India pushes ahead with data privacy bill despite pushback from critics

August 7, 2023
India’s lower house of parliament greenlit the revised data privacy legislation presented the previous week, even as the bill has received criticism, with many believing that it grants significant discretionary authority to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, which was reintroduced in the lower house last week (nearly a […]

Threads app is rolling out to a way to see your liked posts

August 7, 2023
Meta’s text-based app Threads is rolling out the ability to see your liked posts through an app update. The company started testing of the new feature on Android beta last week, but over the weekend, Meta started making it available to all users. Users can find their liked posts in Settings > Your Likes, which […]

Ant Financial to transfer 10.3% Paytm stake to Vijay Shekhar Sharma

August 7, 2023
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of Paytm, has entered into a deal with Ant Financial to secure a 10.30% stake in the Indian financial services firm, Noida-headquartered company said Monday. “On closing of this transaction, Mr. Sharma’s shareholding in Paytm (direct and indirect) will increase to 19.42%, whereas Antfin’s shareholding will reduce to […]

Hybrid Work is The New Norm. Get Used to It

August 6, 2023
Our work has been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become the new norm for many companies to consider a hybrid work model in the past two years as…