Under G7 squeeze, FB, Google, big tech cos. to pay more taxes

Under G7 squeeze, FB, Google, big tech cos. to pay more taxes

The United States, Britain and other large, rich nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational companies such as Amazon and Google and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens.

Hundreds of billions of dollars could fl...


5G tech safe; health concerns misplaced: COAI

India’s cellular phone trade body COAI has said that any concern around adverse impact of 5G spectrum on human health is "totally misplaced", and all evidence available supports that the next-generation technology is safe.

The Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) asserted ...


Germany launches probe into Google News Showcase

Germany launches probe into Google News Showcase

Germany's competition authority is investigating Alphabet Inc's Google News Showcase, a platform which makes news available on the tech giant's news website, it said on Friday.

Cooperation with Google could be attractive for publishers and other news providers and offer consumers bet...


YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally

YouTube paid $4 billion to music industry in last 12 months

YouTube has paid over $4 billion to the music industry in the last 12 months alone and has added more paid members in Q1 ’21 than in any other quarter since launch, a top company executive said.

“As a visual-audio platform, our goal is to become the leading revenue generator for the ...


Twitter Blue to allow paid subs to edit tweets

Twitter Blue to allow paid subs to edit tweets

Twitter Inc on Thursday said it will roll out a new subscription product initially in Australia and Canada called Twitter Blue, which will let paying users edit their tweets before posting and change the color theme of their app.

Details of the feature were first uncovered last month...