Technology
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Former Indian-origin employee sent to jail for stealing USD 17 million from Apple
San Francisco: Dhirendra Prasad, a former Apple employee who was charged with defrauding tech giant Apple and related tax crimes, has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay…
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ChatGPT shows better empathy to patients than doctors: Study
New York: ChatGPT outperforms physicians in providing high-quality, empathetic advice to patient questions, according to a study. There has been widespread speculation about how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like ChatGPT…
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OpenAI restores access to ChatGPT in Italy after ban
San Francisco: OpenAI has restored access to the ChatGPT service in Italy, after the country banned the AI chatbot in response to an order from the local data protection authority over user…
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Instagram to let users add songs to photo carousels
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram is testing a new tool that will let users add songs to their photo carousels on the platform. According to Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the tool…
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Most Indian consumers want new phone series not to be more than 5-10% costlier
New Delhi: Most Indian consumers want the new smartphone series models not to cost more than 5-10 per cent that the current version, a report has shown. Around 4 per cent of…
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Zuckerberg’s net worth surges over $10 bn after strong results, 2 layoff rounds
New Delhi: Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth surged by $10.2 billion after the company posted strong quarterly results, leading to its shares rising by nearly 14 per cent, as…
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Swiggy begins charging Rs 2 ‘platform fee’ per food order from users
New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Swiggy has started charging all users a “platform fee” of Rs 2 per food order, irrespective of the cart value. The company told IANS that the…
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Social audio platform Clubhouse lays off over 50 per cent staff
New Delhi: Popular social audio platform Clubhouse, which gained popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic, has laid off more than half of its staff. Founded by Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, Clubhouse said…
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Cloud storage giant Dropbox sacks 500 employees amid slowing growth
New Delhi: Cloud storage giant Dropbox announced on Thursday that it is laying off 16 per cent of its workforce, or about 500 employees, due to slowing growth. Dropbox CEO Drew Houston…
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WhatsApp rolling out reply with message feature within call notifications
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new “reply with a message” feature within call notifications to some beta testers on Android. The company said that it will be rolling…
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Google’s content removal policy applies universally: Top executive
Seoul: Google’s policy to respect local laws and culture when removing harmful, illegal content from its platforms, like YouTube, applies universally to creators and uploaders across the world, including in South Korea,…
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Saudi Aramco overtakes Microsoft as world’s 2nd largest company by market value
Riyadh: Saudi oil giant Aramco has displaced American technology giant Microsoft to become the world’s second-largest company by market value at 7.92 trillion Saudi Riyals (2.11 trillion dollars) as the company’s stock prices…
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Google blocks malware that steals key data from Chrome users
San Francisco: In an effort to protect users from cyberattacks, Google has blocked the notorious CryptBot malware, which the company claims have stolen data from hundreds of thousands of Chrome browser users…
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Google rolls out 1080p video calls option for Meet users
San Francisco: In an effort to enhance the user experience, Google has rolled out a 1080p video calls option for users of its video communication service ‘Meet’. This enhanced video quality is…
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Razorpay launches payment reconciliation service for buyers, sellers on ONDC
New Delhi: Full-stack fintech platform Razorpay on Thursday joined the government’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) ecosystem by launching a payment reconciliation service for network participants (NPs) like buyers, sellers, and…
