Technology
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Spotify hikes prices for premium subscription plans globally
San Francisco: Music streaming giant Spotify has announced it is raising its premium subscription prices across a number of markets around the world. “The market landscape has continued to evolve since we…
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg earns blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
New Delhi: Meta Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been awarded his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by his coach Professor Dave Camarillo after several years of training. Taking to Instagram, he…
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50 per cent of healthcare pros endorse AI in clinical practice
New Delhi: About 50 per cent of healthcare industry professionals with prior experience in artificial intelligence (AI) have strongly endorsed its use in clinical practice and administrative tasks, according to a report…
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OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman launches crypto project ‘Worldcoin’
San Francisco: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday launched its audacious eyeball-scanning cryptocurrency startup ‘Worldcoin’ to help build a reliable solution for distinguishing humans from AI online, enable global democratic processes and…
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Over 60% of world now on social media: Study
New Delhi: More than 60 per cent of the world’s population, or nearly five billion people, are active on social media, a new study has shown. According to digital advisory firm Kepios,…
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Musk rebranding Twitter to ‘X’, killing blue bird logo
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk has announced that “X.com” now directs to “twitter.com” and “interim X logo” will go “live later today.” “Not sure what subtle clues gave it way, but I…
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Apple may not launch iPhone SE 4 in 2024: Report
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly no longer planning to launch a fourth-generation iPhone SE in 2024. In a research note, Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Tom O’Malley said the device was expected…
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WhatsApp is widely rolling out landscape mode support for video calls on iOS
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out landscape mode support for video calls, silence unknown callers option and more, on iOS. “Video calls now support landscape mode,” the company…
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YouTube testing viewer-created Shorts featuring comments
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced that it is testing a feature that enables mobile viewers to create Shorts featuring comments posted on videos they’re watching. “While creators are already able to…
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Microsoft tests new feature in Windows 11 Enhanced Phishing Protection
San Francisco: Microsoft is testing a new feature in Windows 11 Enhanced Phishing Protection that protects users from copying and pasting their Windows password into websites and documents. When Microsoft first introduced…
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Google Assistant may soon summarise webpages
San Francisco: Google is reportedly working on a feature that will allow users to use Google Assistant to summarise webpages. Spotted as a work-in-progress within the latest Google app beta (version 14.29),…
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Government cautions Internet users against ransomware ‘Akira’
New Delhi: The government has cautioned against an Internet ransomware called “Akira” which steals important information and encrypts data which can lead to extortion. CERT-In, the government’s technology arm which guards against…
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NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet loses 99 per cent of value
New Delhi: The very first tweet of Jack Dorsey, whose non-fungible token (NFT) was sold for a whopping $2.9 million in 2021, now has a paltry price of less than $2,000. Iranian-born…
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Spotify to hike price of premium plan by USD 1 in US: Report
San Francisco: Music streaming giant Spotify is reportedly planning to increase its monthly subscription price by $1 in the US, as part of its effort to become consistently profitable. The price hike…
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Musk to soon replace Twitter’s blue bird with ‘X’ logo
San Francisco: Twitter-owner Elon Musk on Sunday announced that he will soon replace the micro-blogging platform’s blue bird logo with the ‘X’ logo. Musk tweeted, “Frankly, I love the negative feedback on…
