Technology
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91% Indian firms faced ransomware attacks in 2022: Report
New Delhi: Information security company, CyberArk, on Sunday said that more than 91 percent of the Indian organisations experienced ransomware attacks in 2022 while 55 percent of the affected organisations reported paying…
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Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air: Bigger, better, and more powerful
New Delhi: Those who have tried their hands on the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air for productivity, creativity and entertainment, the smooth and powerful experience has just got bigger and better, with the…
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Reddit’s daily traffic declines amid subreddit protests: Report
San Francisco: During the subreddits’ protest against the company’s new application programming interface (API) pricing changes, Reddit’s average daily traffic reportedly fell as compared to the last month. According to Engadget, citing…
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Twitch unveils program to increase streamers’ earnings
San Francisco: Streaming platform Twitch has announced a new programme ‘Partner Plus‘ which will help streamers to make more money who meet the qualification criteria. “This new Partner Program benefit will offer…
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Meta unveils ‘Voicebox’: AI model for speech generation
San Francisco: Meta has developed a cutting-edge generative AI model ‘Voicebox’, designed to revolutionise the field of speech generation. “We’ve developed Voicebox, the first model that can generalise to speech-generation tasks it…
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Jamal Khashoggi’s widow sues NSO Group over phone hacking
Hanan Elatr, the widow of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has filed a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group for using Pegasus software to spy on her messages in the months before her…
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Millions hooked to mobile games; India to become $7bn market by 2025
New Delhi: Mobile gaming has come a long way since the early days of the ‘Snake’ game on Nokia phones to next-generation smartphones offering high-definition graphics and immersive gameplay that rival even…
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Beware of BGMI: Return triggers fears of addiction, mental health issues
New Delhi: Banned for more than a year, the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the popular battle royale game that enthralled the country’s gaming community, is back, albeit with a government rider where…
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Scammers skim crores off online gamers, cops reveal ‘methods’
New Delhi: At a time when online gaming is captivating millions around the world, scammers are also extracting crores from players, mostly children and teenagers, while cops are warning the public revealing…
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AR-VR, e-sports & Cloud: Gaming has gotten bigger & more worrisome
New Delhi: As healthcare providers and parents continue to fight growing video game addiction among kids, the next big threat is already here in the form of augmented reality/virtual reality (AR-VR) based…
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US regulator gives nod to Amazon’s $1.7bn iRobot acquisition
San Francisco: The UK’s antitrust regulator has cleared Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which designs and builds consumer robots, including robot vacuum cleaners sold under the ‘Roomba’ brand. The Competition…
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Ban military-style Chinese game Undawn in India: NGO to IT Ministry
New Delhi: Non-profit organisation Prahar on Saturday said it has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to ban the Chinese game Undawn, launched by Chinese internet giant Tencent…
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NASA teams up with 7 US companies to advance space capabilities
Washington: NASA announced that it will partner with seven US companies for its upcoming human spaceflight and the commercial low Earth orbit economy. The companies are Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation,…
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Ex-ISRO official promoted Sisir Radar test flew drone fitted with ‘Rabbit SAR’
Chennai: Space sector startup, Sisir Radar Private Ltd has successfully tested its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) fitted on a drone, said a senior company official. “The drone fitted with SAR was flown…
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Students build mobile app for migrant workers’ safety
New Delhi: Here comes a mobile app called ‘Migrant Care’, developed by students, that helps connect migrant labourers, their agents, and police officials to ensure their safety. The workers can send a…
