Technology
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Metaverse to help AR/VR headset market reach 14 mn units in 2022
New Delhi: The buzz around Metaverse has somewhat revived the dull augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) market and in 2022, the AR/VR device shipments is likely to reach 14.19 million units, compared to 9.86…
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Tesla to accept Dogecoin as payment at Supercharging station
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company’s supercharging station will accept cryptocurrency Dogecoin as payment. Santa Monica Supercharger will officially accept Dogecoin as payment, making it the first…
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World’s largest NFT marketplace OpenSea hacked, users lost NFTs
New Delhi: World’s largest NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace, OpenSea on Sunday confirmed that it has been hit by a phishing attack and at least 32 users had lost their valuable NFTs worth…
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Apple iPhone 14 Pro may come with 8GB RAM
San Francisco: Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 14 series in or around September and now a new report suggests that iPhone 14 Pro will feature 8GB of RAM, the highest…
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Fortnite game maker Epic hiring temporary workers full time
San Francisco: Fortnite game developer Epic Games is hiring US-based temporary workers full-time with employee benefits. The Verge reported that Epic is extending the offer to quality assurance (QA) testers, as well…
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Garena Free Fire emerges as most downloaded mobile game for Jan 2022
San Francisco: Garena Free Fire from Garena emerged as the most downloaded mobile game worldwide for January 2022 with 24 million installs, which represented a 51.6 per cent increase from January 2021.…
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Automakers have no choice but to become tech or software firms
New Delhi: As digital technology becomes the differentiator in the car, automakers will soon have no choice but to become tech or software companies themselves, a new report has forecast. The automotive…
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Promote shady crypto investment and you can be held liable: US court
San Francisco/New Delhi: In a landmark decision that can have its ramifications in several countries battling the rise of cryptocurrencies including India, a court ruling in the US has made it clear…
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Trump’s Truth Social app launch delayed until March: Report
New York: The much anticipated former US President Donald Trump’s social network ‘Truth Social’ has been delayed until March, The New York Times reported. However, it is currently listed on the App…
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Now share real-time location with friends on Snapchat
New Delhi: Snapchat is rolling out a new feature to let users share their real-time location for 15 minutes or a few hours with friends. The feature is supposed to be a…
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Skype users in US can make 911 calls from home computers
San Francisco: Microsoft-owned web-based calling platform Skype now lets US users dial 911 from their home computers. The app can share their location with emergency services if needed. The Skype emergency service…
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Windows 11 Pro will need a Microsoft Account, internet connection
New Delhi: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro will require an internet connection and a Microsoft Account during the initial setup phase, the company has announced. Similar to Windows 11 Home edition, Windows 11…
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Twitter, Google blocked ads from medical journal about health, racism
San Francisco: Tech giants Twitter and Google blocked advertisements of a special issue of medical journal Health Affairs that focused on racism and health, the companies have claimed. The peer-reviewed journal’s latest…
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Meta’s social VR platform Horizon hits 3 lakh users
New Delhi: Meta’s social virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon has reached 300,000 monthly users, a growth of 10 times since its roll-out in early December. According to a report in The Verge,…
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Global DRAM memory market, prices down in Q4: Report
Seoul: Global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) shipments dropped nearly 6 per cent in the fourth quarter from three months earlier, a report showed on Friday, amid sluggish demand from manufacturers that…
