Indonesia has banned the sale of smartphones made by Google’s parent company Alphabet. Just a few days ago, this country had also banned the sale of iPhone 16. In fact, there are rules in Indonesia under which a company selling smartphones in the country has to manufacture at least 40 percent of its components locally….
Hundreds of workers are being laid off at ByteDance, which runs the social media platform TikTok. This includes a large number of workers of this firm in Malaysia. It has increased the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in content moderation and hence has taken this step. Two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters…
The central government has ordered to ban 54 apps related to China. These apps include Garena Free Fire, Tencent’s Xriver and NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena. After border tensions and clashes with China about two years ago, the government has blocked about 300 apps. Google told Gadgets 360 that following the government order, it has “temporarily blocked”…
Messaging service WhatsApp has banned about 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September. Of these, 8.72 lakh have been banned by the company before receiving complaints from users. The number of accounts blocked by WhatsApp is approximately 15 percent more compared to August. Meta’s unit WhatsApp, which runs social media site Facebook, had banned 23.28…
A disabled worker of the company has filed a lawsuit against the new owner of micro blogging site Twitter, Elon Musk, for banning his staff from working from home or remote location and putting in more hours in the job. The case, filed on behalf of a disabled worker at Twitter, says that the company’s…
Elon Musk, the new owner of this microblogging site, considers Twitter’s ban on former US President Donald Trump early last year as a big mistake. Twitter had imposed this ban after the attack by Trump’s supporters on America’s Capitol Hill. Musk said that this mistake needed to be corrected. Along with this, he says that…
Hackers have stolen the data of crores of users of messaging service WhatsApp. These include users from 84 countries including India, America, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Hackers are trying to sell this data online. This data includes mobile numbers of WhatsApp users from 84 countries. Cybernews’s Report It has been reported that an advertisement on…
Yoel Roth, former security head of microblogging site Twitter, believes that Twitter is not safe under the leadership of new owner Elon Musk. He said that the company does not have enough staff to ensure safety. Roth resigned earlier this month. However, after Musk took over Twitter, Roth tweeted that the safety of the platform…
Billionaire Elon Musk is facing difficulties after taking over the microblogging site Twitter. The European Union (EU) has warned Musk of banning Twitter if it does not follow strict rules on content moderation. This is indicating increasing strictness of regulators on Twitter. EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton said this during a video call meeting with…
Billionaire Elon Musk has been warned by the European Union (EU) to impose restrictions on the microblogging site Twitter. The EU has expressed displeasure over Twitter blocking many journalists on its platform. The EU said that restrictions could be imposed on Twitter in the upcoming media law. EU Commissioner Vera Jourova tweeted, “Twitter’s unilateral suspension…
