks and other large finance institutions. Anil Pinapala, Founder and CEO of Vivifi said that the credit under FlexPay would start with sachet sized loans and would grow based on […]
The key Indian equity indices traded in the red on Thursday morning with the BSE Sensex trading over 130 points lower. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in the healthcare stocks. Auto and banking stocks also were largely on a negative note. Around 10.35 a.m. Sensex was trading at 40,572.83, lower by 134.48 points or 0.33 […]