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US withdraws from talks with India, others over taxing Google, Amazon, Facebook

US is suggesting ‘a pause in the talks’ so that governments can focus on responding to the coronavirus pandemic and reopening their economies.

People have right to know who politicians meet behind closed doors, says Delhi HC

Tamil Nadu politician Sasikala Pushpa had filed a suit before the HC, stating her image was being tarnished due to upload of morphed photos with a man on social media.

Google has helped place ads on sites amplifying coronavirus conspiracy theories

The Global Disinformation Index, a research group, recently reviewed 49 sites running baseless claims about the virus and found Google placed ads on 84% of them.

Google considers buying 5% stake in Vodafone Idea: Report

Google has big ambitions for India, which has a huge first-time internet user population that serves as a test-bed for innovations in smartphone technology.

Google gets antitrust notice over ‘unfairly’ promoting Google Pay over other apps in India

CCI will investigate whether Google is abusing its dominant market position, but may not order a larger probe if it finds no merit in the complaint. 

Google allows work from home till end of 2020, to give $1,000 allowance to each employee

CEO Sundar Pichai, in an email, said Google will start opening more buildings from July allowing employees to return to office on a rotating basis.

Apple, Google privacy rules restrict govts from collecting vital data from Covid tracing apps

The tech companies' privacy features lock authorities out of gathering data used to track the spread of virus, spot larger patterns and plan reopenings.

Apple and Google offer coronavirus risk notification without privacy breach

The Apple-Google system could alert thousands of people who have been exposed to coronavirus while protecting their identities, unlike contact-tracing apps.

Covid gave an edge to underdog apps Zoom and Houseparty. Google, Facebook playing catch up

Underdog apps Zoom and Houseparty spoilt the homework that tech giants Google, Facebook and Microsoft had done for the coronavirus lockdown.

Apple, Google to boost privacy protections for Covid-19 contact-tracing tool

The companies said the system’s tracking keys will be generated in more random ways and Bluetooth data will now be encrypted.

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Indians are musically poor. We aren’t a good market for cutting-edge international bands

Coldplay is an exception. Our taste in western music is orthodox, throwback, out-of-date. When Nirvana, Blur were big, we were still playing Pink Floyd, Queens.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?