Did WhatsApp access mic when smartphone was not in use? Govt to probe

The government will investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev......

Tribunal upholds CCI's Rs 1337 cr fine on Google, gives it 30 days to pay

The NCLAT on Wednesday upheld the orders of the fair trade regulator CCI imposing a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on tech major Google in the Android mobile devices case, with some modifications. A......

Big Tech Is Rushing To Train AI In Local Languages

Indian mobile and Web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Users of smart devices in India often find their artificial......

Pegasus: Fresh plea in SC seeks probe into 2017 India-Israel deal

A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court on the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus, seeking that the court take cognisance of a New York Times report on it and order a probe into the......

Meta launches Twitter's rival app, Threads

Instagram, owned by the tech giant Meta, on Wednesday, unveiled its new app called 'Threads' a new app designed to directly compete with Elon Musk's Twitter. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters......

Smartphones: Apple Ahead Of Samsung

Whoever can make acquiring smartphones more affordable will win the sales game. IMAGE: Checking out the new iPhones at Apple BKC. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com   Premium moves up......

CBDC Pilot May Continue For One More Year

One reason why volumes have not increased in the retail segment is that users are not aware of merchants who accept digital currency. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Reserve Bank of......

Committed to growing, investing more in India, Tim Cook tells PM Modi

Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the iPhone manufacturer is looking to invest more in the world's second-largest smartphone market. Photograph: ANI......

Squad review

Squad drags from scene to scene like a lifeless sloth with no destination in mind, sighs Sukanya Verma. Between traveling from Georgia and Minsk, battling Herzegovinian soldiers and radicals in......

Kartik gets into Brawl Stars mode!

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kartik Aaryan/Instagram   Popular multiplayer game Brawl Stars now has an Indian hero. Kartik Aaryan will be seen as the 'badass' hero in the game that has the world......

How to Defeat Pirates who STEAL Films

Intelligent tools are being deployed to detect content pirated from OTT platforms.Neha Alawadhi reports. IMAGE: When Salman Khan's Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai launched on a streaming platform,......

'I am more interested in human drama'

Cinematographer Sanu John Varughese has extensively worked in Hindi films: Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon, Karthik Calling Karthik, David, Hasee Toh Phasee, Wazir, Badhaai Ho, Lootcase, But......

China's Olympic Games app has security flaws?

IMAGE: An orange peel cut out by a Chinese volunteer featuring Bing Dwen Dwen, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot is pictured at the Main Press Center. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters......