Technology
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Fitbit unveils 3 new wearables with advanced features
San Francisco: Google-owned wearable brand Fitbit has unveiled its latest-generation fitness wearables — Inspire 3, Versa 4 and Sense 2 — that offer several health features, including heart rate, oxygen saturation (SpO2),…
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WhatsApp may soon bring iMessage-like profile photos within group chats
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is likely planning to bring iMessage-like profile photos within group chats. According to WABetaInfo, the platform is planning to introduce something that has been requested for…
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Apple iPhone 14 and Watch 8 event is on September 7
Apple announced an in person special event on September 7 at which the company is expected to unveil new iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Series 8 devices. Apple has also sent out…
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Musk’s Twitter friend Pranay Pathole says he is ‘down-to-earth’
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter buddy from Pune Pranay Pathole, who recently met him, referred to the tech billionaire as “super genuine” and “down-to-earth,” media reports say. “He…
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Google hit by privacy complaint in EU for inserting ads in Gmail
London: Google on Wednesday was hit by a fresh privacy complaint in Europe, this time for allegedly inserting ads in Gmail without users’ consent. Privacy advocacy group noyb filed the complaint with…
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Twitter merges misinformation, spam prevention teams amid battle over bots
New Delhi: As the Twitter-Elon Musk legal battle gets murkier, the micro-blogging platform is reportedly merging its spam and misinformation teams to better tackle the spread of fake and harmful posts on…
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Contractual workers protest at Meta HQ against layoffs
San Francisco: As Meta (formerly Facebook) begins to steadily reduce headcount growth, hundreds of contractual workers organised a protest at the company’s headquarters in the US, asking for responsible, fair contracts from…
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India application software spending to reach $4.7 bn in 2022
Mumbai: End-user spending on enterprise application software in India is likely to total $4.7 billion in 2022, an increase of 14.8 per cent from 2021, a Gartner report said on Wednesday. However,…
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Sony India unveils shotgun microphone for vlogging
New Delhi: Sony India on Wednesday introduced a new shotgun microphone — the ECM-G1 — that is said to be highly portable and perfect for content creators to capture high-quality audio. Priced…
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Nothing Phone (1) won’t get Android 13 until 2023
London: Smartphone brand Nothing stated that the Android 13 update for its recently launched phone (1) will only be rolled out in the first half of 2023. According to Android Authority, users…
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Scammers create ‘Deepfake’ of Binance executive, meet his contacts
New Delhi: World’s largest crypto exchange Binance’s chief communications officer Patrick Hillmann has revealed that online scammers made a Deepfake profile of him and tricked crypto community members into online meetings with…
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Apple rolls out iPadOS 16.1 beta before iOS 16 release
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has started rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled developer devices. According to TechCrunch, it is a change from the usual release cycle, which has linked the…
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Ex-Twitter worker claims India forced firm to hire ‘govt agents’
New Delhi: Peiter Zatko former head of security in Twitter has alleged that the Indian government forced social media giant Twitter to employ a person, who according to Zatko, was a ‘government…
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Over 3 in 10 people wish to delete their Internet footprint amid privacy thefts
New Delhi: Amid growing privacy thefts and hacking concerns, more than a third of people (33 per cent) would delete their profiles from the Internet if they could, a report revealed on…
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Chingari’s first video NFT marketplace to empower creators, buyers
New Delhi: Short-video making app Chingari on Tuesday announced its first-ever video non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, Creator Cuts, to let creators mint their videos and sell them on the marketplace. The platform…
