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New Delhi: With a spike in cases of Covid-19 in China, the country in its effort to contain the spread has imposed a lockdown for the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi’an, reported AP. The measure has been taken just weeks before the commencement of Beijing Winter …

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday that four telecom providers will pay a total of $6 million (roughly Rs. 45,60,81,000) to settle investigations into compliance with the agency’s 911 reliability rules during 2020 network outages. AT&T, CenturyLink, now Lumen Technologies, Intrado, and Verizon Communications will implement compliance plans to …

NEW DELHI: The government of India (GOI) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 300 million dollar loan to improve primary health care in urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas. As per an official release by …

Dell laptops, desktops, and tablets have four “severe” vulnerabilities that could let hackers take over the devices, affecting over 30 million computers. The company confirmed this and has released a patch for the vulnerability in its BIOSConnect feature. This is designed to enable remote recovery and firmware updates, but also …

French startup Yousign has raised a $36.6 million Series A funding round (€30 million). Lead Edge Capital is leading the round and eFounders is investing once again in the company. Yousign, as the name suggests, is an e-signature provider that complies with European regulation on digital signatures. While the company …

Home services marketplace Urban Company said on Wednesday it has raised $255 million in a new financing round and confirmed a valuation of $2.1 billion, joining over a dozen other startups in India that have earned the unicorn status this year. The new financing round — a Series F — …

Apple has agreed to pay Chilean consumers $3.4 million (roughly Rs. 25 crores) in a lawsuit over programmed obsolescence of iPhone handsets, their lawyer said, the first such settlement in Latin America. Apple is accused of having programmed a limited lifespan into some products to force users to replace their …

The pandemic-induced lockdown forced most people in the country to take to the Internet for their everyday needs. Online gaming platforms were among the beneficiaries from this trend and this is reflected in the investments that the segment attracted last year. According to data from Tracxn, a firm that tracks …

Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories About 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine were ruined, and future vaccine shipments will be delayed. This all follows a mix-up at a manufacturing …

New Delhi: A week after receiving one million doses of AstraZeneca Covid vaccines, South Africa has now asked the Serum Institute of India (SII) to take them back as the country said it will put on hold use of AstraZeneca shots in its vaccination drive, The Economic Times reported on …