Technology
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T-Series, Hungama enter Metaverse with NFTs
New Delhi: T-Series, Asia’s largest music label, on Monday announced its foray into Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in association with Hefty Entertainment, a division of Hungama, one of the largest digital media entertainment…
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Ola Electric raises $200 mn to reach $5 bn valuation
New Delhi: Ola Electric on Monday announced it has raised over $200 million from Tekne Private Ventures, Alpine Opportunity Fund, Edelweiss and others. The latest round values the company at $5 billion.…
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Apple to no longer include EarPods with iPhones sold in France
San Francisco: Apple will no longer include EarPods with every iPhone sold in France. According to MacRumors, Apple was previously required to include EarPods in the box with the iPhone due to…
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European Parliament approves proposal to ban targeted ads
London: The European Parliament has approved a draft set of measures to tackle illegal content, especially targeted advertising, and to ensure that social media platforms are held accountable for their algorithms and…
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Apple extends in-app purchase exemption for online group events
New Delhi: Apple has once again extended its deadline requiring in-app purchases for paid online group events within iOS apps till June 30. In 2020, Apple announced to support apps and developers…
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WhatsApp to bring 2-step verification to desktop and web versions
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly developing the ability to add two-step verification to its desktop app and web version. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp plans to bring the two-step verification feature to…
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NASA scientists study Tonga eruption to understand landforms on Mars, Venus
Washington: NASA scientists are studying the explosion of submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai to understand how features formed on the surfaces of Mars and Venus, Nature reported. The unusual explosion — which…
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Microsoft to add support for hyperlinks feature to Excel
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft is reportedly adding support for hyperlinks feature to Excel. According to Windows Central, the popular spreadsheet app will soon support hyperlinks within modern comments. This has been…
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Google’s new feature warns about suspicious files on Drive
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has introduced a new security feature to Drive to help users stay on top of potentially malicious files. Google Drive will now start displaying a warning banner…
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Microsoft unveils customised Xbox Series
Beijing: Tech giant Microsoft has revealed a customised console of its Xbox Series S to mark the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese zodiac, although it is thought that this new…
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Google lands in trouble over ‘Deceptive’ Pixel 4 radio ads
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has reportedly landed in legal trouble over ‘Deceptive’ Pixel 4 radio advertising. The company is being sued in Texas for radio advertising that aired from late October…
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Crypto.com users not able to access accounts after $34 mn hack
San Francisco: After several users complained about issues with logging back to their accounts on Crypto.com after the platform was hit by a $34 million hack, its CEO Kris Marszalek has been…
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How iPadOS 15 helping millions of kids, professionals navigate Covid
New Delhi: As millions of students and professionals globally, including India, go back to learning and work from home amid the Covid wave triggered by the Omicron variant, the focus is back…
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Google AI tools bring back women in science to the fore
New Delhi: Google has developed new machine learning (ML) tools for use by curators at the Smithsonian in the US to help uncover and highlight many roles women have played in science…
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iPhone 13 ‘pink screen’ issue affects small number of users
San Francisco: A so-called “pink screen” issue is affecting a small number of iPhone 13 units, with a brightly-coloured display and crashes thought by Apple support teams to be a software problem,…
