Technology
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Apple shifting some iPad production to Vietnam amid China lockdowns
Taipei: In a first such move, Apple is reportedly planning to shift some iPad production out of China to Vietnam amid Covid-lockdowns in and around Shanghai, a media report said on Wednesday.…
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Alibaba best-paying tech company in China despite crackdown
Beijing: Despite China aiming to rein in domestic Internet giants, Alibaba is still the best-paying tech company in the country at an average monthly salary of $5,000, followed by ByteDance and Tencent…
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Binance Labs announces $500 mn fund for Blockchain, Web3.0 startups
New Delhi: As venture capital (VC) funds squeeze the flow of money to traditional startups and invest in emerging tech like Web3.0, Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of leading…
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WhatsApp bans over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said that it banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of April in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform had…
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Workplace platform Slack enters India to help firms establish ‘digital HQs’
New Delhi: Workplace communication platform Slack on Wednesday announced to official enter the Indian market, to help companies navigate the transition to a hybrid workplace by establishing digital headquarters. Slack, which has…
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Slice raises $50 mn led by Tiger Global, to boost UPI product
Bengaluru: Fintech company slice on Wednesday said it has raised $50 million as part of its larger series C round led by Tiger Global, adding that it will use new capital to…
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Apple iOS 16 to offer revamped lockscreen with widgets, more
New Delhi: The upcoming Apple iOS 16 update is likely to come with features like a revamped lockscreen with widgets and updated Messages and Health apps. The new software update will help…
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Spotify’s failure to renew security certificate causes massive podcast outage
San Francisco: Due to an outage on podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week. According to…
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Facebook’s parent company to change stock ticker to META on June 9
San Francisco: Meta has announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ‘META’ prior to market open on June 9, 2022. The company said…
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Amazon to end Cloud Cam service, offer free Blink Mini to owners
San Francisco: Tech giant Amazon is shutting down support for its Cloud Cam security camera and offering owners a free Blink Mini to replace it. Cloud Cam owners will be able to…
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Amazon no longer offers in-app Kindle purchases on Android
San Francisco: Tech giant Amazon has informed its customers that they cannot buy books on Kindle App for Android anymore. According to an email sent to the customers, Kindle users cannot use…
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Webb telescope to explore two rocky, Earths-like planets
Washington: NASA’s much celebrated James Webb Space Telescope is just weeks away from full operation. The huge telescope plans to start it’s in-depth science investigation by exploring strange, new rocky worlds in…
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Machine learning helps predict new materials for nano alloys, semiconductors, rare earths
New Delhi: Scientists have used machine learning to develop a design map of alloys at the nano-scale which can help predict the match of pairs of metals that can form bimetallic nano-alloys,…
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I would be shocked if I am not being spied on: Elon Musk
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday emphasised that he would be shocked if he comes to know that he is ‘not’ being spied on. On the micro-blogging site Twitter, Musk…
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Indian EV makers to soon follow BIS standards for batteries amid fires
New Delhi: As fires and explosions in electric two-wheelers continue unabated, the government is all set to introduce EV battery standards (BIS standards) for EV two-wheelers that will be expanded to four-wheelers…
