Technology
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Netflix targeted with shareholder lawsuit alleging securities fraud after subscriber miss
Los Angeles: Streaming giant Netflix misled investors about declining subscriber growth over the course of six months leading to a massive drop in its stock price, according to a shareholder lawsuit. According…
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China to further rein in domestic tech giants to revive Internet sector
Beijing: Alarmed at the slowing tech and internet sector, China is now planning to further shift its policies to control domestic tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent, as the country battles Covid-19…
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Instagram testing TikTok-like fullscreen feed
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is experimenting with full-screen vertical home feeds. In a video posted on micro-blogging site Twitter, Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the test and said that…
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Business, govt users need to pay for using Twitter: Musk
New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that business and government users on Twitter may need to pay a slight fee to stay on the micro-blogging platform. In a tweet,…
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Dutch regulators reject Apple’s 3rd-party app payment proposal
London: The Netherlands consumer watchdog has rejected Apple’s proposed App Store changes to allow dating app developers to use third-party payment systems. According to the Coalition for App Fairness, Apple’s latest proposal…
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Don’t feel for me, pray for Twitter instead: Parag Agrawal
New Delhi: As Elon Musk prepares to hire a new CEO for Twitter once he takes over, current CEO Parag Agrawal is worried about the future of the micro-blogging platform, not his…
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Meta plans to launch 4 high-end VR headsets by 2024
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) is working on four new virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) headsets that the company will release by 2024. According to The Information, the aggressive timeline…
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Twitter bans two right-wing accounts as Musk promotes free speech
San Francisco: Amid Elon Musk’s free speech call, Twitter has re-suspended the accounts of two prominent conservative figures — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and Dr Vladimir “Zev” Zelenko. The micro-blogging platform permanently…
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Spanish PM’s phone targeted with Pegasus spyware
Madrid: The Spanish government has said the mobile phones of Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, and Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, were both infected last year with the Pegasus spyware that its manufacturers claim…
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Apple’s global smartphone market share surges 20% in 1 year
San Francisco: Apple has registered 20 per cent growth in the global smartphone market from the first quarter of 2021 till the same period this year, a new report showed on Monday.…
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EU says Apple Pay anti-competitive, restricting rival mobile wallets
London: The European Commission on Monday announced that Apple has abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices with its payments service Apple Pay that excludes rivals from…
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Ashneer Grover says he’ll start his own venture sans investors
New Delhi: Ashneer Grover, co-founder and former Managing Director of fintech platform BharatPe, said that he is planning to start his own venture without seeking funds from the investors. Grover, who along…
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India gets its 100th unicorn in neobank platform Open
New Delhi: India on Monday welcomed its 100th unicorn, which is Bengaluru-based neobank platform Open, that raised fresh funds as part of its Series D round, taking its valuation to $1 billion.…
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Sony India unveils new 4K Bravia series with smart Google TV
New Delhi: Sony India on Monday unveiled the new BRAVIA X75K television series with 4K Ultra HD LED display and smart Google TV. The new X75K TV series is available in 165…
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Meta building AI that processes speech & text as humans do
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced a long-term artificial intelligence (AI) research initiative to better understand how the human brain processes speech and text, and build AI systems that learn like…
