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- Technology
Lost Ark becomes 2nd most played game in Steam history
San Francisco: Popular online game Lost Ark has passed 1 million concurrent players after just 24 hours, becoming the second most played game in Steam history by concurrent counts. The Diablo-like MMO…
- Technology
OneDrive will soon help you locate Microsoft Teams files
San Francisco: In a bid to make it convenient to access Microsoft Teams files for users, the tech giant is likely to add a “Your Teams” section to OneDrive. The feature is…
- Technology
Musk’s Neuralink allegedly subjected monkeys to extreme suffering
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink is reportedly facing a legal challenge from an animal rights group that has accused the company of subjecting monkeys to “extreme suffering” during…
- Technology
Android 13’s dessert codename is Tiramisu
San Francisco: Android 13’s first developer preview has confirmed it is sporting the codename “Tiramisu,” the classic coffee-flavoured dessert made with ladyfingers and cocoa. 9to5Google spotted the codename in the debut developer…
- Telangana
IIIT-Hyderabad to host annual conference on technology and society
Hyderabad: The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH) will conduct an ‘Annual Conference on Technology & Society’ to promote a better understanding and use of the newest developing technologies such as…
- Technology
Meta activates Elections Operations Centre in India amid Assembly polls
New Delhi: With India entering the crucial Assembly polls season, Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday said it has activated its Elections Operations Centre so that it can watch out for potential abuses…
- Technology
Twitter posts robust results, user growth under Parag Agrawal
New Delhi: Twitter, under new CEO Parag Agrawal, posted robust quarter results on Thursday, as revenue reached $1.57 billion (with ad revenue of $1.41 billion) — both up 22 per cent (on-year)…
- Technology
Signal now allows users to change numbers without losing chats
California: Good news for all the Signal app users! The instant message application is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to switch phone numbers on their accounts without losing…
- Business
Jio Platforms invests $15 mn in AI, VR startup Two Platforms
New Delhi: Jio Platforms announced on Friday that it has invested $15 million in Two Platforms (TWO) for a 25 per cent equity stake. The startup — Two Platforms — is an…
- World
Uzbekistan’s political party proposes banning TikTok
Tashkent: The Adolat Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan on Wednesday called for a complete ban on Chinese video-sharing social network TikTok, accusing it of doing more harm than good. “It is necessary…
- Technology
Google to build more products in India for the world: Sundar Pichai
New Delhi: Reiterating his vision to help India join the digital bandwagon, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said the ongoing investments are a reflection of the company’s confidence in the…
- Business
Google’s parent firm Alphabet logs record $257 bn revenue in 2021
San Francisco: Google’s parent company Alphabet has registered a record $257 billion in annual revenue for full year 2021 — a 41 per cent (on-year) jump from previous year, as the pandemic…
- Technology
Apple releases watchOS 8.4.1 with bug fixes
San Francisco: Apple has released watchOS 8.4.1, a minor update to the watchOS 8 operating system that launched in September. The new update is available as an over-the-air update. Users can also…
- Technology
WhatsApp banned over 2 mn Indian accounts in Dec 2021
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said that it has banned 2,079,000 accounts in India in the month of December in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The company said that…
- Automobile
Tesla recalls ‘self driving’ feature that lets cars roll through stop signs
San Francisco: Electric vehicle company Tesla is disabling a self-driving feature in nearly 54,000 vehicles that can prompt cars to autonomously perform a “rolling stop” — a maneuver in which the vehicle…
