Technology
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Apple AR/VR glasses to feature micro-OLED displays: Report
San Francisco: Apple is working on the most advanced chips for its unannounced AR/VR headset and now a new report has claimed that the headset would feature advanced micro OLED displays. Micro-OLED…
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LinkedIn may debut its own podcast network
San Francisco: Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is reportedly debuting a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as programmes from leading industry figures. The shows are geared toward…
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Google to discontinue Chrome’s ‘Lite Mode’ on Android
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that, with its upcoming Chrome 100 release, the company will discontinue the “Chrome Lite Mode” feature that has been available on Android for years. “Lite…
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Siri gets new voice in iOS 15.4 beta
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has introduced a fifth ‘American’ voice for its Siri voice assistant in the latest beta of iOS 15.4. Apple’s user-facing interface simply calls it “Voice 5,” but…
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Cyber attacks: India among top 3 most-affected nations in Asia
New Delhi: Asia was the most-attacked region by cyber-criminals in 2021, accounting for one in four attacks globally, and India was among top three nations that experienced most server access and ransomware…
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Tesla was very ignorant of Bitcoin’s climate impact: Elon Musk’s brother
San Francisco: Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal Musk has admitted that Tesla was “very ignorant” of the environmental impact of cryptocurrencies when it purchased Bitcoin worth $1.5 billion last year and also planned…
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Twitter ‘mistakenly’ blocked accounts sharing info on Russian-Ukraine war
New Delhi/Kiev: After blocking several researchers’ accounts as Russia began a military strike against Ukraine on Thursday, Twitter has admitted it “mistakenly” removed a number of accounts sharing details about Russian military…
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TSMC to provide 5G chips for iPhone 14 series: Report
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to launch the iPhone 14 in or around September and now a new report emerged from a Chinese media outlet claiming that TSMC is ready to…
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Google drops Covid-19 vaccine requirement for US office workers
San Francisco: In a major update to Covid-19 protocols, Google will no longer mandate vaccines as a condition of employment for US workers. “Based on current conditions in the Bay Area, we’re…
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Apple says employees, customers safe after store hostage situation
London: After a 27-year-old man held an Apple Store customer hostage for several hours at the company’s flagship store in Amsterdam and demanded $200 million in cryptocurrency, the tech giant has said…
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TikTok rival Dubsmash dies quietly
New Delhi: Popular online discussion platform Reddit, which acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash late last year, has finally shut down the platform. Dubsmash will not be available to download through the…
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India’s crypto ad guidelines out, celebrities warned
New Delhi: In a bid to clamp down on risky crypto ads in India, the Advertising Standards Council Of India (ASCI) on Wednesday issued guidelines for all virtual digital assets (VDA)-related advertisements,…
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Microsoft Edge may overtake Safari as second most popular desktop browser
New Delhi: Microsoft’s Edge browser is on the verge of surpassing Apple’s Safari as the world’s second most popular desktop browser According to data from web analytics service StatCounter, Microsoft Edge is…
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Facebook Reels goes global with new money-making tools for creators
New Delhi: Meta has launched its TikTok-rival short-video making app Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 150 countries across the globe. To help creators earn money from Facebook Reels,…
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Google adding 5 Stadia Pro games for March 2022
San Francisco: Google is expanding the library of Stadia games by adding five Stadia Pro games for March 2022. Most of the games seem to be smaller indie titles, there is however…
