FICCI seeks Punjab chief secretary's intervention on vandalisation of Reliance Jio towers

Industry body FICCI has written to Punjab Chief Secretary to intervene in incidents of "vandalism" of Jio's mobile towers, as it urged the state to step up efforts to ensure that such incidents do not occur. https://ift.tt/385Bwzu

NewYork Stock Exchange starts process of delisting 3 Chinese telecom companies

The New York Stock Exchange is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chinese telecom companies, after President Donald Trump last month barred US investments in Chinese firms Washington says are owned or controlled by the military. https://ift.tt/2Mqoswv

ICEA seeks reduction in GST and import duty for mobiles, PLI for laptops

The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) has urged the central government to reduce import duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on mobile phones. https://ift.tt/3aYRYDO

PlayStation 5 India Launch Set for February 2, Pre-Orders Start January 12

PlayStation 5 will launch in India on February 2 with pre-orders starting from January 12 at 12pm IST. It launched in select regions on November 12 and November 19, 2020, and sold 3.4 million units in... https://ift.tt/352iiJh

Apple vs Pear: Will Apple give in?

In August, Apple had sued a company called Prepear as its logo was very similar to that of an Apple. https://ift.tt/3o4lBah

New Year 2021: Our Gadgets Wishlist, From iPhone 12 to PlayStation 5

iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13 Pro Max, Apple Watch SE, PlayStation 5, MacBook Air M1, iMac, Apple One, Nvidia GeForce 2060, Intel Core i7-10700K, Ikea office chair - the gadgets Gadgets 360 staff is... https://ift.tt/3rHSQ5F

Alphabet Unit Wing Blasts New US Drone ID Rules, Citing Privacy

Alphabet's drone delivery unit Wing criticised Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification of drones, saying they should be revised to allow for... https://ift.tt/3pFN6aA

Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Viewed Internal Source Code

Microsoft acknowledged that attackers who spearheaded a massive hack of government and private computer networks gained access to its internal source code, a key building block for its software. https://ift.tt/38RAeaD

These Xiaomi phone users are reporting bugs after latest update

Xiaomi launched its Android One smartphone Mi A3 in 2019. After a lot of delay the smartphone received Android 10 update last year. Now, the company has started rolling out Android 11 update for the handset in India. https://ift.tt/2WXlO3e

These are India’s top 15 tech billionaires

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IRCTC website and mobile app get revamped: New features and more

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Flexiv, a Chinese startup that makes general-purpose adaptive robots powered by computer vision and AI, raises $100M+ Series B from investors including Meituan (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)

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Flexiv, a Chinese startup that makes general-purpose adaptive robots powered by computer vision and AI, raises $100M+ Series B from investors including Meituan  —  As businesses around the world look to automate production lines and supply chains, companies making the robots are attracting great investor interest.

NYSE says it will delist three Chinese companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on January 7 to comply with a US EO imposing restrictions (Max Zimmerman/Bloomberg)

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NYSE says it will delist three Chinese companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on January 7 to comply with a US EO imposing restrictions  —  The New York Stock Exchange said it will delist three Chinese companies to comply with a U.S. executive order that imposed restrictions …

7 most valuable US tech companies added a combined $3.4T in market cap in 2020: Apple gained ~$1T, Amazon $710B, Microsoft $480B, Alphabet $268B, Facebook $193B (Ari Levy/CNBC)

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7 most valuable US tech companies added a combined $3.4T in market cap in 2020: Apple gained ~$1T, Amazon $710B, Microsoft $480B, Alphabet $268B, Facebook $193B  —  - Apple's market cap jumped by almost $1 trillion this year, followed by Amazon, which increased by over $700 billion.

Alphabet's Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification will erode privacy, suggests internet-based tracking (David Shepardson/Reuters)

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Alphabet's Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification will erode privacy, suggests internet-based tracking  —  Alphabet Inc's drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification …