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As health apps enter medical mainstream is there a way to bring some order?

The FDA has been doing away with regulatory action altogether on many diagnostic health apps targeting consumers

Indirectly targeting India, US expresses concern over data localisation

Last week, two top American Senators wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to reconsider the RBI's decision on data localization

Facebook launches 'war room' against election manipulation, misinformation

The war room adds a human dimension to the artificial intelligence tools Facebook has already deployed to detect inauthentic or manipulative activity

Want to cut down info Google has on you? Ditch Chrome, Search on mobiles

Putting a price on the Google apps, against a promise of no data collection, would quickly show which of them are viable

WhatsApp working on linked accounts, vacation mode features

The Linked Accounts option will be located under your profile settings.

Now, Twitter to show users when a tweet is taken down for policy violations

It will also show a link to the rules and an article that provides more detail on how it enforces them

India continues to be top digital nation, but others not far behind

Philippines and Brazil are fast closing the gap

Intelligent meters are powering change

IoT-based smart meters can be activated or deactivated remotely, much like a SIM card in a mobile phone

New breed of restoration specialists now breathing life into classics

Film restoration is growing, driven by TV channels and other outlets' hunger for good quality films

Ikea's 'smart' move in India rides on customer's love of shopping on apps

The furniture giant works with local tech startups to cater to the Indian customer's love of shopping on mobile apps

FB updates news feed policy, to demote sites republishing stolen content

Facebook has updated its AI system to better detect websites which scrape content or republish articles from other sources

iOS 12 has a provision that allows third-party DND apps to work on iPhones

India's telecom regulator and Apple have been at loggerheads for nearly a year now on the inclusion of Trai's DND app on the latter's app store

YouTube is up and running after temporary outage across the world

The video streaming service earlier said it was looking into reports about access issues with YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music

YouTube outage across the globe, company says fixing issues soon

Another prominent social media platform, Facebook also faced a security breach a few days back

RBI issues e-wallet interoperability advice: How it will alter the industry

Enables money transfer between wallets in first phase, with banks in second and through cards in third; 4-5 wallet players already in a testing phase

Start-ups will play a key role in Indian gaming: Andrej Zdravkovic of AMD

In a Q&A, the head of Software Development and Management at AMD says dissipating entry barriers to high-end gaming has been a key driver of growth in India's gaming market

Cryptocurrencies, blockchains and their dark side: 4 essential reads

Here are five stories from the archives that will help readers better understand cryptocurrencies and their dark underbellies

Infosys built global machine with Indians. Can it adjust to Hire American?

Ravi Kumar, a president of Infosys, described the office as "a manifestation of what the future is going to look like."

In a first, Sundar Pichai to publicly address Google's China-centric plans

Since China is an important market, Google is developing a censored search-engine for Beijing codenamed 'Dragonfly'

Huawei Mate 20-series launch: Watch livestream, know likely specs, features

The Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro would be Huawei's first smartphones to use company's proprietary Kirin 980 system-on-chip. These phones would also have triple camera module on the back, similar to P20 Pro