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There’s little that’s more annoying on the web than videos that start playing automatically and with their volume up. Over the course of the last few years, Chrome and other browser vendors have started to  combat this , but for the most part, those solutions relied on the user explicitly taking action. Now, following the  launch of a similar feature on mobile , Chrome on desktop is also getting much smarter about which sites it’ll allow to autoplay and which it’ll block — and it’ll learn from your behavior to personalize this feature. Google  says a “significant number of autoplays” are paused and muted, or have their tabs closed, within six seconds. I’m actually guessing most people close those tabs faster, but six seconds seems like a good enough measure to know whether a user wanted to hear the sound from a video or not. Going forward, Google will  learn  from your own browsing behavior and learn which sites you’ll want to mute. For users who aren’t ...

We have noted the model of PhonePe, Google Tez and Paytm, whenever there are incentives or cashbacks, the transaction volumes pick up. This is another behavioural change,u201d said a top government official who is aware of the development. The person did not wish to be named. The share of BHIM in total UPI transactions has dropped to 5.75% in February from 40.5% in August last year, according to the latest data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which tracks digital transactions in the country. The official said the move to offer cashbacks and incentives is also to encourage more transactions on the BHIM platform and reduce usage of cash. For this, the incentives for merchants for using BHIM-Aadhaar platform will be significantly increased to 0.5% of the transaction value upto Rs 10,000 against the earlier 0.25% of the transaction value of just Rs 2,000. The government admits that the offtake of the earlier scheme for merchants has been low (just a few lak...

Cos More Cautious This Time “We are also strengthening the technology and product functions significantly and plan to increase headcount by about 25%,” Hari said. Tech-enabled logistics company Rivigo, which recently  raised $50 million from Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners , at a post-money valuation estimated at $1 billion, is planning to hire 2,500 people across functions in 2018, which includes 500 engineers and the rest in sales and operations. “One of our biggest focus areas this year will be on building India’s best technology and AI (artificial intelligence) team. We are looking at hiring 500 top engineers from across the world for our technology team this year with a dedicated AI team that will work on futuristic AI applications in logistics,” said Gazal Kalra, co-founder, Rivigo. “Startups are once again in a hiring mode, but this time it is being driven by a clear business case and real business need,” said CK Guruprasad, a consultant at Spencer Stuart. “It is ...

Working with the best social media platform is a dream of many but due to the extreme competition, only a few get the opportunity to become a part of companies like Facebook. Right from an attractive pay package, challenging and creative projects to various fun activities organised by the company, an employee has the perfect professional life. Facebook has a number of current openings and has invited applications from interested candidates to apply for the same. Check the eligibility criteria and other details. The job location is India. Current openings in different cities of India — Director & Head of Partnerships (Gurgaon) — Quality Operations Project Manager (Mumbai/New Delhi/Hyderabad/Gurgaon) — Product Growth Manager (New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad) — Managing Director and Vice President (Gurgaon) — GMS Recruiter (Gurgaon) — Head of Client Solutions (Mumbai, Gurgaon) — Business Marketing Manager (Gurgaon) — Policy Programmes Manager...

Foodpanda, one of India’s noted online marketplace for food delivery, announced the launch of its dedicated technology centre in Bengaluru, on Tuesday. According to a statement released by Foodpanda, the state-of-the-art tech centre will aim to strengthen the technology infrastructure, product capabilities and end user experience for the company. In fact, a blueprint has also been drawn to hire over 100 team members with strong tech background over the next six to nine months. The tech centre will extensively work on introducing specialised domains in machine learning and data sciences. This development would aim to offer personalised services for their restaurant partners and millions of prospective customers in throughout the country. The statement also added that the centre envisions to become a hub for the best tech talent working in the food tech space in India. The centre will also be used for aggressive research and development functions in the future while leveraging be...

The Trump administration decided to delay the decision regarding H4 visa. This is supposed to be a good news, but it has nothing but confused the Indian techies working in the US. The department of homeland security (DHS) deferred issuing the proposal to restrict work permits for H4 dependent visas. The decision was supposed to be taken by February 28 but it has now been delayed to the end of June 2018. The move comes just a few days after the Trump administration announced increased scrutiny for H-1B visa approvals, making it rather confusing for existing H-1B holders. Indian families are largest beneficiaries of H-4 visas. H-1B visa holders that move to the US with their spouses can apply for work permit for their spouses. The provision of H-4 visa has helped many Indian H-1B holders find work for their spouses. The department of homeland security (DHS) was planning to issue the proposal to restrict work permits for H-4 visa holders. The government led by the former...

In one of the biggest fraud cases to hit Indian banking, the country's second-largest lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) informed stock exchanges on Wednesday that it has been hit by embezzlement amounting to Rs 11,300 crore at one of its branches in Mumbai. Here is how the fraud took place: 1. The scam started in 2011. We ourselves found out about the fraud and reported it to the concerned agencies, Punjab National Bank (PNB) MD Sunil Mehta said in a presser on Thursday. 2. We detected the fraud on January 3. We got to know that 2 of our employees did some un-authorized transactions. The bank initiated criminal action against our staff members, the PNB MD said. This is a standalone incident. It has taken place only in one of our branches, Mehta said. 3. We have lodged FIRs and complaints. PNB has capability and capacity to come out of this, Mehta said. We have not shirked in our responsibility, he added. 4. On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) reg...