India's data localisation plan must not stymie growth in transactions: Steven Mnuchin

Mnuchin also insisted that America has no problem if countries want to have local data for regulatory purposes as long as they do not eliminate it outside the country. https://ift.tt/2qthiwJ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Personal Data Protection Bill may retain exemptions for journalists

Journalists will have to comply with the code of ethics put down by the Press Council of India or "any media self-regulatory organisation," the draft of the Bill had said, and top officials in the government said this would be retained in the final Bill as well. https://ift.tt/350ngnR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

US body, COAI, others, question Trai's attempt to regulate cloud service providers

US India Business Council, COAI and tech companies say there is no need for additional regulation https://ift.tt/38dUylx https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

OnePlus begins pilot exports of 5G phones from India

OnePlus, which is among the first off the block in launching 5G devices in global markets, is also testing 5G capabilities for carriers in the US and Europe, besides Indian carriers, at its research and development centre in Hyderabad. https://ift.tt/34ZxHbp https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

In safety report, Uber says only 37% of the 464 rape cases during its US rides in 2017 and 2018 were reported to law enforcement (Washington Post)

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In safety report, Uber says only 37% of the 464 rape cases during its US rides in 2017 and 2018 were reported to law enforcement  —  Buried inside Uber's inaugural safety report this week that detailed thousands of sexual assaults and more than 100 deaths was another staggering revelation …

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)

Caroline Spivack / Curbed NY:
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

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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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