Tech

San Francisco: Two days after reportedly emailing employees of a 10 per cent job cut at Tesla, CEO Elon Musk on Sunday retracted his statements saying total headcounts will increase.However, Musk also noted that the number of salaried people may not change. An unverified Twitter account by the name Whole Mars Catalog tweeted that headcount […]

Hyderabad: A teenager played online games using his mother and grandfather’s money without their knowledge and lost Rs. 36 lakhs over a period of time. The teenager, a resident of Amberpet in the city, had downloaded a free fire gaming app on his grandfather’s mobile phone a few months ago. As he had access to […]

San Francisco: Microsoft has detected and disabled a previously undocumented Lebanon-based activity group that is working with other actors affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to attack organisations in Israel. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) named the group ‘Polonium’. The tech giant suspended more than 20 malicious OneDrive applications created by Polonium actors, […]

New Delhi: Patiala-born Jaskaran Singh and Pune-based Jay Firke are among more than 350 students from 40 countries and regions who have been selected as Apple’s ‘2022 Swift Student Challenge’ winner for showcasing extraordinary coding skills. The ‘Swift Student Challenge’ is part of Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC22). Every year, in the lead-up to WWDC 22 […]

San Francisco: Nearly a dozen advocacy groups have launched a new campaign against Elon Musk to block his $44 billion takeover deal, as the micro-blogging platform said the waiting period for the deal has expired under the HSR (Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements) Act in the US. The Stop the Deal campaign is persuading Tesla stockholders to take […]

San Francisco: US President Joe Biden has wished Elon Musk “lots of luck” for his trip to the Moon, as the Tesla CEO expressed “super bad feeling” about the economy and decided to cut its workforce by 10 per cent. When asked about Musk’s pessimistic attitude toward the economy during a press briefing at the […]

Hyderabad: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Friday warned the public against frauds related to the installation of mobile towers on properties. According to a public notice released by the department, some companies, agencies, individuals were cheating the public by promising them hefty monthly rental payments for the installation of mobile towers. After collecting money […]

San Francisco: A 20-year-old woman has become the first in the world to get a human ear implant with a 3D-printed technology that uses her own cells. The AuriNovo implant, developed by 3DBio Therapeutics (3DBio) — a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company — is a patient-specific, living tissue implant created using 3D-bioprinting technology. The implant is […]

San Francisco: Mozilla, the firm behind the popular web browser Firefox, has added translation tools to Firefox that do not rely on cloud processing to do its work. The company has also rolled out other features that are aimed to make users’ experiences better. “In January of 2019, Mozilla joined the University of Edinburgh, Charles University, […]

San Francisco: After announcing that some major features are under development such as group polls and WhatsApp Premium, WhatsApp is now working on the ability to edit text messages for a future update of WhatsApp beta testers. According to WABetaInfo, the Meta-owned platform is now working on letting users edit their text messages for a […]

New Delhi: Elon Musk has revealed that he never wanted to become a CEO but he sees no other way to bring technology and design to fruition. After a Twitter user recalled Musk being replaced as CEO of X.com in 2000, he tweeted: “I never wanted to be CEO — just wanted to work on product/technology. […]

New Delhi: Leading crypto exchange Coinbase, which halted payments via unified payments interface (UPI) mode on its app in India in April, on Friday announced to pause hiring for as long as the global macro-economic factors remain in place. The company also revoked accepted offers from some candidates who haven’t joined it yet. “After assessing our […]

San Francisco: With an aim to help creators engage more with their audience, the photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is rolling out new features, including 90 seconds Reels. The Meta-owned platform said that it is now extending the length of Reels up to 90 seconds, which will help users express their most authentic […]

San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is launching AMBER Alerts on the platform that will allow people to see and share notices of missing children in their area. This feature has started rolling out, and be fully available in 25 countries, including South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine, the UK, the UAE and the […]

San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter’s social media dashboard application for management, TweetDeck, will no longer be available as a standalone Mac app from July 1. When launching the TweetDeck for the Mac app, Twitter has started placing a blue banner at the top warning users that it will only be available for one more month, […]

San Francisco: Meta Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg has announced to step down from her key role after 14 years as the company’s second-highest ranking executive. She joined Facebook in 2008 and hoped she would be in this role for five years. “Fourteen years later, it is time for me to write the next […]

New Delhi: After several companies and brands abused Google Messages’ RCS (Rich Communication Services) feature in India to bombard users with multiple ads without their consent, the tech company has decided to turn off RCS ads functionality in the country. According to The Verge, Google has confirmed to disabled the feature in India. “We are […]

San Francisco: Google TV app, which aggregates content recommendations from streaming services and lets users create a universal watchlist of their favourites, is now available on iOS. The tech giant said that it will replace the previous Google Play Movies and TV app in the App Store, so if users have already got that installed, they […]

Bengaluru: Ananth Technologies Private Limited (ANANTH), the leading aerospace and defence manufacturer in India, launched their new spacecraft manufacturing facility in Bengaluru on Wednesday. This is the first spacecraft assembly, integration and testing facility in the private sector. The state-of-the-art facility was inaugurated by S.Somanath, Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space at Indian Space Research […]

Modern technology is transforming personalised medicine at a very quick pace. The days of pricking fingertips for a drop of blood to test glucose at home are quickly disappearing. In the near future, the elementary home testing devices to measure sugar levels could well be replaced by wearables that can track glucose/sugar in the body […]

New Delhi: Seeking to further increase private participation, the government will soon unveil a new space policy that could see the rise of India’s own “SpaceX-like ventures”, Principal Scientific Advisor Ajay Kumar Sood has said. In an interview to PTI, the government’s top science advisor said consultations have taken place and the final version of […]

Chennai: Indian communication satellite GSAT-24 is undergoing various checks at clean room facilities in French Guiana, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). European space agency Arianespace will put into space GSAT-24 on June 22 using its Ariane 5 rocket. “As part of launch campaign activities, the satellite is presently undergoing health/ performance checks at clean […]

New Delhi: “One of my most important rules in life is to take time to soak in the morning sun. I have been talking about the incredible benefits of being in the sun for more than 15 years now, and I encourage people, especially those burdened with excessive thoughts and laziness, to wake up, go […]

New Delhi: Elon Musk is banking upon SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket in order to send next-generation Starlink 2.0 satellites into orbit to beam affordable Internet services to more developing countries and remote areas. Speaking at YouTube show ‘Everyday Astronaut,’ Musk said that “we need Starship to work and to fly frequently, or Starlink 2.0 will be […]