Technology
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OnePlus says strengthening its localisation efforts in India
New Delhi: Global smartphone brand OnePlus on Monday said it is seeking new opportunities to strengthen its localisation efforts in India to bring the best of its technology to the users in…
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Apple confirms manufacturing top-selling iPhone 13 in India
New Delhi: In a major fillip to India’s dream to become a global manufacturing hub, Apple on Monday confirmed it has started manufacturing its top-selling iPhone 13 smartphone in India. Apple first started…
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WhatsApp to roll out ETA when sharing documents
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely now releasing a feature that lets us understand when a document is fully downloaded on our devices or uploaded to their servers. After testing the ability…
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Musk polls to ‘convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter’
San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has recently joined Twitter as a board member, has asked its followers if the company’s San Francisco headquarters should be converted into a homeless shelter.…
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Facebook worried as TikTok set to eclipse Twitter, Snapchat ad share
San Francisco/New Delhi: TikTok’s meteoric rise has baffled Meta (formerly Facebook) as the Chinese short-video app is set to overtake the global advertising share of micro-blogging platform Twitter and photo-sharing platform Snapchat…
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YouTube ends test for quickly enabling PiP on iOS
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube, which officially rolled out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to the iOS app last June, has reportedly now ended the test for iPhone and iPad users. The experiment has disappeared from…
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New cheap, smartphone tech to detect dengue developed
London: An international team of researchers has developed new smartphone-powered tests for dengue fever that has significantly improved rates over lateral flow testing kits. The new diagnostic test, described in the journal…
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Twitter likely reverts change that turned embeds of deleted tweets into blank boxes
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter reportedly confirmed that it has reversed a change that turned the appearance of deleted tweets embedded on websites outside of the platform. According to The Verge, instead…
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Is Twitter dying as Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift not tweeting: Musk
New Delhi: Elon Musk, who is now on the board of Twitter after acquiring 9.2 per cent stake in it for nearly $3 billion, took a fresh dig at the Parag Agrawal-led…
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WhatsApp likely turns off ‘media visibility’ option for disappearing chats
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely now automatically turning off the option of “media visibility” for disappearing chats on WhatsApp for Android, which let people view media in their phone’s gallery. According…
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Apple likely working on ‘Dual USB-C Power Adapter’
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is likely working on a dual-port USB-C wall charger and it may see a release in the near future as an analyst has claimed it will soon be…
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Google bans Muslim prayer apps containing data harvesting software
Popular Muslim prayer apps, namely Al-Moazin Lite and Qibla Compass, among dozens of other apps were removed from the Google Play store after discreet data harvesting malware was found on them. The…
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Google Fi drastically cuts prices of unlimited phone plans
San Francisco: Google has dropped prices of its Fi unlimited phone plans and rates now start at $20 per month per line for four or more lines, compared to the previous starting…
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ProtonMail acquires email alias startup SimpleLogin
New Delhi: Encrypted email service ProtonMail has acquired Paris-based startup SimpleLogin, that allows users to create an email alias, for an undisclosed sum. SimpleLogin is a browser extension, web app and mobile…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro likely to feature huge battery
Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly working on its upcoming smartwatch — Galaxy Watch5 Pro — and it is likely to come with a huge 572 mAh battery. To put…
