Technology
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Microsoft tests new Windows 11 feature drop for Insiders
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has rolled out a new Windows 11 preview build for Insiders in the Release Preview channel, which brings a couple of new features that were previously in…
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Twitter opens reverse chronological home timeline to app developers
New Delhi: Entangled in a bitter takeover battle with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Twitter is giving third-party app developers more access to its reverse chronological timeline, to enable them to retrieve the…
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Parents can soon monitor kids’ friend list, chats on Snapchat
New Delhi: Popular social media platform Snapchat is reportedly planning to introduce a new parental control feature called “Family Center,” which will allow parents to see who are the friends of their…
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Qualcomm unveils 2 new Snapdragon chips for next-gen smartphones
New Delhi: Chip-maker Qualcomm on Friday announced Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 mobile platforms for the next generation of premium and high-tier Android smartphones focused on gaming and…
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Chinese hackers target Russian defence research institutes
New Delhi: China’s cyber criminals are targeting Russian defence research institutes, according to a report released by cybersecurity firm CheckPoint Research (CPR) on Friday. The report attributed the cyber espionage operation to Chinese…
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Sony India unveils new Bravia TV for its users
New Delhi: With an aim to expand its smart TVs portfolio, Sony India on Friday launched a new Bravia X80K TV that comes with X1 4K HDR Picture Processor. Priced at Rs…
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Meta shipped 10 mn Quest 2 VR headsets in 2021
New Delhi: Meta cumulatively shipped 10 million units of its Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) which is a virtual reality (VR) headset in 2021, a new report has said. The US…
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After US, Canada bans China’s Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks
Toronto: After the US, Canada has now moved to ban Chinese telecommunication giants Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks in order to ensure the “long term safety of our telecommunications infrastructure”.…
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SpaceX sex scandal story meant to ‘interfere with’ Twitter acquisition: Musk
San Francisco: Elon Musk on Friday refuted a media report that claimed SpaceX paid a female worker $250,000 to hush up sexual misconduct charges against its CEO, saying the report is Meant…
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Brands using Google Messages to bombard Indian users with unwanted ads
New Delhi: Several companies and brands are reportedly abusing Google Messages’ RCS (Rich Communication Services) feature in India to bombard users with multiple ads, specifically selling personal loans and life insurances, without…
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Netflix expands its audio description, subtitling accessibility features
San Francisco: In a bid to make the platform more convenient for several users, video streaming platform Netflix has said that it is expanding its language availability of Audio Descriptions (AD) and…
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realme targets young Indians, high-performance seekers with narzo 50 5G series: Madhav Sheth
New Delhi: Global technology brand realme, which recently crossed 10 million of Narzo series cumulative shipments in January 2022 in India, has introduced most affordable smartphones under the narzo series to meet…
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Bezos reminds Amazon baiters how Wall Street, Business Week pundits missed a $62bn biz
New York: Jeff Bezos – who now owns 10 per cent of the company after he and wife MacKenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage and he transferred a quarter…
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Intel to invest $700 mn on R&D in innovative data centre tech
San Francisco: Chip-maker Intel has announced plans to invest more than $700 million for a research and development mega lab focused on innovative data centre technologies. Additionally, the company introduced the technology…
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To cushion-proof drivers from rising fuel costs, Uber India hiked ride fares
New Delhi: Among the measures to cushion drivers from the impact of rising fuel prices across many cities in the country, Uber India raised fares in the last few weeks, its Director…
