Technology
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Amazon begins firing 10K employees, Alexa & Cloud gaming worst hit
San Francisco: After Meta and Twitter, Amazon has become another Big Tech company to lay off thousands of workers and the process to eliminate 10,000 employees, or 3 per cent of its…
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Google Chat will soon allow users to schedule ‘Do Not Disturb’
San Francisco: Google has announced that it will soon allow users to schedule recurring ‘Do Not Disturb’ (DND)feature on its Chats platform. After the new feature rolls out on Android, iOS and…
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YouTube to allow Shorts creators to use minute-long licensed music
San Francisco: YouTube has announced that short-term video creators will soon be allowed to feature up to one minute of copyrighted music in their Shorts. The video-streaming platform said that its short-form…
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Apple may buy chips made in US, Europe
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to buy chips made in the US and Europe. In an internal meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook said th the company has “already made a decision…
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Netflix adds feature to boot off unwanted users
San Francisco: Netflix has added a feature to its app that will allow users to remove unwanted users from their accounts, ahead of an expected crackdown on password sharing. According to AppleInsider,…
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MrBeast dethrones PewDiePie as most subscribed person on YouTube
San Francisco: Popular YouTube content creator Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast has surpassed Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg aka PewDiePie, to become the most subscribed individual on the the video-streaming platform. MrBeast, 24, has…
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YouTube starts testing shopping features on Shorts
San Francisco: YouTube has started testing new shopping features on its short-video platform Shorts, along with affiliate marketing. According to TechCrunch, the new shopping features will allow users to buy products as…
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Musk posts picture with 2 men who faked being fired from Twitter
San Francisco: Elon Musk has posted a picture with two men who faked being fired from Twitter after his takeover. He shared the picture on Twitter late Tuesday night with Rahul Ligma…
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Emergency SOS via satellite now available on iPhone 14 lineup in US, Canada
Cupertino: Apple on Tuesday announced that its safety service Emergency SOS via satellite is now available to customers in the US and Canada. Available on all iPhone 14 models, the technology enables…
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Amazon Clinic launched as virtual health service for common conditions
San Francisco: Amazon on Tuesday launched Amazon Clinic, a message-based virtual healthcare service that offers treatments in the US for over 20 “common health conditions” such as allergies, dandruff, hair loss, birth…
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Top ad agency GroupM tells clients Twitter is now ‘high-risk’: Report
San Francisco: As several advertisers pause spending on Twitter, GroupM, part of WPP which is the world’s biggest ad company, is reportedly telling its clients that buying ads on the platform is…
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Google Play introduces UPI Autopay payment in India
New Delhi: Google announced on Tuesday that it is introducing UPI Autopay as a payment option for subscription-based purchases on Google Play in India. Introduced under UPI 2.0 by NPCI (National Payments…
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Elon Musk to remove device label from tweets
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the social media platform will stop adding labels that identify the type of device used for tweeting. He shared the information from his…
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Airtel 5G Plus goes live in Gurugram
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced that its 5G Plus services have gone live in Gurugram. The Airtel 5G services are currently operational at DLF Cyber Hub, DLF Phase 2, MG…
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Indian IT & business services market reaches over $7 billion
New Delhi: The Indian IT and business services market reached $7.15 billion and recorded a 7.4 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth in the second half of 2022, compared to 6.4 per cent…
