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The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on Thursday asked Google to compensate Indian newspapers for using their content and insisted that the global search giant increase the publisher share of advertising revenue to 85 per cent. In a letter to Google, INS president L Adimoolam said publishers are also facing a very opaque advertising system, as

Army of the Dead trailer is here. Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for Zack Snyder’s zombie heist film that follows a group of mercenaries who plan a Las Vegas casino heist during a zombie outbreak. Sounds like Ocean’s Eleven with zombies? Not even close, apparently — the Army of the Dead trailer teases

Loki now has a release date: June 11. Marvel Studios announced Wednesday that the six-episode Tom Hiddleston series — it follows the ongoing WandaVision, and the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — will premiere on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar in June, a month later than previously revealed. The delay is interesting because of

India approved a Rs. 7,350-crore plan to boost local manufacturing and exports of IT products such as laptops, tablets, personal computers, and servers, the technology minister said. The production-linked incentive (PLI) plan will help India export IT goods worth Rs. 2,45,000 crore, minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told a news conference. It provides manufacturers cash-backs of

WandaVision’s newest earworm track “Agatha All Along” is now available on all major music streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and JioSaavn. Spoilers ahead for WandaVision episode 7. “Agatha All Along” has been composed by the Oscar- and Tony-winning duo of Kristen-Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez (of Frozen fame), and has

Alphabet’s Google is negotiating individual licensing deals with a divided Spanish news industry that could allow the US tech giant’s news service to resume in the country, three sources close to the matter told Reuters. Google News, which links to third party content, closed in Spain in late 2014 in response to legislation which meant it

Justice League Snyder Cut ending has a cameo by a superhero that will “blow hard-core fans’ minds”, according to a new in-depth report on Zack Snyder’s Justice League that features the director extensively. It’s unclear who this could potentially be, given some surprises have already been revealed, including Jared Leto as Joker and Harry Lennix

Spotify is expanding to 85 new markets in the “next few days” across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek announced at its online-only Stream On event on Monday. This includes big new markets such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. Put together, the 85 new Spotify markets represent more

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the country’s self-regulatory voluntary organisation for advertising, has issued a set of draft guidelines that directs that all social media influencers must prominently label content that promotes products and services on digital platforms. The guidelines come at a time when leading brands are gradually leaning more on influencers on

Alphabet’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that were on display since its December dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. Google said in a statement Mitchell violated the company’s code of conduct and security policies by moving electronic files

Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence. Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of parent company Alphabet, described the changes in

Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday after the tech giant this week blocked news on its site in the country. Facebook’s abrupt decision to stop Australians from sharing news on the site and strip the pages of domestic and foreign news outlets also erased several

Twitter will not end the practice of allowing people to post from anonymous accounts despite protests from Premier League chiefs over the abuse suffered by several of their star players. Arsenal chief executive Vinai Venkatesham said this week that abuse endured by black players on social media sites is the “biggest problem” in football. On

WandaVision episode 7 brought the MCU series’ first post-credits scene, ending its resistance of a Marvel staple after six whole episodes. Of course, that was more due to the fact that not every episode needs a scene during the credits to begin with. And Marvel Studios had already figured out a different route for bonus

Microsoft has announced the release of Office 2021 and Office 2021 LTSC for personal and small business use. The Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) version is for commercial use and these new software releases will be made available later this year. A commercial preview of Microsoft Office LTSC will be available in April. Office 2021

The 2021 Indian Premier League auction is set for Thursday in Chennai, but it’s not like the mega two-day IPL auction events you’ve seen in the past. This year’s IPL auction will run for just a few hours, with a total of 292 players available for the eight 2021 IPL teams — Chennai Super Kings,

Elon Musk’s reign as the the world’s richest person was brief. Tesla shares slid 2.4 percent on Tuesday, erasing $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 33,460 crores) from its chief executive officer’s fortune and knocking him from the top spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Speaks At Air Force Association Air, Space &

Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform, publicly misrepresented its ties with the sellers, and used them to circumvent increasingly tough foreign investment rules that affect e-commerce, internal company documents reviewed by Reuters show. The documents, dated between 2012 and 2019, are reported here for

ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies) Fibernet has revised its plans in Bengaluru and is offering more data to its users. The company has already reportedly revised its plans in Chennai, Delhi, and Hyderabad, and now Bengaluru has got the same treatment. The prices for the plans remain the same but users can now enjoy a higher

Future Group’s creditors are exploring options to recover more than $2.5 billion (roughly Rs. 18,180 crores) in loans, amid worries the Indian retailer’s planned sale of assets to Reliance Industries could fail, four bankers with knowledge of the matter said. Future may face liquidation if the deal, already mired in legal wrangling, falls through, and

A new Godzilla vs. Kong trailer has dropped. HBO Max and Legendary Pictures have unveiled a new minute-long teaser for the upcoming monster mash-up that reiterates Kong’s bond with the young girl Jia (Kaylee Hottle) and shows them communicating through sign language, and gives us new shots of the fights between the two titular giants

The Bank of Italy said on Monday a set of experimental indicators it created from the content of millions of tweets accurately tracked consumer mood on price, offering scope for a powerful new monetary policy tool. The effort comes as economists and policy-makers around the world increasingly turn to social media and other unconventional sources

A hacking campaign that used a US tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of US government agencies is “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said. The operation, which was identified in December and that the US government has said was likely orchestrated by

How can you live stream the India versus England Test match? Read on to find out. India and England will continue to vie for the Anthony de Mello Trophy as their four-match Test series continues in the southeastern city of Chennai, before moving to the newly-revamped largest cricket stadium in the world up northwest in

Google’s $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated Alphabet’s Google has agreed to pay $76 million (roughly Rs. 552 crores) over three years to a group of 121 French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents seen by Reuters show. The agreement between Google and the Alliance de

The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking. She has precisely 30 minutes to get to the cafeteria and back for her lunch break. That means traversing a warehouse the size of 14 football fields, which eats up precious time. She avoids bringing

The chief executives of Facebook and Twitter are in talks with House of Representatives lawmakers to testify at a hearing as early as next month, Politico reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans. The exact focus of the hearing is not yet clear, the report said. Facebook has discussed making its chief executive,

Amazon is set to integrate its Pantry services within its Fresh store in India. Until now, Amazon Pantry and Amazon Fresh were two separate sections within the app or the website. While the former encompassed mostly dry groceries, bulk-buy items, and super-saver packs, the latter comprised items that could be delivered to a customer within

Valentine’s Day 2021 sees a unique challenge for people’s dating lives. Pandemic-hit 2020 drove us all back to the confined spaces of our home, and meeting new people and going on dates became a challenge. With Valentine’s Day 2021 around the corner, it might be a good time to check out some dating apps. Here

Twitter has withheld the account of Rajya Sabha member Sukhram Singh Yadav, as first reported by MediaNama. This move follows updates provided by the social media platform on its response to the government’s orders to block accounts that allegedly spread misinformation about the farmers’ protest against new farm laws. Twitter mentioned in its response that