Technology
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Job search engine ZipRecruiter lays off 270 employees globally
San Francisco: Job search engine ZipRecruiter has announced to reduce its global headcount by approximately 270 employees, which represents approximately 20 percent of the company’s total number of employees. The company said…
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Anti-harassment service Block Party exits Twitter amid API modifications
San Francisco: US-based anti-harassment service Block Party, designed to combat abusive content on Twitter, has become the latest third-party app to leave the platform in light of Elon Musk-run Twitter locking most…
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Apple to announce ‘several’ Macs at WWDC: Report
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple will reportedly announce “several” new Macs at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) which is scheduled to be held next week. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman tweeted on Wednesday:…
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Global SaaS platform Zendesk lays off 8% of workforce
New Delhi: Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Zendesk has announced to lay off 8 percent of its workforce, about 320 employees, as macroeconomic conditions have not improved and “we find ourselves in an increasingly…
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Data on UFOs fragmented, says NASA in first public meeting
Washington: Data on objects or incidents in the sky has so far been “fragmented”, said NASA in its first public meeting on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The space agency, last year, set…
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iPhone 16 Pro to feature 6.27-inch display: Report
San Francisco: The Apple iPhone 16 Pro smartphone will reportedly feature a 6.27-inch display. The information was shared by display analyst Ross Young, who also claimed that the iPhone 16 Pro Max…
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Meta threatens to block news on FB, Instagram if California bill passes
San Francisco: Meta has threatened to pull news from Facebook and Instagram if California’s Journalism Preservation Act passes through. Once the bill is cleared, big tech companies will need to pay a…
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Amazon Ring to pay $5.8 mn over unlawfully accessing consumer videos
San Francisco: Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of video surveillance devices, will pay $5.8 million in consumer refunds and will be prohibited from profiting from unlawfully accessing consumer videos, the US Federal Trade…
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WhatsApp launches global security centre to further safeguard users
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Thursday launched a new global security centre for users to learn more about how to protect themselves against spammers and unwanted contact, as it faces scrutiny over…
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US dental insurance giant hit by ransomware attack, data of 9 mn patients lost
San Francisco: The personal information of nearly nine million people in the US has been compromised in an apparent ransomware attack on one of the country’s largest dental health insurers. US-based dental…
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Amazon fined $25 mn for violating children’s privacy law, deceiving parents
San Francisco: E-commerce giant Amazon will pay $25 million penalty to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over violating the children’s privacy law by keeping their Alexa voice recordings and deceiving parents…
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Toyota discloses data leak affecting 2.6 lakh car owners
New Delhi: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has admitted another incident in which data of around 260,000 car owners was exposed to the internet for a decade. Last month, the company issued an…
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Instagram testing new ‘Interested’ option for recommended posts
San Francisco: Social networking platform Instagram is testing a new ‘Interested’ option for recommended posts which will allow users to indicate what they are interested in. The new option will help the…
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83 per cent Indian workers embrace AI assistance despite concerns
New Delhi: As artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to take away certain jobs, 83 per cent of Indian employees are willing to delegate as much work as possible to AI to lessen their…
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Snap introduces new generative AI feature for paid users
San Francisco: Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has introduced a new generative AI feature for its paid subscribers. Now, when Snapchat+ subscribers interact with My AI chatbot, they can send it…
