In view of some videos posted on YouTube channels claiming that all Indian spices contain cow dung and cow urine, the Delhi High Court has ordered Google to take them down.
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Sundar Pichai took home $226 mn in 2022 amid layoffs at Google
Amid layoffs, tech giant Google is also creating several cost-cutting measures such as cutting down on free snacks and workout classes for its existing employees, the media reported.
Elon Musk removes all legacy Blue ticks, allows some celebrities to retain
Chaos prevailed on Twitter on Friday when Elon Musk finally removed all legacy verified accounts with Blue check marks but allowed some celebrities to retain it. In India, one has to shell out Rs 900 a month (or Rs 9,400 a year) to get Blue Verified status.
Twitter rival Koo lets go 30% staff over course of the year amid global slowdown
Koo started its monetisation experiments in September 2022 and within six months, it claims to have one of the highest average revenue per user (ARPU) per daily active user (DAU) compared to Indian social media companies and direct global competitors.
Won't send my people to jail in India for violating laws: Musk on BBC docu ban
In a Twitter Spaces interview with the BBC, he was asked about the micro-blogging platform taking down links related to the BBC's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meta CEO fires 10K more employees, shuts 5K additional open roles
In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said overall, "we expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 additional open roles that we haven't yet hired" in the company's "year of efficiency".
Twitter breaks for millions as only 1 engineer left handling crucial APIs
Twitter went down for millions as users reported several issues with the platform -- from links not opening to images stopped loading and more -- as there was only one person handling the platform's application programming interface (API).
Twitter no longer able to protect users from trolls, misinformation
As Elon Musk continues to sack Twitter employees, the micro-blogging platform is in no position now to protect users from trolling, state-driven disinformation campaigns and even child sexual exploitation, the media reported on Monday.
LinkedIn introduces 'collaborative articles' powered by AI
Professional networking platform LinkedIn has introduced a new feature called -- "collaborative articles", which will use "AI-powered conversation starters" to begin discussions between "experts" on the platform.
Users can now create FB Reels of up to 90 seconds
Meta has launched some new "creative expression" features for creators on Facebook, including the ability to create Reels of up to 90 seconds which were earlier limited to only 60 seconds.
Twitter's revenue nosedived 40% in Dec as advertisers left: Report
Despite Elon Musk's efforts to monetise Twitter, the micro-blogging platform reported a massive 40 per cent drop in revenue and adjusted earnings for December 2022, the media reported on Saturday.
WhatsApp rolling out 'Report status updates' feature on Android beta
The ability to report status updates is available for some beta testers after installing the latest update of WhatsApp beta for Android on the Play Store, and is expected to roll out to more users over the coming days, the report said.
Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO
Indian-American Neal Mohan will be the new YouTube CEO, as current head Susan Wojcicki has announced to step down after 25 years at the Google-owned company.
Reddit hacked in sophisticated, highly-targeted phishing attack
"As in most phishing campaigns, the attacker sent out plausible-sounding prompts pointing employees to a website that cloned the behaviour of our intranet gateway, in an attempt to steal credentials and second-factor tokens," Slowe said.
WhatsApp leads digital accessibility in India among top 10 apps
Other apps audited in the report by The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, along with I-Stem and Mission Accessibility, include PhonePe, Paytm, Swiggy, Zomato, Amazon, Flipkart, Telegram, Uber and Ola.
Meta expands its monetisation feature 'Gifts' across US on Instagram
Meta has announced that it is expanding its Reels-focused monetisation feature 'Gifts' across the US on Instagram, offering a way for users to easily begin earning money from their audience.
SC directs WhatsApp to give wide publicity to its 2021 undertaking to Centre on privacy policy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed WhatsApp to give wide publicity in the media that users aren't bound to accept its 2021 privacy policy and also WhatsApp's functionality would not be affected till the new data protection bill comes into effect.
Microsoft Teams, Outlook suffer major outage in India
As of now, 63 per cent of users reported that they were facing issues with the app, 26 per cent reported issues with server connection, and 11 per cent mentioned issues with the website, according to Down Detector.
Twitter suspends Koo's user query account
Elon Musk-owned Twitter has suspended the official user queries account of the homegrown microblogging platform Koo, @kooeminence, which now shows that the account has been suspended, and its tweets are no longer visible.
WhatsApp Pay India head Vinay Choletti quits after 4 months
"As I move on to my next adventure, I strongly believe that WhatsApp has the power to phenomenally transform digital payments and financial inclusion in India and I look forward to seeing it leverage its potential in the coming years," Choletti wrote in a LinkedIn post.
Twitter back to life after brief outage as Musk speeds up platform
Twitter came back to life after suffering a brief outage globally, including in India, on Sunday as Elon Musk said "Twitter is speeding up". Website outage tracker Downdetector reported several outages across the globe as users had issues with page loading.
Delhi HC issues summons to Telegram users in copyright infringement case
The Delhi High Court issued summons to the Telegram -- an instant messaging application -- users who were involved in infringing the India Today Group's trademarks and copyrights.
Twitter serving 90 bn tweet impressions per day: Musk
"Twitter is now serving almost 90 billion tweet impressions per day! Just how incredibly alive the system actually is will become obvious as we show view count on all tweets," he tweeted.
Alternatives like Tumblr, Mastodon see meteoric rise amid shakeup at Twitter
Alternative social media platforms such as Tumblr and Mastodon have seen a meteoric rise in adding new users amid the shakeup at Twitter that has led to a bump in installs, spending and usage for its mobile app.
Musk puts Twitter at risk of 'billions in fines' as more top execs quit
Elon Musk has put Twitter at risk of billions of dollars in fines, a company lawyer has warned, as chief privacy officer Damien Kieran, chief information security officer Lea Kissner, and chief compliance officer Marianne Fogarty have all quit in the fresh wave of resignations.