Technology
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Google announces 3rd innovation challenge for news publishers in Asia Pacific
New Delhi: Google on Wednesday announced the third Asia Pacific Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge, as part of its ongoing commitment to support the news industry around the world, including India.…
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Meta sues Chinese firm for scraping data from FB, Instagram
San Francisco: Meta has sued Octopus, a US subsidiary of a Chinese high-tech enterprise, and a Turkish individual for scraping data from Facebook, Instagram and other big tech platforms. Octopus claims to…
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Ola likely to lay off up to 500 employees in cost-cutting exercise
New Delhi: As Bhavish Aggarwal focuses his energies towards Ola Electric, the ride-hailing platform Ola is planning to lay off up to 500 employees across departments as it aims to cut cost…
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Amazon forced to make it easier to cancel Prime subscriptions in Europe
London: The European Commission has forced Amazon to simplify the process of canceling Prime membership for customers in the region. The platform will enable European consumers to unsubscribe from Amazon Prime with…
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Musk hopes Tesla won’t need to enter mining business: Report
San Francisco: While the idea of Tesla entering the mining business is quite exciting, CEO Elon Musk said he hopes the company would prefer it if it did not have to enter…
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Twitter takes Indian govt to court over ‘arbitrary’ content blocking orders
New Delhi: Twitter has moved the Karnataka High Court against the Indian government’s order to take down some content on its platform, on the grounds that the content blocking orders from the…
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Google India adds 5 new languages to its training network for scribes
New Delhi: Tech giant Google on Tuesday expanded its News Initiative Training Network to include five new languages: Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Odia and Malayalam. Google has also launched the Fact-Check Academy in…
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Massive personal data of 1 bn Chinese people up for sale on Dark Web
New Delhi/Beijing: In what could be the biggest-ever data breach, sensitive personal information about more than a billion people has been leaked from a government agency, possibly from China, and put up…
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Twitter, Instagram remove accounts of suspect in US shooting: Report
San Francisco: Social media sites, including Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Discord, have moved quickly to remove accounts that appeared to belong to Robert Crimo III, a person of interest in the Chicago…
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Apple Watch Series 8 likely to have larger display
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple, which is all set to launch a set of new iPhones, Watches in September, may unveil the Apple Watch Series 8 with a bigger 1.99-inch display. In…
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 now available in India
New Delhi: Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced that its new Surface Laptop Go 2 is now available in India for consumers and businesses. The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 with 8GB+128GB…
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Instagram helps Italian fashion blogger identify monkeypox infection
New Delhi: Italian fashion blogger Maxim Sapozhnikov found out about his monkeypox infection via short videos posted on Instagram, the photo and video sharing social networking service. Along with a two-part video,…
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Chinese tech firms pledge to ban NFTs, cryptocurrency marketplaces
Beijing: Chinese internet and tech giants on Monday signed an initiative to ban cryptocurrency and digital collectibles (NFTs), along with a promise not to establish secondary marketplaces. According to the South China…
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Balance in $800 mn round ‘expected soon’, Aakash payments closed: BYJU’S
New Delhi: After reports surfaced that BYJU’S is yet to receive funds from US-based Sumeru Ventures, the edtech giant said on Monday that most of the funds have been received while the…
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AirPods Pro 2 won’t offer temperature, heart rate detection
New Delhi: The second-generation Apple AirPods Pro are not likely to include any fitness tracking features and won’t arrive with temperature or heart rate detection this year. According to reports, the upcoming…
