Technology
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Threads to ship improvements this week: Instagram head
San Francisco: Instagram head Adam Mosseri has said that the company is “pumped” to start shipping improvements on Threads this week. In a post on Tuesday, Mosseri said: “With so many people…
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Google sued for allegedly stealing user data to train its AI models
San Francisco: Google has been sued in a class-action lawsuit that alleged that the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent using its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The…
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Elon Musk begins restricting Threads search on Twitter
San Francisco: Users of Meta’s Twitter rival Threads discovered that Elon Musk has begun limiting search results when they try to find links to Threads on the microblogging platform, despite the platform…
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WhatsApp rolling out phone number privacy feature for communities on beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new ‘phone number privacy’ feature on Android and iOS beta Beta users will see a new option in the community announcement group…
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19 people across world become billionaires via cryptocurrency
New Delhi: As the world of cryptocurrency tumbles down amid regulatory crackdowns, there are 19 individuals in the world who achieved the title of a billionaire through cryptocurrency. One cryptocurrency in particular…
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Foxconn working on application seeking incentives under India’s semicon policy
New Delhi: Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn on Tuesday said it is working on an application to access incentives under India’s semiconductor manufacturing policy, a day after pulling out from its $19.5 billion…
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Samsung to share over 100 patent technologies with smaller firms
Seoul: Samsung Electronics will allow smaller companies to use more of its royalty-free technologies to achieve shared growth, the industry ministry of South Korea said on Tuesday. The South Korean tech giant…
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Endefo launches new earbuds, 3 smartwatches & more in India
New Delhi: Consumer electronics brand Endefo on Tuesday announced the launch of its new earbuds, three smartwatches — Enfit MAX, Enfit Plus and Enfit BOLD –, speakers, power bank and sound bar,…
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Non-TikTok users consider it a national security threat: Report
San Francisco: About six-in-ten adults (59 per cent) see the Chinese short-video-making app TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the US, a new report has shown. According…
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Threads to feature edit option, following feed & more as it crosses 100 mn
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, will soon feature an edit button, following feed, translation option for different languages and much more, as it has crossed 100 million user sign-ups within a…
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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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Apple’s Phil Schiller, Google arrive on Meta’s Threads
San Francisco: Apple fellow Phil Schiller, responsible for leading the App Store and Apple events, as well as Google and YoutTube have joined Threads. A Threads account with username ‘PhilSchiller007’ and no…
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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…
