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Russia-Ukraine war: Big Tech's role poses strategic questions for countries

American tech giants choosing to side with the US in the Russia-Ukraine war pose important strategic questions

Apple shareholders urge company to undergo independent civil rights audit

The measure passed Friday during Apple's annual meeting is non-binding, so the Cupertino, California, company isn't required to adopt the recommendation.

Ukraine conflict: Big tech begins restricting Russian state media platforms

The EU announced a ban Sunday, which countries are expected to sign off on today after a formal proposal.

Alibaba has a much bigger problem than the crackdown on technology

Alibaba's struggle is borne out in the numbers. Revenue for the three months to December climbed just 10%, compared with 29% growth the prior period

Data localisation row: It's Big Tech vs Reliance Industries and Paytm

RIL, Paytm support localisation; global tech firms say it could have socioeconomic fallouts

Top headlines: Big tech in data localisation row, banks told to up UPI cap

States start easing Covid-19 curbs as cases decline. More on that in our top headlines.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal takes 'few weeks' of parental leave

Agrawal, who became Twitter CEO in November and is the executive sponsor of Twitter's internal parents' community, plans to be "connected" with the company's executive team during his leave.

Make Big Tech accountable to communities and society: MoS Electronics & IT

Nations must cooperate to make firms like Facebook, Google answerable: Min

Netherlands' competition regulator fines Apple another $5.6 million

The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said the revised conditions that Apple has imposed on dating-app providers are unreasonable, and create an unnecessary barrier.

Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters on February 28 as Covid subsides

The company said that based on improving local health metrics, its Washington state work sites will move to the sixth and final stage of the hybrid workplace model, effective February 28

Facebook loses daily users for first time ever, ad growth slows

The Meta-owned Facebook platform registered 1.929 billion daily users in the fourth quarter of 2021 -- from 1.93 billion in the previous quarter

Alphabet eyes $2 trillion market valuation after blowout results

A close above $2 trillion would be the first ever for the Mountain View, California-based company.

Govt raps Google, Twitter and Facebook over fake news: Report

The I&B ministry did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting, which was also attended by Indian content-sharing platforms ShareChat and Koo, which have millions of users in the country

Apple News launches daily local newsletter for San Francisco Bay Area

Apple News is a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac.

Apple Watch helping the elderly meet daily activity goals: Study

Apple is also rolling out a series of new heart health resources in February to support users' health journeys to stay moving and informed

Big tech should reimburse victims of online scams, say British lawmakers

While banks have signed up for a voluntary code to reimburse fraud victims who do enough to protect themselves, there is not sufficient regulation governing social media

China vows 'no mercy' in battle against corruption, Big Tech

CCP anti-graft group says govt will break the link between money and power

Google raises salaries of top brass after 'refusing' to hike workers' pay

Google parent Alphabet has more than 150,000 full-time employees globally, and has seen its revenue and stock soar to record levels over the last year

Apple breaches $3 trillion market value again before slipping

Apple accounts for nearly 7% of S&P 500 index's value

Removed 61,114 content pieces in Nov in India: Google compliance report

The US-based company has made these disclosures as part of compliance with India's IT rules that came into force in May this year