Technology
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Meta to release consumer-grade VR headset next year
San Francisco: Meta has announced plans to launch another consumer-grade virtual reality headset next year. At the company’s earnings call late on Wednesday, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the…
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Microsoft claims Xbox Game Pass profitable, despite slow growth
San Francisco: Microsoft has claimed that the Xbox Game Pass is profitable, despite a slow subscription growth. According to The Verge, about 15 per cent of the company’s total Xbox content and…
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Samsung logs sharp drop in profits, reaffirms no production cut
Seoul: Samsung Electronics on Thursday posted a sharp drop in profits for the third quarter, as its main semiconductor business faced major headwinds from weakening memory chip prices and demand. The world’s…
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Apple may release 16-inch iPad next year
San Francisco: Apple might release a 16-inch display iPad next year, a media report said. According to The Verge report, there were rumours about an iPad with a 14-inch to 15-inch screen,…
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Meta logs another revenue decline amid concerns over metaverse plans
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has posted another quarterly revenue decline as investors begin to lose faith in its loss-making, billion-dollars metaverse dream. In the third quarter (Q3), Meta’s revenue declined 4…
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Turkey fines Meta $18.63 mn for violating competition law
Ankara: Turkey’s Competition Authority announced on Wednesday that it has fined Meta Platforms Inc. 346.72 million liras ($18.63 million) for violating competition law. The company merged the data collected from its three…
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Ethereum’s dominance in crypto market up 20% after the ‘Merge’
New Delhi: The dominance of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, is up 20 per cent in the global crypto market following the ‘Merge’, a report shpowed on Wednesday. The historic…
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Walmart reportedly raising up to $3 bn for Flipkart to expand India biz
New Delhi: Retail giant Walmart is reportedly raising up to $3 billion for its e-commerce giant Flipkart to further expand its operations in the country. With new funds, Flipkart’s valuation is set…
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Android phones beat iPhones in early US quake warning
San Francisco: Android phones’ built-in earthquake detection functionality, tested during a 5.1-magnitude earthquake near California’s San Jose on Tuesday, seems to have passed with flying colours, and also beat iPhones at alerting…
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Apple Watch saves doctor’s life who took a hard fall
San Francisco: An Apple Watch has reportedly been credited with saving the life of a doctor, who fell from the side of his house while power washing. According to NBC Chicago, while…
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Apple confirms that it will use USB-C for iPhones
San Francisco: Apple Executive Greg Joswiak has confirmed that the tech giant will use USB-C charging port for iPhones. The EU recently formalised new legislation that will require most personal electronics to…
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Sony announces new LinkBuds S headphones made from Water Server bottles
San Francisco: Tech giant Sony Electronics on Wednesday announced that it will release its smallest and lightest noise-cancelling wireless headphones LinkBuds S, made from Water Server bottles in a new colour variation…
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Apple iMessage, FaceTime now up after brief outage
San Francisco: Apple has said that iMessage and FaceTime are now up after a brief downtime. According to The Verge, the tech giant claims to have resolved the issue with both the…
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iOS 16.2 to let users report unintentional Emergency SOS activations
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has released the first iOS 16.2 beta to developers, the next iOS update, that will allow users to send a report to the company when Emergency SOS…
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Samsung’s new ‘Maintenance Mode’ update will keep users’ data safe while servicing
Seoul: Tech giant Samsung has introduced a “Maintenance Mode” feature for Galaxy devices with One UI 5 installed, which will protect users’ personal data during servicing of the phone. The new Maintenance…
