Illustration: Rahul Awasthi E-grocer BigBasket is learnt to have picked up $50 million from its existing investor Alibaba as part of a bridge round, two people in the know said, at a time when the online grocery market is seeing unprecedented demand during a nationwide lockdown due the Covid-19 crisis. A bridge round is an […]
Archives for 2020
AICPA posts 20 FAQs on tax filing relief
Based on member feedback, the AICPA has identified seven key areas in need of immediate tax relief and has posted 20 FAQs on the latest developments in taxpayer relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. The AICPA has been advocating for more comprehensive relief from Treasury and the IRS and also continues to urge the agencies to […]
Detect large-scale cryptocurrency mining attack against Kubernetes clusters
Azure Security Center’s threat protection enables you to detect and prevent threats across a wide variety of services from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) layer to Platform as a Service (PaaS) resources in Azure, such as IoT, App Service, and on-premises virtual machines. At Ignite 2019 we announced new threat protection capabilities to counter sophisticated threats […]
Covid-19 fallout: Online classes elude many due to lack of laptops, tablets
Many schools in the country have switched to online classes due to the lockdown, but one in four students is unable to connect because they don’t have a laptop, desktop or tablet, according to a survey. The sudden lockdown announced by the government did not give many parents time to prepare for online classes and […]
Safeguarding the Industrial IoT: a rising security challenge
The Fourth industrial revolution has unleashed a myriad of opportunities for organisations eager to leverage a new generation of connected Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices and reap the rewards of enhanced data sharing, operational efficiencies, and productivity, says Trevor Daughney, vice president of product marketing at Exabeam Around the globe, cities are deploying innovative […]
E-comm moratorium proposal worries India
India along with South Africa has raised concerns over a proposal at the WTO seeking to expand the scope of global moratorium to include digitized and digitizable goods such as books, video games, software and music. New Delhi has maintained that the globally agreed ecommerce moratorium has led to loss of revenue besides restricting use […]
Oyo gives pink slips to US staff
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi SoftBank-backed Oyo Hotels & Homes has laid off hundreds of employees in the US across divisions like sales, business development and HR since mid-March, recently sacked employees and company insiders told ET. As per some media reports, Oyo had previously laid off about 360 employees, a third of its then staff in […]
With no fresh content, broadcasters rely on old classics, web shows to entertain viewers
Confined to her home during the lockdown, Gwalior-based 37-year old Mansha Kasture is reliving childhood memories with her 8 year-old daughter, Mishika, watching Ramanand Sagar’s epic ‘Ramayana’ on DD National. Kasture is amongst the current generation of parents, who are introducing their kids to old iconic classics on Doordarshan channels during the lockdown period. If […]
For many, digital payments is the way to buy essentials
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Consumers are increasingly using digital payments to buy essential items and services such as food, grocery, medical supplies, telecom recharges and utility bills, amid the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 virus outbreak. Companies that are processing these digital payments have such transactions surge even as spend-heavy sectors […]
Netflix strengthens its parental controls with profile pin protection & more
Video streaming major Netflix is rolling out a slew of new features to strengthen parental controls on its platform. Parents will now be able to set 4-digit pins for individual profiles that prevent kids from accessing them and also creating new profiles on the service. They will also have the option of removing specific series, […]