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Facebook and Google to pay for news in Australia, for the first time in the world
In a first of its kind move, Australia has made it mandatory that tech giants Google and Facebook will have to pay the media outlets in the country for the news content used by these companies. This is aimed at ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Google Provided $39.5 Million to News Publishers amid COVID 19 Crisis
The search engine giant, Google, has so far distributed $39.5 million in funding to more than 5600 publishers from 115 countries that are facing financial hardship as a result of the economic and advertising slowdown in the COVID 19 pandemic. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
No Commission to be charged by Google on its E-Commerce Platform
Google has announced that it will let sellers – both the small retailers and the big corporates – sell products on its e-commerce marketplace product, Google Shopping, without charging any commission to them. This move is expected to counter Amazon ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Google to invest 10 billion USD in India
On July 13, 2020, PM Modi interacted with the CEO of Google, Mr Sundar Pichai. After the interaction, the CEO announced that Google is to invest 10 billion USD in India in the future. Highlights The investment will mainly focus ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
“Delhi Corona” App launched by Delhi Government
On June 2, 2020, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched Delhi Corona App. The application is to provide all required information that are related to ventilators and hospital beds in the city. The Application mainly aims at providing real ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
US joins G7 partnership on Artificial Intelligence
The Leaders of Group of the seven wealthiest countries in the world had set up Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. Highlights The United States was not a part of the partnership initially. However, US is now joining the group to ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020