FAA approves the first fully automated commercial drone flights, letting Massachusetts-based American Robotics operate its drones in rural areas below 400 feet (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
FAA approves the first fully automated commercial drone flights, letting Massachusetts-based American Robotics operate its drones in rural areas below 400 feet  —  American Robotics granted permission to operate drones without hands-on piloting  —  U.S. aviation regulators have approved …

Israel-based social casino game developer Playtika closes up 17.1% on its first day of trading, valuing the company at $14.5B, after raising $1.88B in its IPO (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Israel-based social casino game developer Playtika closes up 17.1% on its first day of trading, valuing the company at $14.5B, after raising $1.88B in its IPO  —  Playtika went public today in an initial public offering at $27 a share, giving the mobile game publisher a valuation of $11.4 billion.

Microsoft is planning to fix a Windows 10 vulnerability that could corrupt a NTFS-formatted hard drive simply by viewing a folder with a malicious shortcut (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft is planning to fix a Windows 10 vulnerability that could corrupt a NTFS-formatted hard drive simply by viewing a folder with a malicious shortcut  —  A bizarre Windows bug for 2021  —  Microsoft says it's planning to fix a bizarre Windows 10 bug that could corrupt a hard drive just by looking at an icon.

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing

The lawsuit alleges that Amazon and the five largest U.S. publishers, collectively called the 'Big Five', agreed to price restraints that cause consumers to overpay for eBooks purchased from them through a retail platform other than Amazon.com. https://ift.tt/2XIAlQE

Google closes Fitbit deal as US Australia probes continue

Search and advertising giant Google closed its deal to buy fitness tracking company Fitbit, the companies said, even as U.S. and Australian competition regulators said they were continuing probes of the $2.1 billion transaction. Google won EU antitrust approval last month for its Fitbit bid after agreeing to restrictions on how it will use customers' health-related data. https://ift.tt/3qp7mxQ

Parler urges US judge to order Amazon to restore its platform

Parler urged a U.S. judge to order Amazon.com Inc to restore the company's account, saying Amazon had no evidence the social media platform was used to incite last week's storming of the U.S. Capitol. https://ift.tt/35FJ9Lw

Bitcoin surge helps lift Grayscale assets to record $20 billion in 2020

Grayscale, the world's largest digital currency manager, said on its assets under management surged more than 900% to $20.2 billion at the end of last year, lifted by record inflows in the fourth quarter and the surge in the price of bitcoin. https://ift.tt/3sv0Nvw

10 most-downloaded mobile games in India for the year 2020

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Tata Group puts post-pandemic bet on digital, electronics and health

"We are very serious about electric vehicles," Chandra said, adding that Tata is investing in developing clean technology cars at home through Tata Motors and at JLR. https://ift.tt/3oLuRAL

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

WhatsApp's updated privacy policy verges on user surveillance and threatens India's security, a petition filed in an Indian court said, presenting another legal challenge for the Facebook Inc-owned messenger. A copy of the petition, seen by Reuters, said Whatsapp was jeopardizing national security by sharing, transmitting and storing user data in another country with the information thus governed by foreign laws. https://ift.tt/39xaQaG

Nokia Partners With Google to Build Cloud-Based 5G Network

Nokia partnered with Google Cloud unit to build 5G core network infrastructure and allow business customers to offer services such as smart retail and automated manufacturing. https://ift.tt/2LCOegN

Xiaomi, 8 More Chinese Companies Blacklisted by US Government

The US government has blacklisted Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi and China's third-largest national oil company CNOOC for alleged military links, heaping pressure on Beijing in President Donald... https://ift.tt/3nJwduj

WhatsApp Faces First Legal Challenge in India Over Updated Privacy Policy

WhatsApp's updated privacy policy verges on user surveillance and threatens India's security, a petition filed in an Indian court said, presenting another legal challenge for the Facebook-owned... https://ift.tt/2LP5qQb

Google Closes $2.1-Billion Fitbit Deal as US, Australia Probes Continue

Google closed its deal to buy fitness tracking company Fitbit, the companies said on Thursday, even as US and Australian competition regulators said they were continuing probes of the $2.1-billion... https://ift.tt/38I8jLy

Samsung Galaxy S21 series launched: India prices and all details

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