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Netflix faces the heat as Disney+ & Apple TV+ step up competition

Its unlikely that Netflix subscribers will cancel in droves but the competition will curb its ability to raise prices & create a more volatile rate of churn.

Vigo — the Chinese social media app where India’s cows & newlyweds’ PDA are going viral

Chinese social media app Vigo has been in the news with the alleged disappearance of one of its Indian stars.

Alphabet Inc, which owns Google, joins Apple & Microsoft in elite $1 Trillion club

Apart from these 3 and Amazon, the rest of the US market is billions of dollars away from trillion-dollar valuations, showing that tech & internet stocks are the biggest titans of Wall Street.

Microsoft to invest $1 billion in carbon-reduction tech, says cutting emissions not enough

Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund will provide money over the next 4 years to back companies and organisations working on tech to remove or reduce carbon from the earth’s atmosphere.

ISRO successfully launches ‘high power’ GSAT-30 on European rocket Ariane 5

Launched from French Guiana, the GSAT communication satellite will help provide high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services.

Jack Dorsey asks Elon Musk how to fix Twitter

‘Give us some direct feedback,’ said Jack Dorsey, who spoke to Elon Musk via a video call from a company meeting in Houston.

Google is ending third-party tracking — that’s good news for users, bad news for rivals

Google's decision will better protect user data, but also provides the tech giant an opportunity to extend its dominance of online advertising.

Disney+ app outpaces rival streaming platforms in its first 2 months

Since its release in November, Disney+ app was downloaded 41 million times and generated almost $100 million in user spending — 4 times more than HBO Now app earned in the same time.

Google follows Apple in ending third-party ‘cookies’ in ad-tracking

Apple and Mozilla browsers already block third-party cookies, but Google had argued those approaches risk cutting into vital revenue for internet publishers.

The internet should hide your data, not share it

People who go to the effort of protecting their privacy inherently seems suspicious. But imagine if we regarded privacy protection as akin to a form of vaccination.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.