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New Delhi: Despite posting $270 million net loss in its second quarter (Q2) this year, Twitter has reached 237.8 million users which is a significant growth amid the controversial Elon Musk takeover. The micro-blogging platform, locked in a battle with the Tesla CEO over the presence of bots/spam accounts on its platform, said it now has […]
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San Francisco: Google Photos has a new shortcut that allows users to access screenshots directly from the home screen. The app’s latest version on Android now lets users open the screenshot folder directly from their phone’s home screen, reports Windows Central. The app shows a shortcut when users long-press its icon on your home screen. The […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Meta has made a commitment that provides for ongoing financial support for the Oversight Board, and as part of that commitment, it will make a $150 million contribution to the Trust. On the microblogging site Twitter, Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said that this money will go into the […]
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San Francisco: After initially removing them in place of Data Safety labels, tech giant Google has now said that it is rolling back the app permissions list on the Play Store. The tech giant, however, did not specify when the permission section will be back on the Play Store, reports TechCrunch. “Privacy and transparency are […]
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San Francisco: To make it more fun and easy to collaborate, Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has released several new features and said that new video posts shorter than 15 minutes will be shared as Reels. The platform said this feature will roll out to users in the coming weeks and it also mentioned that videos posted […]
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Bengaluru: Amazon is back with its much-awaited annual shopping event – Prime Day. The two-day event, to begin at 12.00 a.m. on July 23, aims to present exciting offers on the largest selection of fashion and beauty brands on Amazon Fashion. In addition to free and fast delivery, Prime members can avail up to 50 per […]
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Peddapalli: Youtuber, Syed Hafeez secured a place in a famous business magazine, Forbes India. Hafeez got 32nd place in ‘top 100 digital stores’ announced by Forbes India as his YouTube channel Telugu Tech Tuts crossed 16 lakh subscribers. A native of Eight Incline colony of Godavarikhani, Hafiz, who used to run a computer center, started […]
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New York: Two Indian brothers and their Indian-American friend have been charged in the US in the first-ever cryptocurrency insider trading scheme in which they made illicit profits totalling over a million dollars. Ishan Wahi, 32, and his brother Nikhil Wahi, 26, are citizens of India and were residing in Seattle while Sameer Ramani, 33, […]
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Sydney: Researchers from Australian universities developed a spray that can stop the spread of bacteria and viruses, including the Covid-19 virus. Published in the journal Advanced Science, the long-lasting spray coats common surfaces and repels viruses and bacteria through an air-filled barrier as well as killing pathogens, Xinhua news agency reported. One of its inventors, biomedical […]
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San Francisco: With an aim to enhance users’ experience, Meta-owned Facebook has announced that it is rolling out two tabs — Home and Feeds — that will now be available for iOS and Android users. Home is the new name of the tab that users first see when they open Facebook, such as Reels and Stories. […]
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Hyderabad: Even as IT companies are seeing a gradual increase in employees returning to the office, work from home (WFH), the norm during the Covid pandemic, will continue for one more year. The new guidelines issued by the Department of Commerce are likely to introduce more flexibility in the workplace. A new rule (Rule 43A) […]
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Hyderabad: Cybercrime, particularly those registered under the category of ‘fraud’, including credit/debit card, ATM, online banking fraud and OTP frauds, has seen a massive jump across the country from 2017 to 2020. This was revealed by union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra in a reply to a question in the Rajya […]
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New Delhi: Facebook Gaming has rolled out a new ‘Clips to Reels’ feature for all creators to convert live gameplay clips into Reels. Last month, the company announced ‘Clips to Reels’ for gaming video creators to help them produce 60-second Reels from existing Facebook Gaming content. “Now, we’re excited to share it is available to all […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has announced that it now allows users to transfer their chat history from Android to iOS and vice versa for all users. On the micro-blogging platform, the company also shared a link that tells how to migrate WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone. “A new way to keep the chats […]
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San Francisco: The Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure is now generally available and Azure Cloud customers can directly access and monitor enterprise-grade services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the companies have announced. Oracle and Microsoft partnered to deliver the Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure in 2019 and hundreds of organisations have used the secure and […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple has released iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 that bring new live sports features, storage bug fixes and more. The iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 can be downloaded for free and the software is available on all eligible devices over-the-air in the Settings app. To access the new software, go to Settings, […]
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New Delhi: Popular Microsoft-owned game Minecraft has announced not to support non-fungible tokens (NFTs), giving a shock to the Blockchain developer community. An NFT is a unique, non-editable digital token that is part of a blockchain and often purchased with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. An NFT can be associated with any form of digital asset such as […]
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New Delhi: Tesla has sold 75 per cent of its Bitcoins, adding $936 million in cash to its balance sheet in the second quarter (Q2) this year, as it deals with economic meltdown amid cryptocurrencies falling off the cliff. Last year, Tesla made a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin and announced that it would accept […]
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New Delhi: Microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday announced that it is launching Tamil topics for 100 per cent of its android, iOS and web users who have set Tamil as their primary language. The launch is part of Twitter’s commitment to build for India and serve the country’s diverse and multilingual audiences and will help people […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing Instagram’s latest update aims to make it easier for users to find local businesses or attractions by adding a searchable map to help “discover popular local businesses near you”, according to a Story from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The map will show you a list of places nearby and let you see posts […]
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London: The record-breaking heat in the UK has led to cooling-related outages at the Google Cloud and Oracle servers, leaving the customers flummoxed as they never experience such outages. Google Cloud said in an update that there was a cooling-related failure in one of its buildings in the UK-based data centres, which has now been […]
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San Francisco: Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle the lawsuit over flawed “butterfly” keyboards in MacBooks in the US. A group of MacBook users in 2018 had filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple for the controversial butterfly keyboards, alleging that the new design failed when even tiny particles of dust accumulated around the […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is introducing Viva Engage, a new app in Teams that helps build community and connection, along with providing tools for personal expression. Built on the foundation of Yammer, Viva Engage brings people together across the organisation to connect with leaders and coworkers, find answers to questions, share […]
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New Delhi: Global smartphone brand OPPO on Wednesday launched its latest Reno Series — Reno8 Pro 5G at Rs 45,999 and Reno8 5G at Rs 29,999 — in India that offer end-to-end imaging solution and a streamlined unibody design. The OPPO Reno8 Pro 5G is backed by the company’s proprietary imaging NPU, the ‘MariSilicon X’. The […]
