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ByteDance has been granted a 15-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short video-sharing app by Thursday. from Gadgets 360

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies to justify his suspension when he urged beheading two senior US officials. from Gadgets 360

WandaVision release date in India is January 15, 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar. It will also be available January 15 on Disney+ in Australia, the UK, the US, and elsewhere. That’s a month later than it was originally expected. from Gadgets 360

Amazon on Thursday said it shifted part of the computing for its Alexa voice assistant to its own custom-designed Inferentia chips, aiming to make the work faster and cheaper while moving it away from chips supplied by Nvidia. from Gadgets 360

The US government has decided against enforcing its ban on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to comply with a federal court ruling issued in the national security case. from Gadgets 360

Uber said it would roll out a new feature in the US that will allow customers to reserve scheduled rides up to 30 days in advance. from Gadgets 360

Spotify has agreed to buy podcast advertising and publishing platform Megaphone, it said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deals to boost its podcast platform. from Gadgets 360

European Union regulators filed antitrust charges against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data from companies that sell products on its platform to gain an unfair advantage over them. from Gadgets 360

Amazon said on Tuesday it had taken down listings of products such as briefs and doormats with Hindu sacred symbols that were being sold on its overseas websites, following a furore on social media in India. from Gadgets 360

Federal regulators are requiring Zoom to strengthen its security in a proposed settlement of allegations that the video conferencing service misled users about its level of security for meetings. from Gadgets 360

Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday announced its debut into live sports in India by acquiring the India territory rights for the New Zealand Cricket through 2025-26. from Gadgets 360

Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a detailed probe against internet giant Google for alleged unfair business practices with respect to Google Pay as well as Google Play's payment system. from Gadgets 360

Disney+ Hotstar has rolled out a “Watch with your friends” feature that allows you to video call friends and family while you watch cricket. This only applies to the Indian Premier League. from Gadgets 360

The founders of Mamma-Miya and Transplant Care were a part of this year’s (virtual) session of Apple Entrepreneur Camp. The camp aims to empower the groups underrepresented in the industry. They offer one-on-one code-level guidance from Apple experts and engineers on their app, mentorship, and insights from Apple’s top leaders. from Gadgets 360

Google is now adding a new take on its Colour Pop feature that users can add to any photo, without restricting it to just the ones with depth information. To use this new paid Colour Pop feature, Google Photos users will have to buy Google One subscription. from Gadgets 360

Google criticised India's move to cap the share of transactions some companies within the country's digital payments space can account for, saying it would hinder the nation's burgeoning digital payments economy. from Gadgets 360

Before Facebook shut down a rapidly growing Stop the Steal Facebook Group on Thursday, the forum featured calls for members to ready their weapons should President Donald Trump lose his bid to remain in the White House. from Gadgets 360

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was excited that WhatsApp has received approval to roll out its payments service in India. The Facebook-owned messaging service will soon roll out its payments service in the country starting with two crore users. from Gadgets 360

Facebook on Thursday shut down a pro-Trump group organising protests against vote-counting, saying it was being used to delegitimize the election process and included "worrying" calls for violence. from Gadgets 360

Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated. from Gadgets 360