Technology
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Construction of US semiconductor plant on track: Samsung CEO
Seoul: The construction of a new semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas was going smoothly and will be completed within this year as scheduled, Samsung Electronics Chief Executive Kyung Kye-hyun has said. “The…
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Software company CircleCi says hackers stole customers’ data
San Francisco: Software company CircleCi, whose products are popular with developers and software engineers, has confirmed that some customers’ data were stolen in a data breach last month. Although the employee’s access…
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WhatsApp working on ‘Block’ shortcut
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new ‘Block’ shortcut feature that will provide users a block shortcut right within the notifications. The platform is planning to introduce…
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Twitter set to launch ‘verification for organisations’ feature
New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned Twitter has announced to soon launch the ‘Verification for Organisations’ feature which was earlier called ‘Blue for Business.’ The company said that it will review applications and allow…
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Twitter offers new incentive for advertisers to return on platform
San Francisco: Fighting hard to stay afloat, Twitter has now offered a new incentive to skeptical advertisers where the micro-blogging platform will match advertisers’ ad spending up to $250,000. According to a…
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Apple may release HomeKit architecture in iOS 16.3 beta
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple will reportedly roll out its HomeKit architecture in the iOS 16.3 beta. Last month, the iPhone maker had removed the option to upgrade Homekit to the new…
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ChatGPT fools scientists by writing fake research paper abstracts
New Delhi: Artificial-Intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT has written convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists were unable to spot, a new research has revealed. A research team led by Catherine Gao at…
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Twitter rolls out ‘For You’, ‘Following’ tabs on web
San Francisco; Microblogging platform Twitter on Saturday announced that it is rolling out “For You” and “Following” tabs updates to the web interface. Earlier this week, the microblogging platform announced that the…
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Microsoft Edge gets text prediction feature in latest update
San Francisco: Microsoft has rolled out a new update to its Edge browser, which brings a small handful of updates and new features, including text prediction. The update is available for the…
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Google rolls out phoneless navigation support in Maps on Wear OS
San Francisco: Google has rolled out phoneless navigation support in Maps to Wear OS smartwatches. Wear OS-powered smartwatches with this support will no longer require a paired phone for turn-by-turn navigation when…
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Apple Watch micro-LED display may be manufactured by LG
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly relying on LG for the production of its first Apple Watch micro-LED display. According to display analyst Ross Young, LG has started building a small…
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YouTube tests hub of free, ad-supported channels
San Francisco: Video-sharing platform YouTube is testing a new hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels that will show content from certain media companies, the media reported. The video platform is in discussions…
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Spotify back online after brief outage
San Francisco: Music streaming platform Spotify which suffered a brief outage in the US on Friday night that left thousands of users without access to the platform, is now back online. Several…
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Gene fingerprinting can be used to target political dissidents: Dr Siddartha Mukherjee
Kolkata: Pulitzer-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician by training, on Friday said he feared that a new genetic sequencing identification technique could be used to identify and target political dissidents, besides solving crimes.…
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Vodafone plans hundreds of job cuts, biggest in 5 years: Report
New Delhi: Telecommunication player Vodafone is reportedly planning to slash hundreds of jobs, mostly at its London-based headquarters, to cut costs in the global economic slowdown. The Financial Times reported that this…
