Technology
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Govt shifts to technical talks with Meta on deepfakes, CSAM
New Delhi: After two days of intensive questioning of Meta, the government on Friday, August 7, shifted to technical discussions with the social media giant, during which the company detailed how it…
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Telangana tops key cybercrime initiatives in India, says PMO
Hyderabad: Telangana was ranked first in the country in several cybercrime initiatives, in a nationwide review meeting held by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday, August 6, a senior official said.…
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JLL opens Hyderabad Global Capability Centre, to create 1.6K jobs
Hyderabad: Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu on Thursday, August 6, inaugurated the Global Capability Centre of JLL Business Services. JBS is the integrated operations delivery platform of the global…
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Microsoft launches fourth India cloud region in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tech giant Microsoft on Thursday, August 6, announced the general availability of its fourth cloud region in India, located in Hyderabad, giving customers the choice to run eligible Microsoft Cloud services…
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Meta admits to Centre lapses in curbing child sexual abuse content
New Delhi: Meta executives faced a second straight day of questioning by Indian government officials on Thursday, August 6, over issues including Instagram’s content recommendation algorithms and the social media giant’s compliance…
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BharatNet links over 10K Telangana Gram Panchayats: Govt
Hyderabad: Union Telecommunications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday, August 5, said that 10,833 Gram Panchayats are connected in Telangana under the BharatNet project as of June 30 He said approximately 10,022 villages…
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Zuckerberg ‘apologises’ for temporarily removing PM Modi’s video
New Delhi: Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg reportedly apologised for the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post as well as for failures ranging from child sexual abuse content to deepfakes…
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WhatsApp rolls out 5 new group chat features: what to know
Hyderabad: WhatsApp announced five new group chat features this week, and one of them will be felt by every user who has ever muted a noisy family or housing-society group. Here is…
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UPI business transactions above Rs 2,000 may attract charges
Hyderabad: The government is likely to allow banks and payment service providers to levy a charge of 0.25 to 0.4 per cent as merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI payments above Rs 2,000…
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Average cost of data breach in India hits record Rs 25.5 cr: IBM
Hyderabad: The average cost of a data breach in India has hit an all-time high of Rs 25.5 crore in 2026, a rise of nearly 16 per cent from Rs 22 crore last…
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Meta tells parliamentary panel ready to apologise over PM video
New Delhi: Social media giant Meta is learnt to have told a parliamentary committee on Monday, August 3, that it is ready to apologise for the brief restriction on a post by…
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Karnataka leads in recovering stolen mobile phones in India
Bengaluru: Karnataka Police have achieved the highest recovery rate of stolen mobile phones in the country among the five states with the largest number of mobile theft cases, highlighting the effectiveness of…
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Govt to question Meta global team on issues around algorithmic bias
New Delhi: Meta’s global team, which has been summoned by the government after the social media company restricted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post, will be questioned on issues around algorithmic bias…
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X bans Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, IRGC’s semi-official media arm
The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) suspended Iranian military-affiliated Tasnim News Agency on Thursday, July 30. Its English account and other related handles were all displayed as banned for violating X’s…
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Indian travellers can pay via UPI for Burj Khalifa tickets
Dubai: Indian travellers can now book tickets online for At the Top, Burj Khalifa in Dubai using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), following the launch of the service on Wednesday, July 29.…
