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    Netflix App Can Now Automatically Download Shows or Movies You May Be Interested In

    • 24.02.2021
    • Variety

    Netflix has a new way to get content in front of subscribers: It launched a feature that will automatically download TV shows or movies you might be interested in to your smartphone in based on your preferences and viewing history, so you can watch them in offline mode.

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    Data Localization and the Limits of “Everything from Everywhere”

    • 24.02.2021
    • National Law Review

    Some countries like India and Pakistan endorse a watered-down version of data localization in their current and proposed laws. The lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament, Lok Sabha, introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 (PDPB). This law reduces the required data localization in previous versions of the law, likely due to pressure of more open internet-friendly societies like the U.S. and Europe.

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    Hollywood Studios and Top Guilds Ask President Biden for Pandemic Assistance

    • 24.02.2021
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    "For much of 2020 through to the present, significant portions of the industry shuttered. The pandemic has put roughly 465,000 film and television jobs in the U.S. at risk," read a letter sent to the new commander-in-chief.

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    Bitcoin cracks 8% to slip below $52,000; gives up $1tn m-cap level

    • 24.02.2021
    • Livemint

    On 19 February, it had become the first digital currency in the world to hit a market valuation of $1 trillion after it crossed the $53,683 level.

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    China’s CCTV and Korea’s KBS Sign Agreement, Potentially Signaling End to Content Ban

    • 24.02.2021
    • Variety

    The move may be a strong indication of a thaw in tensions between the two countries that have for years left Korean content unofficially banned in the mainland.

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    Infra providers eye tower sharing policy ahead of 5G rollout

    • 24.02.2021
    • Livemint

    Currently, sharing of infra is limited to antenna, RAN, feeder cable, and transmission system among telcos only.

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    Bitcoin’s market value crosses $1 trillion, hits all-time high

    • 23.02.2021
    • The Print

    The price of the digital currency has surged more than 80% so far this year. A single bitcoin currently costs around $ 55,000 and there are about 18.6 million of them in circulation.

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    Data protection: European Commission launches process on personal data flows to UK

    • 23.02.2021
    • India Education Diary

    Over the past months, the Commission has carefully assessed the UK’s law and practice on personal data protection, including the rules on access to data by public authorities.

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    Why trust in India’s tech biz soared during the pandemic

    • 23.02.2021
    • The Times of India

    “In the last 12 months, there was a fundamental shift in how we think about technology", said Debjani Ghosh, president of IT industry body Nasscom.

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    Is India ready to take up gaming in a big way?

    • 23.02.2021
    • The Hans India

    Asian countries, especially Korea, Singapore, Japan, and China, are a decade ahead of us in the field of gaming.

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