Thursday, August 8, 2019

Researchers: nearly two years after US banned the use of Kaspersky by the government, its software can still be found on military and other federal networks (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

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Researchers: nearly two years after US banned the use of Kaspersky by the government, its software can still be found on military and other federal networks  —  In September 2017, the U.S. government said it was going to outlaw the use of security software from Russian company Kaspersky Lab.



Women scale tech peaks, but not yet on cloud nine

One way to increase the number is to find ways to enable women tech entrepreneurs build high-growth business solutions and win recurring corporate contracts. https://ift.tt/2yOLF1o https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

More women going up the ladder in global tech firms

Companies, especially multinationals, are increasingly veering around to the view that a woman at the helm helps bring in a different perspective and approach to business. https://ift.tt/2YSQvFs https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Blogger says she got an injunction for a post published five days earlier

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ First Impressions

Not one, but two different models check in to the Galaxy Note family. https://ift.tt/2MIKmce

Amazon Freedom sale starts: 25 gadgets from JBL, Nokia, Xiaomi, HP, Reliance Jio you can buy at Rs 999 or less

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Samsung launches its most-powerful smartphone ever: All you need to know

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Twitter says it may have shared users' data with its ad partners without user consent due to two ad targeting-related bugs that it claims were fixed on August 5 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter says it may have shared users' data with its ad partners without user consent due to two ad targeting-related bugs that it claims were fixed on August 5  —  Twitter has disclosed more bugs related to how it uses personal data for ad targeting that means it may have shared users data …



Lyft sees ride-hailing price war easing, forecasts a faster path to profitability

Lyft's 72% jump in revenue was fueled by more active riders, who spent about a quarter more than they had a year ago. https://ift.tt/2GQV4d2 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

ETtech Top 5: Paytm's UPI share shrinks, Zomato subscriptions turn sour for restaurants & more

A closer look at today's biggest tech and startup news and why they matter. https://ift.tt/2YQNxBd https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

RBI brings in major change in Bharat Bill Payment System regime

This move will also enable standardised bill payment experience, centralised customer grievance redressal mechanism and standardised customer convenience fee. https://ift.tt/2GUXMhC https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

NEFT to be available round the clock from December this year

The announcement comes in line with RBI’s Payments Settlement Vision 2019 to 2021 where it was first proposed to make all NEFT and RTGS transfers round the clock for customers and free for all. https://ift.tt/2YMiTcc https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

RBI's Central Registry to track frauds in payment systems

The proposed registry, apart from improving monitoring standards and analysis of the frauds, would also help the central bank collate periodic data for customer awareness https://ift.tt/2GSXqIw https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Google Maps may help ease Bengaluru's traffic woes

Bengaluru Traffic police is studying the success of dynamic traffic signals that change with real-time Google Maps data, installed in Electronic City https://ift.tt/2YQNwgD https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Prime Minister's Office stand on data localisation soon

The PMO's intervention comes as the government works towards finalising the national ecommerce policy amid the US' opposition to India’s policies. https://ift.tt/2GU6ZGV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

TSMC says it will raise 2025 capital spending to $38B-$40B, an over 30% increase after three years of stagnation (Kathrin Hille/Financial Times)

Kathrin Hille / Financial Times : TSMC says it will raise 2025 capital spending to $38B-$40B, an over 30% increase after three years of s...