Technology
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WhatsApp bans over 72L bad accounts in India in July
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record of over 72 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of July, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. Between July 1-31, “72,28,000…
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Airtel to buy 23,000 MWh of renewable energy for 6 Nxtra data centres
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Monday announced it will purchase 23,000 MWh of renewable energy for its data centre company Nxtra by the fourth quarter (Q4) of FY23-24. With this addition, the…
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ChatGPT can help debunk myths on vaccine safety on social media: Study
London: Open AI’s ChatGPT may help to increase vaccine uptake by debunking myths on social media around jab safety, according to a study. Researchers from Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria (IDIS)-Hospital Clinico Universitario…
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Flipkart to create over 1 lakh jobs in supply chain ahead of festive season
New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart on Monday said that it will generate over 1,00,000 direct and indirect jobs across its supply chain, including fulfilment centres, sortation centres, and delivery hubs, ahead of…
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Paytm Card Soundbox, India’s 1st with card payments feature, launched
New Delhi: Paytm, India’s leading payments and financial services company and the pioneer of QR and mobile payments, on Monday launched its latest innovation — Card Soundbox. With this, the company will…
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ASI launches ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ programme, new app
New Delhi: The ASI on Monday launched the ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ programme seeking collaboration with corporate stakeholders in preservation of monuments. Besides, a user-friendly mobile app, named ‘Indian Heritage’, which will…
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New China-linked spyware targets Android users via fake Signal, Telegram apps
New Delhi: Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Signal and Telegram Android apps distributed via the Google Play Store and Samsung Galaxy Store designed to deliver the China-linked “BadBazaar” spyware, a new report…
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Microsoft to remove WordPad in future release of Windows
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that it will no longer update WordPad and plans to remove the word processor from a future release of Windows nearly after 30 years. As an alternative,…
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Google turns 25, works hard to be part of generative AI economy
San Francisco: Tech giant Google, which turns 25 on Monday, has come a long way from being born as a search engine in the garage of Susan Wojcicki — the future boss…
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Apple Watch’s crash detection feature saves another life in US
The Apple Watch’s crash detection feature has once again proven its life-saving capabilities, this time in Wisconsin, United States. A crash occurred at around 4 am on Thursday when the vehicle veered…
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SpaceX capsule carrying Sultan Al Neyadi undocks from space station
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi has successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, September 3. After a 17-hour flight, Endeavour splashes down…
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Musk to only allow verified users to participate in polls on X
San Francisco: Elon Musk on Sunday announced that X will soon allow only verified, premium users to participate in polls across subjects, including political issues, on the platforms to avoid bots from…
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India’s moon rover Pragyan put to sleep: ISRO
Chennai: The Indian space agency on Saturday put to sleep the 26 kg moon rover Pragyan. In a message on the social media platform X Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said: “The…
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Sudan-based hackers shut down X for hours, asks Musk for Starlink
London: Elon Musk-run X (formerly Twitter) went down for hours for thousands of users after Sudan-based hackers hit the platform in a bid to put pressure on Musk into launching his cheaper…