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Tech giants seek to defer Indian digital tax

Big US tech firms such as Google and Facebook plan to seek deferment of a new Indian digital tax, which has caught them off-guard as...

Facebook commits $100 million to support news media hurt by virus crisis

Facebook on Monday pledged $100 million in financing and advertising spending to support news organizations, including local publishers in the United States, reeling from...

Microsoft to end face recognition investing

Microsoft on Friday said it would sell its stake in AnyVision, an Israeli facial recognition startup, and said it no longer would make minority...

India rolls out coronavirus call centres to stop stampede to hard-pressed hospitals

Health authorities set up coronavirus call centres in urban centres across India on Friday, scrambling to stop people flooding hospitals demanding immediate tests to see if...

UN enlists tech firms to help 1.5 billion missing school

The UN's education agency said Thursday it had forged a coalition with tech firms and nonprofit organisations to support more than 1.5 billion students...

Amazon to stop non-essential sales in India

Amazon's India unit on Tuesday said it will halt orders for non-essential products in India to prioritise customers' critical needs at a time when much of the country...

Facebook to shift sensitive content moderation to staffers amid coronavirus crisis

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that the company was moving moderation of its most sensitive content, including self-harm and counter terrorism, from...

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