Technology
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Reddit lays off nearly 90 employees, reduces fresh hiring
San Francisco: Social discussion platform Reddit is laying off at least 90 employees and reducing fresh hiring as part of restructuring plans to cut costs, a media outlet reported. According to The…
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US SEC sues crypto exchange Coinbase
Washington: A day after suing crypto exchange Binance, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday charged Coinbase with operating its crypto asset trading platform as an unregistered national securities exchange,…
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Apple acquires augmented reality headset startup Mira
Cupertino (California): Apple has acquired augmented reality (AR) headset startup Mira for an undisclosed amount, as the company launched its $3,499 Vision Pro AR headset. According to The Verge, Apple has hired…
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Warning! Apple drops support for these popular models
Do you own an iPhone X, iPhone 8 or an iPhone 8 plus and are excited about the new iOS 17 update? Then this new announcement by Apple may disappoint you. Apple…
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Tech giant Apple drops ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’
Tech giant Apple revealed it will drop the trigger command ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’ in the upcoming iOS 17 feature. In the 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the giant tech…
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50 per cent chance that AI will wipe out humanity: American physicist
New York: There is a 50 per chance that artificial intelligence (AI) will wipe out humanity, according to Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Tegmark said that…
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Social media trust or distrust buttons may help curb spread of fake news
London: The addition of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ buttons on social media, alongside standard ‘like’ buttons, could help to reduce the spread of misinformation, finds a new experimental study. Incentivising accuracy cut in…
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Instagram users react as story icon size unexpectedly enlarges
New Delhi: A number of Instagram users are reporting that the icon for their Stories feature has suddenly gotten much bigger. Several users have taken to social media to express their displeasure…
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Now a robot ‘chef’ to learn, recreate your food recipes
London: Researchers have trained a robotic ‘chef’ to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, programmed their robotic chef with a…
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Bing Image Creator now supported in all chat modes
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that the Bing Image Creator integrated into AI-powered Bing Chat is now supported in all chat modes. In March, the company introduced Bing Image Creator to the…
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Microsoft Edge’s new update includes support for Workspaces
San Francisco: Microsoft has released an update for its ‘Edge’ web browser, which includes support for Workspaces. Workspaces support in Edge makes it easier to keep track of links and websites that…
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India’s Internet economy to reach $1 tn by 2030: Report
New Delhi: India’s internet economy is expected to grow from $175 billion in 2022 to $1 trillion by 2030, a new report said on Tuesday. According to the report, titled ‘The e-Conomy…
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Kerala startup selected for UN’s ‘Accelerator Programme’
Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala-based startup, Farmers Fresh Zone (FarmersFZ), has been selected for the ‘Accelerator Programme by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN. FarmersFZ has figured in the list of…
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WhatsApp rolling out crop tool for drawing editor in Windows beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new crop tool for the drawing editor in Windows beta. The new tool will help users to crop their images within the…
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Google working to fix Pixel Watch’s backplate falling issue
San Francisco: Google has said that it is aware of the Pixel Watch’s backplate falling off issue and it is working to identify its cause. “We’re aware of a very small number…
