Technology
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Netflix’s ad-supported plan likely to block offline viewing
San Francisco: Popular video streaming platform Netflix’s upcoming ad-supported tier is unlikely to make the platform’s offline viewing feature available to members on this low-end tier of the service. According to TechCrunch,…
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Civilisation will be mostly solar-powered in future: Musk
New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that civilisation will be mostly solar-powered in the future. In a tweet, Musk said that almost all of Earth’s energy comes from…
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Reddit’s upcoming developer platform to help create programmes, apps
San Francisco: Social discussion forum Reddit has announced that it is opening up a waitlist for its developer platform, a suite of developer tools and resources, that will empower developers whose contributions…
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Airbnb introduces new anti-party tools to safeguard hosts
San Francisco: Online hospitality major Airbnb has introduced new anti-party tools to help identify potentially high-risk reservations and prevent those users from taking advantage of their platform. Earlier in June, the company…
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Flipkart to pay Rs 1L fine for selling sub-standard pressure cookers
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has passed an order on violation of consumer rights by e-commerce platform Flipkart for allowing sale of domestic pressure cookers in violation to mandatory…
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Indian startup to scale 15-min rapid EV charging with $13 mn funding
New Delhi: Indian EV startup Exponent Energy, which claims to have developed a battery that gets powered from zero to 100 per cent in just 15-minutes, on Wednesday raised $13 million funds…
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Reliance Jio, Voda step up hiring as 5G related job postings up 65%
New Delhi: As India and other countries take concrete steps to adopt 5G, the number of job postings by telcos related to 5G increased by 65 per cent last month, from 5,265…
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India moves up one spot in global rankings for median mobile speeds: Report
New Delhi: India has gained one spot in the global ranking for median mobile speeds and was at 117th position in July from 118th in June, a report said on Wednesday. However,…
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5G tablet shipments grew 71% YoY in India in Q2: Report
New Delhi: The India tablet market grew 68 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and 5G tablet shipments grew 71 per cent YoY in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, a report said…
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50K pre-bookings for new foldables in India in just 12 hours: Samsung
New Delhi: Samsung has witnessed a robust demand for its fourth-generation of foldables in India, registering more than 50,000 pre-bookings for Galaxy Fold4 and Galaxy Flip4 in less than 12 hours, Raju…
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Spotify to allow users to post audio reactions to music playlists
New Delhi: Swedish music streaming platform Spotify is working on a new feature to let users post audio comments or reactions to music playlists. A Reddit user in Vietnam first spotted this…
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India’s semiconductor component market to reach $300 bn by 2026
New Delhi: India’s semiconductor component market is likel to reach $300 billion in cumulative revenues by 2026, as ‘Make in India’ and production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes will boost local sourcing of semi-components…
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Dell introduces new XPS 13 laptop in India
Bengaluru: US technology company Dell on Tuesday launched a new XPS 13 laptop in the Indian market that is powered by the latest 12th Gen Intel EVO processors. With a starting price…
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T-Hub’s new programme to boost semiconductor startups
New Delhi: India’s largest technology incubator T-Hub on Tuesday launched the semiconductor cohort of the AIC T-Hub Foundation programme to foster innovation and entrepreneurship across the semiconductor sector startups. The programme will…
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New Samsung foldable smartphones now open for pre-booking in India
New Delhi: Samsung India on Tuesday announced that the fourth generation foldable smartphones, Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4, are now open for pre-book online and across retail stores in the…
