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Authentication services provider Okta is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday, after hackers posted screenshots showing what they claimed was its internal company environment. A hack at Okta could have major consequences because thousands of other companies rely on the San Francisco-based firm to manage access to their own

Google, one of the few American corporate giants still operating in Russia, is poised to lose one of its biggest footholds in the country as tensions with the Kremlin continue to escalate. Alphabet Inc.’s Google shut its advertising business in Russia while maintaining its popular consumer services, such as YouTube. But the video service has

Several of Apple’s web-based services including Apple Music, Apple TV+, the App Store, Podcasts, Contacts, and Apple Arcade are experiencing an outage in some parts of the world, as of Monday night. According to Apple’s own service uptime dashboard, users in India might currently have trouble using certain iCloud features, particularly Calendar, Contacts and Private

Australia’s media regulator will be able to force internet companies to provide internal data about how they have handled misinformation and disinformation, the latest measure by the country’s government to crack down on Big Tech. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will also be able to enforce an Internet industry code on uncooperative platforms,

Godrej is among the most established names in the business of home security in India, with a wide range of products including door locks, personal lockers, video door phones, alarm systems, and CCTV camera systems. Among the company’s more recent launches is the Spotlight range of home security cameras, which is a foray into the

Russia on Friday demanded that Google stop spreading what it called threats against Russian citizens on its YouTube video-sharing platform, a move that could presage an outright block of the service on Russian territory. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said adverts on the platform were calling for the communications systems of Russia and Belarus’ railway networks to be

A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race. According to a complaint seeking class-action status, Google maintains a “racially biased corporate culture” that favours white men, where

A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in a multi-year project to provide cheaper access to users across the continent. The Equiano cable, the first of its kind to reach Africa, has wound its way from

Japanese tyre manufacture Bridgestone on Friday said its US subsidiary has suffered a ransomware attack, just weeks after suppliers of automaker Toyota Motor reported similar attacks. Bridgestone in a statement said third-party unauthorised access was made at Bridgestone Americas on February 27, prompting it to shut down its computer network. It said it later reconnected

Western powers have seized the yachts of Russian oligarchs and booted Russian banks out of the international system in response to the Ukraine invasion, but sanctions that limit access to the Internet are proving highly divisive. Ukraine has called loudly for a widespread boycott and Kyiv has even pushed for Russia to be cut off

Coinbase has loaded up its platform with a new feature that allows users to fund their crypto wallets directly via an extension on the Chrome browser. This new feature is named ‘Coinbase Pay’. The US-based crypto exchange aims to get more participation from the general public in the emerging decentralised finance (DeFi) space. The company

Russian tech entrepreneurs are set to launch a picture-sharing application on the domestic market to help fill the void left by Instagram, which the authorities blocked this week. The new service, known as Rossgram, will launch on March 28 and have additional functions such as crowdfunding and paid access for some content, its website said

SoftBank-backed food service robot startup Bear Robotics has raised $81 million (roughly Rs. 616 crore) in a Series B funding round with investors that include Cleveland Avenue, a venture capital firm founded by a former McDonald’s chief executive. Other investors include South Korean private equity firm IMM and telco KT Corp, the startup’s co-founder and

Rosa Bonheur, a French painter and sculptor, has been honoured with a Google doodle on her 200th birthday. Bonheur was born on this day in 1822 in Bordeaux, France. Her aspirations for a career in the arts were unconventional for women of the time. Many of her works exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon from

Indian food-delivery firm Zomato Ltd has reached an all-stock merger with Blinkit that values the instant-delivery service between $700 million (roughly Rs. 5,350 crore) and $750 million (roughly Rs. 5,732 crore). The development was reported by TechCrunch reported on Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Zomato and Blinkit did not immediately respond to

Twitter has rolled back on its decision to use a twin-tab layout on the microblogging platform and has switched back to the original layout that shows the latest tweets on the top. The twin-tab layout — which started rolling out last week — was designed to push users to an algorithmically served timeline instead of

Instagram is bringing a new feature that allows users to add a moderator to a live video. With the much-awaited functionality, creators can assign moderators during their streams. An Instagram live stream moderator will be able to report comments and remove viewers from live. They can also turn off comments for a viewer. Previously, only

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday the US electric carmaker and his rocket company SpaceX are facing significant inflationary pressure in raw materials and logistics. Musk in a tweet also asked about inflation rate outlook and said his companies “are not alone”, retweeting an article saying the Ukraine–Russia conflict sent commodity prices