Technology
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Instagram expands ‘Notes’ feature to Europe, Japan
San Francisco: Social media platform Instagram has expanded its ‘Notes’ feature, a way for users to share their thoughts, to Europe and Japan. The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, made the announcement…
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Online marketplace OLX Group to slash over 1,500 jobs globally
New Delhi: Joining the mass layoff season, online marketplace OLX Group is slashing 15 per cent of its workforce, or more than 1,500 employees, globally including in India as part of restructuring…
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iPhone 14 Crash Detection false alarms causing problems in Japan
Tokyo: False alarms by Apple’s iPhone 14 series’ Crash Detection feature are causing problems in Japan, with fire departments near skiing areas getting more emergency call-outs than usual because of the automated…
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Acer launches new laptop with latest AMD Ryzen 7000 series processor in India
Bengaluru: Taiwanese electronics company Acer on Monday launched its new laptop which features the latest AMD Ryzen 7000 series processor, a 15.6-inch Full-HD display and much more, in the country. The new…
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Google terminates thousands of accounts pushing Chinese disinformation
San Francisco: Google’s Threat Analysis Group has terminated thousands of accounts associated with a group known as “Dragonbridge” or “Spamouflage Dragon” that disseminated pro-Chinese disinformation on various platforms. According to the tech…
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Apple sells 2 mn iPhones in India in holiday quarter, logs 18% growth
New Delhi: Apple sold 2 million iPhones in India in the holiday quarter (Q4) of 2022, registering 18 per cent growth (quarter-on-quarter) for its flagship device, new data showed on Monday. The…
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Blocked out of system in the middle of call: Sacked Google recruiter
New Delhi: Among the 12,000 workers laid off by Google, an employee who worked as a recruiter said he got sacked by the company in the middle of an interview. Dan Lanigan…
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Mark Zuckerberg now puts Meta’s middle managers on notice
San Francisco: After sacking 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now reportedly put middle managers at the company on notice. According to the newsletter Command…
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Google Meet users can now share access to presented content
San Francisco: Google is rolling out a new feature to its video-communication service ‘Google Meet’ which will allow users to share access to the content they are presenting in a meeting with…
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Apple developing iOS 17: Report
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly developing its iOS 17 software update and other new updates that will be released this year. Some of the tech giant’s open-source documentation referencing iOS 17 has…
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Apple may limit Wi-Fi 6E network to iPhone 15 Pro models
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple will reportedly bring support for Wi-Fi 6E network to only iPhone 15 Pro models. Apple leaker Unknownz21 (@URedditor) shared a document which featured diagrams of the iPhone…
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What Big Tech companies are saying to justify mass layoffs
New Delhi: As more and more Big Tech companies continue to sack employees, they have listed various reasons behind the move — over-hiring, uncertain global macroeconomic conditions, strong tailwinds from the Covid-19…
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Google introduces AI system that generates music from text descriptions
San Francisco: Google has introduced a new AI system called – “MusicLM” that can generate high-fidelity music in any genre given a text description. However, the company is fearing the risks, and…
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Twitter removes option to send direct message on Android, iOS
San Francisco: Micro-blogging platform Twitter has removed the option to send a direct message to another account directly from a profile page on Android and iOS applications, many users reported. The “DM”…
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70-plus Indian startups show exit door to 21K techies, more expected
New Delhi: As global layoffs deepen, Indian startups are not far behind and have sacked thousands of employees in the past 3-4 months, with many more to be given pink slips in…
