Technology
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Discord to soon roll out ‘Linked Roles’ feature
San Francisco: Chat platform Discord announced that it is expanding its ‘Connections’ feature by soon rolling out ‘Linked Roles’, a new type of role that is created by authenticating players’ profiles with…
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Cisco starts laying off over 4,000 employees
San Francisco: Joining the Big Tech layoff season, networking major Cisco has reportedly started laying off 5 per cent of its workforce, or more than 4,000 employees. Reports first surfaced last month…
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Tim Cook visits Sony’s cutting-edge facility in Japan
Tokyo: Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday visited tech giant Sony’s cutting-edge facility in Japan. Taking to Twitter, Cook said: “We’ve been partnering with Sony for over a decade to create the…
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HP unveils new Smart Tank printers in India
New Delhi: PC and printer major HP on Tuesday unveiled a new range of Smart Tank printers designed for the everyday printing needs of home users and micro and small businesses in…
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India, APAC to face increased cyber threats in 2023
New Delhi: As ransomware attacks grow multifold, like the latest AIIMS incident, amid nation-state actors supporting army of hackers, a report said on Tuesday that threat vectors are most likely to affect…
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Twitter Blue is back as Musk announces to remove all legacy verified badges
New Delhi: Twitter Blue subscription with verification was relaunched on Tuesday and people needed a verified phone number to sign up, as Elon Musk announced he will remove all legacy blue badges…
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Musk gets booed by crowd at Dave Chappelle show
San Francisco: After recently making transphobic remarks, Twitter CEO Elon Musk got booed by the crowd when he appeared onstage with comedian Dave Chappelle who has been repeatedly criticized for his own…
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas
San Francisco: Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas, as he was expected to testify online before the US House Financial Services…
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Mounting losses, seller woes spell trouble for Flipkart, India’s highest cash-burning startup
New Delhi: As recent reports claim how Walmart-backed Flipkart processed more orders than any of its rivals during the festive sales, these figures conceal the enormous financial loss that Flipkart has sustained,…
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WhatsApp working on ‘view once text’ feature
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on bringing the ability to send “view once text” messages to a future update of the app. Previously, the feature was launched with support for…
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Apple iPhone 14 Pro lead times slowly returning to normal in China
Hong Kong: Tech giant Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro models’ lead times for deliveries have marginally decreased in China as the process of slowly restoring normal supply levels continues. Delays, which included Covid…
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Twitter adds phone verification for Blue service
San Francisco: Micro-blogging platform Twitter has said that phone verification is required to get a verified blue checkmark, to prevent impersonation of accounts. Twitter posted a picture on Sunday which mentioned, “Blue…
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Over 8 in 10 married Indians feel smartphones hurting relationships
New Delhi: Smartphones are killing natural conversations between couples and a new study on Monday said more than 8 in 10 married Indians feel excessive use of mobiles is deeply hurting their…
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Google Doodle celebrates ‘The Sun Queen’ of solar energy
San Francisco: Maria Telkes, nicknamed “The Sun Queen”, one of the first pioneers of solar energy who believed the power of the sun could change human lives, is the subject of Monday’s…
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WhatsApp rolls out feature to enable users find groups by contact name
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has started to roll out a new feature which gives users the ability to search groups by entering a contact name on the Desktop version. The…
