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From Coca-Cola to Apple Inc, here are India's best unlisted companies

In all, 18 out of the best 30 unlisted companies in the 2021 league table are local subsidiaries of global multinationals.

LinkedIn forced to change global policy over job posting removal

The professional networking website faced severe criticism for excluding a job opening by the Centre for the Analysis of Freedom and Authoritarianism in Brazil.

Sony announces PlayStation Plus subscriptions to counter Xbox Game Pass

Sony has introduced a new video game subscription service for the PlayStation, its long-rumored answer to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft paying hundreds of millions in bribes, claims whistleblower

A whistleblower has alleged widespread bribery via Microsoft's foreign contract business, saying that more than $200 million each year is spent on bribes and kickbacks linked to the tech giant

New EU rules regulating US tech giants likely to set global standard

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out a list of dos and don'ts targeting each tech giant's core business practices

Corporate-startup partnering in India has grown and can achieve more

The growth in corporate-startup partnering in India reflects the rise of sophistication on the part of both corporations and startups

Microsoft likely to remove direct Twitter sharing feature from Xbox

Tech giant Microsoft is likely to remove the feature for Xbox users to upload gameplay clips straight from their consoles to Twitter.

Data centres lean on green power as net connectivity in India spikes

Green is crucial as data centres are energy guzzlers, with the largest of them said to require more than 100 Mw of capacity, enough to power 80,000 US households

Samsung returns to India's laptop market, launches Galaxy Book2 series

Samsung on Thursday launched the Galaxy Book2 series, Galaxy Book2 Business, and Galaxy Book Go in India

AWS rejects new sign-ups, Microsoft suspends new sales in Russia

Amazon's cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services announced that it is no longer accepting new customers based in Russia or Belarus, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

US investigates options trade gained on Microsoft-Activision deal: WSJ

US probes large bets that Barry Diller, Alexander von Furstenberg and David Geffen made on Activision Blizzard Inc shares in January, days before the videogame maker agreed to be acquired by Microsoft

Android 12L coming to Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft devices, says Google

Google has announced that it will bring the Android 12L operating system to Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft devices later this year.

Microsoft announces setting up of its fourth data centre in India

Situated in Hyderabad, this will be the Microsoft's largest data centre in the country

Microsoft to set-up 4th data centre at Hyderabad, operational by 2025

IT company Microsoft on Monday said it will set up its fourth data centre in India at Hyderabad and expects to make it operational by 2025

The power of tech giants: How they are sanctioning Russia over Ukraine war

The world's five leading tech companies - Google (now Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (now Meta), Amazon and Microsoft - have taken steps to impose significant and (mainly) voluntary sanctions on Russia

Microsoft closes on $16-bn acquisition of Nuance for healthcare foray

The deal, which was announced last year, helps Microsoft Corp. get more entrenched into hospitals and the health care industry through Nuance's widely used medical dictation and transcription tools

Ukraine war: Microsoft suspends new sales of products, services in Russia

Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair of Microsoft, said that the company condemns the unjustified, unprovoked and unlawful invasion by Russia

Microsoft to bring mouse, keyboard support on Xbox Cloud Gaming

The move will provide a new choice of peripheral to experience Xbox titles via cloud streaming, accompanying the existing touch controls, prominent among mobile users, reports Windows Central.

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Samsung suspends product shipments to Russia

Samsung has suspended product shipments to Russia "due to current geopolitical developments," joining other global giants like Apple and Microsoft who have stopped sales and services in the country.

Apple, Microsoft's electronic gadgets may stop heart devices: Researchers

Electronic gadgets like Apple AirPods Pro charging case, Pencil 2nd Generation, and the Microsoft Surface Pen can interfere with life-saving heart devices and stop them from working, researchers said