Twitter CEO meets Rahul Gandhi, discusses fake news

The micro-blogging platform, that has 336 million users globally, is working hard to increase the collective health, openness and civility of dialogue on its platform.

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The internet is splitting into 2, thanks to US-China spat

As US icons like Google and Facebook come under fire for privacy violations and enabling hate speech, their Chinese counterparts are touting theirs as the superior model.

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IT Inc spends big to sway US

Among the major IT companies, TCS and Infosys have raised lobbying spends this year, data from the US Center for Responsive Politics shows.

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Refurbished phones lose shine in ecommerce push

India contributed 13% to the global refurbished market in the July-September quarter recording yearover-year growth of 26%, data from Counterpoint Research showed.

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Tech Mahindra looks at global 5G rollouts as huge opportunity

"On the telecom side, our visibility is that it will show a gradual growth from now on, the trajectory is right and we should be able to sustain it," said C P Gurnani.

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India witnesses over 4.36 lakh cyberattacks from Russia, US, others in Jan-Jun: F-Secure

These "honeypots" are basically decoy servers that emulate the IT environment of a business. To the attackers, these look like actual servers of real companies with weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

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Voice notes are the new texting

The immediacy of voice notes is certainly part of the appeal, along with the fact that the person on the other end has no obligation to respond then and there.

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