Technology
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Twitter launches Tamil topics for android, iOS and web users
New Delhi: Microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday announced that it is launching Tamil topics for 100 per cent of its android, iOS and web users who have set Tamil as their primary…
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Instagram aims to make it easier to find nearby businesses
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing Instagram’s latest update aims to make it easier for users to find local businesses or attractions by adding a searchable map to help “discover popular local businesses near…
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Chinese app TikTok begins laying off people amid restructuring
New Delhi: Chinese short-video making app TikTok has started sacking employees worldwide as part of “a much larger re-organisation effort”. Owned by ByteDance and banned in India for last two years, TikTok…
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Microsoft not to ban commercial open source apps on Windows Store
New Delhi: Microsoft on Tuesday decided not to implement a policy to ban developers from selling open source software on Windows Store. The policy to ban commercial open source apps was set…
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Musk plans to countersue Twitter to scrap $44 bn deal: Report
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly planned to file a counter-lawsuit against micro-blogging site Twitter to scrap a $44 billion acquisition deal. Musk’s lawyers are angling to push a Delaware…
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LG unveils new laptops in India
New Delhi: With an aim to expand its product lineup, consumer electronics brand LG on Tuesday launched the new upgraded laptops under its Gram series for Indian consumers. With a starting price…
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Indian cyber agency warns about multiple bugs in VMware products
New Delhi: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued fresh alerts for users, this time about multiple vulnerabilities being reported in the products of enterprise cloud services provider VMware. CERT-In…
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Samsung confirms Aug 10 as next ‘Galaxy Unpacked’ with cryptic images
New Delhi: Samsung on Tuesday confirmed to have its next Galaxy Unpacked event on August 10 with a cryptic set of images. Samsung Mobile tweeted a trio of images on Twitter, that…
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Slack hikes subscription prices, changes free plan
New Delhi: To make it easier for users, workplace communication platform Slack, which recently entered the Indian market, has announced that it is simplifying subscription limits and updating free subscriptions. Instead of…
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Snapdeal to go live on govt’s ONDC network next month
New Delhi: E-commerce platform Snapdeal is set to debut on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-type initiative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, next month.…
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JBL LIVE Pro 2 headphones launched for Rs 13,999
Bengaluru: Expanding its product lineup, audio equipment maker JBL by HARMAN on Tuesday launched its LIVE Pro 2 headphones for Indian consumers. Priced at Rs 13,999, the JBL LIVE Pro 2 headphones…
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Indonesia to block Facebook, Google, WhatsApp if they fail to register for licenses
Jakarta: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country’s Ministry of…
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Netflix’s ‘add a home’ feature to charge for password sharing
San Francisco: Popular video streaming giant Netflix has announced that it is testing a new way to undertake password sharing in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. The platform…
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IIT Kanpur team develops bio-inspired artificial muscle for space robots
Kanpur: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Tuesday announced the development of a bio-inspired artificial muscle for next-generation space robots and medical prostheses. Encouraged by the industry demand…
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US govt ‘tracking’ millions of people with cell phone location data
Washington: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used huge volumes of people’s cell phone location information quietly extracted from smartphone apps to track their movements on a scale not previously known, the…
