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- Technology
Fortnite game maker Epic hiring temporary workers full time
San Francisco: Fortnite game developer Epic Games is hiring US-based temporary workers full-time with employee benefits. The Verge reported that Epic is extending the offer to quality assurance (QA) testers, as well…
- Technology
Garena Free Fire emerges as most downloaded mobile game for Jan 2022
San Francisco: Garena Free Fire from Garena emerged as the most downloaded mobile game worldwide for January 2022 with 24 million installs, which represented a 51.6 per cent increase from January 2021.…
- Technology
Automakers have no choice but to become tech or software firms
New Delhi: As digital technology becomes the differentiator in the car, automakers will soon have no choice but to become tech or software companies themselves, a new report has forecast. The automotive…
- Technology
Meta’s social VR platform Horizon hits 3 lakh users
New Delhi: Meta’s social virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon has reached 300,000 monthly users, a growth of 10 times since its roll-out in early December. According to a report in The Verge,…
- Technology
Global DRAM memory market, prices down in Q4: Report
Seoul: Global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) shipments dropped nearly 6 per cent in the fourth quarter from three months earlier, a report showed on Friday, amid sluggish demand from manufacturers that…
- Automobile
Volkswagen acquiring Huawei’s autonomous driving unit
New Delhi: German motor vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen is in talks with Huawei to acquire its autonomous driving unit for billions of dollars, the media reported. According to Germany’s Manager Magazin, Volkswagen and…
- Technology
Twitter starts rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has started rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone on Android, iOS, and the web. Twitter is now rolling out a feature to pin up to six…
- Technology
Ice phishing attacks put Blockchain, Web3 at risk: Microsoft
New Delhi: As the adoption of Blockchain and Web3 technologies rise, Microsoft has warned of new cyber threats including ‘ice phishing’ campaigns that can put the so-called secure decentralised, De-Fi world of…
- Technology
Epic Games says its game accounts crosses 500 mn
San Francisco: Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that there are now more than 500 million game accounts. According to The Verge, it is a notable milestone as Epic continues to build…
- Technology
State-sponsored hackers hit us, confirms Red Cross
New Delhi: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that the recent cyber attack that compromised the data of more than 515,000 “highly vulnerable” people, was likely the work…
- Technology
Google announces Privacy Sandbox on Android to protect users from intrusive ads
New Delhi: Google on Wednesday announced a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new advertising solutions and improve user privacy without putting access to…
- World
Chinese tech giant Huawei raided over tax evasion
New Delhi: The Income Tax department on Wednesday carried out raids at multiple premises linked to Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei across the country in connection with alleged tax evasion. A source told…
- Technology
IBM acquires Microsoft Azure consultancy firm Neudesic
San Francisco: Tech major IBM has acquired Cloud services consultancy firm Neudesic, specialising in Microsoft Azure platform, for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in California, Neudesic has more than 1,500 Cloud and data…
- Technology
33 critical bugs found in wearable devices for remote patient monitoring
New Delhi: Most commonly used protocol for transferring data from wearable devices used for remote patient monitoring contained 33 vulnerabilities, including 19 “critical vulnerabilities” in 2021 alone, according to a report released…
- Technology
Intel designing crypto chip, Jack Dorsey is the first buyer
New Delhi: Chip-maker Intel is working on a crypto chip that will be energy-efficient and Jack Dorsey-owned fintech company Block (formerly known as Square) will be one of the first buyers of…
