Technology
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Qualcomm leads global cellular IoT module chipset market
New Delhi: Global cellular IoT module chipset shipments grew 35 per cent (on-year) in the first quarter this year, and Qualcomm led the market with 42 per cent share and 30 per…
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Spotify introduces real-time lyrics on Nest Hub
Washington: Spotify has secretly started to enable real-time lyrics on the Google Nest Hub, according to a report from 9to5Google. The feature enables you use Spotify to listen to music while viewing…
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Twitter tells employees to ‘refrain’ from posting on Musk deal
San Francisco: Amid the high voltage drama happening ever since Elon Musk officially tried to pull out of his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, the microblogging site’s general counsel has told…
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Google offered to split its ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report
San Francisco: Google reportedly offered the US government to split its ad-tech business, which allows companies to place ads on Internet and and apps, into a separate entity under the Alphabet umbrella,…
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Apple’s music recognition feature can now sync its history with Shazam
San Francisco: Using the same Apple Id, tech giant Apple’s music recognition feature in the iPhone Control Center, can now sync with the latest version of the popular music recognition service ‘Shazam’…
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CEO of 19 firms charged with selling fake Cisco devices worth $1 bn
Washington: A US court has charged a man that ran 19 companies and at least 15 Amazon storefronts, 10 eBay storefronts and multiple other entities that sold fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking…
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Samsung treats smartphone users’ data as state secrets: Top global executive
New Delhi: As nation-state bad actors are infiltrating devices of high-profile users via government spyware like NSO Group’s Pegasus and now Android-based ‘Hermit’, Samsung is treating users’ secrets as state secrets and…
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Musk to pay $1 bn as deal termination fee to Twitter
New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has cancelled the $44 billion Twitter buyout deal, will have to pay $1 billion in termination fee to the micro-blogging platform. As per an earlier…
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Twitter claims it suspends 1 mn spam users a day
San Francisco: As Elon Musk threatened to scrap the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal over spam and fake accounts, the microblogging platform has revealed that it is suspending more than 1 million…
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Ola begins layoffs, pauses appraisals in cost-cutting exercise
New Delhi: Ride-hailing platform Ola has started laying off employees, as many as 500 from its nearly 1,100-strong workforce, across verticals as it aims to cut costs amid a challenging funding environment.…
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Global EV shipments up 79% YoY in Q1, Tesla leads: Report
New Delhi: With Tesla registering phenomenal growth over a year, the electric vehicle (EV) shipments grew 79 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2022 to reach 1.95 million units,…
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Nokia wins 4G/5G dispute, OPPO, OnePlus banned in Germany
Berlin: A German court has decided a suit in favour of smartphone brand Nokia in its 4G/5G patent dispute against OPPO. According to GizmoChina, the suit resulted from the breakdown in discussions…
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Twitter tests new feature to let two users co-author a tweet
San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter has confirmed that it has started testing a new feature — CoTweets — that allows two accounts to co-author a tweet and both to be tagged in…
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Another senior Ola executive quits amid several resignations
New Delhi: Shikharr Sood, the head of Ola’s Talent Acquisition, and in charge of talent acquisition for the entire Ola Group, is now reportedly the latest executive to leave the firm. His…
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Netflix brings spatial audio to 221 mn users on its platform
New Delhi: Netflix has partnered German audio brand Sennheiser to bring spatial audio to across its catalog for its over 221 million users across the world. Netflix said that spatial audio will…
