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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Internal email: Indian food delivery startup Zomato to layoff 520 employees, or 13% of its workforce, and temporarily cut salaries of the rest (Aditi Shrivastava/The Economic Times)

Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times:
Internal email: Indian food delivery startup Zomato to layoff 520 employees, or 13% of its workforce, and temporarily cut salaries of the rest — Employees being let go will receive half their salaries and health insurance for six months — Food delivery platform Zomato will layoff 520 employees …

Friday, May 15, 2020

US tightens rules to crack down on Huawei’s chip supply

A new rule, unveiled by the Commerce Department and first reported by Reuters, expands U.S. authority to require licenses for sales to Huawei of semiconductors made abroad with U.S. technology, vastly expanding its reach to halt exports to the world's No. 2 smartphone maker. https://ift.tt/364G5aG

Antitrust allegations against Facebook's WhatsApp in India

The complaint comes at a time when WhatsApp is working to launch its payments platform in India. https://ift.tt/3cDcQOU

An overview of key challenges that need to be addressed to make Europe's various COVID-19 contact tracing apps interoperable for cross-border travel (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
An overview of key challenges that need to be addressed to make Europe's various COVID-19 contact tracing apps interoperable for cross-border travel — A major question mark attached to national coronavirus contact-tracing apps is whether they will function when citizens of one country travel to another.

UPPSC Upper Subordinate Services 2020 – Apply Online for Prelims Exam

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released PCS Prelims Exam 2020 Notification. Candidates may apply Online from 21-04-2020 to 21-05-2020 (Extended to 04-06-2020).

UPPSC PCS 2020 – Apply Online for Prelims Exam

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released PCS Prelims Exam 2020 Notification. Candidates may apply Online from 21-04-2020 to 21-05-2020 (Extended to 04-06-2020).

CSIR UGC NET June Recruitment 2020 – Apply Online for National Eligibility Test

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) conducting UGC NET June 2020. Eligible candidates may apply online from 16-03-2020 to 15-04- Extended to 31-05-2020.

UGC NET June Recruitment 2020 – Apply Online for National Eligibility Test

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has conduct UGC NET June 2020. Candidates with PG Can apply online from 16-05-2020 to 31-05-2020.

CCI Said to Review Antitrust Allegations Against Facebook's WhatsApp

India's antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) is looking into allegations that Facebook's WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to its vast base of... https://ift.tt/3bFVWOe

NASA Sets Stage for Global Debate Over Moon Exploration Policies

NASA on Friday set the stage for a global debate over the basic principles governing how humans will live and work on the moon, as it released the main tenets of an international pact for moon... https://ift.tt/2AqU5zQ

Messenger Rooms, Facebook's rival to Zoom rolls out: All that you need to know before you start using

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The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals (Marguerite Reardon/CNET)

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:
The Pentagon argues that a proposal from satellite company Ligado to meld satellite spectrum with a terrestrial 5G IoT network would interfere with GPS signals — Even as major players like Verizon and AT&T are rushing to roll out 5G, a little-known company is looking to build …