Business
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Twitter’s blue tick back only for high-profile accounts
New Delhi: In a surprising turn of events, Twitter has restored verification badges on several high-profile celebrity accounts with millions of followers, just days after the microblogging platform culled the legacy blue checkmarks…
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International trade in rupee currency soon: Piyush Goyal
Rajkot: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed hope that traders will soon be able to settle foreign trade in the rupee currency as several banks from different countries are opening…
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Musk-run Tesla wins Autopilot crash case in US
San Francisco: In some relief for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, jurors in an Autopilot-related 2019 crash in the US have given the verdict in favour of the electric car company. The jury…
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Sundar Pichai took home $226 mn in 2022 amid layoffs at Google
San Francisco: Amid job cuts at Google’s parent company Alphabet, its CEO Sundar Pichai took home a whopping compensation of nearly $226 million in 2022. According to the tech giant’s filing with…
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Musk’s wealth nosedives $12.6 bn after chaos at SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter
San Francisco: Elon Musk saw his wealth plummet by more than $12 billion in just a day as he faced chaos and disappointing news from across his companies — SpaceX, Twitter and…
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Twitter now tells advertisers to pay for verification or they can’t run ads
New Delhi: After removing all legacy Blue check marks and asking individual users to pay for being verified, Elon Musk-run Twitter on Friday asked advertisers to either pay for the verification or…
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Google may soon introduce generative AI into its advertising business
San Francisco: Google is reportedly planning to incorporate generative artificial intelligence into its advertising business in the coming months as big tech companies rush to adopt the technology. According to the Financial…
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Apple’s new feature to help users fix billing issues without leaving app
San Francisco: Apple has announced a new feature which will help users resolve payment issues, so that they can stay subscribed to their content, services, and premium features. “Starting this summer, if…
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WhatsApp allows users to save ‘disappearing’ messages if sender agrees
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday introduced a ‘Keep in Chat’ feature that will allow users in a disappearing message thread to long-press a message and choose to save it. WhatsApp has…
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SpaceX’s Starship ready for second launch attempt on Thursday: Musk
San Francisco: SpaceX’s Starship is ready for its first orbital test flight on Thursday, CEO Elon Musk said. This will be the second launch attempt, as the first on Monday was scrubbed…
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Samsung launches ‘News’ app with podcasts, daily briefings
San Francisco: Samsung has launched its ‘News’ application with daily briefings, news feeds and podcasts to give users access to daily news from a wide variety of publications. The company launched the…
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Global smartphone market falls 12% in Q1: Report
New Delhi: The global smartphone market experienced a fifth consecutive quarter of decline, falling by 12 per cent (year-on-year) in Q1 2023, a new report has shown. According to market research firm…
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Apple previews Delhi Saket store, Tim Cook to greet 1st customers on Thursday
New Delhi: After receiving huge crowds at the Mumbai retail store, Apple on Wednesday previewed its second physical store in the country, at Select CityWalk mall in New Delhi. Delhi’s first Apple…
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AI tech like ChatGPT can be used to aturbocharge fraud: FTC’s Lina Khan
San Francisco: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan has warned that modern AI technologies like ChatGPT can be used to “turbocharge” fraud. In a Congressional hearing to protect consumers…
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Twitter will label ‘hateful’ tweets, make them less discoverable
New Delhi; Twitter has announced to add publicly visible labels to tweets identified as potentially violating its policies, letting the users know the company has limited their visibility. The company occasionally restricts…
