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San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday reiterated that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter should restore the account of former US president Donald Trump. In a tweet, the soon-to-be Twitter boss said: “Even though I think a less divisive candidate would be better in 2024, I still think Trump should be restored to Twitter.” “Don’t Diss […]

New Delhi: Leading crypto exchange Coinbase suffered a major outage amid crypto mayhem especially with the cryptocurrency Terra Luna, heightening fears among the investors. The company said it was actively working on the issue. “We are aware that some customers are having issues trading and accessing accounts on Coinbase and Coinbase Pro. Your funds are […]

San Francisco: Parag Agrawal has shaken up Twitter, including firing consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour and head of revenue product Bruce Falck, as the micro-blogging platform gets ready for Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition to close later this fall. In a memo sent to employees, Agrawal said there is a hiring freeze now and Twitter will […]

Detroit: Shares of Tesla and Twitter have tumbled this week as investors deal with the fallout and potential legal issues surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his $44 billion bid to buy the social media platform. Of the two, Musk’s electric vehicle company has fared worse, with its stock down almost 16% so far this […]

New Delhi: Google has introduced new pre-paid app subscription capabilities and other changes for Android app developers in emerging markets, including India, to help them generate more revenue. The tech giant said that it will allow developers to offer users the ability to subscribe via prepaid plans that provide access to an app and its […]

New Delhi:As the electric e-scooter maker Ola Electric faces government scrutiny and consumer complaints, a couple of its top-notch executives have quit, the latest being its chief marketing officer Varun Dubey. The company confirmed to IANS that Dubey is leaving the company due to “personal reasons”. Earlier, Dinesh Radhakrishnan who was the chief technology officer […]

New Delhi: Google has finally announced a Pixel Watch that will arrive along with Pixel 7 smartphone later this fall. The company also showcased its first Android tablet. The Pixel Watch will come with a circular, domed design and features a “tactile” crown and side button. Made of recycled stainless steel, the watch will run […]

New Delhi: Jack Dorsey has categorically said that he will never be the CEO of Twitter again, as reports of him rejoining the micro-blogging platform surfaced after the $44 billion takeover by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Dorsey, who is now running financial payments platform Block (earlier Square), also said that no one should be the […]

Hyderabad: Uber Technologies on Wednesday announced a fresh round of recruitment for its India tech centers with a plan to hire 500 more technology employees by December. The app-based mobility and delivery company has a 1,000-member technology team across its centers in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Uber hired 250 engineers to its India teams in 2021. […]

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he would reverse the Twitter ban on former US president Donald Trump once he takes over the micro-blogging platform. Speaking at the ‘Financial Times Future of the Car’ summit on Tuesday, the billionaire said that the ban on him was a “mistake”. “I do think that […]

New Delhi: The Vice-President and Prime Minister on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the country’s brilliant scientists and their efforts that led to the successful Pokhran tests in 1998. In a series of tweets, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu said, “Greetings on National Technology Day! As we mark the anniversary of the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests, I […]

San Francisco: Electric car-maker Tesla has recalled 130,000 cars to fix touchscreen issues caused by an overheating central processing unit (CPU). The Elon Musk-run company recently rolled out an over-the-air update (OTA) to fix the issue on affected vehicles, which include the 2022 Model 3 and Y, and 2021 and 2022 Model X and S, […]

New Delhi: Apple has announced to discontinue the iPod that was introduced over 20 years ago and captivated users all over the world with music on the go. The company said the latest iPod touch model will be available while supplies last. Customers can purchase iPod touch through apple.com/in,and Apple Authorised Resellers while supplies last, Apple […]

San Francisco: Due to “low usage”, Facebook is reportedly discontinuing several services that tracked your real-time location, including Nearby Friends, location history and background location. In a notification sent to people who have used the feature in the past, the tech giant said it will stop collecting data associated with these features on May 31 […]

New Delhi: The average selling prices (ASPs) of smartphones continued to rise for the fourth consecutive quarter in India, hitting an all-time high of $211 (nearly Rs 16,323) in the January-March quarter, on the back of increased prices both for existing and newly launched devices, a new report showed on Monday. MediaTek-based smartphones had a […]

The metaverse will allow users to work, meet, game and mingle in these three dimensional spaces. Metaverse will change everything we know about our lives; the way we eat, the way we play games, the way we hang out with our friends or the way we work. We’ve all seen movies like Matrix, Black Mirror […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the further proceedings pending before the High Courts across the country on petitions challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) and the Cable TV Networks (Amendment) Rules 2021. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Abhay S Oka […]

New Delhi: Gaming lovers went through a rough patch when Microsoft Xbox services suffered a massive outage that stopped them from launching Cloud games. Microsoft later fixed the issue that lasted for several hours late on Sunday. The Xbox Live outage stopped some players from launching cloud games, playing digital games and making purchases from its […]

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday sent another cryptic tweet about his death under “mysterious circumstances”, a post which his mother Maye Musk did not like at all. If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022 “If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s […]

By Aditya Deshbandhu This review comes amidst the unique transformations at Square Enix, a production house known for games like Tomb Raider, Hitman, Avengers, and Deus Ex and for studios like Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and IO Interactive; as it chose to sell its western studios last week in the pursuit of blockchain and NFT gaming. […]

San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Tesla has sued a former engineer for allegedly stealing “confidential and tightly guarded” secrets related to supercomputer technology. The Verge reported, citing court documents, that the electric car-maker has sued Alexander Yatskov for downloading the confidential information to his personal devices which he declined to give back. Yatskov violated company’s policies […]

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple, which disabled the ability to change the playback speed in third-party apps using the Apple Music API and its content with iOS 15.4, has now decided to reintroduce that feature with iOS 15.5. The word comes from Apple developer Joe Kun, who took to the Apple Developer Forums to announce that […]

New Delhi: Bitcoin on Sunday witnessed another round of free fall, slipping below $35,000 per coin, as the global crypto market went through a massive slump of over 4.5 per cent in the past 24 hours to $1.66 trillion. All cryptocurrencies were weighed down as central banks globally tried to control inflation by raising interest rates. […]

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk expects Twitter to earn almost $10 billion in revenue from subscriptions by 2028, a projection that doubles the $5 billion in total revenue the platform made last year, as per a report from The New York Times. In a pitch deck viewed by the Times, Musk gave investors a […]