Google Pauses Play Store Billing for App Developers in India Following Recent CCI Ruling

Google Pauses Play Store Billing for App Developers in India Following Recent CCI Ruling

Google announced this via its Play Support help page. Google has temporarily paused its in-house Play Store billing service for app developers in India following a recent CCI ruling. The search giant had set a deadline of October 31 for developers to comply with its policies. Google announced this via…

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s Board of Directors to Become Sole Member

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s Board of Directors to Become Sole Member

Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces major hurdles as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. Twitter‘s new owner fired the company’s board of directors and made himself the board’s sole member, according to a company filing Monday with the…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX May Launch Starship Rocket System by Early December: NASA

Elon Musk’s SpaceX May Launch Starship Rocket System by Early December: NASA

SpaceX is targeting early December to launch its giant Starship rocket system into orbit for the first time, a pivotal demonstration flight as it aims to fly NASA astronauts to the moon in the next few years, a US official said on Monday. Billionaire Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has sought for…

Microsoft Said to Have Offered No Remedies in EU Antitrust Review of Activision Deal

Microsoft Said to Have Offered No Remedies in EU Antitrust Review of Activision Deal

Microsoft’s has not offered any remedies to EU antitrust regulators reviewing its proposed $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,400 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard ahead of an expected full-scale EU probe, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. The US software company is betting on the acquisition to…

Byju’s CEO Says Job Cuts Necessitated to Avoid Role Duplication, Redundancies

Byju’s CEO Says Job Cuts Necessitated to Avoid Role Duplication, Redundancies

Byju’s founder and chief executive Byju Raveendran has apologised to the firm’s employees for the clumsy layoffs in India’s largest education technology company, saying 2,500 job cuts were necessitated to avoid role duplication and reduce redundancies. In a message to employees, Raveendran said Byju‘s has been compelled to focus on…

Ethereum Co-Founder Believes Crypto Industry Shouldn’t Put Much Effort Into Attracting Institutional Capital

Ethereum Co-Founder Believes Crypto Industry Shouldn’t Put Much Effort Into Attracting Institutional Capital

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in sharing his opinion on crypto regulation, declared that he is “kinda happy” that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are being delayed. In a lengthy thread on Twitter, Vitalik Buterin discussed how regulations would impact crypto. According to Buterin, all regulations focus on either consumer protection or making…

Elon Musk Said to Have Assured EU Chief to Abide by Online Content Policing Rules for Twitter

Elon Musk Said to Have Assured EU Chief to Abide by Online Content Policing Rules for Twitter

Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will continue to abide by tough European rules on illegal online content policing now the social network has passed under his ownership, EU sources said on Monday. In a previously unreported exchange last week, Musk told Thierry Breton, the EU‘s industry…

Xiaomi 13 Pro Key Specifications Tipped, Likely to Feature 6.7-Inch E6 2K LTPO Display

Xiaomi 13 Pro Key Specifications Tipped, Likely to Feature 6.7-Inch E6 2K LTPO Display

Xiaomi 13 series — including the vanilla Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro — is expected to debut later this year. There have been several leaks and rumours surrounding these two handsets in recent times. A reliable tipster has now shared the supposed complete key specifications of the Xiaomi 13…

Twitter Blue Subscription Fee Hike Reports Refuted by MoS IT, Says Doesn’t Think It’s True

Twitter Blue Subscription Fee Hike Reports Refuted by MoS IT, Says Doesn’t Think It’s True

Twitter is abuzz with reports that users will have to shell out a $20 (roughly Rs. 1,600) fee for the ‘blue tick’, which authenticates the identity of the account holder, and a failure pay the amount will result in the coveted status being withdrawn. Refuting the reports, Union Minister of…