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Tech workers with infocomm, engineering or information systems backgrounds can improve their prospects by acquiring skills in cybersecurity forensics, network security or threat intelligence among others. Businesses should also not isolate…

Tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet/Google have seized a large lead in shaping our potentially AI-dominated future. This is not good news. History has shown us that when the distribution of information is left in the hands of a few, the…

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers.The proposed California Journalism…

A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe's big telecoms operators to force major tech companies such as Google to help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband in the region, people familiar with the matter said.At a meeting…

A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe's big telecoms operators to force Big Tech to help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband in the region, people familiar with the matter said.Telecoms ministers from 18 countries…

Hi, this is Pranav Mukul in New Delhi. Earlier this week, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) elected a new 24-member governing council – and from that, a four-member executive council .Dream11 cofounder and CEO Harsh Jain…

Dream11’s Harsh Jain was elected as the chairperson of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) amid an ongoing tussle between Indian startups and the internet body on the latter’s pro-Big Tech stance. This and more in today’s…

Meta Platforms Inc started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles. Overall the cuts…

India plans to overhaul rules governing use of the internet, potentially altering business practices for Silicon Valley giants operating in the world’s biggest market.A first draft of the new law will be published in June, which is expected…

EU telecoms regulators' group BEREC on Friday warned the European Commission against proposing legislation pushed by the sector to get Big Tech's help to pay for the rollout of 5G and broadband, saying it did not see a competition problem…