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Facebook CEO fails to persuade Australian lawmakers to change policy
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Australian lawmakers but failed to persuade them to change policy on payments to news outlets. Read more…
Month: January 2021
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India plans ban on private cryptocurrencies but looks to create its own
India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency. Read more…
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Digital platform anchoring India’s massive COVID-19 vaccination drive
The digital platform anchoring India’s massive COVID-19 vaccination drive will be able to handle up to 10 million shots daily to meet target. Read more…
Features
The sun is entering a more active period and we are there to take a look
The sun is the central point of our solar system and yet we are only just beginning to understand how it works. It could be really useful. Read more…
Features
Livestreamed data to accelerate as edge computing gets more ubiquitous
Livestreamed data has become increasingly popular and the edge is making possible distributed computing to perform analysis of streaming data Read more…
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Apple doubles India business; plan to open retail stores to drive growth
Apple said that it had doubled its Indian business in the last quarter of 2020 is now preparing to open its offline retail stores in India. Read more…
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Cryptocurrency crime fell in 2020 but ‘DeFi’ breaches are on the rise
Losses from cryptocurrency crime fell 57% in 2020, but crime in the ‘decentralized finance’ or DeFi space continued to grow. Read more…
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Facebook’s oversight board overrules company on most cases in first test
Deciding its first-ever cases, Facebook’s oversight board ruled that the social media company was wrong to remove four of five pieces. Read more…
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Australian regulator ACCC attempts to shatter the dominance of Big Tech
Australian regulator ACCC considers letting internet users choose what personal data companies like Google & Facebook share with advertisers. Read more…
Views
How to police social media is now at the top of the agenda, for everyone
How to police social media is a big issue. With the US elections over, Facebook and Google will see if they can fix the problem internally. Read more…
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Wellbeing market change – matching real data with tangible instructions
People have more wearable devices but there is still a very weak link between data, wellbeing and training services. This will soon change. Read more…
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India plans to censor OTT video content after recent controversy
India is planning to develop content guidelines for OTT video streaming platforms following controversy over Prime Video’s series ‘Tandav’. Read more…
Off the Wire
On-demand vehicle servicing app finds a Singapore mechanic easily
New app makes it very easy to find a low-priced mechanic in Singapore to repair vehicles as well as book a convenient servicing slot. Read more…
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EMOTET, world’s most dangerous malware disrupted through global action
Law enforcement and judicial authorities worldwide have this week disrupted one of the most significant botnets of the past decade: EMOTET. Read more…
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Chinese smartphone brands increased market share in India in 2020
Chinese smartphone brands increased their market share in India in 2020, a year marked by a backlash against Chinese firms in India. Read more…
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Google revives plans to launch news website in Australia to beat regulation
Google is reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia within weeks as it fights world-first proposed laws on content payments. Read more…
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Google’s fight over the media in Australia just got weakened by the French
Australia just got help in its struggle with Google and Facebook, from a very unexpected direction. France. Read more…
Features
APAC businesses prioritise CX more today than a year ago
New data released shows that half (53%) of APAC organisations are planning to invest in CX software more in 2021. Read more…
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Deadlock over 5G spectrum availability in India likely to end soon
The deadlock over 5G spectrum availability is expected to end soon with India’s MoD and DoS preparing to vacate 125 Mhz of spectrum. Read more…
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Twitter launches ‘Birdwatch’, where users flag misleading content
Twitter said it launched Birdwatch that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context. Read more…