Technology
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Los Angeles Times to reduce 13% of staff amid advertising declines
San Francisco: US-based Los Angeles Times has announced to lay off about 13 percent of its newsroom staff, or 74 employees, amid economic pressures brought on by advertising and print readership declines.…
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Meta ‘talking’ to Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama to explore its Twitter-like app
New Delhi: As people search for “sanely run” Twitter alternatives, Meta’s upcoming micro-blogging platform will use Instagram’s account system to automatically populate a user’s information. Meta is in discussions with big celebrities…
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Indian-origin Vishal Garg’s Better.com lays off real estate team
San Francisco: The embattled online mortgage lender Better.com, run by controversial Indian-origin CEO Vishal Garg, has reportedly laid off its real estate team and has shut down this unit. The company is…
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Netflix gains 100K new subscribers in 2 days as it curbs password sharing
San Francisco: Streaming giant Netflix garnered nearly 100,000 new daily sign-ups just days after it started to crack down on password sharing. According to market research firm Antenna, since alerting subscribers in…
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Twitter to soon start paying creators for ads served in replies: Musk
New Delhi: Twitter will soon start paying creators on the platform for the ads served in their replies, Elon Musk announced on Saturday. Twitter has kept aside $5 million to pay creators,…
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US charges 2 Russian men with $400 mn Bitcoin hack
Washington: The US government has charged two Russian nationals in connection with the $400 million Bitcoin hack that brought down the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange in 2014. The Department of Justice (DoJ)…
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We’re making history, says Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino
New Delhi: New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino on Saturday said that no other platform has the power Twitter has and they are going to make history. Yaccarino, who replaced Elon Musk as…
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Google testing cinematic image creator in Photos: Report
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is reportedly testing an on-demand cinematic effect feature in the photo-sharing and storage service ‘Google Photos’. The option to create cinematic photos on-demand has appeared to some…
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Brightest gamma-ray burst powered likely by unique jet structure: NASA
New York: The brightest ever gamma-ray burst, which was detected October last year, may have been powered by its unique jet structure, according to a new study. The burst known as GRB…
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Meta testing Reels on Quest headset
San Francisco: Meta has started testing the short-video feature ‘Reels’ on Quest headset. Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on Meta’s broadcast channel on Friday, “We’re testing Reels on…
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realme’s Madhav Sheth likely to head rival Honor India amid top exodus
New Delhi: Madhav Sheth, currently VP for Business and Corporate Strategy (Global) at leading technology brand Realme, is likely to soon join Honor India to revive the rival brand in the country,…
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Boeing sued over claims of theft of IP related to NASA’s Artemis mission
San Francisco: Aerospace giant Boeing has been sued by Colorado-based Wilson Aerospace over alleged theft of intellectual property (IP) related to NASA’s Artemis rocket mission. In the lawsuit, the small family-run tools…
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315 mn Indians suffer from hypertension, 101 mn are diabetic: ICMR study
New Delhi: A whopping 315 million people in India suffer from hypertension, and 101 million with diabetes, according to an alarming study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) published in…
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GM to integrate Tesla charging standard in future EVs
San Francisco: Automaker General Motors (GM) has announced that it will integrate Tesla’s electric vehicle (EV) charging standard in its future EVs. “We’re teaming up with Tesla to enhance your electric vehicle…
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Google to end Drive app support on Windows 8, 8.1
San Francisco: Google announced that it will end support for “Drive for desktop” on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and all 32-bit versions of Windows, in August. “To avoid service…
