Technology
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Tinder to lose background-checking tool
San Francisco: The background-checking tool used by Tinder’s parent company Match Group to offer a safety feature for its users is shutting down. he non-profit organisation Garbo which provided background checks to…
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Instagram working on feature to create audio notes
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram is working on a feature that will allow users to create audio notes. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said on his broadcast channel on Friday that “we haven’t started…
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Excessive screen time can affect reasoning skills in young children
London: Young children who spend more time using computer and other such devices are likely to have poor reasoning skills, that is crucial for learning, academic performance, and everyday problem-solving, according to…
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India’s traditional PC market declines 15.3% in June quarter, HP leads
New Delhi: The traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) in India continued to struggle as it shipped 3.2 million units in the June quarter, declining 15.3 per cent (year-over-year), a new…
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iPhone saves life of driver severely injured in car crash
San Francisco: Apple iPhone’s Crash Detection feature has helped a severely injured driver following an accident, by alerting first responders, the media reported. The accident happened on August 5 in the Grey…
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Opera’s iOS web browser gets AI assistant ‘Aria’
San Francisco: Web browser company Opera has announced that its AI assistant ‘Aria’ is now available for all users of the Opera browser for iOS. “We’re proud to announce that Aria, our…
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Global smartphone shipments to hit decade low in 2023, Apple near top spot
New Delhi: 2023 is on track to become the worst year for global smartphone shipments in a decade, with a 6 per cent decline to reach 1.15 billion units, a report showed…
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New AI model may help screen for heart defect from birth
New York: A team of international scientists have developed a deep learning artificial intelligence model to screen for heart defect from birth. The model can screen electrocardiogram (ECG) for signs of atrial…
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X to soon let users tag timestamps for videos
San Francisco: X, formerly known as Twitter, will soon gain a “timestamp tagging” feature for videos. A screenshot posted by Andrea Conway, a designer at X, suggests that the feature will allow…
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NYT mulling legal action against OpenAI over copyright issue
New York: The New York Times is exploring legal options whether to sue Microsoft-backed OpenAI and protect the intellectual property rights associated with its reporting, the media reported. The publication and OpenAI…
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Shiprocket joins Skye Air for drone delivery service for merchants
New Delhi: Logistics solution provider Shiprocket on Thursday announced its collaboration with Skye Air, a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based drone delivery solution provider to revolutionise the e-commerce landscape and introduce a capability to deliver…
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NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices over security concerns
San Francisco: New York City has banned the popular Chinese short-form video platform TikTok on city-owned devices over security concerns. A directive was issued on Wednesday following a review by the NYC…
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X’s new feature to let paid users highlight their posts
San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned X Corp (formerly Twitter) has started rolling out a new feature that will allow paid users to highlight some of their posts via a new ‘Highlights’ tab. The…
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YouTube Music’s new ‘Samples’ tab to help users find new music
San Francisco: YouTube has introduced a new ‘Samples’ tab for the music streaming service ‘YouTube Music’, which will help users to find new music. This new personalised music discovery feature is currently…
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Google’s new feature to summarise entire articles for you using generative AI
San Francisco: Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is getting a major new feature, which will summarise articles for users while reading on the web. Currently, the feature — “SGE while browsing”…
