Foxconn sees Covid-hit China plant back at full output by late Dec-early Jan: source

The Zhengzhou plant has been grappling with strict Covid-19 restrictions that have fuelled discontent among workers over conditions at the factory.

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Will testify before US House committee, says former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

The US House Financial Services Committee plans to hold a hearing in December to investigate the collapse of FTX and expects to hear from the companies and individuals involved, including founder and CEO Bankman-Fried.

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Spacetech startups look to conquer the final frontier

The space economy was valued at $469 billion in 2021, up 9% from 2020, the highest recorded growth since 2014, a McKinsey Quarterly report said, citing the Space Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation.

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TikTok, Bumble join initiative to prevent sharing of non-consensual images

Social media platforms TikTok and Bumble have joined an initiative to prevent the sharing of non-consensual intimate images online.

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Cyber attacks triple in last three years, but security funds underutilised

The number of cyber attacks in the country has witnessed three-fold increase over as many years, however, the funds meant for cybersecurity have been underutilised with only Rs 98.31 crore used of the total Rs 213 crore sanctioned.

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Amazon to restart ads on Twitter: report

This Amazon development comes after companies have been pulling down their ads and marketing campaigns from Twitter since the Tesla CEO took over the social media company in October.

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Govt mulls exempting early stage startups from data protection bill provisions

"This may be for a limited time period in cases where they may be doing some kind of data modelling etc to develop their solution," the source, who did not wish to be named, said. The draft DPDP has proposed exemption only for government notified data fiduciaries and data processing entities when it comes to data collection, data sharing, giving information around data processing etc.

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