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Samsung’s USD 2,000 mixed reality headset launching late 2024
Seoul: Samsung, Google and Qualcomm are reportedly geared up to bring 30,000 units of their mixed reality (MR) headsets to the market in late 2024, to take on Apple Vision Pro. According…
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Microsoft 365 services faced outage for some users, fixed now
London: Microsoft on Friday said it has fixed issues that led to outage of Microsoft 365 services for some users in the UK and Germany. Over 1,500 people in the UK reported…
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Apple, US govt reach USD 25 million settlement over job bias allegations
New York: Apple Inc reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations that the tech giant illegally discriminated in hiring and recruitment against American citizens and certain…
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40% Indian workers set to quit jobs due to poor technology at work: Report
Delhi: As poor technology tools are costing companies up to six months of working hours a year, about 40 per cent of Indian employees are considering quitting their jobs in the next…
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New Apple macOS update comes with a liquid detection feature
San Francisco: The latest version of macOS comes with a liquid detection feature which will alert Apple if any liquid has been detected in the USB-C ports. macOS Sonoma 14.1 update includes…
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Musk takes on OpenAI with his own chatbot which is ‘better informed’
New Delhi: Taking on Sam Altman-run OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk on Sunday said that xAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok has current information in comparison to traditional GPT models. The xAI ‘Grok’…
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YouTube’s crack down on ad blockers leads to record number of uninstalls
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube’s effort to crack down on users with ad blockers on its platform globally has resulted in a record number of uninstalls, with multiple ad blocking companies reporting that…
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NFT marketplace OpenSea lays off 50 per cent of its workforce
San Francisco: Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace startup OpenSea, valued at $13.3 billion last year, has laid off about half of its workforce as part of “significant organisational and operating changes”. A company…
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all 7 counts
New York: Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been found guilty on all seven counts related to fraud and money laundering. The US Attorney’s office at…
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Uber, Lyft to pay USD 328 million to drivers in wage-theft settlement
New York: In a significant development, Uber and Lyft on Thursday agreed to pay a combined $328 million to settle charges that the ride-hailing platforms “unlawfully withheld wages from drivers”, and failed…
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Instagram may be developing customisable ‘AI friend’ feature
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram might be developing an ‘AI friend’ feature that will let users create a friend as per their liking. According to screenshots shared by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi on…
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X’s value sinks below half of Musk’s USD 19 billion acquisition
San Francisco: X Corp has seen its valuation drop to $19 billion — less than half of which Elon Musk bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year. Employees at…
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IoT malware attacks up by 400 per cent this year: Report
New Delhi: Malware attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices have increased by 400 per cent this year when compared to the previous year, a new report showed…
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X’s rival Threads has almost 100 million monthly users: Zuckerberg
San Francisco: Instagram’s Threads has reached almost 100 million monthly users, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. During the company’s quarterly earnings call late on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said: “We’re three…
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Google will continue to make meaningful investments in AI: Sundar Pichai
New Delhi: As Google expands access to its new artificial intelligence (AI) services, the company will continue to make meaningful investments in support of its AI efforts, re-engineering our cost base in…
