Technology news
- Business
Bezos reminds Amazon baiters how Wall Street, Business Week pundits missed a $62bn biz
New York: Jeff Bezos – who now owns 10 per cent of the company after he and wife MacKenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and he transferred a quarter…
- India
To cushion-proof drivers from rising fuel costs, Uber India hiked ride fares
New Delhi: Among the measures to cushion drivers from the impact of rising fuel prices across many cities in the country, Uber India raised fares in the last few weeks, its Director…
- World
Musk will now vote for Republicans as conservatives return on Twitter
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has put the $44 billion Twitter deal on hold, said on Thursday that he will now vote for Republicans, as conservatives return to the micro-blogging…
- Technology
Apple doubles down on protecting users’ personal data globally
New Delhi: In a fresh bid to make users aware about the privacy of their data and take control of their personal and financial information, Apple has introduced a global campaign that…
- Technology
YouTube now highlights most replayed parts of videos
San Francisco: Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube will now highlight the “most replayed” parts of videos in its web player and mobile apps to let users skip the boring parts. The feature…
- Technology
Apple lets employees work remotely as COVID-19 surges in US
San Francisco: Apple has once again delayed its full return-to-office policy while maintaining two days a week at the workplace for the time being amid the fresh surge in COVID-19 infections in…
- India
India slides 4 spots on overall fixed broadband speed globally
New Delhi: As the country prepares for the 5G era, India dropped four spots in rank globally for overall median fixed broadband speeds — from 72nd to 76th spot in the month…
- Technology
Virtual human characters next big thing for game developers
Seoul: South Korean game companies are increasingly setting their eyes on projects centered on virtual human character development, aimed at carving out new endeavors in non-gaming areas such as music and marketing…
- Technology
New Google Cloud initiative to secure open-source software supply chain
New Delhi: Google has launched a new initiative to secure open-source software (OSS) supply chain as cyber-criminals look for vulnerabilities like Log4j and Spring4shell to disrupt key operations. Google has announced Assured…
- Technology
Twitter executive mocks Musk’s medical condition, slams ‘free speech’
San Francisco: Amid the ongoing Elon Musk-Parag Agrawal saga over fake user accounts, a senior Twitter executive, while slamming the ‘free speech’ call, mocked the Tesla CEO for having Asperger’s syndrome that…
- Technology
Disney+ will not show ads to preschoolers on new streaming plan
San Francisco: Streaming platform Disney+ has confirmed that it will limit total ad load to an average of four minutes of commercials an hour and preschool programming will not have any commercials…
- Technology
Musk wants US SEC to probe Parag Agrawal’s claim on Twitter users
San Francisco: Opening another front against Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to probe whether Twitter’s claim on the number…
- Technology
Why Donald Trump can’t join back Twitter despite Musk’s efforts
San Francisco: While Elon Musk tries his best to bring Donald Trump back on Twitter, it is not easy for the former US President to join back the micro-blogging platform owing to…
- Business
$1.6 bn worth Ethereum lost forever since its ‘presale’
New Delhi: The owners of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, have lost their crypto wallets containing 532,426 Ethereum with a current market value of $1.6 billion since its “presale”…
- Technology
Elon Musk, Parag Agrawal spar on Twitter over fake user accounts
New Delhi: The knives were finally out on Monday between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Parag Agrawal as the Twitter CEO went into finer details on how the micro-blogging platform is fighting…
