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New Delhi: Google has invested in Indian startup Progcap that caters to small and medium-sized businesses, as it raised $40 million in its Series C funding round. The funding into Progcap, which serves more than 700,000 small retailers by extending a revolving credit line of $10,000 to $12,500 to them, was led by Creation Investments […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that it is now starting the process of migrating free, personal Hangouts users to Chat, which it announced in October 2020. The company mentioned that users who wish to keep a copy of their Hangouts data to use Google Takeout — to download their data before Hangouts is […]
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San Francisco: After Tesla CEO Elon Musk ordered its remote employees to return to the office, several workers have reported about lack of seats and crappy Wi-Fi, which indicated that the company was ill-prepared to welcome back its staffers, media reports say. Employees who arrived at Tesla’s Fremont, California facility reportedly did not even have […]
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Washington: Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure. Such social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped […]
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Washington: The OnePlus Nord 2T is sold in Continental Europe and the United Kingdom, but, so far, the smartphone has been missing from the key market of India. This decision by the company is finally being righted as OnePlus has now confirmed that the Nord 2T will also be arriving in India, very soon. OnePlus […]
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New Delhi: Google on Monday said it has trained 8.5 million micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to date across the Asia-Pacific region through its ‘Grow with Google’ programmes and partnerships. The company said that over the next year and beyond, it will be deepening existing programmes to support small businesses and launching new ones. “We’ll […]
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Washington: US space agency NASA has delayed the scheduled launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon over systems checks. NASA was earlier targeting Monday for the launch. “NASA, Rocket Lab, and Advanced Space are standing down from the June 27 launch attempt for the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon to allow Rocket Lab to […]
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New Delhi: Lifestyle social commerce platform Trell has seen another wave of employee exodus as it struggles to pay creators in the country. At least 100 more employees have left the video commerce platform as several creators and influencers wait for their dues to be cleared, sources told IANS on Monday. The Instagram community page of […]
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New Delhi: Apple is set to launch several new devices, starting from iPhone 14 series, new iPads, three Watches, refreshed AirPods Pro, new HomePod, several upgraded Macs, along with an AR/MR headset powered by its flagship M2 processor. In fact, the M2 chip will power most of new Apple products, including M2 Mac mini, M2 […]
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New Delhi: Meta has discontinued Facebook Watch, an app for streaming Facebook videos, TV shows and livestreams, on Apple TV. Apple TV users will no longer have access to Facebook Watch as it has discontinued the app for tvOS, reports 9to5Mac. “The Facebook Watch TV app is no longer available, but you can still find lots […]
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New Delhi: Journalist Rana Ayyub has posted a notice from Twitter which informed her that the microblogging site has withheld her account in India under Information Technology Act, 2000. Ayyub on Sunday took to her Twitter account to post the notice and said: “Hello @Twitter, what exactly is this?” The notice from Twitter that Ayyub […]
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By Aditya Deshbandhu As June draws to an end, it is imperative for us to take stock of what we have played and what we can look forward to for the rest of the year. The year 2022 has had some incredible games in its first half as February was a watershed moment with solid […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google has clarified how its Googlebot ranks pages, saying it will crawl the first 15 MB of a webpage and anything after this cutoff will not be included in rankings calculations. Google specified in the help document that “any resources referenced in the HTML such as images, videos, CSS and JavaScript are […]
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San Francisco: Leading crypto change is reportedly acquiring a stake in the beleaguered crypto lending firm BlockFi, as the crypto industry faces meltdown. According to Wall Street Journal, FTX is currently in discussions with BlockFi regarding the stake in the firm. The acquisition talks came as BlockFi secured a $250 million line of credit from FTX, […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google is introducing CTS-D, a new module within the CTS (Compatibility Test Suite) that will be utilised by app developers and is open-sourced within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The new module’s goal is to enable more efficient communication among app developers, OEMs, and Google, while also assisting in resolving […]
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New Delhi: As cyber-attacks increase, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has catapulted from a fledgling threat into a force to be reckoned with, significantly lowering the barrier of entry and allowing cybercriminals who lack the technical skills to commoditise ransomware, a new research has warned. The research found that ransomware’s current dominance is directly linked to the emergence […]
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San Francisco: Car maker Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford informed dealers in a letter that it was discontinuing the end-of-lease purchase option for the E-Transit van, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning, Teslarati reported. The company said […]
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Singapore: As entrepreneurs make a beeline to launch Blockchain and Web3.0 startups, an IDC study has said that firms need to first gain a clear understanding of the current technology and how it will impact their shift towards Web3.0. Over the last few years, there have been concerted efforts to build an efficient, decentralised, and […]
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Washington: The US space agency has determined that its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is ready for the Artemis 1 flight test. The agency will now roll SLS and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy next week to prepare the rocket and spacecraft for launch, NASA said in a statement late on […]
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New Delhi: In the hybrid learning times, Apple’s annual education offer went live on its India Store Online, where those buying an eligible Mac or iPad for the college or university will get an AirPods for free along with six-months free of Apple Music. The ‘Back to School’ offer is available for current and newly accepted […]
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New Delhi: Hackers have stolen at least $100 million worth digital tokens from Harmony, the crypto startup behind Horizon Blockchain Bridge which allows users to transfer their crypto assets from one Blockchain to another. Harmony admitted that a malicious attack happened on its proprietary Horizon Ethereum Bridge and multiple transactions occurred that compromised the bridge […]
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San Francisco: Four Democratic lawmakers have called on the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate tech giants Apple and Google over selling personal data. According to The Wall Street Journal, the lawmakers alleged the companies engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by enabling the collection and sale of mobile-phone users’ personal information. Apple and Google […]
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San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot is available in the US and China. According to Teslarati, in the US, Enhanced Autopilot costs $6,000. Meanwhile, in China, it costs approx 31,970 yuan ($4,779). The features included in Enhanced Autopilot are Navigate on Autopilot, Auto Lane Change, Autopark, Summon, and Smart Summon. Earlier this […]
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New York: Five major planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn — in our solar system are lined up in a row for rare planetary conjunction visible to the naked eye. In a clear sky, the planets can be seen shining before dawn. It is a special opportunity to see Mercury, which is usually […]
