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- Technology
YouTube to shut ‘Stories’ feature next month
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will be shutting down ‘YouTube Stories’ on June 26 as the company aims to focus on other essential areas, like Shorts, Community posts, live…
- World
Pulitzer Prize-winning BuzzFeed News to be shut down
New Delhi: In shocking news to the global media industry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning news arm of BuzzFeed.com is being shut down, CEO Jonah Peretti announced on Thursday. The media outlet said that…
- Technology
Meta to shut down its cameo-like ‘Super’ app
San Francisco: Meta has announced that it will shut down its cameo-like app, Super, on February 15, 2023. Super is a live-streaming platform for influencers developed by Meta in 2020. The company…
- Business
Twitter to shut down newsletter tool Revue in 2023
San Francisco: Twitter will shut down its newsletter tool Revue on January 18, 2023. Twitter’s senior product manager and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper made the announcement in a post on Wednesday.…
- Technology
Meta plans to shut down Portal, smartwatches projects
San Francisco: Meta has planned to shut down its video calling smart display ‘Portal’ and its two unreleased smartwatches projects, as the company eliminated 11,000 jobs. The Meta executives announced at an…
- Entertainment
Deepika, Ranveer shut down separation rumours with flirty exchanges
Mumbai: Bollywood star couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh put all rumours about their separation to rest by sharing flirty exchanges on social media. Ranveer shared a picture of him on Instagram,…
- Offbeat
Giant slide shut down within hours, launched people into air as they slid down
Washington [US]: A video of a giant slide in the United States has recently gone viral on the internet for launching people into the air while they attempted to slide down on…
- World
Central banker warns Sri Lanka faces shutdown without stable government
Colombo: The governor of Sri Lanka’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, has warned that the country may shut down if no stable government is formed soon, local media reported. There is a “lot…
- Photos
Photos: Srinagar shut down amid protests against comments on Prophet
Sringar: A shutdown was imposed in Srinagar on Friday and mobile internet services were suspended after a curfew was clamped in Jammu’s Bhaderwah town the previous day due to communal tensions. Most shops…
- Technology
Spotify Stations app to shut down from May 16
San Francisco: Music streaming service Spotify has confirmed that its lightweight listening app Spotify Stations will no longer be available from May 16. The company said that the app and web player…
- Offbeat
Saudi restaurant shut for making samosas in toilets for over 30 years
Riyadh: The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have closed a restaurant that had been making samosas and snacks in the toilet for more than 30 years, local media reported. Following…
- Middle East
Egypt restaurant shuts down for not serving Christian before Iftar
Cairo: A branch of a famous Koshary restaurant in Egypt was closed on Wednesday, after a woman complained that she was not allowed to eat in the restaurant before Iftar, local media…
- News
Yahoo Mobile announces to shut down after 1 year of launch
San Francisco: Yahoo Mobile, a mobile phone service that uses Verizons network, is shutting down, the service announced on its official website. For the customers continuing to use the service, launched in March…
- Technology
Yahoo Answers to shut down on May 4
San Francisco: One of the longest running web Q&A platforms Yahoo Answers, which has been operating since 2005, will shut down permanently on May 4. Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon Media…
- Middle East
Saudi closes 184 Chinese websites for marketing fake products
Riyadh: Saudi ministry of commerce on Sunday shut down 184 Chinese business websites selling low-quality, counterfeit products, reports said. These websites sell products by giving fake advertisements and making false promises on…
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