Technology
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TikTok sues US state of Montana for banning the app
San Francisco: Chinese short-video-making app TikTok on Tuesday hit back at the US state of Montana with a lawsuit, after Montana Governor Greg Gianforte banned TikTok in the state last week. TikTok…
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Cash share in POS transaction value to fall nearly 50% globally by 2026
New Delhi: Riding on digital payments, the point-of-sale (POS) transaction value share conducted in cash is expected to fall from $11.6 trillion in 2021 to $6.0 trillion globally by 2026, a decline…
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LinkedIn’s new tool to show verifications related to job post
San Francisco: Professional social networking platform LinkedIn has rolled out new tools to help job seekers feel safe and confident in their job search. The new tools include — Job verifications, Profile…
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WhatsApp lets users edit messages with 15-minute time limit
New Delhi: Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that billions of WhatsApp users can now modify a message within 15 minutes of sending it. This feature has started rolling…
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Twitter bug restoring deleted tweets for hundreds of clueless users
New Delhi: A bug in Twitter is apparently restoring deleted tweets and retweets for hundreds of users who have no clue about it and the micro-blogging platform was yet to admit the…
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Tencent launches palm-based payments in China
Beijing: Chinese internet and tech giant Tencent has launched a palm-recognition service for its WeChat Pay service here that allows Metro passengers to pay via waving their palm over a scanner, the…
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TCS partners Google Cloud to launch next-gen generative AI offering
New Delhi: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud, with launching ‘TCS Generative AI’ which leverages Google Cloud’s generative AI services to design and deploy custom-tailored…
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Meta fined record $1.3 bn for violating EU data transfer rules
London: The Irish Data Protection Commission on Monday fined Meta (formerly Facebook) a record $1.3 billion fine over violating data transfer rules in the European Union (EU). The Irish watchdog said that…
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Wind energy may enhance coolant power needs in nuclear plants: IIT Jodhpur
Jodhpur: Realising the significance of cooling power sources in nuclear power plants safety based on the historical nuke disasters, an international team led by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)…
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Ex-SoftBank veteran Manoj Kohli joins WeWork India as independent Board Director
New Delhi: Flexible workspace provider WeWork India on Monday announced the appointment of Manoj Kohli, former Country Head of Softbank India, Softbank Group International, as an independent Director to its Board. Anthony…
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Biz2Credit to hire 200 for digital lending SaaS platform Biz2X in India
New Delhi: Digital lending platform Biz2Credit on Monday said it will hire 200 people in India in the next few months for its software-as-a-service (SaaS)- based platform called Biz2X. In a bid…
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Samsung Galaxy A14 with 50MP triple camera, 5000mAh battery in India
New Delhi: Samsung on Monday launched Galaxy A14 smartphone with 50MP triple camera and a 5000mAh battery in India. The 6.6-inch Galaxy A14 starts at Rs 13,999 for the 4GB-64GB variant and…
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India consumer storage market declines 4% as smartphones’ memory go up
New Delhi: The consumer storage market (micro-SD, flash drive, and SD card) market in India witnessed a 4 percent (year-on-year) decline in shipments in the first quarter, a report showed on Monday.…
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Instagram up after a brief outage, company says ‘technical issue’
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram came back to life after being down for over an hour early on Monday as users witnessed errors saying the app couldn’t refresh, and the website went blank…
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Asus explains what caused mass router outage
San Francisco: After receiving reports of mass router outages globally, Taiwanese tech giant Asus has finally explained the cause, stating that the outage was caused by “an error in the configuration of…
