• Reuters

    India's Infosys falls as annual revenue outlook disappoints

    Shares of Infosys fell as much as 2.9% on Friday, a day after India's No.2 software services exporter forecast annual revenue below expectations, raising doubts over predictions of early recovery in the sector. Larger rival Tata Consultancy Services is up 2.3%, while the Nifty IT services index is down 5.7%. Some analysts termed Infosys' quarterly performance and outlook "disappointing."

  • Sky News

    Iran grounds flights across country after reports of explosions

    Iran has grounded commercial flights across parts of the country after reports of explosions. State media also said Iran fired its air defence systems after reports of blasts near the city of Isfahan. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said its air defences fired across several provinces - but did not elaborate on what caused the batteries to fire.

  • Reuters

    UK regulator says Google's ad-privacy changes fall short, WSJ reports

    Google's proposed technology, dubbed Privacy Sandbox, leaves gaps that can be exploited to undermine privacy and identify users who should be kept anonymous, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) wrote in a draft report, according to WSJ. Privacy Sandbox is an initiative that aims to phase out support for third-party cookies and reduce cross-site and cross-app tracking while keeping online content free for all. Google plans to completely phase out the use of third-party cookies for users in the second half of 2024.