Technology
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Amazon gears up with Shark Tank-type Prime TV series on Indian startups
New Delhi: Amazon is reportedly launching a Shark Tank-type TV show on its Prime streaming service this week to empower promising startups in India. TechCrunch reported on Tuesday, citing people close to…
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MediaTek launches ‘Dimensity 6000’ series for mainstream 5G devices
Taipei: Chip-maker MediaTek on Tuesday launched its new ‘Dimensity 6000’ series along with a chipset designed to enhance the next generation of mainstream 5G devices. The Dimensity 6100+ system on a chip…
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US-based Cilio expands global footprint with acquisition of AutomationFactory.AI
New Delhi: US-based Cilio Technologies, a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to installers, contractors, retailers, and manufacturers within the home improvement industry on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Noida-based, end-to-end digital…
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This US state mulls banning sales of smartphone location data
San Francisco: In a first, the state of Massachusetts in the US is mulling a law to completely ban buying and selling of users’ location data from their smartphones to protect their…
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Snapchat to now let users add links to public profiles
San Francisco: Snap announced that it is rolling out Linktree integration with the link-in-bio tool to allow public accounts to show off their other profiles on Snapchat. Until now, the platform only…
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Microsoft lays off 276 employees in new job cut round
San Francisco: Microsoft has laid off 276 employees, mostly in customer service, support and sales teams, in a new job cut round. The fresh job cuts “go beyond the 10,000 global layoffs…
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Google’s AR software leader quits over company’s ‘unstable commitment’
San Francisco: Mark Lucovsky, Google’s Senior Director of Engineering responsible for the operating system (OS) and software platform’for augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) devices, has resigned over the company’s “unstable…
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Twitter may hit all-time record for user-screentime this week: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Tuesday said that “cumulative user-seconds per day of phone screentime” might “hit an all-time record” this week. Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted, “Don’t want to leave…
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Why the Foxconn-Vedanta deal fell through
New Delhi: Why did the storied Foxconn-Vedanta deal come a cropper? Why has the $19.5 billion investment fallen through in a strange sort of anti-climax? Vedanta and Foxconn had got on board…
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Backed by Deepika Padukone & Raftaar, FrontRow winds up operations
New Delhi: Non-academic learning and community platform FrontRow, backed by celebrities like Deepika Padukone and rapper Raftaar, has shut down, media reports said on Monday. Ishaan Preet Singh, Co-founder of FrontRow, confirmed…
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Foxconn’s decision has no impact on India’s chip dream: Centre
New Delhi: The government on Monday said that the decision of Taiwanese giant Foxconn to withdraw from its semiconductor joint venture (JV) with Vedanta has no impact on India’s semiconductor goals. Both…
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India has immense potential for expansion in space industry: ISRO chairman
New Delhi: India is among nations with immense potential for expansion in the space industry, said S Somanath, Secretary, the Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) here on…
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HP set to launch new Envy laptop in India under Rs 1 lakh
New Delhi: PC and printer major HP is set to launch its new Envy 15 laptop for GenZ content creators in India this week at a price of less than Rs 1,00,000.…