Technology
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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.…
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Israel is paying millions to influence what AI tells you about Gaza
The next time you ask an AI chatbot about the war in Gaza, the answer you get may have been quietly shaped by an Israeli government-funded operation, and there is no actual…
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Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with terrorism
Moscow: Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday, July 29, that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on an international wanted list.…
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You cannot delete Bluetooth: India’s war on Bitchat’s code
Hyderabad: Late on July 23, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), an arm of the Union Home Ministry, sent GitHub an ultimatum: remove three repositories of the messaging app Bitchat within…
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Saudi Arabia tops MENA in digital government services
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has been ranked first in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for digital government services in the 2025 Government Electronic and Mobile Services Maturity Index (GEMS). The Kingdom…
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India orders GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat app
New Delhi: Home ministry’s cybercrime arm, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, has ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging application Bitchat, according to a notice. “The Government of India does not…
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Social commentator Naman Shrivastava’s Instagram restricted in India
Hyderabad: The Instagram account of social commentator Naman Shrivastava, known for his educational content, was restricted by Meta on Wednesday, July 22. Posting about the development, Naman informed his viewers that his…
