The popularity of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has increased rapidly over the years. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has stated that UPI transactions to be blocked from next month with special characters ID will be blocked. NPCI operates retail payments and settlement systems in the country. Released by NPCI Release It has been…
American company Meta has told NCLAT regarding the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order against the privacy policy of instant messaging app WhatsApp that this will harm its business model. Meta has alleged that CCI did not do adequate impact analysis before issuing the order. WhatsApp is owned by Meta. During the hearing in the…
Social media app Koo is being shut down. This Indian startup was started about four years ago to compete with the micro blogging platform Twitter (now called X). It will be closed after talks regarding acquisition with big internet and media companies fail. Koo was started by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. It provided services…
American company Meta has told NCLAT regarding the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order against the privacy policy of instant messaging app WhatsApp that this will harm its business model. Meta has alleged that CCI did not do adequate impact analysis before issuing the order. WhatsApp is owned by Meta. During the hearing in the…
The market of cryptocurrencies has grown rapidly in the last few years. Along with this, there has also been an increase in cases of hacking with crypto related firms. The funds stolen from hacking of crypto platforms this year have increased by about 21 percent compared to last year to about $2.2 billion. According to…
The Central Government has given a notice to Wikipedia, popular worldwide as an online encyclopedia, regarding ‘biased and wrong’ content. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked Wikipedia why it should be considered an intermediary and not a publisher. A case was filed in the Delhi High Court in which Wikipedia has been accused…
OxygenOS 15 open beta updates are available in the country for two smartphones of OnePlus, one of the big smartphone companies. These are the first smartphones in OnePlus’ entire portfolio to get the Android 15 based operating system (OS) update. The new OS update will bring better user interface, Artificial Intelligence (AI) features and faster…
Instant messaging platform WhatsApp has banned about 75,48,000 accounts in India during October. Of these, approximately 19,19,000 accounts have been blocked by WhatsApp before receiving the report from any user. Earlier in September, it had banned about 71,11,000 accounts. WhatsApp, controlled by social media platform Meta, has given information in its monthly report about the…
In the last few years, cases of spreading misinformation through social media have increased. There are also cases of making fake videos and making them viral using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The central government has made preparations to deal with this. In this context, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an advisory to…
Government telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) does not plan to increase tariffs any time soon. BSNL will focus on improving its services and adding new customers. Along with launching the new logo, the company has also started seven new services. BSNL Chairman and Managing Director, Robert Ravi said, “We can clearly state that…
