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- Technology
IBM lays off 3,900 employees, bets big on hybrid cloud, AI
New Delhi: Tech giant IBM is laying off 3,900 employees, which is a result of the spinoff of IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl business and part of the AI unit called ‘Watson…
- Technology
Meta to restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
San Francisco: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced that it will be reinstating former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks. The announcement was made…
- Technology
Shutterstock launches its AI image generation platform
San Francisco: Stock photography company Shutterstock has announced the launch of its AI image generation platform, which will be available to use by all Shutterstock customers globally in every language the site…
- Technology
‘Should I keep working hard?’: Google layoff survivors ask top bosses
New York: Employees, who survived the recent layoffs at Google, are worried and have demanded assurances that their jobs are not next to be axed by the company during a recent all-hands…
- Technology
This is what most Indians asked Alexa in 2022
New Delhi: Amazon has revealed the top questions asked by Indian users to Alexa last year. From the founder of Twitter to the price of Bitcoin, users in the country sought information…
- Technology
Netflix, Bumble partner to help users bond over TV shows
San Francisco: Streaming giant Netflix and popular women-first dating app Bumble have teamed up to help users connect over popular TV shows. With the release of its weekly in-app question game “Netflix…
- Technology
Microsoft Teams new feature to allow real-time editing in chat
New Delhi: Microsoft has introduced a new feature to Teams — Loop Component, which will allow real-time editing in chat. With this, participants will be able to compose and edit anything ranging…
- Technology
$420 price for a Tesla share not a weed joke to please girlfriend: Musk
San Francisco: Elon Musk has told a US court that his taking Tesla private at $420 a share was not a weed joke but only a coincidence. In the ongoing securities fraud…
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WhatsApp brings native beta for macOS
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has made a native beta application for macOS which is now available for download. Users can install the native application by downloading the dmg file from…
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iOS 16.3 adds support for Apple ID security keys
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has released iOS 16.3, the third major update to the iOS 16 operating system (OS), which features security keys for Apple ID, new HomePod support, bug fixes,…
- World
Canada to commercialise world’s first photonic-based quantum computer
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new federal investment to build and commercialise the world’s first photonic-based, fault-tolerant quantum computer. According to a news release from the Prime Minster’s…
- Technology
Microsoft invests billions of dollars in ChatGPT developer OpenAI
San Francisco: Microsoft on Monday announced a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar investment in OpenAI, the developer behind AI-driven ChatGPT which has become a rage. The tech giant, which infused $1 billion in OpenAI in…
- Technology
ChatGPT’s paid version available for USD 42 a month for some early users
New Delhi: Some ChatGPT users on Monday posted on social media that they have been granted access to a “ChatGPT Professional” version which costs $42 a month. OpenAI, the Microsoft-owned AI company…
- Business
Why Musk hates alcohol but likes red wine in a fine glass
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that he doesn’t like “most” alcohol but thinks that red wine is “quite beautiful” in a “fine glass”. It all started when @NicoleBehnam…
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Waited 6 months to join Google: Sacked Indian-origin techie
New Delhi: As Google started laying off its 12,000 employees, affected employees are beginning to look for new jobs on LinkedIn, and among those affected is an Indian-origin worker who says “he…
