Technology
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Alphabet’s Verily raises $1 bn to tap growing healthcare sector
San Francisco: Verily, the life sciences business of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has raised $1 billion that will be used to expand its data-driven healthcare products tailored to individuals. Led by Alphabet,…
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IITs prepare for Web 3.0 future, to provide crypto, blockchain, NFT courses
New Delhi: Web 3.0, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Metaverse and NFT are future-centric technology-based courses. Such educational programmes are being developed in India by TimesPro in collaboration with leading industry partners and Indian Institutes…
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India sees robust pre-order rush for Apple iPhones, 14 and 14 Pro most in demand
New Delhi: With the pre-order window now open for the new Apple iPhone 14 series, Indian Apple Authorised Resellers and third-party vendors have received robust demand and were inundated with record number…
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New Android 13 feature to cut background noises during calls
New Delhi: Google has released a new “clear calling” feature in the first beta for the Android 13 quarterly release that reduces background noises during calls. The “clear calling” feature works on…
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French brand Thomson brings QLED TVs to India
New Delhi: French consumer electronics brand Thomson has launched new QLED TV series with Google TV in India, ahead of the festive season, that starts from Rs 33,999. Thomson 50-inch QLED TV…
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China sees heavy early demand for iPhone 14 despite Covid measures
Hong Kong: Despite Covid-10 control measures in place in several cities, Chinese vendors are witnessing heavy demand for new Apple iPhone 14 series. According to South China Morning Post, one Apple vendor…
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Apple delays iCloud shared photo library launch with iOS 16
San Francisco: Apple is delaying the launch of iCloud Shared Photo Library feature for a later iOS 16 release. Apple webpage now lists the feature as “coming later this year.” Furthermore, it…
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Intel kicks off work on $20 bn semiconductor plant in US
San Francisco: Intel has kicked off work on the new $20 billion semiconductor plant in the Ohio state in US, as President Joe Biden joined the chip-maker and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine…
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Elon Musk sends another notice to Twitter to kill $44 bn deal
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shot off a third notice to Parag Agrawal-led Twitter, aimed at terminating the $44 billion takeover deal. In the latest letter submitted with the US…
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WeChat warns overseas users that personal data, browsing history being sent to China
Beijing: Chinese social media platform WeChat is warning users outside China that their data will be stored on servers inside the country, RFA reported. A number of overseas WeChat users received a…
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Apple to create more differentiation between iPhone 15, 15 Pro: Report
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is most likely to differentiate between its “Pro” and non-“Pro” iPhone models with next year’s iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro. According to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo,…
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Instagram to soon test new repost feature with select users
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo and video-sharing platform Instagram has confirmed that it will soon give users the ability to repost other users’ posts. Although the company has not yet released the repost…
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Tata in talks to build iPhones for Apple in India: Report
San Francisco: Tata Group is in discussions with a Taiwanese supplier to Apple in order to build an electronics manufacturing joint venture in India and assemble iPhones here, Bloomberg reported on Friday.…
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YouTube to make educational content more accessible, interactive
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube is introducing new products that will allow learners to explore subjects they are passionate about and creators to provide structured learning content. The platform is announcing updates to…
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Google slammed for allowing only fantasy sports, rummy apps on Play Store in India
New Delhi: As Google announced to start a pilot to allow fantasy sports and rummy apps on Play Store in India, industry experts said on Thursday that the tech giant’s approach is…
