Technology
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Bezos spars with Biden on Twitter over taxing the wealthiest
San Francisco: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has accused Joe Biden of “misdirection” on Twitter, as the US President tweeted that the wealthy corporations must “pay their fair share”. “You want to bring…
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iPhone app Yik Yak exposes millions of user locations
San Francisco: US-based anonymous social media platform Yik Yak, which allows users to read messages from others in proximity, has reportedly left at least two million users’ precise locations exposed. David Teather,…
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Hackers hit top crypto data websites amid crypto meltdown
New Delhi: As the crypto market suffered a meltdown, several top crypto data websites were hit by cyber attacks where a malicious pop-up prompted users to connect their crypto wallets. Crypto data…
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Samsung likely to raise chip prices by 20%
Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly planning to raise chipmaking prices by up to 20 per cent. Samsung is in talks with foundry clients to hike the contract chipmaking prices,…
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Parag Agrawal explains why a ‘lame-duck’ CEO will keep changing Twitter
New Delhi: Breaking his silence, a defiant Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has explained why a “lame-duck” CEO has made key changes at the micro-blogging platform amid the $44 billion takeover by the…
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Twitter likely tests ‘Liked by Author’ label for tweets
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is likely testing a new label “Liked by Author” that appears when the creator of a tweet likes your reply. A spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company…
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Smartphone demand drops ‘like a rock’, 200mn less handsets this year
Beijing: The demand for smartphones and PCs or laptops has dropped ‘like a rock’ and the current global situation and Covid-19 lockdowns can wipe off 200 million units of handsets in 2022,…
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Twitteratis urge Coinbase users to transfer crypto into hardware wallets
New Delhi: Coinbase warned that in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, it may absorb its users’ cryptocurrency as property. Some cryptocurrency observers were alarmed by the acknowledgement because it appeared to contradict…
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Koo bets on rapid user base growth to overtake Twitter in India within one year
Kolkata: Amid the buzz over Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter, India’s homegrown microblogging platform Koo is aiming at overtaking it in the country within a year in terms of user base,…
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It’s Elon Musk vs Parag Agrawal at Twitter as platform suffers
New Delhi: With Elon Musk putting the $44 billion Twitter deal temporarily on hold on Friday, serious questions now linger on the future of the platform that is battling multiple issues —…
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Elon Musk’s Starlink now available in 32 countries
New Delhi: SpaceX satellite internet service Starlink on Friday announced it is available in 32 countries, up from 25 countries reported earlier this year. Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband…
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Cloud tech empowering us to have an edge in running healthcare biz: Tata 1mg
New Delhi: The Indian online healthcare market has seen an exponential growth in the last two years of the pandemic. Valued at Rs 460 billion in 2020, it is expected to reach…
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Samsung holds 1st-ever 6G forum to discuss next gen tech
Seoul: Samsung Electronics on Friday held its first 6G forum with experts from academia and industry to discuss the future of communications technologies, in a bid to lead 6G research and development…
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Zoom acquires conversational AI platform Solvvy
New Delhi: Video chat app Zoom is acquiring Solvvy, a conversational AI and automation platform for customer support, for an undisclosed sum, the company said on Friday. The company, which recently launched…
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Musk puts $44 bn Twitter deal ‘on hold’ over fake user accounts
San Francisco: In a stunning post, Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that he has put the $44 billion Twitter deal temporarily on hold till he gets to know how many…
