Technology
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Bumble acquires popular Gen Z dating app Fruitz
San Francisco: Popular women-first dating app Bumble on Monday said it has acquired Fruitz, one of the fastest growing dating apps in Europe, for an undisclosed sum. This is Bumble’s first acquisition…
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1 in 4 people to spend at least 1 hour daily in metaverse by 2026
New Delhi: One in 4 people is expected to spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse for work, shopping, education, social and/or entertainment by 2026, a Gartner report forecast…
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Galaxy S22 Ultra 1TB storage model may launch in select markets
Seoul: Samsung is set to launch its next premium flagship S22 series on February 9 and now a new report has claimed that Galaxy S22 Ultra with 1TB internal storage is apparently…
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Google TV soon likely to have ‘restricted mode’
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is likely to be working on a “restricted mode” for Google TV that will filter out content deemed inappropriate for kids. The tech giant is developing a…
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Samsung to reuse discarded fishing nets for its upcoming smartphones
Seoul: Samsung Electronics has developed a new material that gives ocean-bound plastics new life as they are incorporated into various Galaxy devices. Now and into the future, Samsung will incorporate repurposed ocean-bound…
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UK watchdog fines Meta $2 mn over Giphy acquisition
London: The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $2 million for failing to disclose key changes regarding its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine…
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Twitter to let you send Direct Message straight from a tweet
New Delhi: Twitter is testing a new feature to let people send a Direct Message (DM) straight from a tweet and it has not gone well with users who feel the new…
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Despite privacy changes, digital ad spend to hit $753 bn in 2026
New Delhi: Despite app store privacy changes by Apple and Google that are hitting advertisers, global digital advertising spend will increase from $407 billion in 2022 to $753 billion in 2026 —…
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Digital tax fine but what about crypto money laundering via Dark Web?
New Delhi: As we navigate through the debate on crypto’s future in India, mere imposing a 30 per cent tax on digital assets is not enough as money laundering and hawala-based transactions…
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Hyderabad-based firm to export India’s first electric tractor
Hyderabad: City-based manufacturers of India’s first e-tractor for the Agri, Airport GSE, and goods carrier sector, Cellestial E-Mobility, on Sunday announced their partnership with a Mexican company, Grupo Marvelsa, for marketing and…
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Google Chrome gets new logo after 8 years
San Francisco: Google is changing its Chrome browser logo for the first time in eight years. Elvin Hu, a designer for Google Chrome, offers a first look at the logo’s redesign in…
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Samsung flagship S22 series to woo Galaxy Note users
New Delhi: Samsung would like to position the upcoming Galaxy S22 series to not only be a super-flagship device to take the ‘S’ series legacy forward but also woo Galaxy Note users,…
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Hackers hit Fortune 500 service provider, data of over 500k people leaked
San Francisco: Morley Companies that provides services to several Fortune 500 companies, has admitted it was hit with a ransomware attack that led to the leak of sensitive information for more than…
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Fujifilm working on camera firmware to fix bug affecting macOS users
Tokyo: Japanese photography and imaging major Fujifilm is working on an issue affecting some of its cameras which prevents macOS users from being able to access some of the images stored on…
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Subway Surfers makers launch MetroLand game on Huawei AppGallery
Beijing: Kiloo, the co-developer, and publisher of the massively successful Subway Surfers has exclusively launched its new game on MetroLand the Huawei AppGallery. According to GizmoChina, the game is quite similar to…
