Technology
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Twitter woos worried advertisers with premium video offerings
San Francisco: Amid Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover, Twitter has made a strong pitch to anxious advertisers with a slate on new premium video content. At the premier digital content event called…
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Indian consumers start buying virtual products amid metaverse buzz
New Delhi: Amid the buzz around metaverse, nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of consumers globally, including in India, purchased a virtual good or participated in a virtual experience in the past year,…
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2 in 5 Indian users happy at Musk’s Twitter acquisition: Report
New Delhi: Around two in five (37 per cent) Twitter users in India are happy about the micro-blogging platform’s acquisition by tech billionaire Elon Musk, with urban millennial users being most likely…
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Musk invited to UK Parliament to discuss $44 bn Twitter buyout
London: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been invited to testify in the UK Parliament regarding his proposed $44 billion acquisition of the micro-blogging site Twitter. In a letter, Julian Knight, the Chair…
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GitHub brings two factor authentication in India
New Delhi: Microsoft-owned open source software repository Github on Thursday announced that it will require all users to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023,…
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Sennheiser introduces premium earbuds in India
New Delhi: In a bid to offer a better audio experience, German audio brand Sennheiser on Wednesday unveiled new earbuds SPORT TWS in the country. Priced at Rs 10,990, the new earbuds,…
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Apple now starts selling refurbished Watch Series 7
San Francisco: Apple has started selling refurbished versions of the Watch Series 7, the newest watch model, that was released in September 2021. According to a report by MacRumors, the pricing on…
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Twitter tests new way to let you share tweets with selected people
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is now testing a ‘Close Friends’-like feature, Twitter Circle, that lets users add up to 150 people who can see your Tweets. The company said that the…
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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…
