Gateways

Move over, TikTok, Ofcom, the U.K. regulator enforcing the now official Online Safety Act, is gearing up to size up an even bigger target: search engines like Google and Bing and the role that they play in presenting self-injury, suicide and other harmful content at the click of a button, particularly to underage users. A report commissioned by Ofcom and produced by the Network Contagion Research Institute found that major search engines, including Google, Microsoft’s Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and AOL become “one-click…

Starlink is obviously the leading company in the world when it comes to providing reliable internet connectivity from space. The SpaceX company is now moving into new territory and, instead of just offering small dishes for van lifers, boaters, and remote homeowners, is looking to expand its larger community-level product.The company has announced a new program called Community Gateways which claims to offer fiber-like internet performance from space. While that sounds awesome, this isn’t something you’re going…

Payment aggregator CCAvenue has seen an 18% jump in new merchant sign-ups in the October-December period, while merchant addition tripled in six months for Pine Labs’ Plural. The increase in the share is pursuant to Razorpay, Cashfree Payments, PayU and Paytm pausing new sign-ups following an order from the Reserve Bank of India which has also rejected payment aggregator licence applications of some of these players.Also in this letter:■ Govt hopeful of work starting on at least one semicon unit by year-end■ Tata-Uber…

Payment aggregators such as CCAvenue and Pine Labs' Plural have seen an increase in onboarding of new users and gained more online merchants after top payment gateways like Razorpay, Cashfree Payments, PayU and Paytm paused new sign-ups following regulator's order and rejection of payment aggregator (PA) licence applications by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in some cases, at least half a dozen executives told ET. Indian banks that have their white-label payment processing offerings have also seen a rise in merchant…

NOWPayments, CoinGate, and more are among the top 10 cryptocurrency payment gateways. The cryptocurrency market is attracting several investors and organizations to embrace and adopt the new technology. Cryptos have always been seen as an alternative financial system, and most people consider coins and tokens as trading commodities. Many people still don’t believe that crypto could replace mainstream currencies or fiat because they still feel that crypto is still not accessible enough that it can buy them everyday…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reportedly conducted raids against Chinese-controlled loan apps and investment tokens and frozen funds worth Rs. 46.67 crore kept in payment gateways such as Easebuzz, Razorpay, Cashfree and Paytm. The federal agency is said to have frozen accounts under the anti-money laundering law. Searches were carried out on Wednesday at several premises of the accused in Delhi, Mumbai, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Gaya, as per a report. Around Rs. 33.36 crore was reportedly found with Easebuzz in Pune,…

A 55-pound satellite will become the first spacecraft to test-drive the unique lunar orbit chosen for NASA’s planned Gateway space station—all while demonstrating the space agency’s embrace of smaller players in private industry.The microwave-sized Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) is slated to launch June 6 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from New Zealand for a four-month journey to orbit. There, it will spend six to 18 months measuring radiation impact…