Tag: Indian Express

Head of Google’s News Partnerships APAC: No one has yet faced the challenge of getting people to read what they need to know

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“Google works best with the news industry when we’re in a true partnership to achieve common goals,” said Kate Bidow, director of Google News Partnerships at APAC, adding that “it’s hard to do when there’s a third party in the mix.” Beddoe, who has “worked closely on news media bargaining law as the government has come to the center” in Australia, said Google had learned some “very valuable lessons about why you want to listen and why we need to be a good partner, in response to industry needs”. Mandatory…

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Elon Musk plans to move forward with the original price of $54.20 per share on Twitter, according to the report.

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Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original $54.20 offer to make Twitter Inc private, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, sending the social media company’s shares soaring. Twitter shares jumped 12.7% to $47.93 before trading halted for the second time, while Tesla Inc, the electric car company headed by Musk, fell about 3%. Bloomberg reports that Musk made the proposal in a message to Twitter, citing people who requested anonymity as they discussed classified information. Lawyers for Twitter and Musk could not be reached to seek comment from…

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India’s Reliance Jio launches $184 low-cost 4G laptop: report

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Two sources told Reuters that Reliance Jio will launch a $184 (INR 15,000) laptop with an integrated 4G SIM card, aiming to replicate the success of the low-cost JioPhone in the price-sensitive India market. The group led by Mukesh Ambani has partnered with global giants Qualcomm and Microsoft for JioBook, where the former company powered its own computing chips based on technology from Arm Ltd, and the Windows operating system manufacturer provides support for some applications. Jio, India’s largest telecom operator with more than 420 million customers, did not immediately…

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Center Roundtable, State IT Officials Today for Electronics Manufacturing Synergy

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To facilitate a better working relationship between the center and state governments, and to clarify the potential and opportunities of manufacturing plans related to government electronics, on Saturday the central government will hold a dialogue with the information technology ministers of state governments. The roundtable, called ‘Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers’ will take place during the 6th edition of Mobile India Conference 2022 in New Delhi where the center has invited state IT Ministers and IT Trustees to discuss the role of states and the union. Territories can…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open 5G services tomorrow

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 5G services in select cities on Saturday (October 1) and also inaugurate the sixth edition of India Mobile Congress 2022 in New Delhi, the government officially confirmed on Friday. The Ministry of Communications said in a statement: “The fifth generation, which will be launched by the Prime Minister in selected cities, will gradually cover the entire country over the next two years.” “5G can unleash new economic opportunities and societal benefits that give it the potential to be a transformative force for Indian society……

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DGCA raises concern over 5G rollout, writes to telecom department

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As India’s telecom operators prepare to launch 5G services, the country’s aviation safety regulator has written to the telecom department concerned about potential interference of the 5G C-Band spectrum with aircraft radio altimeters, The Indian Express has learned. A radio altimeter is an instrument that provides direct information about the altitude above the ground for various aircraft systems. The main concern of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stems from the fact that these altimeters as well as part of the 5G telecom services operate in the C band.…

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How LinkedIn became a place to be in

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About three years ago, Joel Lalgee started posting on LinkedIn. It’s hiring, so it’s normal for him to spend a lot of time on the site, people listing their work experiences and job seekers looking for their next assignments. But he didn’t just write about work. He wrote about his personal life: the mental health challenges he faced as a teen, and his life since. “Being able to share my story, I saw it as a way to connect with people and show that you are not alone,” he said.…

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Pandemic impact: Chip manufacturers are choosing phones and laptops instead of cars and banks

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As India moves towards strengthening its semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, sectors such as automobiles and banks claim that chip makers are discriminating – in the wake of supply disruptions caused by the pandemic – in favor of customers who need high-value chips on the lower-ticket-volume used by automakers and banks. This assumes significance given the Indian Banks Association (IBA) representation of the government seeking antitrust commission intervention to address chip shortages affecting credit and debit card issuance. However, executives in the semiconductor industry attribute this to market forces. They say that…

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Twitter whistleblower exposes employees concerned that China may collect user data

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In his opening remarks during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Senator Chuck Grassley said disclosures by a former Twitter executive turned whistleblower show that there is at least one Chinese agent working for the company. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a notorious hacker who served as Twitter’s chief security officer until he was fired last year, said during the hearing that some Twitter employees were concerned that the Chinese government would be able to collect data on the company’s users. He cited a Reuters story on Tuesday that detailed internal clashes between…

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ED allows WazirX to resume banking operations

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In a relief to Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, the Department of Enforcement (ED) has unfrozen its bank accounts. WazirX reported in a blog post on Monday that it is now in a position to continue banking as normal, more than a month after the ED froze its bank accounts for money laundering checks. WazirX said it cooperated with investigators by providing all the necessary details, information and documents to the accused companies that used its platform. ED investigates 16 fintech companies and instant loan applications, including WazirX. The assets of…

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