Category: Technology
Twitter: Twitter to charge users to secure accounts via text message
[ad_1] Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make accounts more secure, ...
Binance US: Binance considers pulling back from US partners: report
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is considering ending relationships with US business partners, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The company is weighing the retreat after its relationships with a key banking partner and stablecoin issuer ran into trouble amid intense scrutiny from authorities, the report said. Binance did ...
YouTube: As US Supreme Court weighs YouTube’s algorithms, ‘litigation minefield’ looms
[ad_1] In 2021, a California state court threw out a feminist blogger’s lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of unlawfully barring as “hateful conduct” posts criticizing transgender people. In 2022, a federal court in California tossed a lawsuit by LGBT plaintiffs accusing YouTube, part of Alphabet Inc, of restricting content posted by gay and transgender people. These ...
Funding winter may lead to market share gains for Nykaa, Zomato; Google India fires 453 employees
[ad_1] The funding winter has prompted some companies to cut costs, rethink business models and lay off employees. But the challenging environment may actually help some segment leaders to grow as others struggle. According to a report by private wealth management firm Bernstein, the funding winter can help the likes of Nykaa and Zomato to ...
angel tax: Startups, VCs seek exemption from angle tax provisions for certain funds
[ad_1] The startup and venture capital industry, spooked by the spectre of angel tax being made applicable on foreign investments in unlisted companies, has asked the government to exempt certain classes of investors. It has also requested the government to allow ‘internationally accepted valuation methodologies’ under the Section 56 the Income-tax Act. The government in ...
Tiktok europe: TikTok planning 2 more data centers in Europe amid data security concerns
[ad_1] Chinese social media company TikTok plans to open two more data centers in Europe, a senior executive said on Friday, a move that could mitigate concerns over the security of users’ data and ease regulatory pressure on the company. TikTok has been seeking to assure governments and regulators that users’ personal data cannot be ...
Stock investment firms eye tax relief on foreign equity purchase; Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO
[ad_1] New-age stock investing platforms are planning to write to the government seeking exemption for foreign equity investment use cases from the new TCS regime wherein the tax collected at source (TCS) will go up sharply to 20% from 5% as suggested in the Budget 2023-24 proposals. We have this and more in today’s edition ...
neal mohan: Who is Neal Mohan, the new Indian American CEO of YouTube?
[ad_1] YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki stepped down as the CEO of the Alphabet-owned video streaming platform, making way for the company’s chief product officer, Neal Mohan to take over. Mohan, an Indian American executive at YouTube and a close aide of Wojcicki for 15 years was chosen as her successor. “When I joined YouTube nine ...
Susan Wojcicki: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down, Indian American Neal Mohan to take over: Vox report
[ad_1] YouTube chief executive officer Susan Wojcicki will be stepping down from her role after serving at the helm of Alphabet’s video streaming platform for the last nine years, US news website Vox reported on Thursday. Wojcicki will be replaced by Indian American Neal Mohan, who is currently the chief product officer at YoutTube “Today, ...
influencer complaint: 2,767 complaints against influencers processed; Instagram tops list of violators: ASCI
[ad_1] The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) said on Thursday it has processed 2,767 complaints against influencers since it came up with its guidelines in May 2021 According to its findings, more than half of the violations were found on Meta-owned Instagram, followed by YouTube which contributed a third of them, the self-regulatory organisation ...