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2,388 social media URLs blocked or removed in 2018, says government

The Minister said a total of 2,423 persons and 3,137 persons were arrested in 2014 and 2015, respectively under combined sections of 66 & 66A of IT Act

Is personal data protection bill a double edged sword?

Although it appears to be a welcoming development, there are certain limitations in the said bill in its present form, which can be eliminated and modified to make it acceptable to all stakeholders

Smartphone users in India install around 50 apps on average: Report

By category, the social media apps lead the usage with 76 per cent of the users using them on a daily basis

How Amazon's DIY chip innovation threatens Silicon Valley giant Intel

Amazon's new chip arrives as market forces are rapidly undercutting chip makers and their $412 billion in yearly sales

Making buildings smarter through IoT platform

Zoho veteran Prabhu Ramachandran and friends have built an 'Alexa' for buildings which offers real-time facilities management to commercial real estate owners

Technology pushing transparency, on-time delivery in realty sector

Technologies like data analytics, cloud and blockchain are enabling real estate developers monitor projects real-time, sell properties online

Nikon Z7 review: A giant leap towards mirrorless photography

With the Z7 and Z6, the Japanese camera maker dives head-on into the mirrorless fullframe camera market

Nokia 8.1 with HDR10 screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC India launch today

The Nokia 8.1 is expected to come in three dual-tone colours - Blue-Silver, Steel-Copper, and Iron-Steel

Three ways Facebook, other social media companies could clean up their acts

A more significant change social media companies could make would be to introduce democratic oversight of how they collect and use people's data

Why Apple is no longer a byword for innovation - just ask the markets

In the past two months Apple shares have lost more than quarter of their value

Chinese applications crack code to tackle language barrier in India

These apps have been hugely successful in cracking the Indian vernacular market

Google invites newsrooms, institutions to enroll in 'Journalism AI' project

Google is inviting newsrooms around the world to start using the AI product for the first time

'I agree' pop-up boxes aren't just annoying, they're dangerous as well

One solution to the endless process of trying to understand tricky consent requests is for different websites and apps to standardise their requests

Twitter, FB, WhatsApp to use AI-based tools to check objectionable contents

In the recent past, some objectionable content have disrupted public peace or law and order and incited criminal offences

No place for 'vile' child pornography, acting on user reports: WhatsApp

The comments came as the SC said the Centre and internet giants were in agreement that videos of rape, child pornography and objectionable material needed to be 'stamped out'

Now, take a perfect selfie in one shot, thanks to artificial intelligence

The feature is yet to mark its presence in the consumer tech space except in fringes, but is turning out to be the primary differentiator in smartphone cameras

Robot unveils Smartworks' new co-work centre in Bengaluru, talks to guests

Smartworks, launched is 2016, creates shared office spaces solely focused on enterprise clients

Traditional media to co-exist with digital platforms for many years: Report

The ubiquity of smartphones has allowed people to access media throughout the day

Google unveils Chrome 71 with features to curb abusive ads, deceptive sites

With Chrome 71, experiences on websites that fall under Google's definition of abusive would be filtered

One third user data accessed by Android apps unnecessary, reveals report

According to an analysis by Arrka Consulting, an app seeks at least eight dangerous permissions from the user with the highest being sought by apps in communication, mobile wallets