Technology
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Twitter users face issues with replying to Tweets on web
New Delhi: Several Twitter users have encountered problems with replying to Tweets on the web, however, the micro-blogging platform later acknowledged the issue and said “things should be working normally now”. A…
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Indian fintech startups raise $1.2 bn in Q1 2023, down 55% YoY
New Delhi: Fintech startups in the country attracted investments worth $1.2 billion in Q1 2023, 55 per cent lower (year-on-year) than $2.6 billion they raised in the same period last year, a…
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Vivo India to ship over 1 mn smartphones in 2023
New Delhi: Vivo India on Thursday said that the company will export more than one million ‘Made in India’ smartphones in 2023. In its second edition of India Impact Report, the company…
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Google releases first public Beta of Android 14
San Francisco: Google has released the first public Beta of Android 14 with new features focused on system navigation, privacy, performance, and user customisation to both developers and early adopters. “Today we’re…
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Acer launches new gaming laptop at Rs 1,99,990 in India
New Delhi: Taiwanese electronics company Acer on Wednesday launched a new gaming laptop — Predator Helios 16 powered by 13th Gen Intel Core i9 processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Series GPU…
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Abu Dhabi University introduces ChatGPT guidelines for students, faculty
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi University (ADU) announced ChatGPT guidelines to help faculty and students to use the Open-AI-created artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. This announcement comes as…
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Truecaller Live Caller ID now available for premium subscribers on iPhones
New Delhi: Leading caller identification app Truecaller on Wednesday said its Live Caller ID is now available for premium subscribers on iPhones globally, including in India, for the first time. The service…
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iPhone 15 Pro may feature physical instead of solid-state buttons
San Francisco: Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro models may end up having physical buttons instead of solid-state ones after months of speculation. According to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, due to unresolved technical issues…
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Owning Twitter has been quite painful: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” and a “rollercoaster” for him. In a Twitter Spaces interview with the BBC, the…
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Global EV battery market to grow fivefold to $616 bn in 2035
Seoul: The global electric vehicle (EV) battery market is forecast to post rapid growth to $616 billion in 2035, a market tracker said on Wednesday, with the China-based production likely to sharply…
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Homegrown VC firm BoldCap unveils $25 mn early stage fund
New Delhi: Homegrown VC firm BoldCap on Wednesday announced its second fund with a fresh capital of $25 million, to be invested in 15-20 early-stage startups over the next 24-36 months. Chennai-based…
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Global IT spending continues to decline for 5th consecutive month
New Delhi: The global IT spending will continue to slow down by 4.4 per cent to $3.25 trillion for the fifth consecutive month, as technology investments continue to show the impact of…
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WhatsApp releases ‘companion mode’ to all beta users on Android
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp has rolled out the “companion mode” feature to all beta testers in its latest update on Android. Earlier, the companion mode was only available to a select group…
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Pegasus-style spyware attack hits journalists, politicians via iPhone exploits
New Delhi: The fear of Pegasus-style spyware attack resurfaced on Tuesday after researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab identified new victims in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia,…
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Huawei plans to move its headquarters in Middle East to Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The Chinese company, Huawei Technologies, is looking forward to choosing Riyadh as its main headquarters in the Middle East. The move comes amid a push by the Saudi government to position…