Technology
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Saudi: 21-yr-old Hyderabadi CEO bags 1st place in Microsoft Imagine Cup
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old Saudi Arabia based Hyderabad man and founder of V-Bionic along with his team has bagged the first place in Microsoft’s 2022 Imagine Cup World Championship. V-Bionic, led by Zain…
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IIT Kanpur develops haptic smartwatch for visually impaired
Kanpur: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Saturday announced that it has developed a novel touch-sensitive smart watch for visually impaired persons that are equipped…
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Snapchat rolls out new ‘Shared Stories’ feature
San Francisco: Popular social media platform Snapchat has introduced Shared Stories, a new way for Snapchatters to build community around the content users love to Snap. The company said that Shared Stories…
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boAt leads neckband market with 25.7% in Q1 in India: Report
New Delhi: Amid the over-crowded hearables market, homegrown brand boAt led the neckband market with a 25.7 per cent market share in the first quarter of 2022, says a new report. According…
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Mobile gaming set to surpass $136 bn in 2022
New Delhi: Mobile gaming now represents 61 per cent of the overall gaming market and is set to surpass $136 billion in 2022 a” growing 1.7x faster than the gaming market overall,…
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Apple Developer app updated prior to WWDC 2022
San Francisco: As the tech giant Apple is preparing for the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2022, it has now updated the Apple Developer app with information about the 2022 event. The Apple…
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Google likely working on built-in snore, cough detection feature
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is working on two built-in snores and cough detection features that will let it detect if users snore or cough in their sleep. The tech giant is…
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Samsung likely to cut phone production by 30 mn units in 2022
Seoul: Amid the pandemic crisis, South Korean tech giant Samsung has reportedly decided to cut its phone production by 30 million units this year. The report mentioned that Samsung is cutting production…
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Hacker steals database of Verizon employees, tries to ransom it for $250K
San Francisco: Database that includes the full name, email address, corporate ID numbers, and phone numbers of several Verizon employees was compromised with the hacker holding it for a $250,000 ransom, a…
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Musk advises Jeff Bezos to party less, work more
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday advised Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to party less, and work more if he wants to get to orbit. On being asked by a Twitter…
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Musk clarifies why he will not manufacture Tesla cars in India
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on India plans, Elon Musk has said that Tesla will not manufacture cars in India unless it is allowed to sell and provide service to its electric…
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Epic Games challenges Apple again in App Store anti-trust case
San Francisco: Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite game, has challenged Apple for its stand that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone’s security. In a fresh court filing, Epic said if…
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Samsung’s groundbreaking ceremony for $27 bn US chip plant next month
Seoul: Samsung Electronics is expected to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a $17 billion chip fabrication plant in Taylor, Texas, next month, industry sources said on Friday. Samsung’s Austin office has recently…
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Shareholder sues Musk for manipulating Twitter stock for personal gains
San Francisco: A Twitter shareholder has sued Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO actively manipulated the company’s stock for personal gain. The lawsuit alleged that Musk proceeded to make statements, send…
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Soon stream Xbox games via affordable Microsoft dongle
New Delhi: Microsoft has reportedly confirmed that it is working on an affordable Xbox cloud streaming device or dongle codenamed ‘Keystone’. A Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Central that the existing version of…
