Technology
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Reddit buys natural language processing company MeaningCloud
Barcelona: Popular online discussion forum Reddit has announced that it is acquiring MeaningCloud, a natural language processing (NLP) company specialising in extracting meaning from unstructured content. Reddit said that the technology will…
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Elon Musk is on his longest-ever Twitter break amid challenges
New Delhi: It has been nine days since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took digital detox from Twitter — a longest stretch without posting anything in nearly five years — leaving…
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Google to pay $90 mn to developers to settle Play Store lawsuit
San Francisco: Google has reached a settlement over a lawsuit with a group of developers, where it will establish a $90 million fund to support developers in the US who earned $2…
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1% TDS on crypto investments in India, industry players say ‘wait and watch’
New Delhi: As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) further tightens its stand on cryptocurrencies, the 1 per cent tax deducted at source (TDS) on virtual digital assets (VDAs) and cryptocurrencies came…
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Telecom gear firm Parallel Wireless lays off 500, including in India
New Delhi: Telecom gear provider Parallel Wireless has laid off at least 500 employees in India, Israel, the UK and the US. Parallel Wireless is one of the leading vendors in the…
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BMW adopts Google’s Android Automotive OS for future vehicles
New Delhi: Leading automaker BMW Group has announced it will adopt the Google Android Automotive operating platform (OS) for future vehicles. From March 2023, the BMW Group will be expanding its BMW…
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Coinbase sold software to US authorities to track crypto transactions
San Francisco: Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has provided sophisticated tools to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to help it track transactions across Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies. According to a…
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Battlegrounds Mobile India now has 100 mn users
New Delhi: Game developer Krafton on Friday announced that its popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has surpassed 100 million registered users. The game developer also said that BGMI has…
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Spotify launches new programme for emerging podcasters in India
New Delhi: Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has launched a new programme that will elevate emerging podcasters around the world, including in India, and provide them with support to grow their audiences.…
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Mozilla Firefox can now automatically remove tracking from URLs
San Francisco: Mozilla’s latest Firefox browser update has a new feature that prevents sites like Facebook from tracking users across websites. According to Bleeping Computer, Mozilla Firefox 102 was released with a…
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Top NFT marketplace OpenSea admits email data breach
New Delhi: Leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has admitted a major email security breah, warning users that they may have been impacted. In a blog post, OpenSea said it learned that…
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Binance joins TikTok sensation Khaby Lame to boost Web3.0 awareness
London: To increase awareness around Web3.0, leading cryptocurrency firm Binance on Thursday said it has partnered with Khaby Lame, a TikTok sensation with record 142.8 million followers. Lame, how joins Binance as…
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Google’s Switch to Android app now supports all Android 12 phone
San Francisco: In a bid to make it easier for new Android users to transfer their data from an old iPhone, tech giant Google’s Switch to Android iPhone app now reportedly works…
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Over 60K startup employees stare at job loss as India prepares for 200 unicorns
New Delhi: As startups in India keep firing their staff to navigate through the ‘funding winter’ and more than 60,000 can lose their jobs in 2022 alone, the country is preparing to…
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Samsung beats TSMC, begins mass production of 3nm chips
Seoul: Samsung said on Thursday it has begun mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors, stepping up its game in the most advanced chipmaking process node and beating its Taiwanese rival and foundry leader…
