Technology
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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban loses USD 870K in crypto scam
San Francisco: Mark Cuban, an American businessman, investor, film producer, and television personality, lost about $8,70,000 to a crypto scam late on September 15. On-chain sleuth Wazz first noticed the unusual transactions…
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Musk was ‘lonely and sad’ as he struggled to make friends: New book
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was “lonely and sad” as a child as he struggled to make friends in school, his new biography by American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has…
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Microsoft Edge shuts tablet-friendly ‘Web Select’ feature
San Francisco: Microsoft has shut down its most applauded feature, “Web Select” — from Edge browser. To improve end-user experience, the Web Select feature “is being deprecated and will no longer be…
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Google Co-founder Sergey Brin quietly divorced wife after alleged affair with Musk
San Francisco: Google co-founder Sergey Brin quietly divorced Nicole Shanahan, an attorney and entrepreneur, over rumours that Shanahan was engaged in a romantic relationship with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Court…
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Facebook failed to control Covid misinformation due to its design, reveals study
Washington: The Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinformation and its overall design is more to blame for this rather than…
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Redington, Ingram Micro offer new iPhones, Apple Watches across India
New Delhi: Integrated technology solutions provider Redington Ltd and technology distribution company Ingram Micro on Saturday announced to offer new iPhone 15 series along with new Watch Series 9 across the country…
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X introduces verification based on government ID for paid users
New Delhi: Elon Musk-run X Corp has introduced government-ID-based verification checks for X premium users, as it aims to curb impersonation on its platform and doll out more benefits to them like…
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Apple fans from India, Pak throng Dubai to pre-book iPhone 15
Abu Dhabi: Shortly after the launch of Apple’s iPhone 15 models, tech lovers from different countries are arriving in Dubai to get their hands on the latest phone. In the United Arab…
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Amid reports of health safety issues with iPhone 12, UAE issues statement
Abu Dhabi: The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday, September 15, issued a statement confirming that mobile phones in the country are safe…
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India’s Koo looking for ‘strategic partner’ to build at scale amid funding winter
New Delhi: Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo, once touted as the Twitter rival but later saw its growth dwindling amid economic slowdown, is now looking to “partner with someone who has the distribution…
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Paid users on X can now hide ‘likes’ tab from public view
San Francisco, Sep 15 (IANS) Elon Musk-run X (formerly Twitter) has introduced a new feature that will allow Premium subscribers to hide their ‘likes’ tab from public view. On enabling the “Hide…
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Amazon introduces 5 new ways for easy smartphone-based search & shop
New Delhi: E-commerce giant Amazon has introduced 5 new ways to make it easier to search and shop for products on smartphones. Now, to help customers find what they want when they…
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British chip designer Arm valued at nearly $60 bn up 25% in Nasdaq debut
San Francisco: British chip designing giant Arm, which was valued at almost $60 billion at the open, has jumped about 25 per cent during its first day of trading after selling shares…
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Infosys only Indian firm in TIME’s top 100 World’s Best Companies of 2023
New Delhi: IT major Infosys is the only Indian company featured in the TIME Magazine’s top 100 ‘World’s Best Companies 2023’ list, dominated by Big Tech. The Bengaluru-based professional services firm has…
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IT Ministry empanels AWS Asia-Pacific Hyderabad Region for govt workloads
New Delhi: Amazon Web Services (AWS) India on Friday said it has received cloud service provider (CSP) empanelment from IT Ministry to provide services from its Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. Operational since…