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Dogecoin mania reaches Indian crypto exchanges SECTIONS Share ETtech Named after a meme of the Japanese dog breed Shiba Inu and with supporters including Tesla's Elon Musk, the cryptocurrency has risen over 10X in the last three months, with its market cap standing at almost $80 billion on Thursday. Liking this story? SUBSCRIBE We'll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait... Indian cryptocurrency exchanges are now witnessing record-breaking trading volumes of Dogecoin, causing massive surge in traffic on these platforms. On Wednesday, Binance-owned WazirX’s Doge/INR trading slowed its system ...

We'll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait... CFIUS has been looking in to whether Epic Games' and Riot Games' handling of the personal data of their users constitutes a national security risk because of their Chinese ownership, the sources added. Tencent owns a 40% stake in Epic Games, the maker of popular video game Fortnite. Tencent also bought a majority stake in Riot Games in 2011 and acquired the rest of the company in 2015. Riot Games is the developer of "League of Legends," one of the world's most popular desktop-based games. Tencent is negotiating risk-mitigation measures with CFI...

We'll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait... A spokesperson for Amazon India confirmed to ET that the company had decided to pause its Prime Day event in India owing to the current Covid-19 situation and said it was working on figuring out when the event can be held. No new date for the sale has been announced for India or Canada, yet. Amazon has traditionally held its Prime Day sale in July but had to push it to October for most global markets last year on account of the pandemic. This year, the company has brought forward the date, saying it would be better for customers, sellers and vendo...

Synopsis Facebook said the network managed a long-running deceptive campaign across multiple social media platforms and other websites. Reuters Facebook has taken down a network of hundreds of fake accounts and pages targeting people in Ukraine and linked to individuals previously sanctioned by the United States for efforts to interfere in U.S. elections, the company said on Thursday. Facebook said the network managed a long-running deceptive campaign across multiple social media platforms and other websites, posing as independent news outlets and promoting favorable content about Ukrainian...

Mid-size IT firms gear up for acquisitions to use cash, boost skills SECTIONS Share Getty Images Mid-size IT services providers are expected to step up mergers and acquisitions this year, as these cash-rich firms chase higher growth on the back of a robust 2020-21 financial year, led by increased client spends on digital transformation initiatives amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The mid-tier companies are looking to gain specific skills or geographic presence through acquisitions. Pune-based Persistent Systems is looking for potential targets in the $10-$50 million range, said chief executive Sa...