Technology services and consulting company Wipro Limited on August 18 announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver Service Integration and Management (SIAM) Services to HM Treasury (HMT), the UK government's economic and finance ministry. The IT services major said the service will make it possible to seamlessly integra...
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Apple brings software updates for iOS, iPadOS
Apple has released new software updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs to fix two security vulnerabilities known by the tech giant to be actively exploited by attackers. The two vulnerabilities were found in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and other apps, and the kernel, essentially the operating system's core. The two flaws affec...
Twitter avoids sharing information on bot accounts
Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his leadership team sought documents from advertising technology firms working for the micro-blogging platform. His legal team subpoenaed two ad tech firms -- Integral Ad Science (IAS) and D...
Amazon testing TikTok-style feed on its app
Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform. The e-commerce giant has been testing a feed on its app that enables shoppers to scroll through TikTok-like photos and videos of products posted by other users. Using the feature,...
Telecom Minister exhorts telcos to prepare for 5G launch
Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday asked telecom service providers to gear up for the 5G launch, post the issuance of spectrum allocation letters. A first, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued spectrum assignment letters on the same day the successful bidders of radio waves made upfront payments. Vaishnaw wrote on a social...
DoT bats for auction of satellite spectrum
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is batting decisively for the auction of satellite spectrum. After nearly two years of intense lobbying from satellite players, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) players such as OneWeb, Telesat, and Starlink —has decided that LEO and MEO (Medium-Earth orbit) players will have to participate in spectrum...