Technology
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Amazon agrees to address anti-trust concerns to avoid EU fines
London: Amazon has agreed to address competition concerns over its use of non-public marketplace seller data in Europe along with a possible bias in granting sellers access to its ‘Buy Box’ and…
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Twitter suffers outage as users get error messages across web, app
New Delhi: Micro-blogging platform Twitter suffered a mega outage on Thursday evening as several users across the world had error messages like “this page is down”. While 65 per cent were unable…
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Over 14 bn eSIM devices to be shipped by 2030, smartphones to lead
New Delhi: More than 14 billion eSIM devices are likely to be shipped between 2021 and 2030, covering all form factors, a new report has shown. Smartphones will lead the charge in…
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Next-gen Qualcomm flagship chips to be manufactured by TSMC
San Francisco: US-based chip maker Qualcomm is giving a contract to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for exclusively manufacturing the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip as well as the Snapdragon 8+…
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Netflix partners Microsoft for new ad-supported subscription plan
New Delhi: Hit by a dwindling user base, streaming giant Netflix has partnered Satya Nadella-run Microsoft for its new ad-supported subscription plan for its over 221 million subscribers. Microsoft will be Netflix’s…
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Govt should not allow backdoor entry to Big Tech for 5G: COAI
New Delhi: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry’s apex body representing telcos, on Thursday urged the government not to allow Big Tech companies to enter the 5G spectrum auction…
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Kids, teens spending more time on TikTok than YouTube globally
San Francisco: Kids and teenagers are watching an average of 91 minutes content on Chinese short-video platform TikTok daily compared to just 56 minutes on Google-owned YouTube globally, new data has shown.…
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Microsoft testing new Windows 11 taskbar UI changes
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft is experimenting with new UI changes to the Windows 11 taskbar as it is testing out bringing back the familiar search bar from Windows 10. Windows 11…
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Samsung logs 20% growth in India biz, targets $1 bn from Galaxy M series
New Delhi: Samsung’s business has grown at over 20 per cent (by value) in India in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, and the company…
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Tesla’s Autopilot AI director quits amid widespread layoffs
New Delhi: Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s director of AI, who led the Autopilot vision team, on Thursday announced that he is leaving the company as the electric car-maker keeps laying off thousands across…
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Samsung develops world’s fastest graphics DRAM chip
Seoul: Samsung said on Thursday it has developed a new graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency. The 24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6)…
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Apple’s OLED iPads to be thinner and lighter in 2024
Washington: Apple is rumoured to be bringing OLED screens to its iPad lineup in the coming years. According to GSM Arena, Samsung and LG are widely regarded as the two primary display…
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India should give fair legal treatment to Vivo, OPPO, Xiaomi: Chinese state media
New Delhi: As the Indian probe agencies tighten the noose around Chinese smartphone makers like Vivo, OPPO and Xiaomi, the Chinese state-run media has said that the companies should not give up…
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Delhi HC allows Vivo to operate its bank accounts but with conditions
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed Chinese smartphone maker Vivo to operate its bank accounts on the condition of furnishing a bank guarantee of Rs 950 crore and maintaining…
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Education institutions increasingly being hit with ransomware: Report
New Delhi: Education institutions, both higher and lower education, are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60 per cent suffering attacks in 2021 compared to 44 per cent in 2020, a report…
