Technology
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Employees grill Twitter CEO over fear of mass exodus post Musk takeover
San Francisco: Amid fear of mass exodus from Twitter, employees have grilled its CEO Parag Agrawal about their uncertain future once Elon Musk takes over. According to The Guardian, executives told the…
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Musk could fire Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde who makes $17 mn a year
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk could fire Twitter’s legal head Vijaya Gadde, who makes about $17 million a year and is one of the highly paid executives at the micro-blogging platform,…
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Google Docs expands warnings about dodgy files, links
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that its office collaboration tools Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings will now show a warning banner when users open potentially malicious files from the web.…
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Musk gains 6 mn followers amid $44 bn Twitter deal saga
San Francisco: Amid Twitter’s $44 billion deal saga, tech billionaire Elon Musk has gained approximately 6 million followers on the platform. The Tesla CEO likely had around 83 million followers before the…
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Microsoft adds free built-in VPN network to Edge browser
San Francisco: With the aim to improve security and privacy, tech giant Microsoft is adding a free built-in virtual private network (VPN) service to its Edge browser, the company’s support page has…
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Global smartphone market shrinks 11% in Q1, China badly hit
Bengaluru: Global smartphone shipments reached 311.2 million units in Q1 2022, down 11 per cent (year-on-year), and Chinese vendors were badly hit, according to a new report. The Chinese market caused nearly…
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WhatsApp likely working on multi-phone, tablet chatting
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely working on a feature that would let users chat with the same account on multiple phones, or on a phone and a tablet. A screen found…
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Apple explains why it is removing outdated apps
New Delhi: Tech giant Apple, which has been removing apps that no longer receive updates, has clarified that outdated apps are being removed from the App Store as nobody was downloading them.…
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PhonePe says NE took lead in digital transactions in Q1
New Delhi: Digital payment platform PhonePe on Saturday said that the northeastern region has been a big driver of the growth in the company’s digital transactions in the first quarter of 2022.…
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Apple faces up to $8 bn revenue hit due to China lockdowns
San Francisco: The ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are set to make a huge dent in Apple revenue for the April-June quarter as the company has indicated up to $8 billion loss…
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Apple now has 825 mn paid subscriptions across Services
San Francisco: Apple now has more than 825 million paid subscriptions across Services, up 165 million in the last one year. The iPhone maker said that its Services revenue reached $19.8 billion…
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Airbnb allows employees to live and work anywhere
New Delhi: Online vacation rental company Airbnb has announced to let its employees to live and work anywhere, giving all of them flexibility to make the right choice based on where they…
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Qualcomm, MeitY partner to support Indian semiconductor startups
New Delhi: With an aim to empower homegrown semiconductor startups, chipmaker Qualcomm India will collaborate with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a…
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OnePlus brings 10R 5G, Nord CE 2 Lite 5G and Nord Buds to India
New Delhi: Global technology brand OnePlus on Thursday launched premium 10R 5G and affordable OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G smartphones, along with Nord Buds in the Indian market. The OnePlus 10R…
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Musk sells Tesla stock worth $4 bn amid Twitter takeover
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold around 4.4 million shares of the company worth around $4 billion, as he prepares to take over Twitter for nearly $44 billion. The money…
