Snapchat’s new feature allows teen users to consent their parents to monitor their chat
Snap Inc, owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, rolled out its first parental control tools on Tuesday, which will allow parents to see who their teens are talking to,…
Consumer watchdog group sends notice to 17 celebs to disclose NFT connections
The consumer watchdog group Truth in Advertising (TINA) said it put seventeen high-profile celebrities on notice on Monday for promoting NFTs without appropriate disclosures. It sent letters to prominent figures who…
South Korean tech giant SK Telecom partners with AhnLab Blockchain to launch crypto wallet
 Korea Mobile Telecommunications Services Corp (SK Telecom) declared that it had established a deal with AhnLab Blockchain Company and Atomrigs Lab to work together on the creation of a crypto…
Google is battling with Sonos over alleged voice assistant patent infringement
Google has sued Sonos, alleging that its new voice assistant violates seven patents related to its own Google Assistant technology. It’s the latest salvo in a long-running smart speaker battle…
South Korea to launch investigation into Apple and Google over in-app payment rules breach
South Koreaâs communication watchdog, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), said it will investigate Apple and Google over potential violations of the countryâs in-app payment rule. The watchdog said that it…
Snapchat prepares to lay off employees after posting quarterly loss
Instant multimedia messaging app Snapchat is planning to lay off a number of its employees, after the company declared a fall in its profits in the second quarter of the current…
Australia’s central bank launches project to explore the use of CBDC
Australia’s central bank on Tuesday said it was launching a one-year research programme into the case for a central bank digital currency in Australia, focusing on what potential economic benefits…
Lenskart secures $12.57 million funding from Ravi Modi’s family office
Eyewear brand Lenskart Solutions has raised $12.57 million from Ravi Modi Family Trust as part of its ongoing funding round. Lenskart issued 4.79 lakh Series I Compulsory Convertible Cumulative Preference Shares to the family office…
Microsoft joins ONDC, plans to launch shopping app in India
Microsoft has become the first multinational technology firm to join ONDC, a Government of India-backed initiative to develop a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. The US-headquartered tech major intends…
TikTok-Owner Bytedance acquires a hospital chain in China for $1.5 billion
ByteDance Ltd. has acquired one of China’s largest private hospital chains for about $1.5 billion, deepening a foray into health care via one of the largest domestic tech deals since…
CoinSwitch launches Web3 Discovery Fund to catapult up to 100 Indian startups
The Web3 Discovery Fund will curate portfolio startups and provide single-window access to marquee investor partners Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, Woodstock Fund and Elevation Capital,…
JP Morgan is on track to recruit over 5,000 techies in India in 2022
JPMorgan Chase is set to hire more than 5,000 technologists in India this year, as the US financial services company steps up job allocation to its operations here. JPMorgan is…
Google services are back online after facing outage worldwide
Alphabet Inc’s Google services appeared to be back up after facing a brief global disruption on late Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. At the peak of outage, more…
You can now delete WhatsApp messages two days later
WhatsApp is now releasing an update that will let users delete messages up to two days after they were sent. More specifically, WhatsApp users will have 2 days and 12…
WhatsApp UPI struggles as volume declines by 74%
WhatsApp registered 23.08 million transactions in June, up from 3.48 million in May. However, the transaction number declined by 74% to 6.18 million in July. Although the transaction volume for…
Sonyâs carbon footprint from lifetime PS4 sales would cost $15.3 billion to offset: Research
The 36 million tonnes of CO2 emitted through the manufacture, distribution and use of all PS5, PS4 and PS3s sold would cost $15.282 billion to offset. It costs an average…
