Technology
-
Musk faces 2 tough trials this week amid Twitter mess
San Francisco: Amid chaos at Twitter, Elon Musk will face two court cases in the US this week, one defending his $56 billion pay package from allegations by Tesla shareholders and the…
-
Google agrees to pay $391 mn in users’ location data tracking lawsuit
San Francisco: Google will pay a historic $391.5 million in settlement to 40 states in the US over allegations that the tech giant tracked users location data without their consent in the…
-
SpaceX buys big ad campaign on Twitter for Starlink
San Francisco Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has bought a large advertising package available on Twitter, the micro-blogging platform that he recently acquired. According to internal records from the platform viewed by CNBC, the…
-
Crypto.com mistakenly sends Ethereum worth $400 mn to another exchange
San Francisco: Crypto.com has admitted that it mistakenly sent over $400 million in Ethereum digital coins to another crypto exchange called Gate.io. Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said in a tweet that the…
-
Global smartphone apps chip market hits all-time high of $8.9 bn
New Delhi: The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market grew 26 per cent to reach $8.9 billion in the second quarter (Q2) this year. According to Strategy Analytics, Qualcomm maintained its lead…
-
Key staff driving Apple search engine leave, rejoin Google
San Francisco: Four years after Apple acquired Laserlike to boost its web search technology, the founders have quit to rejoin Google. ‘Laserlike’ is a startup founded by a trio of former Google…
-
Google Play Store tests advertising apps
San Francisco: Google has started testing advertising applications in the search field over history in the Play Store. With the update, the search field will show three applications with which the user…
-
Controversial Blue service with verification to return next week: Musk
New Delhi: After facing a barrage of fake profiles with verified badges, Elon Musk on Sunday said that the $8 Blue subscription service, pulled back by the company after facing strong criticism,…
-
US NSA tells developers to shun C and C++ programming language
San Francisco: The US National Security Agency (NSA) has requested developers worldwide to shun old programming languages like C and C++ which are more prone to hackers to shift to new, memory…
-
Top ad agency Omnicom recommends clients to pause Twitter ads
San Francisco: Global advertising agency Omnicom Media Group has recommended its clients not to spend on Elon Musk-run Twitter’s advertising campaigns amid chaos. According to an internal memo, obtained by The Verge,…
-
Musk hits out at mainstream media, hails citizen journalism on Twitter
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Saturday hit out at the mainstream media, saying that top publications will try their best not to let Twitter help citizen journalism on its platform as this…
-
Disney set to reduce its workforce, freeze hiring amid revenue drop
San Francisco: Facing a slow revenue growth, Disney has reportedly planned to reduce its workforce and freeze hiring. According to an internal leaked memo from Disney CEO Bob Chapek, seen by CNBC,…
-
Crypto exchange FTX files for bankruptcy, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigns
San Francisco: The beleaguered crypto exchange FTX on Friday announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, as its Founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned from his role. John…
-
Meta plans to shut down Portal, smartwatches projects
San Francisco: Meta has planned to shut down its video calling smart display ‘Portal’ and its two unreleased smartwatches projects, as the company eliminated 11,000 jobs. The Meta executives announced at an…
-
TikTok begins testing in-app shopping feature
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video platform TikTok has started testing its in-app shopping feature, which will allow users to make purchases directly inside the application. The new feature has begun to roll…
