Technology
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Global PC shipments fall 16.6% in Q2, Lenovo maintains lead
New Delhi: The global PC shipments saw a 16.6 per cent decline (year-on-year) with 59.7 million units in the second quarter of 2023 as Lenovo maintained its lead with 24 per cent…
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Wipro to invest $1 bn in AI over next 3 years, launches Wipro ai360
New Delhi: Tech major Wipro on Wednesday announced the launch of Wipro ai360, a comprehensive, AI-first innovation ecosystem, along with committing a $1 billion investment in advancing AI capabilities over the next…
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Users can now transfer Netflix profile to existing account
San Francisco: Streaming giant Netflix has updated the profile transfer feature to allow users to transfer their profile to an existing account. The company said in an updated blogpost on Tuesday, “Starting…
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Google dropped plans for AI chatbot app targetting Gen Z: Report
San Francisco: Google has dropped plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mobile chatbot application specifically designed for Gen Z users, featuring interactive digital characters. The company was working on ‘Bubble Characters’…
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Ex-Amazon cybersecurity professional accused of stealing $9 mn in crypto
San Francisco: Shakeeb Ahmed, a former senior security engineer at Amazon, has been accused in the US of hacking a famous cryptocurrency exchange and stealing around $9 million in crypto. The US…
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Threads to ship improvements this week: Instagram head
San Francisco: Instagram head Adam Mosseri has said that the company is “pumped” to start shipping improvements on Threads this week. In a post on Tuesday, Mosseri said: “With so many people…
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Google sued for allegedly stealing user data to train its AI models
San Francisco: Google has been sued in a class-action lawsuit that alleged that the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent using its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The…
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Elon Musk begins restricting Threads search on Twitter
San Francisco: Users of Meta’s Twitter rival Threads discovered that Elon Musk has begun limiting search results when they try to find links to Threads on the microblogging platform, despite the platform…
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WhatsApp rolling out phone number privacy feature for communities on beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new ‘phone number privacy’ feature on Android and iOS beta Beta users will see a new option in the community announcement group…
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19 people across world become billionaires via cryptocurrency
New Delhi: As the world of cryptocurrency tumbles down amid regulatory crackdowns, there are 19 individuals in the world who achieved the title of a billionaire through cryptocurrency. One cryptocurrency in particular…
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Foxconn working on application seeking incentives under India’s semicon policy
New Delhi: Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn on Tuesday said it is working on an application to access incentives under India’s semiconductor manufacturing policy, a day after pulling out from its $19.5 billion…
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Samsung to share over 100 patent technologies with smaller firms
Seoul: Samsung Electronics will allow smaller companies to use more of its royalty-free technologies to achieve shared growth, the industry ministry of South Korea said on Tuesday. The South Korean tech giant…
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Endefo launches new earbuds, 3 smartwatches & more in India
New Delhi: Consumer electronics brand Endefo on Tuesday announced the launch of its new earbuds, three smartwatches — Enfit MAX, Enfit Plus and Enfit BOLD –, speakers, power bank and sound bar,…
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Non-TikTok users consider it a national security threat: Report
San Francisco: About six-in-ten adults (59 per cent) see the Chinese short-video-making app TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the US, a new report has shown. According…
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Threads to feature edit option, following feed & more as it crosses 100 mn
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, will soon feature an edit button, following feed, translation option for different languages and much more, as it has crossed 100 million user sign-ups within a…