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    TikTok owner ByteDance hiring AI chip designers amid China’s tech self-sufficiency drive

    • 17.03.2021
    • South China Morning Post

    The ByteDance move comes amid a global chip shortage, which began in the second half of last year but has worsened in recent months.

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    Bollywood’s problem of plenty may skew the math for low-budget movies

    • 17.03.2021
    • Livemint

    Big-Ticket movies are likely to eat into the margins of small-budget films, experts have said.

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    How Vidooly Is Breaking Through In India’s Budding Video & OTT Analytics Space

    • 17.03.2021
    • Inc42

    Founded in 2014, Vidooly was born as a result of the founders identifying the acceleration in consumption of videos on the internet and the need for an analytics solution.

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    Crypto regulation offers India an opportunity that must be seized

    • 17.03.2021
    • Livemint

    The country has a chance to lead the world in adopting appropriate regulatory architecture for a promising financial concept.

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    Netflix Leasing Toho Studio Space in Tokyo as Japanese Content Expands

    • 17.03.2021
    • Variety

    The streamer will have access to both Stage 7 and Stage 10, and several in-studio facilities within Toho Studios, which is located in central suburban Setagaya Ward in Tokyo. The facilities have previously been home to Kurosawa Akira’s “Seven Samurai,” and the Godzilla film series.

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    Sudesh Iyer picks up equity stake in Singapore headquartered Vistas Media Capital

    • 17.03.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    Together, they intend to launch a movie fund which will invest into both receivable financing as well as gap funding of projects.

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    Enact law to make Facebook, Google pay for news: BJP MP in Rajya Sabha

    • 17.03.2021
    • Hindustan Times

    "The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay to print and news channels for the news content they are using freely," the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention.

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    Google to face $5 billion lawsuit over tracking Chrome users in ‘Incognito’ mode

    • 16.03.2021
    • The News Minute

    District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Google "did not notify users that Google engages in the alleged data collection while the user is in private browsing mode”.

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    US must win AI game, partner with allies like India to embrace tech — experts tell Biden admin

    • 16.03.2021
    • The Print

    In its report, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has an ‘uncomfortable message’ for America — that it is ‘not prepared to defend or compete in the AI era’.

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    India Box Office in Peril as COVID-19 Surges in Mumbai

    • 16.03.2021
    • Variety

    On Monday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which is in charge of Mumbai, the commercial capital of India and the home of the Bollywood film industry, ordered that cinemas return to 50% occupancy, and curtailed social gatherings.

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