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Crypto not currencies as they are not issued by the central bank: Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Clarifying the Centre’s stance on crypto-currencies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government does not recognise such digital financial assets as they are not issued by the central…
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Meta winding down its low-cost ‘Express WiFi’ programme
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly ending its Express Wi-Fi programme designed to provide low-cost internet in developing countries through partnerships with local communities, mobile operators, and businesses. Launched in 2016, it was…
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After mobile phones, India eyes smartwatches, earbuds manufacturing
New Delhi: After giving an impetus to mobile phones and laptop/tablet manufacturing locally, the government on Tuesday announced a new Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) for producing wrist wearable devices, hearable devices and…
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Mark Zuckerberg’s cryptocurrency dream gets over
San Francisco: Facing regulatory hurdles, the cryptocurrency dream of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is officially over as the company has sold its digital coin known as Diem for around $200 million to…
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Microsoft stops biggest ever DDoS cyber attack in history
New Delhi: Microsoft Azure Cloud has stopped the biggest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack at a massive 3.47 terabytes (Tbps) per second. The DDoS attack with a throughput of 3.47 Tbps…
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Indian customers spent 4 hours daily on Fire TV devices in 2021
New Delhi: Indian consumers spent nearly four hours daily watching content on their Amazon Fire TV devices in 2021, up from 3 hours per day as compared to 2020, the company said…
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Global chip sales cross $500 bn for 1st time: Gartner
New Delhi: Worldwide semiconductor revenue increased 25.1 per cent in 2021 to total $583.5 billion, crossing the $500 billion threshold for the first time, a Gartner report showed on Monday. Samsung Electronics…
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Panasonic announces high-quality lens with cost-effective manufacturing
New Delhi: Panasonic has announced a new lens molding technology that makes camera lenses cheaper to produce. The new technology is a far-infrared lens molding technology for far-infrared aspherical lenses. It uses…
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Apple launches support for unlisted App Store apps accessible via link
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple in an update on its developer website has announced that the App Store now supports unlisted apps that are only accessible with a link. Unlisted app distribution…
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Google Pixel 6A leaked in colouring book sent to Pixel fans
San Francisco: Google is reportedly planning to launch its next smartphone ‘Pixel 6A’ in May and now ahead of its possible launch, the search engine giant has teased a select audience with…
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Elon Musk offers teen $5K to stop tracking his private jet location
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered an enterprising teenager $5,000 to remove a Twitter bot tracking the movements of his private plane. The billionaire reached out to the 19-year-old, Jack…
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Google, Facebook may be forced to pay British newspapers for their stories
New Delhi: Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will be required to pay newspapers and other media outlets for using their stories, under new laws being drawn up by the UK…
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iOS 15.4 to add EU digital COVID-19 vaccination records in Wallet apps
San Francisco: Apple iOS 15.4 beta update is being rolled out to support iPhones and with this users in the EU will be able to add an EU Digital COVID-19 certificate to…
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35 US states, Microsoft back Epic Games in its fight against Apple
San Francisco: A coalition of 35 US state Attorneys General, Microsoft and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have come forward to support Fortnite maker Epic Games’s ongoing court battle with Apple. Although…
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US lawmakers begin probe into Bitcoin miners’ high energy use
San Francisco: Eight US lawmakers have come forward to push Bitcoin mining companies into revealing how much electricity they use for crypto mining, as cryptocurrency mining’s impact on energy is being felt…
