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'Rules in place', says Centre on regulation of online gaming
"These rules cast specific obligation on intermediaries, including intermediaries offering online games, to observe diligence and provide that if they fail to observe such diligence, they shall no longer be exempt from their liability under law for third-party information or data or communication link hosted by them," the reply said.
Global mobile ad spend to reach $362 bn in 2023
According to data.ai report, mobile will take over the share of advertising wallet as more time than ever before is spent in apps, with total hours on the track to surpass four trillion on Android phones alone in 2022. In 2022, the global mobile ad spend was $336 billion.
Twitter will suspend accounts engaged in doxxing for 7 days: Musk
Emphasising that criticising him all day long is totally fine, "but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not". "7 day suspension for doxxing. Some time away from Twitter is good for the soul," he chuckled, after organising a poll on the subject on his Twitter handle. Doxxing (also spelled doxing) is the act of revealing someone's personal information online.
Musk suspends Twitter accounts of several prominent journalists
When a Twitter user posted screenshots of suspended accounts of some journalists, Musk said on Friday: "Same doxxing rules apply to journalists as to everyone else. "They posted my exact real-time location, basically assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service." The user's post also included journalists Ryan Mac from The New York Times and Aaron Rupar from Independent.
Microsoft bans crypto mining to protect its cloud service customers
Within the license itself, there was hardly any more info, reports The Register. Moreover, a section headed "Acceptable Use Policy" states: "Neither Customer nor those that access an Online Service through Customer, may use an Online Service: to mine cryptocurrency without Microsoft's prior written approval."
Chinese govt-backed hackers exploiting bug in Citrix products: US NSA
According to the National Security Agency (NSA), the vulnerability allows hackers to remotely run malicious code on vulnerable devices -- no passwords needed. The desktop virtualisation company also admitted the bug is being actively exploited by threat actors.
Acer launches new 16-inch OLED laptop in India
'Swift Edge' laptop is available at a starting price of Rs 1,24,999 on the company's official e-store and Amazon, Acer said in a statement. The 4K OLED display on the new laptop supports 100 per cent of the DCI-P3 colour gamut and has a peak brightness of 500 nits for movie-quality visuals.
Jio True 5G arrives on iPhone 12 and above
To use Jio 5G connection on iPhone 12 models or later, users need to go to Settings then General then Software Update and then click on Update to the latest iOS version. Next, users need to go to Settings then General then About, and if prompted follow the steps to update to the latest carrier settings.
Twitter to shut down newsletter tool Revue in 2023
Twitter's senior product manager and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper made the announcement in a post on Wednesday. Users will not be able to access their Revue account from January 18, 2023 and all data will be deleted. "This has been a hard decision because we know Revue has a passionate user base, made up of people like you," Kuijper wrote.
Musk sells Tesla stock worth $3.5 bn amid Twitter overhaul
Since November 2021, Musk has sold more than $39 billion of Tesla shares. After the fresh share sale, according to a form filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk now owns about $66 billion worth of Tesla stock. In April this year, the new Twitter CEO sold off $8.5 billion worth of Tesla stock while in August, he offloaded another $7 billion shares.
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