Elon Musk to Meet EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton Today to Discuss Free Speech, Global Supply Chain Issues

Elon Musk to Meet EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton Today to Discuss Free Speech, Global Supply Chain Issues

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas on Monday to discuss global supply chain issues and the bloc’s newly agreed rules requiring tech giants to do more to police online content, Breton’s spokesperson said. The meeting comes weeks after the world’s richest man clinched…

India Smartphone Shipments Decline for Third Quarter in a Row, Xiaomi Retains Leadership: IDC

India Smartphone Shipments Decline for Third Quarter in a Row, Xiaomi Retains Leadership: IDC

India smartphone shipments declined for the third consecutive quarter, with a drop of five percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report. While Xiaomi maintained its leadership in the market, all top-five vendors except Realme saw a decline in their shipments in the quarter. Key reasons…

OnePlus 10R Receiving OxygenOS 12 A.03 in India, Fixes Always-on Display Issues, More

OnePlus 10R Receiving OxygenOS 12 A.03 in India, Fixes Always-on Display Issues, More

OnePlus 10R has started receiving OxygenOS 12 A.03 as its first software update in India since its launch. The update optimises the compatibility of the OTG connection and includes a series of upgrades along with usual bug fixes. The update brings improvements such as power-consumption optimisations in certain scenarios. The…

OnePlus Nord 2T Price, Design, Specifications Leaked via Unboxing Video Ahead of Launch

OnePlus Nord 2T Price, Design, Specifications Leaked via Unboxing Video Ahead of Launch

OnePlus Nord 2T has surfaced online in an unboxing video ahead of its launch, giving us a glimpse at the design of the phone, as well as revealing its price and specifications. The Nord series handset from the Chinese smartphone brand is expected to launch soon, however, the exact date…

US Said to Ramp Up Kaspersky Security Probe Amid Fears of Cyberattack During Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War

US Said to Ramp Up Kaspersky Security Probe Amid Fears of Cyberattack During Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War

US President Joe Biden’s administration ramped up a national security probe into Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software earlier this year amid heightened fears of Russian cyberattacks after Moscow invaded Ukraine, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The case was referred to the Commerce Department by the Department of…

India Begins Anti-Dumping Probe Against Select Optical Fibre Import From China, Indonesia and South Korea

India Begins Anti-Dumping Probe Against Select Optical Fibre Import From China, Indonesia and South Korea

India has initiated an anti-dumping probe against imports of a certain type of optical fibre from China, Indonesia and South Korea following a complaint by a domestic player. The duty is aimed at protecting domestic industry from cheap imports. The commerce ministry’s investigation arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)…

Question of centralization faces growing crypto insurance industry

Question of centralization faces growing crypto insurance industry

Cryptocurrency markets have been maturing over the last few years, making demand for crypto insurance solutions larger as more advanced players dip their toes into the nascent ecosystem. Investopedia reports that cryptocurrency insurance is seen as a “big opportunity,” with a spokesman from one of the world’s largest insurers, Allianz,…

Bitcoin Seals House Purchase Deal in Portugal’s Braga, Makes for First Real Estate Sale With Crypto

Bitcoin Seals House Purchase Deal in Portugal’s Braga, Makes for First Real Estate Sale With Crypto

A two-bedroom house in the Braga district of Portugal has sold for three Bitcoin, without conversion to Euros. The buyer purchased the property by paying directly in BTC. At the time of writing, one BTC is priced at roughly Rs. 26.85 lakh. This deal marks Portugal’s first real estate sale,…

US President Joe Biden Signs Pact With Internet Companies to Reduce Prices for Low-Income Americans

US President Joe Biden Signs Pact With Internet Companies to Reduce Prices for Low-Income Americans

The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 Internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy. The $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 77,37,100 crore) infrastructure package passed by…