In what seems to be a widespread hack, multiple investors on Bengaluru-based Bitcoin exchange Unocoin have reported unauthorised transfers of …
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Bitcoin Cash to split from Bitcoin on August 1, not much support in India
At midnight on Tuesday, August 1, the Bitcoin blockchain will split, giving rise to a new cryptocurrency that will go …
Facebook shuts AI system after bots create own language
Days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that artificial intelligence (AI) was the biggest risk facing the world, Facebook has …
UIDAI files FIR against Ola executive for violating Aadhaar Act, suspected data theft
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed a complaint against Ola executive Abhinav Srivastava accusing him of “providing …
Amazon in talks with smaller e-grocers to fix gaps in supply chain
Amazon is looking to stitch partnerships with local e-grocers to improve the fill rate of its orders, said two sources …
Internet grows to over 330mn domain name registrations
The internet grew to 330.6 million domain name registrations in the first quarter of 2017 as nearly 1.3 million registrations …
WhatsApp has 1bn daily active users globally
WhatsApp has garnered one billion daily active users around the world who transfer over 55 billion messages and one billion …
With 2bn users, Facebook profits up 71% in Q2
Clocking over two billion monthly active users (MAUs), Facebook has posted a net income of $3.89 billion in second quarter …
Google announces winners of SMB Heroes 2017 initiative
As a part of its Digital Unlocked campaign aimed at digitally empowering small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country, …
Kaspersky Lab releases free antivirus software
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has launched its free version of antivirus software Kaspersky Free to “secure the whole world”, …
President Kovind debuts on Twitter with over 3 million followers
Ram Nath Kovind’s entry into the cyber world as the 14th President of India on Tuesday was swift and seamless …
BYJU’S raises money from Tencent, inching closer to becoming the next Unicorn
Education technology company BYJU’S is inching closer to becoming a Unicorn. The company has raised an undisclosed amount of funding …
Uber launches Driver Profile to gain rider’s trust
In a bid to bridge the trust deficit between a rider and driver, cab-hailing app Uber on Tuesday announced a …
Alphabet appoints Pichai to its board of directors
Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google, has appointed Indian-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai to its board of directors. “Sundar …
A Bitcoin blockchain split may have been averted with miners supporting a new improvement proposal
A major split in the Bitcoin blockchain, threatening to erode the value of the cryptocurrency, seems to have been averted …