By Jimmy Patel The successive policy repo rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) since 2019 to support growth has left sections of the society nervous. The rate cuts are good news for…
U.S.-China tensions could split the internet — and…
China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017.Patrick Stollarz | AFP | Getty…
US proposes changes in legal immunity for internet…
Washington: The US Justice Department unveiled a legislative proposal on Wednesday that seeks to reform a legal immunity for internet companies and follows through on President Donald Trump's bid from earlier this year to crack…
SpaceX’s Starlink internet shows fast speeds during early…
SpaceX deploys 60 Starlink satellites in orbit.SpaceXSpaceX gave an update on early tests of its Starlink satellite internet network, which showed speeds capable of playing online video games and streaming movies.Starlink is the ambitious plan…
E-shoppers double amid pandemic to 42% of urban…
(This story originally appeared in on Aug 29, 2020)Bengaluru: The consumer base of e-commerce shoppers has doubled to 42 per cent of urban active internet users in India over the last three months (amid the…
The India story after 25 years of internet…
When VSNL launched the internet in India on August 15, 1995, optimism about the new arrival was high. Even in those days of dial-up lines, big machines and steep tariffs — when the internet’s future…
Researchers record world’s fastest internet data speed
Melbourn: Scientists have achieved the world's fastest internet data speed, which is enough to download 1000 HD movies in a split second, using a single optical chip, an advance that can help scale up the…
The internet industry is suing California over its…
Google CEO: Net neutrality 'a principle we all need to fight for' The internet industry is suing the state of California over its days-old net neutrality law. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday by major trade…