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Signal Payments announced with support for cryptocurrency
08 Apr 2021
Late last month, we reported that several Tesla customers were charged twice for their new electric cars. One of the affected customers, Christopher T. Lee, who goes by the name Everyday Chris on YouTube even made a video detailing his experience.
08 Apr 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 300 points in early trade on Thursday, tracking gains in index heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Infosys amid a positive trend in global markets.
07 Apr 2021
India has the third-highest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China, according to a new list by the prestigious Forbes magazine.
07 Apr 2021
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India today kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent and maintained its accommodative stance for as long as necessary to sustain growth.
06 Apr 2021
In March, we had reported that Bengaluru-based fintech start-up CRED was in talks to raise around $200 million.
06 Apr 2021
After starting on a weak note, equity benchmark Sensex rebounded over 300 points in early trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index heavyweights HDFC twins, Infosys, and ICICI Bank.
06 Apr 2021
Popular online teaching platform BYJU's announced on Monday that it has acquired Aakash Educational Services Limited, a chain of physical coaching centres in the country, for nearly $1 billion.
05 Apr 2021
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, may want to hire you.
05 Apr 2021
LG has officially announced that it will shut down its mobile phone business after failing to find a buyer for its faltering consumer technology arm.
05 Apr 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 1,400 points in the morning session on Monday, dragged by massive losses in financial stocks amid concerns over spiking COVID-19 cases in the country.
05 Apr 2021
HP has announced the OMEN Esports Gold Quest in India in collaboration with AMD. The scholarship is meant to help esports players establish their gaming careers.
04 Apr 2021
Apple's longstanding primary source for silicon, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), was expected to hike prices by 15% for its silicon wafers when the auto industry was facing a chip crunch.
04 Apr 2021
Tesla has announced that it has delivered more cars in the first quarter of 2021 than it produced in the same period.
03 Apr 2021
Amazon Inc. has been exploring an idea of opening physical stores to offload the unsold inventory at heavy discounts, reveals Bloomberg. The information was disclosed by two people familiar with the plan.
02 Apr 2021
A California federal judge, Edward Davila, has allowed a new class-action lawsuit against Apple to pass. The suit claims that Apple has sold MacBook Pro laptops with defective display panels, where the bottom part of the screen suffers from alternate dark spots.
02 Apr 2021
The government of India will offer more than $1 billion in cash to every company that sets up a semiconductor manufacturing unit in the country.
01 Apr 2021
The Indian government's ongoing merger of certain public sector banks will bring in a range of sweeping changes for customers of eight banks starting today (April 1).
01 Apr 2021
Search giant Google will refrain from wisecracks for the second consecutive year. The Verge and Business Insider received confirmation from the company that owing to the coronavirus pandemic, jokes for this year's April Fools' Day have been paused.
01 Apr 2021
Less than 12 hours after announcing a steep reduction in small savings interest rates, the government has scrapped the order, saying it was issued by oversight.
31 Mar 2021
The deadline to link PAN (Permanent Account Number) and Aadhaar has been extended till June 30, 2021.
31 Mar 2021
Free speech platform Parler reportedly informed the FBI of violent content on its platform in the days leading up to the Capitol Hill riots.
31 Mar 2021
A London court recently ruled that Apple Inc. could not keep Swiss watchmaker Swatch from using the phrase "one more thing" as its own trademark.
31 Mar 2021
Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of TikTok owner ByteDance on grounds of alleged tax evasion by the Chinese firm.
31 Mar 2021
The last date to link the PAN card and the Aadhaar card is March 31 (today).
31 Mar 2021
In a strange development, multiple Tesla customers have reported being charged twice for their new electric cars. Christopher Lee is one such customer who documented his ordeal in a YouTube video, where he was billed $56,579 twice for the Tesla Model Y.
31 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 400 points in early trade on Wednesday, dragged by losses in index majors HDFC twins, Infosys, and ICICI Bank amid a negative trend in global markets.
30 Mar 2021
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has announced its entry into the automotive industry. According to an official filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the company will set up a "wholly-owned subsidiary" to commence and operate a new smart electric vehicle business.
30 Mar 2021
Visa Inc. will wade deeper into digital currency waters as it green-lights the use of cryptocurrency to directly settle payments on its network.
30 Mar 2021
87 percent of businesses in India are mulling over making work from home a permanent option for their employees, according to a survey report by BCG-Zoom.
30 Mar 2021
Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday were cut for the third time within a week on the back of softening international oil prices.
30 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 500 points in early trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, HUL and ICICI Bank amid largely positive cues from the Asian peers.
29 Mar 2021
A total of 24 life insurance companies spent crores of rupees on COVID-19 death claims that are over and above the death claims that they usually receive every year.
27 Mar 2021
In case you are planning to visit your bank in the coming week, you may have to reschedule it as banks across the country will remain closed for seven days between March 27 and April 4.
27 Mar 2021
Redmi has managed to sell over one million units of the K40 series in China in just 23 days, an official Weibo post has confirmed. The line-up includes the K40, K40 Pro, and K40 Pro+ models.
26 Mar 2021
In the first appearance before Congress since the US Capitol Hill riots, Big Tech faced criticism for around five hours about its handling of extremism and misinformation during the pandemic and the protests.
26 Mar 2021
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) reinstating Cyrus Mistry as the Chairperson of Tata Sons Limited.
26 Mar 2021
Reddit was compelled to part ways with former UK politician Aimee Challenor after hundreds of high profile subreddits went private to protest the platform's censorship.
26 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 500 points in early trade on Friday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and L&T amid a positive trend in global markets.
25 Mar 2021
Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday cut for the second straight day as international oil prices fell on prospects of a speedy recovery in consumption getting clouded by the second wave of COVID-19 cases.
25 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 400 points in early trade on Thursday, dragged by losses in index majors Reliance Industries, Infosys, and HDFC Bank amid foreign fund outflow and a weak trend in global markets.
24 Mar 2021
In the first reduction in rates in over a year, the petrol price on Wednesday was cut by 18 paise per liter and diesel by 17 paise a liter as international oil prices tumbled to the lowest since early February.
24 Mar 2021
It's no secret that Intel is in dire straits after being bested by AMD and recently losing its chip contract for Apple's Mac range. It will now focus on making chips for other companies.
23 Mar 2021
LG Electronics might be forced to shutter its smartphone business according to a report from a South Korean outlet Dong-A Ilbo. LG had been trying to sell off its loss-making mobile phone unit, but it can't seem to find buyers.
23 Mar 2021
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with Discord to buy the gaming-centric voice and chat platform for a whopping $10 billion. According to unnamed sources privy to Bloomberg, Xbox chief Phil Spencer is allegedly involved in the talks.
23 Mar 2021
Big Tech is committed to get its workers back into offices. And Microsoft wants that as early as next week. Microsoft will be easing more workers back to its headquarters in Redmond, Washington beginning next Monday.
22 Mar 2021
Apple's privacy campaign keeps on giving. Cloud Storage firm pCloud rummaged through Apple's brand-new privacy labels and came back with a privacy report card for apps with results that will shock no one.
22 Mar 2021
Looking to buy a flagship smartphone? This deal should meet your expectations. Amazon is offering a discount of Rs. 2,500 on the OnePlus 8T model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
20 Mar 2021
If you are looking to buy a foldable smartphone, this might be a great deal for you. Flipkart is offering a massive discount of Rs. 75,000 on the Motorola RAZR.
19 Mar 2021
As vaccines begin rolling out, Google is already preparing for the resumption of normal office operations. The company has earmarked more than $7 billion to real estate across the US for the year 2021 alone.
19 Mar 2021
Actor Justin Long who did the "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" commercials back in the day has been hired by Intel for a series of advertisements.
19 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex tanked over 600 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in HDFC Bank, L&T, and Reliance Industries amid negative cues from global markets.
18 Mar 2021
Extending its losing streak to the fifth consecutive session, equity benchmark Sensex tanked 585 points on Thursday, tracking losses in index majors Infosys, Reliance Industries Ltd., and TCS.
18 Mar 2021
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked Cadbury India Private Limited (now known as Mondelez Foods Private Limited) for alleged corruption for obtaining licenses for its factory in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.
18 Mar 2021
A new survey from Ernst & Young Global (EY) and Imperial College London's Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) revealed that India has witnessed the highest adoption of digital technologies by organizations specializing in Health and Human Services (HHS).
18 Mar 2021
With a 9% surge in stock prices, Volkswagen's market value is staring at $150 billion as the world's second-largest automaker has shared details about its expansion in electric driving.
17 Mar 2021
While the Big Tech loves taking exorbitant revenue cuts from developers and businesses for the use of their platform, Apple, Amazon, and Google have been freeloading off Wikipedia for far too long.
17 Mar 2021
Dropping for the fourth straight session, equity benchmark Sensex tumbled 562.34 points on Wednesday following losses in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank amid a weak trend in global markets ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy outcome.
