Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US operations

Washington: Technology giant Microsoft is in advanced talks to acquire TikTok’s US operations, according to a media report on Friday, even as President Donald Trump said his administration is considering to ban the popular Chinese-owned video app.

“We’re looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok,” Trump told reporters at the White House. India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the administration and the lawmakers.

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Mukesh Ambani wants to make 2G ‘part of history’

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday called for urgent policy measures to move away from 2G service, which started 25 years ago, and make it a “part of history”.

On the silver jubilee of the first mobile phone call made in India, Ambani said that 2G era feature phones have kept around 30 crore subscribers away from basic internet services when both India and the world are venturing into the 5G domain.

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Versatile Film Director Alan Parker dies at 76

Alan Parker the director of the Commitments and Angela’s Ashes, has died aged 76 on Friday, July 31 in South London.

He was nominated for the best-director Oscar for the 1978 film “Midnight Express” and again 10 years later for “Mississippi Burning.

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25 years since first phone call that started mobile telephony in India

Mumbai: July 31 is one of the most significant day in the history of India. On this day the first mobile phone call was made in the country.

On July 31, 1995, Jyoti Basu, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, made the call to Sukh Ram, then Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology.

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Google adds ‘Black-owned business’ attribute for maps

Google has introduced a ‘Black-owned business’ attribute that merchants in the US with a verified Business Profile can add to their profile to help customers find them easily.

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Astronomers capture photo of rare ‘space butterfly’

A picture of NGC 2899- a bubble of gas that resembles a butterfly has been captured by astronomers.

The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO)  Large Telescope in northern Chile to spot the NGC 2899. The high-resolution instrument was one of the first to be installed on ESO’s VLT.

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Health care workers wearing PPE are still at risk of Covid-19 infection: Study

According to a recent study from King’s College London, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is not enough to completely eliminate the threat from the virus for frontline workers.

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