OYO Hotels Confirms Billion-Dollar Funding Round OYO Hotels has announced that it has raised $800 million in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Investment Advisers. It has also confirmed a commitment of an additional $200 mn, bringing the total funding to $1 billion in this round, OYO said in a statement. The online accommodation booking platform “has raised a total of $800 million in the latest financing round led by SoftBank Investment Advisers (SBIA) through SoftBank Vision Fund, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia and Greenoaks Capital,” it said....

Redmi Note 6 Pro Unboxing Reveals Everything Ahead of Launch Ever since the launch of theRedmi 6 lineupearlier in this month,rumors and leaksrelated to the Redmi Note 6 Pro have been swarming forums and social media sites. While we had only seen assembly line photos or leaked online listing to date, an unboxing video has bared it all about the device even before its official launch. We haveour first lookat the Redmi Note 6 Pro from popular Indian tech YouTuber, Technical Guruji (a....

Sony Finally Starts Testing Fortnite Cross-Play on PS4 Remember whenFortnite launched on the Nintendo Switchand a bunch ofPS4 playerswere left shell-shocked to find that their PS4 accounts could not be used on the Nintendo Switch? That was horrible, and Sony doubled down on this policy with random claims about how the experience is best on the PS4 anyway yada yada yada. The point is, Sony has now finally decided that it should at leasttryto give cross-play capabilities to Fortnite players on the PS4....

Supreme Court Bars Companies From Using Aadhaar, But What About Existing Data? Termingthe Supreme Court verdicton Aadhaar a breath of fresh air for Indian citizens, experts said a completely new regime has to be put in place to protect the Aadhaar data that is lying with private companies. Stating that private entities or individuals cannot avail Aadhaar data to provide consumer services, the apex court struck down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which allowed sharing of data with private entities....

Supreme Court Verdict Ends Aadhaar Linking To Mobile Number, Bank Accounts; Upholds Validity Despite Privacy Concerns Thesecurity and privacyof Aadhaarhas been under the microscope for the past year, leading many to challenge the constitutional validity of the national ID program. Today, the Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment andupheld most of the provisions of the Aadhaar Act. Aadhaar Remains Valid The Supreme Court believes the Aadhaar is still important and passed judgment by a majority vote of 4:1, withJustice D....

Telcos Must Provide High Level of Consumer Satisfaction: Modi Telecom service providers must provide a high level of consumer satisfaction and their resolutions should be based on the latest technological solutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. He said this while presiding over the 29th meeting of ‘Pragati’, the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. “The Prime Minister said that resolution of issues related to the telecom sector should be based on latest technological solutions....

These Xiaomi Phones Will Get MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM Xiaomi began therolloutof MIUI 10’s Global Stable update earlier this month for a handful of smartphones such as the Redmi Note 5, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Mi 6, Mi Mix and the Redmi Y2 among others. The company has now revealed the release schedule of the MIUI 10 global stable update for all the compatible devices via a post on the official Mi....