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Hyderabad: We have often discussed what it might look like if the world ends. And now, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has just given a glimpse into how the ‘last selfies’ on the Earth before the end of the world would look like. A series of haunting images were posted on TikTok by ‘Robot Overloads’ predicting it […]
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New Delhi: Android tablet market share fell below 50 per cent for the first time in 10 years, as people seek premium and detachable tablets from Apple, Windows OEMs and, to some extent, Samsung, a new Strategy Analytics report has said. Tablet demand remains ahead of pre-pandemic levels in the face of inflation and supply […]
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New Delhi: Global smartphone shipments fell to 287 million units in the second quarter (Q2), a massive 9 per cent drop, as component orders are being cut rapidly and suppliers have started to be concerned about oversupply, a Canalys report has said. The Q2 global smartphone figures are the lowest quarterly figure since Q2 2020, […]
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Seoul: After chip maker Qualcomm confirmed that the next-generation Samsung Galaxy S23 series will exclusively use the Snapdragon chipset, the South Korean tech giant said it is not giving up on the Exynos project. The company said it will not discontinue its Exynos manufacturing business and is working on expanding the competitiveness of the Exynos […]
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New Delhi: Ride-hailing major Uber is going to show drivers how much they will earn and where they are going before accepting a trip. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that with ‘Upfront Fares’, the company has completely reimagined the way drivers accept rides. “Our new trip request screen makes it easier for drivers to decide […]
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San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has filed a countersuit against Twitter as part of an ongoing legal dispute with the microblogging platform over his abandoned $44 billion takeover deal. However, the lawsuit is not yet accessible to the public and a partially redacted version may be available soon under court rules. It was not […]
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San Francisco: Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that will allow users to post images, videos and GIFs in one multimedia tweet. The company confirmed the test and said it is available to some users for a limited time, adding that accounts can add tags to both photos and videos in the […]
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Hyderabad: In an attempt to make navigating better and help people explore virtually, Google has rolled out the Street View feature in India. As of now, the feature is available only in Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Vadodara, Ahmednagar, and Amritsar. It will be made available to around 50 more cities in the […]
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New Delhi: Google is cracking down on unexpected, annoying ads that users face while playing Android games, along with several other new ads guidelines to ensure high-quality experiences for users on Play Store. Effective from September 30, developers cannot show full-screen ads of all formats (video, GIF, static, etc.) that show unexpectedly, typically when the user […]
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Singapore: PhonePe, India’s leading digital payments platform announced the acquisition of OSLabs, a mobile platform that enables content and app discovery for users and app developers. PhonePe, AGPL and OSLabs have reached an amicable settlement in the matter, with PhonePe acquiring AGPL’s entire stake at a premium. AThe closure of this deal allows PhonePe to […]
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Bengaluru: On-demand delivery platform Swiggy on Friday announced a permanent work-from-anywhere for majority of its employees. The decision was arrived at based on team needs and feedback from several managers and employees who vouched for the flexibility and increased productivity working from home has given them in the last two years, the company said in a […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to better understand how different groups experience Instagram, the Meta-owned photo-sharing platform is beginning to ask some users about their race and ethnicity. The company said if they do not know people’s race or ethnicity, they will be limited in assessing how their products impact different communities. “To better understand […]
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New Delhi: India made the highest number of legal demands globally to remove content posted by verified journalists and news outlets on Twitter during July-December 2021, the microblogging platform said. In its latest transparency report, Twitter said India was only behind the US in seeking Twitter account information, accounting for 19 per cent of global […]
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New Delhi: Riding on the iPhone 13 series, Apple saw its iPhone revenue jump 3 per cent to a record $40.7 billion in its June quarter. The iPhone growth was achieved “despite foreign exchange headwinds as customer response to our iPhone 13 family continue to be strong,” said Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer at Apple. […]
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New Delhi: Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game developer Krafton said on Friday that it is clarifying how Apple and Google app stores removed the BGMI app from their respective app stores in the country. Google and Apple on Thursday pulled popular battle royale game BGMI from their respective app stores, following a government order. In a […]
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San Francisco: Popular social media platform Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has announced a new creator fund that will award independent musicians up to $100,000 per month. The company said that the new grant programme is designed to recognise emerging, independent artists for their critical role in driving video creations, inspiring Internet trends and defining […]
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San Francisco: Despite the global macro-economic environment, Apple saw a record June quarter with 2 per cent (year-over-year) revenue increase at $83 billion, riding on a 12 per cent sales increase in services. iPhone revenue was up from $39.5 billion to $40.7 billion in the April-June period — a 3 per cent increase from the same […]
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San Francisco: After experiencing strong criticism, Meta-owned Instagram has decided to roll back some recent changes to the product, including a full-screen home feed and temporarily reduce recommended posts. According to TechCrunch, the photo-sharing platform’s head Adam Mosseri revealed the news in an interview with Platformer and said Instagram will phase out a test that turned […]
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New Delhi: Google and Apple on Thursday pulled popular battle royale game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) from their respective app stores, following a government order. Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is the Indian version of PUBG Mobile, exclusively for players in the country developed and published by Krafton. The game was released on July 2, 2021 […]
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New Delhi: Rural population is now driving Internet growth in India as urban India appears to have hit a plateau, a new report showed on Thursday. There are 692 million active Internet users in India, and much of the growth continues to be driven by rural India (351 million users with 37 per cent). The urban […]
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New Delhi: Nine in 10 Indians use Twitter while watching TV or streaming content as they turn to the platform for trailers, highlights and latest news about TV shows, the micro-blogging platform revealed on Thursday. About 79 per cent people in India use Twitter more when they’re watching sports content elsewhere, and what they seek on […]
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San Francisco: A Tesla vehicle has allegedly killed another motorcyclist, this time in the Utah state in the US when a driver using Autopilot slammed into the rear of his bike. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has added the fatal accident to its list. Forty-eight crashes are under investigation, 39 of which involve […]
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New Delhi: Microsoft has caught an Austrian company selling spyware based on multiple Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits to attack its customers. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) found that the spyware developer — officially named DSIRF and codenamed KNOTWEED — developed a spyware called ‘Subzero’ that was used […]
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New Delhi: Apple iOS 16 will let users edit an iMessage for five times and once they reach the limit, the edit option will disappear from the long-press menu. In previous releases of iOS 16, the company allowed 15 minutes to unsend a message. With the latest update, the time frame has been significantly reduced to […]