Brazil’s government on Thursday recommended a reform to its competition law that would allow antitrust authority CADE to designate certain digital platforms as systemically relevant, subjecting them to new obligations if necessary. Why Its Important Brazil’s Finance Ministry says that local legislation needs to be equipped with more tools to address a new reality where…
Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 processor for the mobile platform in India at the Snapdragon for India event in July as a budget-friendly 5G chipset. Now, Xiaomi will become the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to launch a handset with this new chipset. The purported handset is touted as an entry-level offering and is…
Reliance Jio announced new International Subscriber Dialing (ISD) recharge plans for 21 countries on Friday. The telecom service provider introduced new minute packs that offer dedicated on-call minutes on every recharge. The new ISD recharge plans start at Rs. 39 and go up to Rs. 99. These plans are available for both prepaid and postpaid…
Dyson WashG1 wet floor cleaner was launched in India on Thursday. Introduced as Dyson’s first dedicated cord-free mop, the WashG1 boasts features such as dual microfibre rollers, multiple hydration modes and self-cleaning functionality. During cleaning, the wet floor cleaner claims to have the ability to separate wet and dry debris at the source. Dyson says…
The JioFinance app was launched in India on Friday as a one-stop solution for financial essentials. It has been developed by Jio Financial Services Limited (JFSL), previously a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited. The app, now available widely for users in the country, offers facilities for carrying out UPI transactions, monitoring and investing in mutual funds,…
Redmi Note 14 5G was launched in China last month, but now, it might be headed for a debut in the international markets. As per a report, the smartphone was spotted on the Indonesian certification portal, hinting that it could be released in the country. It was also reported to have appeared on the certification…
The crypto market showed fluctuations on Friday, October 11, after the US CPI data emerged higher than expectations. In the backdrop of this development, Bitcoin registered a loss of around one percent on national and international exchanges. At the time of writing, the oldest and most expensive cryptocurrency was trading at $60,576 (roughly Rs. 50.8…
WhatsApp has finally decided to bring chat-specific theming support to the Android version of the app. Theming has always been available on WhatsApp for Android, but this was quite limited and also basically involved changing the background wallpaper of the said chat. A new interface with the ability to set a chat-specific theme has now…
Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff in Malaysia, the company said on Friday, as it shifts focus towards a greater use of AI in content moderation. Two sources familiar with the matter earlier told Reuters that more than 700 jobs were…
German industrial giant Bosch will collaborate with US chip startup Tenstorrent to develop a platform for standardising the building blocks of automotive chips, Tenstorrent executives said. The plans include developing a standard method to use a building block of modern chips, called chiplets, to create systems that can power vehicles with significantly different needs, Tenstorrent…