Facebook boosts fact checking by 25% to curb misinformation

The newest languages are Urdu and Punjabi. Before that it was Tamil and Gujarati. So Facebook now has 10 languages in which fact-checking happens in India.

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Vivo’s market share doubles in January-March quater

Chinese company’s share rises to 12% from 6% a year ago; Xiaomi, Samsung growth slows.

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India-domiciled cos filed over 4,600 patents in US between 2015-2018: Nasscom

AI led the emerging technologies patent race both in terms of number of patents (330 patents) as well as growth over the period 2015-18.

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India smartphone shipment grows 4 pc to 31 mn in March quarter: Counterpoint

The market share of Chinese brands in the Indian smartphone market reached a record 66 per cent during the first quarter of 2019.

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JioPhone leads feature phone market in India

Samsung stood second in the feature phone category with a share of 15 per cent while domestic handset maker LAVA grabbed the third spot with a market share of 13 per cent.

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HCL Technologies sets up cyber security centre in Texas

HCL has also unveiled a university-to-industry collaboration under which the IT firm will conduct on-campus hackathons.

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Xiaomi slips but retains top spot in Indian market

Xiaomi's newly-launched Redmi Note 7 series (Note 7 and Note 7 Pro) crossed the one million mark within the first quarter of its launch.

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