Tech

New Delhi: The Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Thursday questioned the government’s decision to ask enterprises to submit demand studies in order to assess direct assignment of spectrum for them to set up private captive 5G networks. The government on Wednesday announced to undertake demand studies for the direct assignment of spectrum to enterprises with net […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Meta had announced that it is introducing a new way to create hands-free on Instagram and Facebook with Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, as well as other Samsung Flip phones. With FlexCam on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, users can fold the phone and place it on a surface freestanding to record hand-free videos. […]

San Francisco: Drawing a comparison between Tesla’s long-delayed Cybertruck and Ford’s plug-in pick up — F-150 Lightning, Ford CEO Jim Farley took a dig at tech billionaire Elon Musk while announcing a major investment in a solar energy. According to The Verge, Farley spoke at a Ford plant in Michigan to announce a deal with […]

New Delhi: In another important milestone in the Gaganyaan project, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully carried out the test-firing of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of Crew Escape System, from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, said the officials on Wednesday. Today, ISRO achieved an important milestone in the Gaganyaan project by successfully test-firing the Low […]

United Nations: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) called for action to curb cryptocurrencies in developing countries in three policy briefs. While private digital currencies have rewarded some, and facilitate remittances, they are an unstable financial asset that can also bring social risks and costs, the UN trade and development body warned on Wednesday. […]

Hyderabad: This concept may seem quite fictional and even futuristic. However, this is what geneticists worldwide through gene therapy are pursuing, while trying to find cure for a wide range of diseases that challenge modern medicine including cancers, heart diseases, diabetes, haemophilia, AIDS, genetic disorders, among others. Gene therapy involves altering the genes inside the […]

New Delhi: Leading digital payments platform PhonePe on Wednesday announced that its users can now purchase Apples App Store codes to pay for digital content such as apps, games, music and more. The company said that the codes are available in various denominations on PhonePe, starting from Rs 100 and going up to Rs 10,000. “PhonePe […]

New Delhi: Photo-sharing platform Snapchat on Wednesday launched its paid subscription service in India for Rs 49 per month, as it aims to increase revenue amid slowed growth and layoffs globally. The subscribers in India will receive a Snapchat+ badge for their profile with a Star designation. The Snapchat+ arrives in India at a time […]

New Delhi: The amount of data generated by roaming internet of things (IoT) connections will increase from 86 petabytes in 2022 to 1,100 petabytes globally by 2027, a report showed on Wednesday. This represents enough data to stream 165 million hours of 4K video from online entertainment and gaming platforms such as Netflix, according to Juniper […]

Hyderabad: Amazon announced a deadline extension for submission of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)Pen to publish contest entries by another month to October 10.  The 5th edition of the contest was launched in July this year with the aim to encourage enthusiastic writers transform their dream of becoming an author, into reality. This flagship event by Amazon KDP will witness […]

San Francisco: Music streaming giant Spotify has introduced a new design for the home screen of its mobile app that includes feeds for both Music and Podcasts and Shows. The company said the feature is currently rolling out to Android users and will soon be available on iOS. “By creating these feeds, Spotify will help listeners […]

New Delhi: Tech giant Microsoft on Wednesday partnered with the Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), and Capacity Building Commission (CBC) to enhance the functional computer literacy of nearly 2.5 million civil servants of the Central government. The project — Capacity Building by MSDE in Microsoft Digital Productivity Skills — will digitally empower […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Google has introduced a new website — Read Along — to help kids learn to read independently with the help of an animated reading assistant named “Diya”. Read Along has been an Android app so far, which was first released as Bolo in India in 2019 and released globally as Read Along […]

San Francisco: Google has launched a new campaign to put pressure on Apple to adopt RCS (rich communication services) and improve texting between Android and iOS users. RCS is a next generation SMS protocol that upgrades text messaging across Android and iMessages. “It’s time for Apple to fix texting. It’s not about the color of […]

San Francisco: As Apple is prepping up to launch its next-generation iPhones, a new report said that the supply chain of the tech giant’s upcoming iPhone 14 series will remain unaffected by current geopolitical tensions. On Twitter, prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said his survey showed “no impact on the supply chain of the iPhone 14 models”. […]

San Francisco: As several users complained of facing trouble while using Twitter, the microblogging platform acknowledged that it suffered a partial outage and blamed “internal systems change” for it. However, the platform said it has now fixed the issue. “We fixed it! We made an internal systems change that didn’t go as planned and have […]

San Francisco: Electric vehicle company Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold 7.92 million shares of the company worth around $6.88 billion, media reports say. Musk’s transactions occurred between August 5 and August 9, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings revealed, following Tesla’s 2022 annual shareholder meeting on August 4 in Austin, Texas, reports […]

These are the times when privacy is one of the hottest topics, and WhatsApp, one of the most popular means of communication, whether it is at work or for friends and family in India, has announced some changes aimed at better privacy. The first was a set of privacy features to give users more control […]

Hyderabad: A new study has found that rainwater on the ground across the earth contains higher levels of Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that make it unsafe to consume. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, has found that the level of PFAS substances in rainwater exceeds the advisory levels set by prominent […]

New Delhi: Leading PC maker HP on Tuesday introduced a new range of all-in-one PCs built that aims to enable a seamless work and entertainment experience for a hybrid workforce for Indian creators. The new all-in-one PCs include two new PCs — HP Pavilion 31.5-inch, which starts at Rs 99,999 and the HP ENVY 34-inch, […]

Screen-sharing fraud is a type of social engineering (phishing) fraud where hackers impersonate an employee of a bank or payment app and ask people to download a screen-sharing app to gain remote access. They then deceive people by making them believe that screen sharing provides them with easy access to the bank or payment app-related […]

New Delhi: As India gears up to usher in the 5G era, 89 per cent of consumers wish to upgrade to 5G network in India while 48 per cent would upgrade to 5G even if it calls for switching service providers, a new report showed on Monday. 5G adoption would boost video content streaming, gaming, and […]

New Delhi: Apple is likely to bring back its original HomePod in a new avatar, along with a fresh HomePod mini smart home speaker in early 2023. Following the discontinuation of the larger HomePod in March 2021, the company is expected to bring it back in the first quarter of next year, predicts Apple analysts Mark […]

New Delhi: LG Electronic on Monday announced two new sets of ‘TONE Free’ wireless earbuds, and the flagship device comes with the world’s first ‘Dolby Head Tracking’ feature across all content and devices. The ‘Dolby Head Tracking’ feature in TONE Free T90 model recalibrates the sound as users move their heads for a more natural sound […]