Amazon services down
Amazon.com Inc’s services including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Prime Video and its namesake e-commerce website were down for thousands of users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website...
Hate speech: Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion
Rohingya refugees sued Facebook on Monday for $150 billion over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority.
India-born Silicon Valley CEOs: Ruthless training behind success?
Parag Agrawal was recently appointed as Twitter’s CEO, again raising the question why so many India-born techies have the corner offices of the world’s most influential Silicon Valley companies.
Facebook removes Chinese network over Covid claims by fake 'Swiss biologist'
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday it had removed accounts used by an influence operation originating in China that promoted claims of a fake "Swiss biologist"...
Facebook owner Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK Watchdog
Facebook owner Meta has been told by the UK competition watchdog to sell popular animated images platform Giphy in Britain's first such move against so-called Big Tech in its efforts to...
Apple sues Israel's NSO Group over Pegasus spyware
Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of US Apple users with its...
Russia demands 13 mostly US tech firms be officially represented in country by year end
Russia has demanded that 13 foreign and mostly US technology companies be officially represented on Russian soil by the end of 2021 or face possible restrictions or outright bans.
4 Bangladeshis send legal notice to Mark Zuckerberg to prevent misuse of Facebook
Four Bangladeshi citizens sent a legal notice today to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Facebook among others, requesting him to take necessary steps in three days to prevent the abuse and misuse...
Let's make sure cryptocurrency doesn't end up in wrong hands: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged all democratic countries to work together to ensure cryptocurrency “does not end up in wrong hands.”
Months after threatening pull-out, Google commits $740 mln to Australia
Google will spend A$1 billion ($736 million) in Australia over five years, the tech giant said on Tuesday, just months after it threatened to pull its services from the country in response to...