Technology

Ex-Apple team creates portable blender

Las Vegas: Cruz, the company founded by former Apple employees, has created an over-engineered portable blender named ‘Blendercap’, which was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023. About a year ago,…
Apple set to open physical stores in India in 2023, starts hiring

New Delhi: After a long delay owing to the pandemic, Apple is finally set to launch its own physical stores in India this year, and has started hiring employees for retail stores…

Amazon, Disney partner to launch new voice assistance

Las Vegas: Amazon and Disney have teamed up to launch a new voice assistant called ‘Hey Disney!’, which was shown with a live demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023. The…
Apple may launch 15-inch MacBook Air in 2023

San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to launch its new 15-inch MacBook Air this year. However, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the previously rumoured 12-inch MacBook with Apple silicon is no longer…
WhatsApp working on ‘Report status update’ feature on Android beta

San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new ‘Report status update’ feature on Android beta. The new feature will allow users to report status updates that might violate…
Microsoft to integrate OpenAI writing technology into Office apps

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft will reportedly add OpenAI writing tech to Office, providing users with a way to compose the text for projects by incorporating AI technology into its apps. The…
Musk unveils new Twitter user interface, long-form tweets in early Feb

New Delhi: Elon Musk on Sunday announced that users can swipe right or left to move between recommended vs followed tweets, and long form tweets will come in early February. This is…

A merger deal pursuits ‘going well’ despite delay: Samsung CEO

Las Vegas: Samsung’s chief executive officer Han Jong-hee has said the company was still pursuing a merger deal, even though its efforts have hit a snag. The tech company’s deal-making activities were…
Hackers exploiting ChatGPT to write malicious codes to steal your data

New Delhi: Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ChatGPT, that gives human-like answers to questions, is also being used by cyber criminals to develop malicious tools that can steal your data, a report has warned.…
Google Stadia Cloud gaming shutting down on Jan 18

San Francisco: Google Stadia, the company’s cloud gaming service, will shut down on January 18 after the game failed to gain the traction with users the company had hoped for. The cloud…
Inspired by film, engineer steals $300K from e-commerce site

San Francisco: A former software engineer of the US-based e-commerce website Zulily, has been charged with stealing over $3,00,000 from the site after allegedly being inspired by the 1999 film ‘Office Space’.…
Sacked Twitter workers didn’t get severance as promised, even as Musk fires more

San Francisco: Elon Musk has fired more employees at Twitter from its content moderation team while some of the employees fired in earlier job cut rounds last year did not receive severance…
LG Display showcases 1st autonomous concept car with futuristic displays

Las Vegas: It might not be so far in the future that you will be able to watch a movie on a rollable screen that is automatically extended downwards or check traffic…
LG Electronics Q4 operating profit down 91.2% in Q4

Seoul: LG Electronics estimated its fourth-quarter operating earnings at 65.5 billion won ($51.6 million), down 91.2 per cent from a year earlier. Revenue increased 5.2 percent on-year to 21.85 trillion won, marking…
Ather Energy rolls out biggest upgrade to its EV 2-wheeler software

New Delhi; Homegrown electric vehicle company Ather Energy on Saturday announced that it has rolled out ‘AtherStack 5.0’, the biggest upgrade to its software engine which drives the vehicle. “AtherStack 5.0 will…