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New Delhi: Meta on Tuesday rolled out updated 3D Avatars on Facebook, Messenger and for the first time on Instagram stories and direct messages in India. Meta, earlier known as Facebook, is also adding new facial shapes and assistive devices for people with disabilities. “Representations in the metaverse should reflect the diversity of the real […]
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Hyderabad: Survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault in India, looking for assistance may now have easier access to the helpline number, thanks to a new feature by Google. The Search Giant has reportedly launched a sexual assault and domestic violence helpline on Google Search in collaboration with the AKS Foundation. Search terms such as […]
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San Francisco: Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is slowing down on hiring this year, as tech companies’ stocks go through rough weathers amid challenging macro-economic environment globally. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told employees that the company plans to hire 500 people this year, versus 2,000 it hired over the past 12 months, after warning […]
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Toronto: Elon Musk-owned Tesla’s Model Y car allegedly caught fire after powering down while driving, and the driver claimed getting stuck inside the car and breaking the window to get out. The incident happened last week in North Vancouver, British Columbia. According to the auto-tech website Electrek, Jamil Jutha was driving in his 2021 Tesla […]
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San Francisco: In a bid to give a visual refresh to its app, Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is introducing a brighter icon along its own typography. The company said that its new design system puts content at the centre, with a focus on simplicity and self-expression. “We are bringing new energy […]
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Managing all your passwords can sometimes feel overwhelming. Passwords are the key to almost everything you do online and you have multiple passwords to deal with that you use in your daily routine i.e. email, social media, file-sharing, banking and e-commerce. Choosing hard-to-crack passwords and managing them securely can sometimes seem inconvenient and problematic. Approach […]
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New Delhi: Digilocker documents such as the PAN card, driving licence, vehicle registration certificate can now be easily accessed via MyGov Helpdesk on WhatsApp, MyGov announced on Monday. Citizens will now be able to create and authenticate their own Digilocker account on WhatsApp and download documents such as PAN card; driving licence; CBSE Class X […]
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New Delhi: Elon Musk may not wish to launch Tesla in India owing to high customs duty but he is fond of replying regularly to Pranay Pathole, a Pune-based Indian working as a software developer for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), on Twitter. On Monday, Musk said that he is not running Pathole’s Twitter account. Pathole, […]
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New Delhi: After earlier announcing the Vivo Y75 5G officially, the company has finally also unveiled the 4G variant of the Android smartphone. According to GSM Arena, the new Y75 comes with a 6.44-inch 1080×2400 AMOLED screen with a 60 Hz refresh rate, the MediaTek Helio G96 SoC at the helm, and 8GB of RAM, […]
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By Aditya Deshbandhu Ghostwire Tokyo is a beautiful looking ray-tracing experience that I have spent the last two months mastering and examining in great detail. Probably the last Bethesda game that is available on Sony consoles (due to the Microsoft acquisition), Ghostwire is limited to the PS5 and Windows for the time being and shows […]
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Hyderabad: Fake online loan app managements appear to be striving hard to regain lost customers and make new ones. According to the police, they are resorting to desperate measures including crediting loan amounts without requests or applications from customers. The Reserve Bank of India had recently blacklisted about 130 fake loan apps, most of which […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google has reportedly reached an interim agreement with Match Group, the dating app provider behind Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid, that will allow its apps to remain on the Google Play Store while offering alternate payment systems. Earlier this month, Match Group filed a complaint against Google, alleging the company “illegally monopolised […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple had to make tough choices about the final design of its augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset as it reportedly chose a standalone AR/VR headset over a more powerful tethered design. At one point, Apple had not yet decided whether to move forward with a more powerful VR headset that […]
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New Delhi: Google has announced to display warning notifications in its Chat application to protect users from hackers and phishing attacks. “In Google Chat, you’ll see banners warning against potential phishing and malware messages coming from users with personal Google Accounts,” the company said in a statement. “These warning banners, which are already available in Gmail […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has rolled out a new Windows 11 preview build for Insiders in the Release Preview channel, which brings a couple of new features that were previously in testing in the Developer and Beta channels. According to Windows Central, the build in question is 22000.706, and features the new Windows Spotlight […]
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Bengaluru: Two-and-three wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor has unveiled a new iQube electric scooter in three avatars that comes loaded with several interesting features. With a starting price of Rs 98,564, the new TVS iQube series offers a choice of three variants — iQube ST, TVS iQube S and TVS iQube — in 11 colours and […]
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New Delhi: Entangled in a bitter takeover battle with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Twitter is giving third-party app developers more access to its reverse chronological timeline, to enable them to retrieve the most recent Tweets and Retweets posted by the authenticated user and the accounts they follow. In an update, the micro-blogging platform said the […]
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Hyderabad: The latest Instagram update has drastically changed the way we consume content on the app. Users are criticising the new development and requested that the app brings back their old feed. In their attempt to ‘bring video more front and centre’ on the platform, Instagram changes how its home feed looks like. Reels take […]
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Washington: Boeing’s passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, on Saturday successfully docked itself to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, paving the way for its future flights to potentially bring humans to the orbiting laboratory. The @BoeingSpace #Starliner crew ship completed its trip to the station when it docked to the Harmony module’s […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is likely planning to launch a new version of its HomePod smart speaker in late 2022 or by early 2023. According to reliable supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the tech giant is targeting the fourth quarter of this year or the first quarter of next year for launching the next […]
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San Francisco: Instead of a Microsoft Surface Duo, the tech giant’s founder Bill Gates has revealed he uses Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 as his daily smartphone. During a Reddit AMA this week, Gates finally confirmed which smartphone he uses, 9To5Google reported. As per the report, it comes as no surprise that Gates uses an […]
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San Francisco: Luxury carmaker Audi has announced that it is integrating Apple Music, premium music streaming subscription service, directly into select models. The company said that adding Apple Music into the infotainment system gives users the ability to access their subscription directly and intuitively from the Multi-Media Interface (MMI) screen using in-car internet data. “This […]
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Hyderabad: For decades, robot makers have turned to animals to help them understand how to build a machine that can travel over Earth’s diverse terrain. Almost any animal you can imagine has been used as inspiration for robots. That’s because animals — including humans — are good at doing things that roboticists would like their […]
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San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has banned using the word ‘abortion’ at its internal employee messaging platform called Workplace, citing it “an increased risk” that the social media platform can be seen as a “hostile work environment.” According to a report in The Verge, a Meta executive told employees on Thursday that they are prohibited […]
