Technology
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Jamal Khashoggi’s widow sues NSO Group over phone hacking
Hanan Elatr, the widow of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has filed a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group for using Pegasus software to spy on her messages in the months before her…
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Millions hooked to mobile games; India to become $7bn market by 2025
New Delhi: Mobile gaming has come a long way since the early days of the ‘Snake’ game on Nokia phones to next-generation smartphones offering high-definition graphics and immersive gameplay that rival even…
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Beware of BGMI: Return triggers fears of addiction, mental health issues
New Delhi: Banned for more than a year, the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the popular battle royale game that enthralled the country’s gaming community, is back, albeit with a government rider where…
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Scammers skim crores off online gamers, cops reveal ‘methods’
New Delhi: At a time when online gaming is captivating millions around the world, scammers are also extracting crores from players, mostly children and teenagers, while cops are warning the public revealing…
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AR-VR, e-sports & Cloud: Gaming has gotten bigger & more worrisome
New Delhi: As healthcare providers and parents continue to fight growing video game addiction among kids, the next big threat is already here in the form of augmented reality/virtual reality (AR-VR) based…
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US regulator gives nod to Amazon’s $1.7bn iRobot acquisition
San Francisco: The UK’s antitrust regulator has cleared Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which designs and builds consumer robots, including robot vacuum cleaners sold under the ‘Roomba’ brand. The Competition…
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Ban military-style Chinese game Undawn in India: NGO to IT Ministry
New Delhi: Non-profit organisation Prahar on Saturday said it has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to ban the Chinese game Undawn, launched by Chinese internet giant Tencent…
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NASA teams up with 7 US companies to advance space capabilities
Washington: NASA announced that it will partner with seven US companies for its upcoming human spaceflight and the commercial low Earth orbit economy. The companies are Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation,…
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Ex-ISRO official promoted Sisir Radar test flew drone fitted with ‘Rabbit SAR’
Chennai: Space sector startup, Sisir Radar Private Ltd has successfully tested its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) fitted on a drone, said a senior company official. “The drone fitted with SAR was flown…
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Students build mobile app for migrant workers’ safety
New Delhi: Here comes a mobile app called ‘Migrant Care’, developed by students, that helps connect migrant labourers, their agents, and police officials to ensure their safety. The workers can send a…
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9 in 10 Indians approve standardise charging cables for mobiles, tablets
New Delhi: Nine in 10 consumers in India support the government move to standardise charging cables for smartphones and tablets, as the Centre plans to adopt USB Type-C as the standard charging…
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Musk-inspired Reddit CEO refuses to budge amid widespread protests
New Delhi: Inspired by Elon Musk’s massive layoffs, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has refused to budge against widespread protests over the application programming interface (API) changes on its platform, saying plans to…
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Neuralink likely to begin first human trial later this year: Elon Musk
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that his brain-computer interface company Neuralink is likely to begin the first human trial this year. Addressing the VivaTech trade fair in…
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US govt confirms MOVEit cyber attack hit several federal agencies
Washington: President Joe Biden’s administration has confirmed that several US federal agencies have been hit by a cyber attack, apparently executed by Russia-linked ransomware group Clop, which exploited a critical security vulnerability…