Friday, December 6, 2019

Annual deadline for Ecomm's FDI compliance check: Sept 30

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Data Bill should be sent to house panel: Justice BN Srikrishna

This bill, which will determine how global tech giants Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet's Google and others process, store and transfer Indian consumers’ data, is based on the report of a committee headed by Srikrishna https://ift.tt/34YjsmV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Report: Amazon leases 335K square feet of office space in NYC without any tax incentives, less than a year after pulling out of its larger HQ2 campus deal (Caroline Spivack/Curbed NY)

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Report: Amazon leases 335K square feet of office space in NYC without any tax incentives, less than a year after pulling out of its larger HQ2 campus deal  —  The e-commerce titan remains interested in the Big Apple  —  Amazon has inked a lease in midtown Manhattan less than a year …



6 things to check before you buy Xiaomi gadgets

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Jury sides with Elon Musk in “pedo guy” defamation case

Elon Musk leaves a Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday December 3, 2019.

Enlarge / Elon Musk leaves a Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday December 3, 2019. (credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

A Los Angeles federal jury has found Elon Musk not liable for defamation in a lawsuit brought by British caver Vernon Unsworth. Musk dubbed Unsworth a "pedo guy" in a tweet last year, but argued in court that he meant this as a generic insult—not as an accusation that Unsworth was a pedophile.

"My faith in humanity is restored," Musk reportedly said on his way out of court.

Musk and Unsworth have been trading insults since last July, when Unsworth mocked a miniature submarine SpaceX engineers created to help rescue a dozen boys trapped in a cave in Thailand (it didn't arrive in time to be useful). In an interview with CNN, Unsworth said that Musk should "stick his submarine where it hurts."

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Thursday, December 5, 2019

Uber Says It Received 229 Rape Reports in the US in 2018

Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its US rides in 2018. That figure includes 229 rapes across the company's 1.3... https://ift.tt/2OTrxDQ

Uber says it received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault in US in 2018

Uber said the 2018 figures represented a 16% drop in the rate of incidents from the previous year in the five most serious categories of sexual assault reported. https://ift.tt/350YxQw

Google accused of illegally firing workers to stifle unionism

The complaint will trigger a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) investigation into whether Google violated the four individuals' right to collectively raise concerns about working conditions. https://ift.tt/2LoL4tO

No apology to Elon Musk from British diver at 'pedo guy' defamation trial

Unsworth's lawsuit focuses on three Musk tweets on July 15, 2018, five days after the diver helped complete the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from the cave. https://ift.tt/33VQpPC

Uber says it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault in US in 2018

The firm also said reports of assaults on passengers overlooked risks for drivers as riders accounted for roughly half of the accused. https://ift.tt/36e0vx7 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

RBI investigating net banking breakdown at HDFC Bank

Following the outage, several HDFC customers unable to access their salary accounts to make bill payments. https://ift.tt/384rfSe https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

RBI sticks to its ban on cryptocurrencies

RBI has held several internal discussions and consulted with other central banks on possibility of launching India’s own digital currency. https://ift.tt/2RqzMJw https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Your PC not working properly, it can be affected by a virus; Here’s how to check

Some malware has reproductive nature and it keeps on producing fake files to fill up the entire free hard drive space and eventually result in bricking the hard drive permanently. https://ift.tt/2Pj8p1i

Airtel and Reliance Jio’s new mobile rates: New plans vs old plans; talktime, validity and more

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AP DSC 2019 – SGT Phase I Provisional Selection List Released

District Selection Committee Andhra Pradesh, has released phase I provisional selection list for SGT.

Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recognition and a "digital travel credential" (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired : Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recogniti...