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- Technology
EU says Apple Pay anti-competitive, restricting rival mobile wallets
London: The European Commission on Monday announced that Apple has abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices with its payments service Apple Pay that excludes rivals from…
- Technology
Meta building AI that processes speech & text as humans do
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced a long-term artificial intelligence (AI) research initiative to better understand how the human brain processes speech and text, and build AI systems that learn like…
- Technology
Wikimedia Foundation discontinues cryptocurrencies as donation
New Delhi: The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has announced to discontinue direct acceptance of cryptocurrency as donation. The WMF, the organisation behind Wikipedia, received around $130,000 in crypto donations last year. “We are…
- India
WhatsApp bans over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in March
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said that it banned over 18 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of March in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform…
- World
CIA names Nand Mulchandani as Chief Technology Officer
Washington: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William J. Burns announced the appointment of Nand Mulchandani to serve as the US spy agency’s first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With more than 25 years’…
- Technology
Microsoft rolls out new feature for Office Insiders on iOS
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly launched a new feature for Office Insiders that will allow iPhone users to listen to documents with their screen locked. According to Windows Central, the…
- Technology
Japanese gaming giant Nintendo expects 10% fewer sales
Beijing: Hit by semiconductor shortage amid the ongoing Shanghai lockdown, Japanese gaming giant Nintendo is reportedly looking at 10 per cent fewer sales in the current fiscal year. According to Nikkei Times,…
- Technology
Telegram now lets users send cryptocurrency
San Francisco: After the encrypted messaging app Telegram previously gave up on its own token, it now supports crypto payments. According to Protocol, the addition could make crypto payments on messaging platforms…
- Technology
Employees grill Twitter CEO over fear of mass exodus post Musk takeover
San Francisco: Amid fear of mass exodus from Twitter, employees have grilled its CEO Parag Agrawal about their uncertain future once Elon Musk takes over. According to The Guardian, executives told the…
- World
Musk could fire Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde who makes $17 mn a year
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk could fire Twitter’s legal head Vijaya Gadde, who makes about $17 million a year and is one of the highly paid executives at the micro-blogging platform,…
- Technology
Apple now has 825 mn paid subscriptions across Services
San Francisco: Apple now has more than 825 million paid subscriptions across Services, up 165 million in the last one year. The iPhone maker said that its Services revenue reached $19.8 billion…
- Technology
You can now ask Google to remove personal info from Search results
New Delhi: Google has allowed people to request removals of additional types of information from its Search results, including personal contact information like a phone number, email address, or physical address. Google…
- Technology
Apple is now assembling iPhone 13 in Brazil
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has started assembling the iPhone 13 in Brazil, but the iPhone 13 mini will not have local production. According to 9to5Mac, a user recently bought an iPhone…
- World
Musk now targets Indian-origin Twitter legal head Vijaya Gadde
New Delhi: Even as tech billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter, he slammed Indian-origin lawyer Vijaya Gadde over censoring exclusive stories related to US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s laptop in the…
- Business
Investors likely to lose up to $545 mn worth Bitcoin in 2022
New Delhi: Bitcoin investors are likely to lose up to $545 million this year, owing to various reasons like forgetting passwords to their wallets or making a mistake in recording their “seed…
