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Hyderabad: When it comes to making a lifestyle change to save our planet, we always think of the hardest things to do and end up doing nothing. Thinking of hard things can make us feel small and defeated even before we start something. Climate warriors feel that taking small steps towards change can help in […]

New Delhi: Uber on Wednesday announced the launch and expansion of the WhatsApp to Ride (WA2R) product feature for users in Delhi-NCR. Through this integration, riders across Delhi NCR will be able to book an Uber ride via its official WhatsApp chatbot in Hindi, the company said in a statement. Following a successful pilot in […]

Hyderabad: Right after a clip of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra moving her bag and tucking it under the table during the price rise debate in the Lok Sabha went viral, #LouisVuitton started to trend on Twitter. Apparently, her bag was from the expensive brand – Louis Vuitton. In a video tweeted by Ajit Datta, […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is facing an antitrust lawsuit over its App Store fees that is filed by a group of French iOS app developers. The plaintiffs are accusing Apple of anti-competitive practices in allowing only one App Store for iOS devices, which gives it a monopoly in iOS app distribution and the ability […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has announced two new security products that will provide deeper context into threat actor activity and help organisations lock down their infrastructure and reduce their overall attack surface. The new products are Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management. “Microsoft tracks 35 ransomware families, and more than […]

San Francisco: Twitter has now dragged tech investors and entrepreneur friends connected to Elon Musk in the $44 billion takeover deal that has been terminated by the Tesla CEO and a legal trial is set to begin from October 17. According to The Washington Post, Twitter’s legal team in a subpoena in the court has asked […]

Washington: The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope has captured colourful images of Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away. Using its powerful infrared cameras, Webb produced a detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in […]

Bengaluru: Payment solutions platform Twid on Wednesday announced its Series-A funding of $12 million led by Rakuten Capital and backed by Google and Sequoia India. Founded in 2020 by Amit Koshal, Rishi Batra, and Amit Sharma, Twid combines multiple loyalty/reward points across issuers such as banks, fintech firms, and retail/e-commerce brands. It allows consumers to pay […]

New Delhi: Twitter will soon let users know if an embedded tweet has been edited, or whether there is a new version of the tweet. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Twitter is working on a new feature that may be part of its broad upcoming Edit tool. “Embedded Tweets will show whether it’s […]

Hyderabad: The claim by a Telugu YouTuber that he visited Islam’s holiest site Mecca in Saudi Arabia has sparked a row with a section of netizens calling for action against him for violating the Saudi rules which do not permit a non-Muslim to enter the grand mosque. @KingSalman @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUSA @OIC_OCI With the help of […]

India’s new IT Rules, 2021 appear to be having a major impact on social media in the country, with the compliance reports of various social media platforms saying that several lakhs of accounts from platforms like Twitter and WhatsApp were banned while search engine Google too removed over a lakh pieces of ‘bad content’ in […]

New Delhi: Once the Rs 4,447 crore (about $568 million) acquisition of Blinkit is closed, Zomato will experiment with cross leveraging its customers base for Blinkit and vice versa, its Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal has stressed. Goyal said that in India, super brands will work better than super apps. “Which means that the Blinkit […]

London: Contrary to popular belief, a new study has found that smartphones and other digital devices could help improve memory skills rather than causing people to become lazy or forgetful. The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, showed that digital devices help people store and remember important information. This, in turn, frees up […]

New Delhi: Google removed 1,11,493 pieces of bad content based on user complaints in June this year in compliance with the new India IT Rules, 2021. Most of the content it removed were related to copyright violations, while other categories included trademark, court order, graphic sexual content, circumvention, and others. The tech giant received 32,717 […]

Doctors often recommend ultrasound scans to diagnose multiple health conditions affecting vital internal organs, blood vessels, and soft tissues.

By Aditya Deshbandhu Looking at what PlayStation’s new Plus tiers have to offer Since the announcement of its tiered programme in mid-May 2022, the PS Plus has received a major overhaul. What was once a simple system that allowed you to play online multiplayer and enjoy three free games every month is now expected to […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple could finally be compatible with Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16. MacRumors contributor Steve Moser found that Apple Pay works with Edge and Chrome in the iOS 16 beta 4, and shared his findings on microbloging platform Twitter, reports The Verge. Moser’s screenshots show a “Continue […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]