LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell 4% on Monday, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus in countries outside China added to investor concerns about the impact on demand. Global shares also extended losses as worries about the impact of the virus grew, with the number of infections jumping in Iran, Italy and South Korea. […]
Archives for 2020
AI Regulation: Has the Time Arrived?
Most of the world’s leading democracies want to investigate the impact of AI’s exponential growth. The US isn’t one of them. Image: Sdecoret – stock.adobe.com Is artificial intelligence getting too smart (and intrusive) for its own good? A growing number of nations have concluded that it’s time to take a close look at AI’s impact […]
Too Much Data Privacy Regulation Too Fast?
While the California Consumer Protection Act is a step in the right direction in the war for data privacy, are the hurdles that businesses are forced to jump effective and cost-worthy? There’s no sweeping federal US consumer data privacy law, and so far, all the action has been at the state level. The California Consumer […]
Court restrains Club Factory from using trade secrets of Snapdeal
A Gurgaon court has restrained Club Factory and one of its employees from sharing, divulging, using or utilising Snapdeal‘s trade secrets, financial data and confidential information. Civil Judge Suyasha Jawa also directed Club Factory and its employee, who earlier worked for Snapdeal, to refrain from using Snapdeal’s trade secrets in approaching, contacting, soliciting, enticing, inducing […]
eSIM is all about business growth and digital experience
SPONSORED INTERVIEW Yuval Mayron is general manager for Internet of Things (IoT) at Amdocs and has worked extensively to create the company’s comprehensive eSIM offerings. He explains to George Malim how exploiting the full benefits and opportunities of eSIM necessitates a holistic approach that brings together the technical solution, with the device makers, network operators, […]
Preview of Active Directory authentication support on Azure Files
We are excited to announce the preview of Azure Files Active Directory (AD) authentication. You can now mount your Azure Files using AD credentials with the exact same access control experience as on-premises. You may leverage an Active Directory domain service (AD DS) either hosted on-premises or on Azure for authenticating user access to Azure […]
E-payments industry counts the costs after zero MDR jolt
The year 2019 was an important one for the growth of digital payments in India. In October, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the country’s instant payment system, clocked up over 1 billion transactions for the first time. Since then, it has done so every month. Its growing popularity has benefited home-grown startups such as Paytm and […]
Netflix introduces offer for new users: Pay just Rs 5 for the first month
Netflix is reportedly testing a new introductory offer whereby subscribers need to pay only Rs 5 for the first month. Old users will not be able to avail this offer. An obvious attempt to entice new users into taking out a subscription, Netflix, rolled out this plan to some users on February 21. The company […]
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma reveals road to profitability; may take 2 years to come out of red
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Digitial payment giant Paytm expects to turn profitable after two years as it is monetising the existing customer base and eyes financial services as its next major frontier for growth, its founder CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said. Noida-based firm, which had an astonishing rise after infamous demonetisation in 2016, is betting on […]
E-commerce companies seek more time for 1% TDS levy
E-commerce companies have sought more time to implement a government proposal to levy a new tax, although they have, in principle, agreed to its imposition. The ecommerce entities, including Amazon.com and Walmart-owned homegrown etailer Flipkart, have said they need time to upgrade IT systems in order to enable them to collect the 1% tax deduction […]