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Google took down over 2,500 fraudulent loan apps from its Play Store between April 2021 and July 2022, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reportedly claimed in a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha Monday. The minister also said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had shared ‘whitelist’ of betting apps with the government to separate ap...

The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission has begun the process of blocking access to the world's largest crypto exchange Binance, whose chief last week stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws.

Google will require disclosure of the use of images and audio that have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI). Manipulating digital media to deceive or mislead people about politics, social issues, or matters of public concern is already banned by Google. Labels like "This image does not depict real events" or "Th...

Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court.

Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot program that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myria...

An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.

The Hong Kong protest anthem was unavailable on Apple's iTunes Store, Spotify, Facebook, and Instagram's Reels on Wednesday after the government sought an injunction banning the song outright.

BGMI, or Battlegrounds Mobile India, is available to download via the Play Store in India. iOS users will have to wait for a couple of days to download BGMI, and Krafton has confirmed that the game will be available to play in the country on May 29.

Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app ...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is coming back and will be available for download soon in the country. Krafton has confirmed that it has received approval from the Indian government to resume operations of the game within the country. BGMI was removed from both Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store in India, citing security concerns. A report...

A committee of European Union lawmakers on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a European Artificial Intelligence Act, which would pave the way to the first ever regulation of AI. The draft needs to be thrashed out between EU countries and EU lawmakers, called a trilogue, before the rules can become law.

Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...

The government is planning to force smartphone makers to allow users to remove pre-installed apps on their smartphones and require screening of major operating system updates. Pre-installed apps for players including Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, and Apple could be affected under new security rules planned by the government.

China has instructed them not to offer access to ChatGPT services on their platforms, either directly or via third parties, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Nikkei Asia. Beijing's clampdown on ChatGPT, the hugely popular AI-powered chatbot, comes as little surprise to many in China's tech industry.

A US Senator on the Senate intelligence committee, asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for iOS and Android respectively, stating that the short video sharing platform poses a threat to national security. TikTok says China's government cannot access the personal data of US citizens or manipulate the app's content, but the a...

Google took down over 2,500 fraudulent loan apps from its Play Store between April 2021 and July 2022, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reportedly claimed in a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha Monday. The minister also said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had shared ‘whitelist’ of betting apps with the government to separate ap...

The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission has begun the process of blocking access to the world's largest crypto exchange Binance, whose chief last week stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws.

Google will require disclosure of the use of images and audio that have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI). Manipulating digital media to deceive or mislead people about politics, social issues, or matters of public concern is already banned by Google. Labels like "This image does not depict real events" or "Th...

Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court.

Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot program that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myria...

An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.

The Hong Kong protest anthem was unavailable on Apple's iTunes Store, Spotify, Facebook, and Instagram's Reels on Wednesday after the government sought an injunction banning the song outright.

BGMI, or Battlegrounds Mobile India, is available to download via the Play Store in India. iOS users will have to wait for a couple of days to download BGMI, and Krafton has confirmed that the game will be available to play in the country on May 29.

Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app ...

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is coming back and will be available for download soon in the country. Krafton has confirmed that it has received approval from the Indian government to resume operations of the game within the country. BGMI was removed from both Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store in India, citing security concerns. A report...

A committee of European Union lawmakers on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a European Artificial Intelligence Act, which would pave the way to the first ever regulation of AI. The draft needs to be thrashed out between EU countries and EU lawmakers, called a trilogue, before the rules can become law.

Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...

The government is planning to force smartphone makers to allow users to remove pre-installed apps on their smartphones and require screening of major operating system updates. Pre-installed apps for players including Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, and Apple could be affected under new security rules planned by the government.

China has instructed them not to offer access to ChatGPT services on their platforms, either directly or via third parties, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Nikkei Asia. Beijing's clampdown on ChatGPT, the hugely popular AI-powered chatbot, comes as little surprise to many in China's tech industry.

A US Senator on the Senate intelligence committee, asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for iOS and Android respectively, stating that the short video sharing platform poses a threat to national security. TikTok says China's government cannot access the personal data of US citizens or manipulate the app's content, but the a...