Google News to fund new ideas for quality journalism in Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge will fund selected projects up to $300,000 and finance up to 70 per cent of the total project cost

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Infosys to create 1,200 jobs in Australia, to set up 3 innovation hubs

New Delhi, Nov 21 () IT services firm Infosys Wednesday said it will set up three innovation hubs in Australia and create 1,200 jobs in the country by 2020.

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Karnataka likely to triple IT workforce by 2025

The state is looking to increase the IT contribution to domestic IT products/services revenue from the current 17% to 25% by 2025.

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Google goes neighbourly across India with neighbourhood community app

The Android app, which is part of the American technology company’s ‘Next Billion Users’ initiative, will be launched in Delhi and Bengaluru on Wednesday.

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Higher penalty on cards for not reporting data breaches

The move comes following incidents of breaches of personal data of Indian users from internet companies such as Facebook and Google.

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Twitter apologises for Jack Dorsey's placard, users demand legal action

Twitter’s legal policy head Vijaya Gadde apologised after users expressed outrage against its founder Jack Dorsey holding a placard reading “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy”.

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GDPR-loving EU says India's data localisation unnecessary

Commission says such regulations would create “unnecessary costs, difficulties and uncertainties that could hamper business and investments”.

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