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Twitter acquires OpenBack to make push notifications better
In a tweet thread, Jay Sullivan who is Twitter's head of consumer product said that OpenBack offers "device-side control of push notifications". "The best push notifications bring people to the conversations they care about on Twitter. But irrelevant notifications are a distraction. With millions of people visiting Twitter via notifications every day, we want them to be timely, relevant and engaging," he said late on Tuesday.
Low awareness biggest cybersecurity challenge for 93% Indian cos: Report
UK-based next-generation cybersecurity firm Sophos commissioned research to understand cybersecurity expenditure and self-assessed maturity in organisations across the Asia Pacific and Japan over the past 12 months. The third edition of its survey report The Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan captured a total of 900 responses across Australia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore.
Twitter investor sues Elon Musk for hiding his stake
The lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan federal court by Marc Bain Rasella on behalf of "all investors who sold or otherwise disposed of Twitter, Inc. securities between March 24, 2022 and April 1, 2022, inclusive," reports TechCrunch. According to the lawsuit, Musk began acquiring Twitter shares in January and by March 14, had acquired over 5 per cent ownership in Twitter.
iPhone maker Pegatron shuts plants in China amid Covid restrictions
According to Nikkei Asia, dozens of Apple and other suppliers have said they have suspended operations in and around Shanghai since April 2. "Three key Apple suppliers have suspended production in and near Shanghai as strict Covid-19 lockdown measures show signs of affecting the US tech giant's supply chain in China," the report said late on Tuesday.
Apple CEO rails against bad privacy regulation, sideloading
Kicking off the International Association of Privacy Professionals' annual event, the Global Privacy Summit, Cook took to the stage on Tuesday as part of its keynote address, reports AppleInsider. His keynote started by calling privacy one of the most essential battles of modern times. "A world without privacy is less imaginative, less empathetic, less innovative, Less human," said Cook to the audience privacy a fundamental human right that Apple is continually fighting for.
YouTube suffers global outage, firm says fixed all issues
YouTube users also reported issues with accessing website elements like the sidebar navigation, switching accounts or the Setting menus, for example. YouTube confirmed the site was experiencing a variety of issues that are impacting users worldwide. "Getting reports from around the globe that some of you are having trouble with certain features across YouTube services (e.g. logging in, switching accounts & using the navigation bar) - we're aware & working on a fix," said the company.
Reliance-backed Addverb setting up new robot manufacturing facility in India
Spread over 60,000 sq metres, the new plant will create highly-skilled job opportunities and lead to direct and indirect employment for over 3,000 people. Ten times bigger than the current manufacturing facility called Bot-Valley in Noida, the new factory will position the company as the largest manufacturer of robots in the world and will provide capacity for new growth opportunities, the company said in a statement.
Musk may remain engaged in Twitter strategy 'without limitation'
. Musk's update on his role as Twitter's single largest shareholder was reflected in an amendment to a Schedule 13D filing, which was dated Monday, April 11, 2022. As per the purpose of the transaction outlined in the document, Musk might acquire and sell additional Twitter shares as he sees fit. Interestingly enough, a seat on Twitter's Board of Directors would have limited Musk's stake in the company to 14.9%.
S.Korean regulator gives warning against Samsung chief over false data
The chiefs of large business groups are required to submit to the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) every year details about affiliates governed by them and their family members and information of executives and shareholders of corporate units, reports Yonhap news agency.
E-governance to drive digital ID users' number to cross 6.5 bn in 2026
The pandemic has accelerated this expansion of over 50 per cent, and reflects the growing importance of digital identity in sectors such as government services, according to Juniper Research. A digital identity document is a digital representation of a physical identity document like a driving licence or a passport.
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