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Amazon, Flipkart Found to Have Violated Indian Quality Control Rules During Warehouse Raids
Raids on Amazon, Flipkart warehouses operated by both firms, conducted on Wednesday by the Bureau of Indian Standards in the Tiruvallur district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, found that the firms had violated rules by storing, selling and exhibiting products that did not carry the BIS standard mark, a government statement said.
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Google Updates Chrome Extensions Policy to Tighten Rules Governing Affiliate Links
Google Chrome Web Store policies that govern extensions involving affiliate marketing links and codes have been revised. Affiliate links are an important income source for content creators, and the updated policy aims to stop extensions from injecting affiliate links that override those shared by creators. This change follows recent accusations aga...
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Bengaluru Restaurant Prohibits "Real Estate, Political Discussions" On Premises, Internet Reacts
An X post showing a board at a Bangalore restaurant discouraging "real estate/political discussions" among its customers has sparked a debate online.
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Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company
Representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the US looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations.
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ED Says Paytm Violated Foreign Exchange Rules
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said that Paytm had made a foreign investment in Singapore and did not file the necessary reporting to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs
The imposition of the levy on Google comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.
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Google Said to be Facing EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules
Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals, and whether it discriminates against third-party services on Google search results.
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WhatsApp Faces EU Tech Rules After Reaching Very Large Platform Status
WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms said, meaning it is required to do more to tackle online illegal and harmful content.
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NPCI to Decline UPI Transactions That Contain Special Characters in the Transaction ID
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued a new notification earlier this month announcing new compliance guidelines. The new rules are aimed at all the members of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), and state that any transaction identifier (ID) that contains special characters will be declined starting February 1.
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DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Said to Be Censoring China-Focused Prompts Raising Concerns Over Its Reliability
DeepSeek’s latest reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model, DeepSeek-R1, is said to be censoring a large number of queries. An AI firm ran tests on the large language model (LLM) and found that it does not answer China-specific queries that go against the policies of the country’s ruling party. By running a code to generate a synthe...
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"No Free Advice, No Running Away"- Irani Cafe's Rules Go Viral, Internet Is Intrigued
A viral X post shows part of a menu of an Irani Cafe in Pune that outlines a long list of prohibited actions on its premises. These 'rules' have left the internet in splits.
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Draft Data Protection Rules Mandate Due Diligence, Explicit Consent for Processing Children's Data
The recently released draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules specify that parent's verifiable consent will have to be obtained by social media or online platforms before children can create any account.
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Google Play Store, Apple's App Store Remove Multiple VPN Applications in India: Report
Several VPN apps have reportedly been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store in India, marking the first crackdown since the government issued rules in 2022, requiring VPN providers to collect and store customer details. Despite closing physical servers in response to a government order issued two years ago, some VPN providers sti...
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Vietnam's New Internet Law An "Attack On Freedom Of Expression", Say Critics
New Vietnamese internet rules require Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities.
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Google Offers to Loosen Search Deals With Apple, Other Firms in US Antitrust Case Remedy
Google urged US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition, after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.
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Amazon, Flipkart Found to Have Violated Indian Quality Control Rules During Warehouse Raids
Raids on Amazon, Flipkart warehouses operated by both firms, conducted on Wednesday by the Bureau of Indian Standards in the Tiruvallur district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, found that the firms had violated rules by storing, selling and exhibiting products that did not carry the BIS standard mark, a government statement said.
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Google Updates Chrome Extensions Policy to Tighten Rules Governing Affiliate Links
Google Chrome Web Store policies that govern extensions involving affiliate marketing links and codes have been revised. Affiliate links are an important income source for content creators, and the updated policy aims to stop extensions from injecting affiliate links that override those shared by creators. This change follows recent accusations aga...
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Bengaluru Restaurant Prohibits "Real Estate, Political Discussions" On Premises, Internet Reacts
An X post showing a board at a Bangalore restaurant discouraging "real estate/political discussions" among its customers has sparked a debate online.
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Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company
Representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the US looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations.
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ED Says Paytm Violated Foreign Exchange Rules
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said that Paytm had made a foreign investment in Singapore and did not file the necessary reporting to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs
The imposition of the levy on Google comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.
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Google Said to be Facing EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules
Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals, and whether it discriminates against third-party services on Google search results.
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WhatsApp Faces EU Tech Rules After Reaching Very Large Platform Status
WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms said, meaning it is required to do more to tackle online illegal and harmful content.
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NPCI to Decline UPI Transactions That Contain Special Characters in the Transaction ID
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued a new notification earlier this month announcing new compliance guidelines. The new rules are aimed at all the members of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), and state that any transaction identifier (ID) that contains special characters will be declined starting February 1.
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DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Said to Be Censoring China-Focused Prompts Raising Concerns Over Its Reliability
DeepSeek’s latest reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model, DeepSeek-R1, is said to be censoring a large number of queries. An AI firm ran tests on the large language model (LLM) and found that it does not answer China-specific queries that go against the policies of the country’s ruling party. By running a code to generate a synthe...
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"No Free Advice, No Running Away"- Irani Cafe's Rules Go Viral, Internet Is Intrigued
A viral X post shows part of a menu of an Irani Cafe in Pune that outlines a long list of prohibited actions on its premises. These 'rules' have left the internet in splits.
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Draft Data Protection Rules Mandate Due Diligence, Explicit Consent for Processing Children's Data
The recently released draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules specify that parent's verifiable consent will have to be obtained by social media or online platforms before children can create any account.
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Google Play Store, Apple's App Store Remove Multiple VPN Applications in India: Report
Several VPN apps have reportedly been removed from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store in India, marking the first crackdown since the government issued rules in 2022, requiring VPN providers to collect and store customer details. Despite closing physical servers in response to a government order issued two years ago, some VPN providers sti...
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Vietnam's New Internet Law An "Attack On Freedom Of Expression", Say Critics
New Vietnamese internet rules require Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities.
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Google Offers to Loosen Search Deals With Apple, Other Firms in US Antitrust Case Remedy
Google urged US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition, after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.
