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A refresher on social media best practices as your posts may go against company views, especially during election season /news/big-story/social-media-professional-work-office-elections-censor-111713161320733.html 111713161320733 story For Anant Pujari, a marketing professional with a multinational in Mumbai, getting a job was a struggle, but not because he didn’t fit the desired role. It was because of his extremely vocal posts on social media, which was called out by prospective employers who refused to hire him if he wasn’t willing to change his online habits. For instance, he had shared images of his presence at the protests against the CAA-NRC Act in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi,…

Ford’s strategic partnership with Volkswagen extends to commercial vehicles, with Ford building the Amarok pick-up and Transporter van in return, and its new arrangement with Renault extends to LCVs too. No details have been given, however, beyond the confirmation that the two companies “will explore the opportunity to collaborate” in this area, with the potential to sell Ford- and Renault-badged versions of the same vans. Ford CEO Jim Farley said: “The strategic partnership with Renault Group marks an important step for Ford and supports our strategy to build a highly efficient and fit-for-the-future business in Europe. “We will combine Renault Group’s industrial scale…

Source:YuriArcursPeopleimages/Envato Holiday travelers have a faster option at airport security as Apple Wallet and Google Wallet roll out passport-based digital IDs accepted at select TSA checkpoints. The tap-to-verify setup lets flyers confirm their identity straight from their phones. ABC News reports that the new mobile IDs are now in use across more than 250 participating lanes nationwide, arriving just as the holiday rush builds. The expansion gives TSA a real-world preview of how smoothly phone-based IDs can scale. The setup steps depend on the device you carry Each platform handles mobile ID creation in its own way, and travelers will…

Image: Adobe Stock A significant disruption struck the global internet today (November 18) as Cloudflare, a critical internet infrastructure and security company, was hit by an outage that knocked several major websites and services offline for users around the world. The incident, which began around 6:20 a.m. ET, immediately highlighted the fragility of the modern digital ecosystem, which relies heavily on a handful of centralized service providers. At 14:42 UTC (9.42 a.m. ET), Cloudflare announced: “A fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are…

At The Game Awards 2025, film director J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) took the stage with Left 4 Dead’s lead designer, Mike Booth, to show off 4:Loop. The game is being released by Abrams’ company Bad Robot games.The four-player co-op shooter has a sci-fi twist where player’s characters get reprinted when they die to try out new strategies as they fight an invading force. The game is planned for PlayStation 5 and PC and will be having early playtesting soon. You can learn more at PLAY4LOOP.com. 

The Indian Premier League season’s first 30 games have already produced some breathtaking displays with the bat and ball /news/talking-point/ipl-2024-indian-premier-league-dhoni-rishabh-pant-111713272612873.html 111713272612873 story Every season we experience moments that are both stunning and inspirational in the Indian Premier League (IPL), franchise cricket’s biggest annual event. The first 30 games of IPL 2024 have already left some indelible impressions. Here’s our pick of the best:Dhoni’s 666: Some are afraid of 666 as a mark of the devil, while for others it’s an angel number representing self-discovery. M.S. Dhoni’s 666 on Sunday night at the Wankhede stadium was definitely angelic, although to Mumbai…

E-axles for EVs and hybrids The new e-axles, which combine electric drive motors, gearboxes and control electronics in a variety of light and compact packages, can put out between 200bhp and 470bhp in layouts to suit front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. Pitarevic also stresses the units’ suitability to both hybrids and pure EVs, and cites BMW, Porsche and Saudi Arabian EV start-up CEER as customers so far – as well as many others that remain anonymous. This all comes as Rimac prepares its new €300 million (£261m) manufacturing campus, comprising 95,000m2 of production space in Zagreb, Croatia, to create tens…

Image: Unsplash Germany’s antitrust authority has launched what could be the most critical test of Apple’s business practices this year. The Bundeskartellamt is evaluating Apple’s proposed solutions to competition concerns around App Tracking Transparency through a comprehensive market test — and the outcome could fundamentally alter how Apple handles user data globally. The stakes couldn’t be higher for Apple. Companies found guilty of breaching Germany’s antitrust rules face fines up to 10% of annual turnover, and Apple’s been racing against time to address these concerns since authorities first challenged the tech giant’s practices nearly three years ago. The company has…

Image: Adobe Stock AWS and Microsoft Azure are in the spotlight, but perhaps not for the right reasons. The European Commission has announced the initiation of three market investigations concerning cloud computing services under the landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA). The move signals a major regulatory escalation, targeting the dominance of two of the world’s largest tech companies in a sector deemed crucial for Europe’s digital future and technological autonomy. According to the EC’s announcement, two of the investigations will specifically assess whether the cloud computing services AWS and Microsoft Azure should be officially designated as “gatekeepers” under the DMA.…

Tonight’s Game Awards presentation gave us a new look at one of the most anticipated games coming in early 2026. Resident Evil Requiem was already looking good, even ahead of rumors earlier this week that Leon Kennedy would be joining the cast.Those rumors were confirmed tonight, as a new trailer showed off how two distinct leads will each have their own distinct gameplay loops, as well as some glimpses of the villainous Victor Gideon, who seems to play an important role in the unfolding trouble. Grace Ashcroft will have sequences focused on classic survival/horror dynamics, while Leon Kennedy will show…