France’s antitrust watchdog on Thursday gave Facebook-owner Meta two months to change its access rules for ad verification partners, saying the company was potentially taking unfair advantage of a dominant market position in online advertising. In a statement, the competition authority said Meta must publish new access criteria for partners seeking to use its analytical
Month: May 2023
Smartphone shipments in India declined 16 percent year-on-year in the January-March quarter to 31 million units, market research firm IDC said on Thursday. Realme and Xiaomi shipments recorded the highest decline during the quarter. India’s smartphone market is expected to see flat growth in 2023, the IDC report said. “31 million smartphones were shipped in
May 04, 2023Ravie LakshmananOnline Security / ChatGPT Meta said it took steps to take down more than 1,000 malicious URLs from being shared across its services that were found to leverage OpenAI’s ChatGPT as a lure to propagate about 10 malware families since March 2023. The development comes against the backdrop of fake ChatGPT web
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Meta’s Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on making money from minors’ data. Specifically, the FTC said Facebook misled parents about how much control they had over who their children had contact with in
Microsoft will host its Xbox Games Showcase on June 11 — as confirmed before — and ahead of the event, the company has dropped timings and other details for the same. The showcase will be held live across Xbox’s official YouTube and Twitch channels, at 10:30pm IST in India/ 10am PT in the US. The
Britain’s antitrust regulator on Wednesday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it had no power to open an investigation into Apple’s mobile browser and cloud gaming services. Apple won an appeal in March against the decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to open a full investigation into the dominance of Apple
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during an event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Feb. 7, 2023. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said Thursday that it’s dispensing with the waiting list it has had in place for the past three months for its revamped Bing search engine, allowing anyone with
Social media giant Meta’s Facebook took action against around 45 percent of complaints it received from users and Instagram against 64 percent of grievances raised by users in March 2023, according to the company’s latest India Monthly Report. As per the category-wise information disclosed by Meta, Facebook acted only on around 8 percent of grievances
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023 is finally live for all after offering early access to Prime members. During the four-day sale, customers can avail discounts on millions of products by sellers across categories such as smartphones, laptops, wearables, consumer electronics, Grocery, fashion, kitchen appliances and more with additional no-cost EMI options, and exchange discounts. The e-commerce
May 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware A Chinese state-sponsored hacking outfit has resurfaced with a new campaign targeting government, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing entities based in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Fiji after more than six months of no activity. Trend Micro attributed the intrusion set to a cyber espionage group it tracks under
Twitter chief Elon Musk has “threatened” to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account to another company, the US-based broadcaster said on Tuesday. Musk suggested that he would reassign the network’s main account, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person, NPR said. NPR stopped posting content to its 52 official Twitter feeds last month
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023 is now live in India for Amazon Prime subscribers. The seasonal sale brings offers and discounts for new handsets from different brands including Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, Redmi and Vivo. The sale will open up to all shoppers, or non-Prime from May 4 starting 12pm. ICICI and Kotak bank credit cardholders
Gran Turismo – the movie – just got its first official trailer, showcasing the plot of the upcoming film in detail, and also introducing the key characters in the film played by actors Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, and Orlando Bloom. The upcoming film is the latest in a long list of movies adapted from popular
In this article QCOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cristiano Amon, president and CEO of Qualcomm, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 2, 2022, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were in line with analyst expectations but saw
Apple will likely report a more than 4 percent drop in revenue, its second straight quarterly decline, weighed down by consumers shunning non-essential purchases such as iPhones and Mac computers and slowing growth at its services business. The results on Thursday from the world’s most valuable company will follow better-than-expected earnings from U.S. technology peers,
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2023 is set to kick off in a few hours and the ecommerce platform’s sale is set to bring deals, discounts, and offers on a wide range of consumer electronics and other products. Just like previous sales, Amazon Prime members will have access to the sale a few hours before everyone
May 03, 2023Ravie LakshmananPassword Security / Authentication Almost five months after Google added support for passkeys to its Chrome browser, the tech giant has begun rolling out the passwordless solution across Google Accounts on all platforms. Passkeys, backed by the FIDO Alliance, are a more secure way to sign in to apps and websites without
VLC, the popular open-source cross-platform multimedia player, has rolled out an update for for its app on iPhone, bringing in several new features including a redesigned UI, along with support for Apple CarPlay. With the latest update, the app can now be accessed via Apple’s CarPlay platform as well. It will allow users to easily