Amazon to Invest Additional  Billion in India, Says CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon to Invest Additional $15 Billion in India, Says CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon.com will invest an additional $15 billion (roughly Rs. 12,297 crore) in India, the company’s Chief Executive Andy Jassy told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his meeting on Friday. The investment will take the e-commerce giant’s total India investment across all businesses to $26 billion (roughly Rs. 21,314 crore) by…

Google Filed Complaint Against Microsoft for Dominant Cloud Services Position: Report

Google Filed Complaint Against Microsoft for Dominant Cloud Services Position: Report

Alphabet‘s Google formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers towards its cloud services, The Information reported on Wednesday. Microsoft used the licensing terms in its Office 365 productivity software to lock customers into…

YouTube Music’s Popup Alert Fagging Explicit Content Is Hindering Playback: Report

YouTube Music’s Popup Alert Fagging Explicit Content Is Hindering Playback: Report

YouTube is taking active steps to ensure that its users are not exposed to any content that may harm them or trigger thoughts related to self-harm or suicide. The alert that flags such content on YouTube Music, however, is beginning to obstruct playback leading to complaints flooding social networking platforms….

Google Pixel 7a’s Tensor G2 SoC Might Be Different From That of Pixel 7: All Details

Google Pixel 7a’s Tensor G2 SoC Might Be Different From That of Pixel 7: All Details

Google Pixel 7a was launched in May during the company’s I/O event with several notable improvements over the Pixel 6a. However, one of the prime improvements comes in the form of the chipset. Google’s in-house Tensor G2 SoC powers the new iteration of the affordable Pixel A series handset. The…

Google Said to Have Warned Employees Against Using Confidential Information on AI Chatbot

Google Said to Have Warned Employees Against Using Confidential Information on AI Chatbot

Alphabet is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it markets the program around the world, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Google parent has advised employees not to enter its confidential materials into AI chatbots, the people said…

Twitter Refuses to Pay Google Cloud Bills Ahead of Contract Renewal: Report

Twitter Refuses to Pay Google Cloud Bills Ahead of Contract Renewal: Report

Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract comes up for renewal this month, which could result in the social media company’s trust and safety teams being crippled, Platformer reported on Saturday. Before Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform last year, Twitter signed a…

Spotify Announces Testing Offline Mix Playlist, May Compete With YouTube in Coming Days

Spotify Announces Testing Offline Mix Playlist, May Compete With YouTube in Coming Days

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced that the app is officially testing an offline playlist dictated by the users’ recently played favourites. The company first spoke about an offline mix playlist in 2020 but nothing tangible came of it immediately. But it is clear now that the development was in the…

India’s Internet Economy Expected to Grow Six-Fold, Reach  Trillion by 2030: Report

India’s Internet Economy Expected to Grow Six-Fold, Reach $1 Trillion by 2030: Report

India’s internet economy is expected to register six-fold growth and touch $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 82,58,950 crore) by 2030, mainly driven by the e-commerce vertical, a joint report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company released on Tuesday said. The report estimates that India’s internet economy was in the range…

YouTube to Stop Removing Content Spreading Misinformation on Past Elections as Part of New Policy

YouTube to Stop Removing Content Spreading Misinformation on Past Elections as Part of New Policy

Alphabet’s YouTube said on Friday that the platform would stop removing content that might have spread false claims related to US presidential elections in 2020 and before. The new set of updates is part of YouTube’s elections misinformation policy that will go into effect immediately. “In the current environment, we…

Meta to Test Limiting Viewing, Sharing News Content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada

Meta to Test Limiting Viewing, Sharing News Content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada

Meta Platforms on Thursday said it will begin tests on its social media websites Facebook and Instagram that will limit some users and publishers from viewing or sharing some news content in Canada. The testing period will run for several weeks, the social media giant said, adding that a minor…