Soumyarendra Barik is Special Correspondent with The Indian Express and reports on the intersection of technology, policy and society. With over five years of newsroom experience, he has reported on issues of gig workers’ rights, privacy,...Read More
Soumyarendra Barik is Special Correspondent with The Indian Express and reports on the intersection of technology, policy and society. With over five years of newsroom experience, he has reported on issues of gig workers’ rights, privacy, India’s prevalent digital divide and a range of other policy interventions that impact big tech companies. He once also tailed a food delivery worker for over 12 hours to quantify the amount of money they make, and the pain they go through while doing so. In his free time, he likes to nerd about watches, Formula 1 and football.
Nov 12, 2022 11:39 IST
Here's a primer on Mastodon, how it is different from Twitter, and why users are choosing to join...
Sat, Nov 12, 2022Nov 12, 2022 03:11 IST
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), another industry group, has told the DoT that...
Sat, Nov 12, 2022Nov 05, 2022 04:41 IST
At the time of publishing, the exact number of Twitter India employees impacted as part of the mass...
Sat, Nov 05, 2022Nov 03, 2022 15:04 IST
The beta program lets users try out pre-released software and experience the latest features before...
Fri, Nov 04, 2022Nov 01, 2022 11:49 IST
Google has said it is reviewing its "legal options" and ensuring it can "continue to invest in...
Tue, Nov 01, 2022Oct 28, 2022 04:27 IST
What the changes essentially mean is that in case a user is not satisfied with the content...
Fri, Oct 28, 2022Oct 24, 2022 04:24 IST
I&B Ministry had earlier issued advisories asking streaming platforms and TV channels not to...
Mon, Oct 24, 2022Oct 21, 2022 11:14 IST
According to CCI, Google manages the Android operating system as well as other licences, which...
Fri, Oct 21, 2022Oct 20, 2022 20:28 IST
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) also ordered Google not to offer any incentives to...
Fri, Oct 21, 2022Oct 20, 2022 13:50 IST
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) watchdog had been investigating the companies since 2019,...
Thu, Oct 20, 2022Oct 14, 2022 15:57 IST
For the first time, Netflix has announced a ‘basic with ads’ plan for the US and 11 other...
Fri, Oct 14, 2022Oct 14, 2022 08:20 IST
To roll-out service in more...
Sat, Oct 15, 2022Oct 13, 2022 05:01 IST
The company had acquired 400 MHz of spectrum in the 26 GHz band for a total of Rs 212 crore. While...
Thu, Oct 13, 2022Oct 10, 2022 23:40 IST
Earlier this month, VideoLan had sent a legal notice to MeitY and the Department of...
Wed, Oct 12, 2022Oct 08, 2022 10:12 IST
A task force set up the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has prepared a final...
Mon, Oct 10, 2022Oct 05, 2022 14:42 IST
The regulation will be published in the EU’s Official Journal on October 13, and the majority of...
Wed, Oct 05, 2022Oct 02, 2022 01:51 IST
In July, the government had cleared a Rs 1.64 lakh crore booster shot for the loss-making BSNL with...
Sun, Oct 02, 2022Oct 01, 2022 14:03 IST
Modi said that the utility of 5G is not limited to facilitating day-to-day activities, but rather,...
Sun, Oct 02, 2022Oct 01, 2022 03:49 IST
To facilitate a better working relationship between the Centre and state governments, and for...
Sat, Oct 01, 2022Sep 30, 2022 13:37 IST
5G works on two distinct architectures, and Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have each chosen the one...
Sat, Oct 01, 2022Sep 28, 2022 15:27 IST
This is the second instance in a decade where Oracle has been fined over “improper conduct”...
Thu, Sep 29, 2022Sep 28, 2022 11:00 IST
The IMEI is a unique 15-digit number that is used to identify a device on a mobile network, acting...
Thu, Sep 29, 2022Sep 28, 2022 02:14 IST
In May, the ministry had released the draft National Data Governance Framework Policy, which...
Wed, Sep 28, 2022Sep 26, 2022 01:05 IST
'The digital economy is one of the biggest opportunities for India and a lot of what we are doing...
Mon, Sep 26, 2022Sep 25, 2022 01:05 IST
Last month, Air India had a domestic market share of 8.5 per cent, while IndiGo’s was 57.5 per...
Sun, Sep 25, 2022