Technology
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Americans lost $185 mn to crypto romance scams in just 3 months
San Francisco: People lost crypto worth over $185 million in the US via romance scams in the first quarter this year, as fraudsters use new means to rob their victims, with romance…
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Govt warns e-com platforms against illegally selling wireless jammers
New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday warned e-commerce platforms against illegally selling wireless jammers, along with directing the general public on the proper use of wireless jammers and booster/repeaters. The Department…
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5G FWA subscriptions to exceed 460 mn subscriptions by 2030
New Delhi: As the buzz around 5G gains momentum, 5G-enabled Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband subscriptions to cross 462 million by 2030, from roughly 75 million in 2021. 5G FWA will drive…
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Homegrown Boult Audio forays into smart wearable segment
New Delhi: Homegrown consumer tech company Boult Audio on Monday announced its foray into the wearable segment with launching two smartwatches. The Boult Drift and Boult Cosmic smartwatches will be available at…
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Crypto lending platform Celsius lays off 150 employees
New Delhi: Cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius has laid off 150 employees which is a quarter of its workforce, as the global crypto market goes through its worst meltdown. The platform last month…
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Google India purged 4L bad content pieces in May
New Delhi: In accordance with the Information Technology Rules, 2021, tech giant Google India took down nearly four lakh bad content pieces in May through an automated detection process. The company said…
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Twitter bans over 46K bad accounts in India in May
New Delhi: Twitter banned more than 46,000 accounts of Indian users in May over violation of its guidelines, the microblogging platform said in its monthly compliance report on Sunday. According to the…
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Apple captures half of all smartphones sold during Chinese online fest
Beijing: Apple captured half of smartphones sold in China during the 6.18 online shopping festival, at the expense of Chinese brands Xiaomi and Honor. According to new research from Strategy Analytics, 14…
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21% of all HTML attachments scanned over past month were malicious: Report
New Delhi: After analysing data on the millions of attachments, a team of researchers has found that 21 per cent of all HTML attachments scanned over the past month were malicious. According…
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Twitch testing new way to let users discover channels
San Francisco: Streaming platform Twitch is likely testing a new channel surfing feature — Channel Switcher — that lets users easily flip through previews of a bunch of different streams to help…
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Now Ola Electric’s charging network head quits
New Delhi: There is no stopping resignations at Ola Electric and now, Yashwant Kumar, who is Senior Director and Business Head for Charging Networks at the company, has decided to move on.…
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Fossil, Google working to bring new features to companion app
San Francisco: US-based fashion brand Fossil has confirmed that it is working with Google to bring new features, including Wear OS 3 support to its smartwatch companion app. According to Android Central,…
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WhatsApp to soon let users hide online status from everyone
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature that will give iOS users the ability to hide their online status from everyone. According to WABetaInfo, this feature will come in a…
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Tesla delivers over 250K EVs globally in Q2
San Francisco: Despite several supply chain challenges and factory shutdowns, Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has delivered 2,54,695 EVs globally in the second quarter of 2022. The company also said that…
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TikTok CEO denies handing over US users’ data to China
San Francisco: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has said that the short-video making platform has never provided data of US citizens to the Chinese government. In a letter addressed to nine Republican…
