Technology
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Japan’s lunar lander, X-ray mission to launch on Monday
Tokyo: After Chandrayaan-3’s success, Japan’s space agency is set to launch a lander and a X-ray mission on the lunar surface on Monday. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) SLIM (Smart Lander…
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Vivid imaginations can help people feel more ‘present’ in VR, shows study
London: People with vivid imaginations are more likely than others to believe they truly inhabit the worlds they visit in virtual reality (VR), according to new research. This finding, published at this…
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YouTube to add support for RSS uploads for podcasters by year-end
San Francisco: YouTube product lead Steve McLendon has confirmed that the platform will add support for RSS (Really Simple Syndication) uploads for podcasters by the end of the year, among other updates.…
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Microsoft Launcher for Android to get ChatGPT-supported Bing Chat
San Francisco In the generative AI era, Microsoft is updating its Launcher application for Android with ChatGRP-supported Bing Chat integration. According to reports, the feature will also roll out to Microsoft Surface…
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HackerRank lays off 53 employees amid economic uncertainty
New Delhi: HackerRank, a leading technology hiring platform, has laid off 53 employees globally amid the ongoing economic uncertainty. Vivek Ravisankar, Co-founder and CEO of HackerRank, sent an email to employees last…
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Online math learning platform Cuemath lays off 100 more staff: Report
New Delhi: Online math learning platform Cuemath has laid off 100 more employees amid a challenging macroeconomic environment for edtech companies, the media reported on Saturday. Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital…
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Several top news publications block OpenAI from accessing their content
San Francisco: Several top new publications like The New York Times, CNN and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have blocked Microsoft-backed OpenAI to access their content to train its AI models. The…
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Chrome’s reading mode may read articles for you
San Francisco: Google is reportedly experimenting with a text-to-speech feature for Chrome’s reading mode on the desktop which will read articles for users. As per X (formerly Twitter) user Leopeva64, the feature…
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WhatsApp scam calls back to haunt Indian users, this time from US
New Delhi: WhatsApp users in India on Saturday witnessed a new wave of scam where cyber-criminals started calling people on the platform from fake US numbers, pretending to be their senior office…
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Discord starts notifying users affected by March data breach
San Francisco: Popular chatting platform Discord has started notifying users affected by a March data breach, about three months after the company announced the attack in May. According to a data breach…
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Paid users can now post up to 2 hr of 1080p, 3 hr of 720p videos on X
New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) has announced various video and media enhancements to the microblogging platform. X said on Friday that premium subscribers can now post longer videos on the…
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Musk’s X takes on LinkedIn, opens job hiring Beta for verified companies
Delhi: X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday finally revealed plans to take on professional networking platform LInkedIn, saying that early access to the X Hiring Beta is now available to verified organisations. The…
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Single Indian organisation facing 2,152 cyber attacks, 20% up year-on-year
New Delhi: The average number of attacks per organisation in India reached 2,152 attacks in the first half of 2023, reflecting a significant increase of 20 per cent (year-on-year), a report showed…
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New EU law lets social media users opt out of AI-driven personalised feeds
London: Social media users in the European Union (EU) can now opt out of AI-driven personalised content feeds on mainstream social networks. The change is the result of the EU’s Digital Services…
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After HD photos, WhatsApp now let you send videos in HD quality
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp has now rolled out the option for users to send videos in HD quality. Users now will be able to send videos in 720p quality. There was no…
