Technology
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Chinese state media slams India’s regulatory assault on Xiaomi
New Delhi: Slamming the Indian raids on Chinese technology brand Xiaomi, Chinese state media outlet Global Times has said that the impression that Chinese and other foreign companies could be intentionally targeted…
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Jeff Bezos donates nearly $120 mn to nonprofit: Report
San Francisco: Tech giant Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos has donated $118 million to a nonprofit, but it is unclear to which nonprofit he donated, media report said. According to a Securities and…
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Parag Agrawal’s wife Vineeta linked with Musk’s Twitter takeover
New Delhi: Vineeta Agarwala, the wife of Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, is now making headlines amid Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal. Her role as general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) —…
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Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies in free fall after interest rate hikes
New Delhi: Bitcoin on Sunday witnessed another round of free fall, slipping below $35,000 per coin, as the global crypto market went through a massive slump of over 4.5 per cent in…
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Some BMWs shipping without Android Auto, CarPlay amid chip shortage
San Francisco: Due to the current chip shortage, luxury automobile manufacturer BMW is reportedly shipping some of its cars without Android Auto and CarPlay. Starting in 2019 and expanding in 2020, nearly…
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Musk says Twitter staff may face ‘extreme’ workloads if he takes over
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned that Twitter staff may face ‘extreme’ workloads if he takes over the micro-blogging platform. While replying to an earlier tweet he shared about his…
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Samsung Galaxy Book Go targets students, office goers in hybrid normal
New Delhi: In a bid to make headways in the highly-competitive laptop market in the country dominated by the likes of HP, Lenovo and Dell, tech giant Samsung has now brought laptops…
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Musk ignores govt calls as India Tesla team moves to other markets
New Delhi: While Union Ministers keep on making a beeline to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to come and manufacture electric cars in India, he is more interested in his $44 billion Twitter…
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iOS 15.5 to reintroduce Apple Music API for 3rd-party apps
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple, which disabled the ability to change the playback speed in third-party apps using the Apple Music API and its content with iOS 15.4, has now decided to…
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Coinbase’s NFT marketplace fails to woo users in beta: Report
San Francisco: As the non-fungible token (NFT) sales plummet, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase that launched an NFT marketplace late last month for select users in beta has failed to attract good demand. According…
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Microsoft SwiftKey update adds new option for deleting text on Android
San Francisco: In a bid to make it more user friendly, tech giant Microsoft’s SwiftKey has recently received an update that makes it easier to delete text and it has also added…
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Samsung’s upcoming foldables may power ‘Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus’ chipset
Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung’s upcoming foldable smartphones, Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4, are likely to come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus chipset under the hood.…
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Elon Musk’s $44 bn Twitter deal faces 1st legal hurdle in US
San Francisco: The Orlando Police Pension Fund has sued Elon Musk and his $44 billion buyout of Twitter, claiming that the deal cannot close till 2025 owing to Tesla CEO’s stake in…
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Spotify Stations app to shut down from May 16
San Francisco: Music streaming service Spotify has confirmed that its lightweight listening app Spotify Stations will no longer be available from May 16. The company said that the app and web player…
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Twitter to focus more on engineering, design if acquisition completes: Musk
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter will focus deeply on hardcore software engineering, design, and more, following the completion of the acquisition of the micro-blogging site. The Tesla…
