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The Paris Commercial Court on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple just over EUR 1 million (nearly Rs. 8 lakh) for imposing abusive commercial clauses on French app developers for access to the company’s App Store, the court ruling showed. The ruling, seen by Reuters, said there was no need to order Apple, which has a

Avatar: The Way of Water has collected a sizeable $435 million (about Rs. 3,598 crore) at the global box office in its opening weekend. Roughly $301 million (about Rs. 2,490 crore) were pulled from markets outside the US, including India, and the all-too-rare China — the latter has been known for limiting Hollywood theatrical releases

Google rivals on Thursday unveiled a project to make freely available data sets for map features to be built into online offerings. Alphabet-owned Google dominates online mapping, selling its services to other companies or platforms and using location and navigation capabilities to enhance its other offerings, including online advertising. Meta, Microsoft, TomTom, and Amazon Web

Xbox has kickstarted its end-of-the-year Countdown Sale event, offering steep discounts on titles across the Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X. While there are still 15 days left until the new year, the promotional offers will persist till January 2, 2023. Highly sought-after games like Red Dead Redemption 2 come in with a 67 percent

Spotify, the music and podcast streaming service, has begun rolling out support for Android 13’s redesigned media player for eligible devices through a stable update via the Google Play store. The media player on Android 13 saw a redesign of the media player for Android devices on the lock screen and notification menu. The latest

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the much-awaited sequel to 2018’s web-swinging open-world odyssey, will launch in the autumn of 2023. Going by the seasons for the Global North, Spider-Man 2 will drop between September and November 2023. Revealed in a post on the PlayStation Blog, the game will be exclusive to the PS5, promising a continuation of

Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart have been issued with notices by an Indian government body asking why dangerous acids are available on their sites after a schoolgirl became the victim of an acid attack. The Delhi Commission for Women, a local body that looks after women’s issues, said in the notice that it had learned the accused

Vivo S16 and Vivo S16e specifications have been tipped ahead of their debut on December 22. Days after leaked design renders for the Vivo S16 Pro surfaced online, a detailed list of specifications for the handsets have been leaked by a tipster. According to a report, the Vivo S16 will be powered by a Snapdragon

Qualcomm unveiled its Wi-Fi 7 Immersive Home Platform designed and optimised to meet home mesh Wi-Fi networking systems on Tuesday. The platform includes two new processors that utilise 5GHz and 6GHz frequency bands while supporting 240MHz and 320MHz channels, respectively. These specifications translate into the spectrum that is utilised by Wi-Fi 7-enabled devices. The Qualcomm

Apple macOS Ventura 13.1 software update has been released for compatible laptops and computers, alongside iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 for mobile devices. The software update is the first major release after macOS Ventura was made available to users with compatible hardware in October 2022. The update includes various security fixes for known issues, as

Alphabet Inc.’s Google defeated a privacy lawsuit by consumers who accused the company of snooping on them even after they opted out of sharing their web activity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday dismissed claims that Google tracked users’ personal information, including IP addresses and browsing history, if they chose not to “Sync”

Dune: Part Two has wrapped up filming. In an Instagram post, lead Timothée Chalamet said, “DUNE 2 WRAPPED (with desert dad !!),” in which he’s seen pictured alongside his father, Marc Chalamet. The much-anticipated sequel began filming in July, with Denis Villeneuve returning as director to realise the second half of the original 1965 novel

The government on Monday issued directions for blocking a Pakistan-based OTT platform’s website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts and smart TV app, saying a series being shown by it was detrimental to India’s national security and integrity. The platform Vidly TV had released a web series titled Sevak: The Confessions on the anniversary of

China’s new rules for content providers that alter facial and voice data will take effect from January 10, its cyberspace regulator said, as it looks to more tightly scrutinize so-called “deepfake” technology and services. The regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued late on Sunday provide for people to be protected from being

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the “deliberate and targeted” ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. “I can’t comment on that as it is a subject matter of an investigation by the NIA…It is pretty clear that it is a deliberate and

After the draft data protection bill, the government is now all set to bring another key legislation — Digital India Bill — that will be made available for public consultation by the month-end, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday. The Digital India Bill, which will replace the 22-year old Information Technology

Disney+ Hotstar has announced a list of 42 movies and web series for release on its streaming platform in December 2022. Among new entries, David O. Russell’s Amsterdam finally got its India premiere, transporting us back to the crime-ridden 1930s, to follow three close friends — Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington —

WhatsApp could soon bring its “Chat with your own number” feature to Windows users as well. The Message Yourself feature that lets users send a text to themselves was already rolled out to WhatsApp on Android and iOS last month. And now, it’s reportedly available on the latest WhatsApp for Windows beta app. This will

State-owned BSNL’s 4G technology will be upgraded to 5G in 5-7 months and rolled out across 1.35 lakh telecom towers the company has in the country, Union telecom and railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. While speaking at a CII event, the minister said the government has plans to increase the telecom technology development

China-based hackers stole at least $20 million (roughly Rs. 165 crore) in US Covid relief benefits, including unemployment insurance funds and Small Business Administration loans, NBC news reported citing the country’s Secret Service. Hackers linked to the Chinese government are from a Chengdu-based group known as APT41. The report said other federal investigations of pandemic fraud