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- Technology
AWS now has $79 bn annual sales run rate as top Cloud provider
New Delhi: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of Amazon, now represent an annualised sales run rate of nearly $79 billion that has made it the leading Cloud provider once again.…
- Technology
Amazon hikes Prime subscription in UK, Europe by up to 43%
London: Amazon is set to raise its Prime subscription prices by up to a whopping 43 per cent in the UK and Europe from September this year — first such increase in…
- Technology
Instagram to become more video-focused over time: Adam Mosseri
San Francisco: After Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner criticised Instagram for trying to be like TikTok, the Meta-owned platform’s head Adam Mosseri shared a video explaining the recent changes to the platform…
- Technology
$7K rollable screen, top tech gadgets connect Joe Biden to the world
San Francisco: US President Joe Biden is connected to the world at his White House desk via a Zoom rig with a rollable touchscreen worth $7,280 which is about six-feet tall and…
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MediaTek to use Intel Foundry Services to manufacture new chips
San Francisco: Leading chip makers Intel and MediaTek have announced a strategic partnership to manufacture chips using Intel Foundry Services’ (IFS) advanced process technologies. The agreement will help MediaTek to build a…
- Business
5G spectrum auction underway; Ambani, Adani among bidders
New Delhi: India’s first auction of 5G spectrum, that powers ultra-high data speeds, is currently underway with a total of 72 GHz (gigahertz) of radiowaves worth at least Rs 4.3 lakh crore up…
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Google Meet allows users to livestream meetings on YouTube
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is adding a new feature to its Meet app to allow users to livestream meetings to its streaming platform YouTube. According to the company, an admin can…
- Mobile
Upcoming Samsung foldables may start at $1,103, Watch5 series at $264
London: South Korean tech giant Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphones, which is all set to release on August 10, may start at 1,080 euros ($1,103 approx) in the European market. Samsung Galaxy Z…
- Technology
Elon Musk questions Twitter’s ‘monetizable’ daily active user numbers
New Delhi: After scrapping the $44 billion Twitter deal over the presence of fake/spam accounts, Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday questioned the company’s way of measuring its user base, which it…
- Technology
WhatsApp may let you keep disappearing messages even after they are dead
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a feature that will let users keep disappearing messages even after their expiration. According to WABetaInfo report, the disappearing messages can be viewed…
- Technology
WhatsApp may soon display past participants of group chat
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will soon display past participants of group chat on the iOS platform. WhatsApp is working on letting users silently leave…
- Technology
Netflix rolls out external sign-up page for iOS users
San Francisco: Popular video streaming platform Netflix has started directing users on iPhone and iPad to an external webpage where they can sign up for the service. The change comes just months…
- Technology
Samsung confirms Aug 10 as next ‘Galaxy Unpacked’ with cryptic images
New Delhi: Samsung on Tuesday confirmed to have its next Galaxy Unpacked event on August 10 with a cryptic set of images. Samsung Mobile tweeted a trio of images on Twitter, that…
- Technology
IIT Kanpur team develops bio-inspired artificial muscle for space robots
Kanpur: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Tuesday announced the development of a bio-inspired artificial muscle for next-generation space robots and medical prostheses. Encouraged by the industry demand…
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US govt ‘tracking’ millions of people with cell phone location data
Washington: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used huge volumes of people’s cell phone location information quietly extracted from smartphone apps to track their movements on a scale not previously known, the…
