Twitter tests ‘Safety Mode’ to curb harmful language
Twitter is testing a new ‘Safety Mode’ feature that temporarily blocks accounts for seven days for using insults or hateful remarks, a move aimed at curbing harmful language on the microblogging platform.
The new safety feature has been rolled out to a small feedback group on iOS, Android, and Twitter.com, beginning with accounts that have English-language settings enabled, Twitter said in a blogpost on Wednesday.
Sachin Bansal’s Navi, Tata-backed Curefit, D2C brand Mamaearth in Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021
The Hurun Research Institute has released its inaugural ‘Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021’ to rank startups that are knocking at the doors of a billion-dollar valuation. These are companies valued at over $200 million, not yet listed on a public exchange, and “most likely to go unicorn’ in two years (Gazelles) or four years (Cheetahs).
The top 15 startups in the list are Zilingo, MPL, Rebel Foods, Curefit, Spinny, RateGain, Mamaearth, CarDekho, GreyOrange, MobiKwik, Navi Technologies, Licious, Uniphore, Ecom Express, and Vedantu.
India, UK agree on $1.2B investment in green projects and renewable energy
India and the UK on Thursday agreed on a $1.2 billion investment in green projects and renewable energy to boost India’s green growth ambitions at the 11th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue between Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her British counterpart Rishi Sunak, driving forward the bilateral agenda of an Enhanced Trade Partnership.
Sitharaman and Sunak, who met virtually for the annual summit, signed off the $1.2-billion package of public and private investment in green projects and renewable energy in India.
Apple eases App Store rules again, to allow outside signups
Apple is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix, and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts.
The iPhone maker said that it’s making a small adjustment to its strict App Store rules for developers of so-called reader apps, in order to resolve an investigation by regulators in Japan.
