Tech

San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly working on a new feature, codenamed ‘Vibe,’ that allows users to set a status. The possible feature was first spotted by Jane Manchun Wong, a researcher and reverse engineer with a track record of spoiling upcoming app updates, reports The Verge. Screenshots shared by Wong show a “Set […]

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has re-clarified the story of the electric vehicle company’s early days to a Bengaluru-based man who tweeted that “Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it”. Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it. Just reminding 🙂 — Vaibhav Sisinty (@VaibhavSisinty) April 21, […]

Los Angeles: The first US private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to undock from the ISS on Saturday and return to Earth on Sunday, according to NASA. The mission, codenamed Ax-1, was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 8, Xinhua news […]

By Epsita Gunti Hyderabad: From reading books together to spending their whole lives together, this couple who met on twitter are living a modern day fairy tale. Nipun and Mohit first interacted when the latter’s grandparents contracted Covid-19 and he resorted to asking for help on twitter. Nipun responded as she was helping people find […]

Mumbai: Celebrated YouTuber and gaming star CarryMinati along with Triggered Insaan, Mortal and Scout are coming together in the first gaming entertainment show titled ‘Playground’ by Rusk Media. ‘Playground’ is a unique eSport gaming championship, featuring multiple casual and pro games, between four teams, each owned and mentored by Asia’s leading gaming superstars. Expressing his […]

Hyderabad: Zomato will recycle more than 100 per cent of all plastic used in food delivery packaging, the company announced today on twitter. On the account of World Earth day, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal tweeted saying that the food delivery platform is introducing “100 per cent plastic neutral deliveries” starting today. “From now on, every […]

New Delhi: On the occasion of Earth Day 2022, Google dedicated the artwork of Google Doodle to raise awareness about climate change. The artwork showcases real time-lapse imagery from Google Earth Timelapse and other sources to showcase the impact of climate change across different regions. It includes a variety of GIFs created from photos of […]

New Delhi: In a bid to protect mangroves and local livelihoods in India, Apple on Friday announced a new initiative in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. The tech giant awarded a grant to the Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) to work with the local community to protect a 2,400 hectare mangrove forest in the region, […]

San Francisco: After facing fines from European consumer and market regulators, Google has introduced an equal “Reject all” and “Accept all” buttons for tracking cookies on its platforms. Anyone visiting Search and YouTube in Europe, while signed out or in Incognito Mode, will see a new cookie consent choice. “This update, which began rolling out […]

San Francisco: Social media platform Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter and in its latest quarterly report, the platform said it grew its daily active users (DAUs) 18 per cent to 332 million (year-on-year). While Facebook (now Meta) had reported its first loss in the number of DAUs last quarter, Twitter’s monetizable DAUs […]

San Francisco: A new bug in Google Messages may leave your camera on in the background, quickly draining your battery and heating your device. According to 9To5Google, within the Google Messages app, there is an easy way to quickly snap a picture and immediately attach it to a message and send it to a friend. In […]

Hyderabad: Have you been facing problems with your SIM card of late? Is it playing spoilsport with no network, as if it has been blocked, with no calls or messages possible at all? Better report the issue immediately to your service provider. According to the police, chances are high that fraudsters have submitted forged identity […]

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Boring Company has raised $675 million in the Series C round, bringing its valuation up to $5.7 billion. Boring Company is Musk’s project to build underground highways to alleviate traffic congestion. The round was led by Vy Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, […]

New Delhi: Meta has announced that people in more than 30 countries can donate and create fundraisers directly in Instagram Reels for more than 1.5 million nonprofits. In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Meta (formerly Facebook) said that it is adding new features, including highlighting everyday actions and solutions people can take and […]

Helena: For the past year a company that “mines” cryptocurrency had what seemed the ideal location for its thousands of power-thirsty computers working around the clock to verify bitcoin transactions: the grounds of a coal-fired power plant in rural Montana. But with the cryptocurrency industry under increasing pressure to rein in the environmental impact of […]

Chennai: OneWeb, an Indo-UK joint venture satellite communications company, said on Thursday that it would launch its satellites using the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) rockets. In a statement, OneWeb, a joint venture between India Bharti Global and the UK government, said an agreement to this effect has been signed with NewSpace India Ltd, the […]

New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram is going to tweak its algorithm to improve its ranking system and better highlight original content from creators, its head Adam Mosseri has announced. The social media platform will tweak its ranking algorithm to highlight original content more on its platform. “We’ve added new ways to tag and improved ranking: Product […]

New York: Former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s media company is reportedly ending its exclusive podcast deal with Swedish music streaming service Spotify. According to a CNN report citing sources, Higher Ground, the production company run by the former President and First Lady, is seeking a multi-million deal elsewhere as their deal with […]

Washington: A team of scientists has urged NASA to probe the ice giant Uranus and look for life on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, on priority in the coming decade. In a report, the team at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS), recommended NASA to focus on three high-level scientific themes: origins, worlds […]

New Delhi: Microsoft India on Wednesday announced two new initiatives to help startup entrepreneurs innovate and grow in the country. Under the Microsoft AI Innovate initiative, the company will introduce its second cohort of startups, as well as a new hackathon for startups to provide resources and support to developers for creating digital solutions. Microsoft […]

Jaipur: Tina Dabi, the first SC woman topper of the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2015, will tie the nuptial knot with senior IAS officer Dr Pradeep Gawande in a private ceremony in Jaipur on Wednesday. The ceremony will be held at a 5-star hotel in Jaipur while the wedding reception will be held on April […]

San Francisco: Swedish music streaming service Spotify has quietly shut down its Greenroom Creator Fund, a live audio app creator fund it had announced for creators last year with much fanfare. The company had promised that the creator fund would begin payouts “later in summer” 2021 to the creators in the US, according to Podnews. […]

Cupertino: Nearly 20 percent of all material used in Apple products in 2021 was recycled, the highest-ever use of recycled content, the company has announced. For the first time, certified recycled gold was used in the plating of the main logic board and wire in the front camera and the rear cameras of iPhone 13 […]

San Francisco: Google has denied reports that it unblurred satellite Maps imagery in Russia to allegedly open access to Russia’s military and strategic facilities for Ukrainians. A Twitter account named @ArmedForcesUkr tweeted a set of images that appear to show military equipment belonging to Russia. “Now everyone can see a variety of Russian launchers, intercontinental […]