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Amazon To Show Ads On Prime Video From Next Year Amid Slowdown In Subscribers

Amazon To Show Ads On Prime Video From Next Year Amid Slowdown In Subscribers

The company said it plans to have fewer ads than traditional TV and other streaming providers, adding it would not raise prices in 2024 for the current Prime membership plan.

Sep 24, 2023, 12:53 PM IST
X Social Media's India, South Asia Policy Head Samiran Gupta Resigns: Report

X Social Media's India, South Asia Policy Head Samiran Gupta Resigns: Report

He had joined the company in February, 2022, eight months before Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc. X counts India as a key market, with around 27 million users. Prime

Sep 23, 2023, 16:10 PM IST
X Social Media's India, South Asia Policy Head Gupta Resigns - Sources

X Social Media's India, South Asia Policy Head Gupta Resigns - Sources

Gupta, who was designated as X's Head of Global Government Affairs for India and South Asia, declined to comment to Reuters.

Sep 23, 2023, 11:49 AM IST
Amazon To Roll Out Ads On Prime Video In 2024

Amazon To Roll Out Ads On Prime Video In 2024

The U.S. tech giant said the advertisements will be introduced in the United States, the UK, Germany, and Canada in early 2024, followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the

Sep 22, 2023, 17:39 PM IST
JPMorgan Adding India Local Govt Bonds To Index To Trigger Higher Inflows

JPMorgan Adding India Local Govt Bonds To Index To Trigger Higher Inflows

India's local bonds will be included in the Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) index and the index suite, benchmarked by about $236 billion in global funds according to JPMorgan.

Sep 22, 2023, 10:09 AM IST
Nijjar Murder: Why Canada PM Justin Trudeau Failed To Garner Global Support Against India

Nijjar Murder: Why Canada PM Justin Trudeau Failed To Garner Global Support Against India

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that Canada was "actively pursuing credible allegations" that Indian agents had potentially been involved in the murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep

Sep 21, 2023, 08:55 AM IST
Apple France Workers Call Strike Ahead of iPhone 15 Launch

Apple France Workers Call Strike Ahead of iPhone 15 Launch

Last week, Apple was rocked by a French government decision to suspend sales of iPhone 12 handsets after tests that it said found breaches of radiation exposure limits.

Sep 20, 2023, 20:13 PM IST
Starbucks Faced A $5 Million Lawsuit For Not Putting 'Fruits' In Fruit Drinks In US

Starbucks Faced A $5 Million Lawsuit For Not Putting 'Fruits' In Fruit Drinks In US

Consumers complained that Starbucks' Mango Dragonfruit, Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade, Pineapple Passionfruit, Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade, Strawberry Açai and Strawberry Açai Lemonade Refreshers

Sep 19, 2023, 18:33 PM IST
WhatsApp Denies Report Platform Is Exploring Ads

WhatsApp Denies Report Platform Is Exploring Ads

The FT report said teams at Meta were discussing whether to show ads in lists of conversations with contacts on the WhatsApp chat screen, but no final decisions had been made.

Sep 15, 2023, 20:36 PM IST
Google To Pay $155 Million In Settlements Over Location Tracking

Google To Pay $155 Million In Settlements Over Location Tracking

The company was accused of being able to "profile" people and target them with advertising even if they turned off their "Location History" setting, and deceive people about their ability to block

Sep 15, 2023, 20:32 PM IST
THIS Country Urges Apple To Update iPhone 12 Software: Here's Why

THIS Country Urges Apple To Update iPhone 12 Software: Here's Why

Belgium said on Thursday it would review potential health risks linked to Apple's iPhone 12.

Sep 15, 2023, 20:13 PM IST
Gaganyaan: ISRO Plans Crucial Test In Crewed Space Mission By October

Gaganyaan: ISRO Plans Crucial Test In Crewed Space Mission By October

The Gaganyaan mission is aimed at developing a human-habitable space capsule that will carry a three-member crew into an orbit of 400 km (250 miles) for three days, before returning to safety in a

Sep 15, 2023, 15:31 PM IST
Nipah Virus Outbreak: What Do We Know About Deadly Virus That Has Claimed 2 Lives, Triggered Panic In Kerala

Nipah Virus Outbreak: What Do We Know About Deadly Virus That Has Claimed 2 Lives, Triggered Panic In Kerala

The Nipah virus was first identified in 1998 during an outbreak of illness among pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore.

Sep 14, 2023, 16:05 PM IST
Aliens On Earth! Mexican Lawmakers Present 'Alien Remains' In Parliament; Scientists 1-Step Away From Confirming It

Aliens On Earth! Mexican Lawmakers Present 'Alien Remains' In Parliament; Scientists 1-Step Away From Confirming It

Mexican journalist said that nearly 1000-year-old specimens were not related to any life on Earth and had three fingers on each hand and elongated heads.

Sep 14, 2023, 10:28 AM IST
Binance To Sack Over 100 Employees, Ousts CEO Amid Fresh Layoff Round

Binance To Sack Over 100 Employees, Ousts CEO Amid Fresh Layoff Round

Binance's Brian Shroder will be replaced by general counsel Norman Reed, who joined the company in December 2021, on an interim basis.

Sep 13, 2023, 09:50 AM IST
Apple Launches New Series 9 Watch With 'Double Tap' Feature; Sale Starts on THIS Date

Apple Launches New Series 9 Watch With 'Double Tap' Feature; Sale Starts on THIS Date

Apple also introduced a new feature to the Series 9 watches called "double tap" where users tap thumb and finger together twice, without touching the watch, in order to perform tasks like answering a

Sep 12, 2023, 23:28 PM IST
North Korea's Kim Jong Un In Russia: Is He Plotting To Arm Putin For Ukraine War?

North Korea's Kim Jong Un In Russia: Is He Plotting To Arm Putin For Ukraine War?

Kim Jong Un's special train arrived at Khasan station, the main rail gateway to Russia's Far East from North Korea.

Sep 12, 2023, 10:59 AM IST
Morocco Earthquake: Survivors Seek Aid As Death Toll Passes 2,100

Morocco Earthquake: Survivors Seek Aid As Death Toll Passes 2,100

Relief workers face the challenge of reaching the worst-affected villages in the High Atlas, a rugged mountain range where settlements are often remote and where many houses crumbled.

Sep 11, 2023, 23:48 PM IST
Deadly Storm, Heavy Floods Hit Lybia, Hundreds Feared Dead

Deadly Storm, Heavy Floods Hit Lybia, Hundreds Feared Dead

Storm Daniel swept in over the Mediterranean on Sunday, swamping roads and destroying buildings in Derna, and hitting other settlements along the coast including Libya's second biggest city of

Sep 11, 2023, 23:26 PM IST
RBI, Banks Plan New Features To Boost Digital Currency, e-rupee, Soon

RBI, Banks Plan New Features To Boost Digital Currency, e-rupee, Soon

Retail CBDC transactions are averaging close to 18,000 a day, way short of the RBI's one million-a-day target by 2023 end. The features include allowing digital rupee transactions when a customer is

Sep 11, 2023, 12:28 PM IST