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- Business
Amazon sees $12 bn worth sales on Prime Day globally
San Francisco: Amazon saw sales worth at least $12 billion (according to third-party estimates) during its Prime Day event in the US and 15 more countries on July 12-13. It was the…
- Technology
Musk texted Parag Agrawal before terminating $44 bn Twitter deal
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly texted microblogging platform Twitter’s CEO Parag Agarwal Ned Segal before pulling out of the $44 billion acquisition deal. Musk texted the Twitter executives that…
- Technology
TikTok’s global security chief to step down amid data controversy
San Francisco: Short video platform TikTok’s global chief security officer (CSO) Roland Cloutier will step down from that position and shift into a strategic advisory role. Cloutier’s change in duties follows concerns…
- Technology
Potential iPhone 14 demand continues to grow in China: Report
Beijing: Potential demand for the upcoming iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro series is continuing to grow in China, says a new report. In a tweet, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that his…
- Technology
Intel set to hike chip prices amid supply chain crisis: Report
New Delhi: Chip-maker Intel is rising prices on a broad range of microprocessors owing to a supply-chain crisis in the tough global macro-economic environment, the media reported on Thursday. According to Nikkei…
- Technology
Amazon agrees to address anti-trust concerns to avoid EU fines
London: Amazon has agreed to address competition concerns over its use of non-public marketplace seller data in Europe along with a possible bias in granting sellers access to its ‘Buy Box’ and…
- Automobile
Tesla’s Autopilot AI director quits amid widespread layoffs
New Delhi: Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s director of AI, who led the Autopilot vision team, on Thursday announced that he is leaving the company as the electric car-maker keeps laying off thousands across…
- Technology
Samsung develops world’s fastest graphics DRAM chip
Seoul: Samsung said on Thursday it has developed a new graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency. The 24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6)…
- Technology
Apple’s OLED iPads to be thinner and lighter in 2024
Washington: Apple is rumoured to be bringing OLED screens to its iPad lineup in the coming years. According to GSM Arena, Samsung and LG are widely regarded as the two primary display…
- Technology
Nothing Phone (1) now in India, starts from Rs 31,999 for pre-order customers
New Delhi: London-based consumer electronics company Nothing on Tuesday launched its much-awaited first smartphone called Phone (1) that will be available in India for a pre-order introductory price of Rs 31,999. The…
- Technology
Uber used stealth technology to thwart government probe: Report
Washington: A set of leaked documents has shown Uber’s use of stealth technology to thwart government probes and a so-called kill switch to cut access to company servers and prevent authorities from…
- Technology
Razorpay gets RBI approval for Payment Aggregator license
Bengaluru: Fintech platform Razorpay on Monday said it has received in-principle approval by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a Payment Aggregator (PA) license. The central bank issued a payment aggregator…
- Business
Twitter shares tank 6% amid Elon Musk’s walkout
New Delhi: Shares of microblogging site Twitter fell about 6 per cent in premarket trading on Monday, amid the recent walkout by Elon Musk. The world’s richest person on Friday terminated the…
- Technology
Apple’s music recognition feature can now sync its history with Shazam
San Francisco: Using the same Apple Id, tech giant Apple’s music recognition feature in the iPhone Control Center, can now sync with the latest version of the popular music recognition service ‘Shazam’…
- Technology
CEO of 19 firms charged with selling fake Cisco devices worth $1 bn
Washington: A US court has charged a man that ran 19 companies and at least 15 Amazon storefronts, 10 eBay storefronts and multiple other entities that sold fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking…
