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Musk faces 2 tough trials this week amid Twitter mess
San Francisco: Amid chaos at Twitter, Elon Musk will face two court cases in the US this week, one defending his $56 billion pay package from allegations by Tesla shareholders and the…
- Technology
Google agrees to pay $391 mn in users’ location data tracking lawsuit
San Francisco: Google will pay a historic $391.5 million in settlement to 40 states in the US over allegations that the tech giant tracked users location data without their consent in the…
- Business
Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 of its workforce: Report
San Francisco: Amazon is reportedly planning to lay off approximately 10,000 of its workforce in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, a media reported. According to The New York Times, the…
- Technology
Musk puts Twitter at risk of ‘billions in fines’ as more top execs quit
San Francisco: Elon Musk has put Twitter at risk of billions of dollars in fines, a company lawyer has warned, as chief privacy officer Damien Kieran, chief information security officer Lea Kissner,…
- Business
AMD is committed to India, I was there six weeks ago: Lisa Su
San Francisco: Lisa Su, President and CEO of the $23 billion Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), told IANS here that Indian engineers have done substantial work on the new Epyc fourth generation technology…
- Technology
Apple limits ‘Everyone’ option in Airdrop to 10 minutes in China
San Francisco: Apple has restricted the “Everyone” option to 10 minutes in its Airdrop application in the new iOS 16.1.1 update on iPhones purchased in mainland China, which means people can no…
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YouTube Music and Premium hit 80 mn paid subscribers
San Francisco: YouTube has surpassed 80 million Music and Premium subscribers globally, including the trial users. It is 30 million subscribers more from the 50 million the video streaming platform announced last…
- Middle East
For the first time, world’s tallest woman travels by plane
Ankara: Turkey’s Rumeysa Gelgi, the world’s tallest woman, flew in a plane for the first time in her life. Rumeysa Gelgi, is the holder of the Guinness Book of Records for her 215.16…
- World
AP Dhillon recovering after getting injured during US tour
New Delhi: Singer-rapper AP Dhillon on Tuesday said he has been hospitalised after suffering an injury during his ongoing US tour. The Indo-Canadian musician, whose full name is Amritpal Singh Dhillon, shared…
- Technology
Samsung aims to sell 270 mn smartphones next year
San Francisco: Samsung is expected to sell 270 million smartphones next year with focus on its foldable devices. According to GSMArena, the current estimate of 260 million units sold in 2022 is…
- Technology
Apple still mulls iPhone SE 4 display details
San Francisco: Apple is yet to finalise the display size of its upcoming fourth generation iPhone SE 4, according to analyst Ross Young. The tech giant is considering a number of options…
- Technology
Instagram fixes outage that tells users their account is suspended
San Francisco: Instagram has announced that an outage which told users that their account is suspended is now fixed by the company. Thousands of Instagram users from all over the world reported…
- Technology
Samsung to bring new emojis to its devices
San Francisco: With the rollout of the stable version of Samsung’s Android 13-based One UI 5 update to its phones, the tech giant has introduced to bring new emojis to its devices.…
- Technology
Snapchat lowers payout for Spotlight creators
San Francisco: Popular social media platform Snapchat has reduced payouts for creators of its Tiktok-like feature, Spotlight. Creators will now be paid millions of dollars annually, report TechCrunch. The payout has been…