Competition Commission of India 'copy-pasted extensively' the EU order on Android abuse: Google

Google has told a tribunal in India that the country's antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system, arguing the decision be quashed, legal papers show. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Alphabet Inc's Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android app store, and asked it to change restrictions imposed on smartphone makers related to pre-installing apps. https://ift.tt/laDyG3S

Memo: Shopify cancels all recurring meetings with over two people "in perpetuity" and encourages staff to decline invitations, leave big group chats, and more (Matthew Boyle/Bloomberg)

Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg:
Memo: Shopify cancels all recurring meetings with over two people “in perpetuity” and encourages staff to decline invitations, leave big group chats, and more  —  Shopify Inc. spent last year cutting costs.  Now, it's cutting meetings.  —  As employees return from holiday break …

Tesla to hold 'Investor Day' on March 1, discuss new vehicle platform

Elon Musk-run Tesla has announced that it is planning to hold 'Investor Day' on March 1, 2023, where it will discuss a new vehicle platform. https://ift.tt/WzFiSe8

Chinese media: Foxconn says its Zhengzhou plant is operating with ~200,000 workers, or ~90% capacity, back to around reported normal levels, after disruptions (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Chinese media: Foxconn says its Zhengzhou plant is operating with ~200,000 workers, or ~90% capacity, back to around reported normal levels, after disruptions  —  Foxconn Technology Group has brought the world's largest iPhone plant to about 90% of anticipated peak capacity …

India's internet industry to reach $5 trillion valuation by 2030: Redseer report

Despite a few hiccups this year, the Indian internet industry is expected to grow and could reach a valuation of $5 trillion by 2030, a report showed on Monday. https://ift.tt/bRX8lhc

IAMAI terms Digital Personal Data Protection Bill as industry-friendly

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has termed the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP) as industry-friendly. According to IAMAI, the bill strikes the right balance between protecting the interests of the data principals while leaving enough room for tech start-ups to innovate and grow. https://ift.tt/rLObTao

In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss says Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert has engaged in "bad faith stall tactics" since halting Genesis withdrawals (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss says Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert has engaged in “bad faith stall tactics” since halting Genesis withdrawals  —  Crypto entrepreneur Cameron Winklevoss is accusing fellow businessman Barry Silbert of “bad faith stall tactics” …

PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency that uses its "torchtriton" library name, warning users to uninstall the framework; the hacker claims ethical research (Ax Sharma/BleepingComputer)

Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer:
PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency that uses its “torchtriton” library name, warning users to uninstall the framework; the hacker claims ethical research  —  PyTorch has identified a malicious dependency with the same name as the framework's ‘torchtriton’ library.

A look at a growing wave of US doctors and telehealth startups prescribing ketamine online, aided by looser federal rules on prescribing controlled substances (Daniel Gilbert/Washington Post)

Daniel Gilbert / Washington Post:
A look at a growing wave of US doctors and telehealth startups prescribing ketamine online, aided by looser federal rules on prescribing controlled substances  —  People can take the drug at home, thanks to federal action during the pandemic.  Some experts worry it's now too easy to get.

What 2023 may bring for crypto regulation in the US and around the world, as bankruptcies stretch into the new year, attracting lawmakers and criminal probes (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
What 2023 may bring for crypto regulation in the US and around the world, as bankruptcies stretch into the new year, attracting lawmakers and criminal probes  —  CoinDesk's policy team predicts the issues and topics that may take center stage over the next 12 months.

Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai welcome New Year with message for peace, health

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other tech honchos welcomed New Year with a message for peace and health for humanity, as Covid-19 infection cases surge again in several countries, especially in China. https://ift.tt/OS1VfRu

A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network's users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network's users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M  —  After years of walled gardens, cross-pollination could be in sight  —  Interoperability and decentralization have been major themes in tech this year …

A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune difficulty, find world geometry flaws, and sniff out situations that make it impossible to win (Matthew Smith/Wired)

Matthew Smith / Wired:
A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune difficulty, find world geometry flaws, and sniff out situations that make it impossible to win  —  The next generation of video game characters could be powered by AI, making them more engaging and challenging.

Hands-on with Pixel 7 Pro's Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared with the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max (Chris Velazco/Washington Post)

Chris Velazco / Washington Post:
Hands-on with Pixel 7 Pro's Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared with the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max  —  Google is trying to make its phone cameras more inclusive.  We put it to the test against its rivals.

A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)

Chloe Cornish / Financial Times:
A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn  —  Funding crunch has triggered mass job cuts of up to 25,000 at country's once-thriving tech companies