Business
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Spotify now has 220 mn paid subscribers
San Francisco: Music streaming giant Spotify on Tuesday announced that the platform now has 220 million Premium subscribers and 551 million monthly active users, as of June 30. The company, in its…
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Average cost of data breach in India reaches over Rs 17cr: Report
New Delhi: The average cost of a data breach in India reached Rs 17.9 crore in 2023, almost a 28 per cent increase since 2020, a new report said on Tuesday. According…
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Instagram back after brief global outage
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram was back online after a brief global outage on Tuesday as users witnessed errors saying the app couldn’t refresh, while it also went blank for some others. According…
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OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman launches crypto project ‘Worldcoin’
San Francisco: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday launched its audacious eyeball-scanning cryptocurrency startup ‘Worldcoin’ to help build a reliable solution for distinguishing humans from AI online, enable global democratic processes and…
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Musk rebranding Twitter to ‘X’, killing blue bird logo
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk has announced that “X.com” now directs to “twitter.com” and “interim X logo” will go “live later today.” “Not sure what subtle clues gave it way, but I…
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WhatsApp is widely rolling out landscape mode support for video calls on iOS
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out landscape mode support for video calls, silence unknown callers option and more, on iOS. “Video calls now support landscape mode,” the company…
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Govt rejects Chinese BYD Motors’ plan to build $1 bn EV plant: Report
New Delhi: As the government gears up to welcome Elon Musk’s Tesla to set up a supply chain ecosystem in the country in the foreseeable future, the Centre has reportedly rejected Chinese…
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7 top tech companies sign deal with US govt on AI guardrails
Washington: Seven leading artificial intelligence (AI) tech companies like Google, OpenAI and Meta have reached a deal with the Joe Biden administration to roll out fresh guardrails to manage risks associated with…
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Telegram rolls out story feature on its platform
New Delhi: Encrypted messaging platform Telegram on Friday announced the roll-out of a new Story feature on its platform. The new feature will allow premium users of the app to post stories…
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Twitter to restrict DMs for unverified accounts to reduce spam
New Delhi: Twitter has announced to restrict direct messages (DMs) for unverified accounts in order to reduce spam on the platform. The company said it will soon be implementing some changes “in…
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Amazon takes on Musk with $120 mn facility for Project Kuiper satellites
San Francisco, July 22 (IANS) Amazon has announced it is building a $120 million facility for its Project Kuiper satellites in the US, as it aims to catch up with its arch…
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Meta’s Threads fast losing steam, Zuckerberg not worried
San Francisco: Instagram’s Twitter competitor Threads is reportedly fast losing steam, a massive 70 per cent decline from its highest in early July. Despite Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that…
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Top investors urge PM Modi to reconsider 28% GST on online skill gaming
New Delhi: An influential group of global and Indian investors like Tiger Global, DST Global, Peak XV Partners, Kalaari Capital, Matrix Partners India, and Kotak Private Equity have urged Prime Minister Narendra…
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Apple iPhones see 68% growth in India in 2023 1st half, to reach 7% market share
New Delhi: Apple iPhone shipments saw a 68 per cent (year-on-year) growth in India in the first half of 2023, driven by the iPhone 14 and iPhone 13 series. In the second…
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Investors closes in on acquiring CoinDesk for $125 mn: Report
San Francisco: A group of investors is reportedly in final stages to acquire cryptocurrency news company CoinDesk for about $125 million. CoinDesk is currently owned by crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG),…
