Technology
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Indians travelling to UAE can use PhonePe to make UPI payments
PhonePe, a leading Indian fintech application, has announced that users travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now make payments using UPI at Mashreq’s NEOPAY terminals. The collaboration is facilitated through…
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World Idli Day: Single Swiggy user spent Rs 7.3 lakh on idlis in one year
New Delhi: One Swiggy user from Hyderabad ordered idlis worth Rs 7.3 lakh in the past 12 months, the online food delivery platform said on Saturday on the occasion of ‘World Idli…
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This is how OpenAI aims to fight deepfakes with ‘Voice Engine’ in election year
New Delhi: As world leaders scramble to tackle the menace of deepfakes in a global election year, Sam Altman-run OpenAI is trying to develop beneficial AI, with a text-to-speech model called ‘Voice…
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Samsung, employees agree to 5.1 pc pay raise for 2024
Seoul: Samsung’s management and its workers agreed to an average 5.1 per cent pay raise for the year, sources said on Friday. The world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker reached an…
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Byju’s EGM on rights issue ends sans objections, dissenting investors skip meet
New Delhi: Embattled edtech company Byju’s on Friday held its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) called by the board of directors to raise the capital via the rights issue without any hassles. The…
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AI chatbot ‘Grok 2’ now in training, will exceed all expectations: Elon Musk
New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday said that AI chatbot ‘Grok 2’ is now in training and will exceed all expectations when it is finally released for the…
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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
San Francisco: Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, was on Thursday sentenced to 25 years in prison in the US for seven counts of conspiracy and fraud…
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ShareChat secures nearly $49 million from key investors: Report
New Delhi: Social media platform ShareChat has raised $48.8 million via convertible debentures from its existing investors that include Temasek and Lightspeed. Startup news website Inc42 reported on Wednesday, citing the startup’s…
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Only 4 pc of Indian firms are ‘mature’ to tackle modern cyber attacks: Report
New Delhi: Only 4 per cent of organisations in India have the “mature” level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks, a new report showed on Thursday. Readiness is…
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New AI tool can predict fatal heart rhythm with 80 pc accuracy
London: British researchers have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict a person’s risk of a lethal heart rhythm with 80 per cent accuracy. Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) is a…
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NXP Semiconductors unveils industry-first platform for software-defined vehicles
New Delhi: NXP Semiconductors on Thursday said it has broken through the integration barriers for next-generation software-defined vehicle (SDV) development with the introduction of a new platform. The new industry-first vehicle software…
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NCLT refuses to defer Byju’s EGM to raise capital via rights issue
New Delhi: In a breather for embattled edtech company Byju’s, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday refused to stay the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) called by the board of directors…
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New paper-based device to make on-spot glucose testing using smartphone
Jodhpur: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a new low-cost, paper-based analytical device that can be connected to smartphones to provide on-spot detection of glucose levels. The…
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X users with 2,500 verified subscriber followers to get Premium service for free
New Delhi: Billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday said that X users who have 2,500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO also mentioned that those…
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UAE: Apple begins hiring for multiple job roles
Abu Dhabi: United States (US) technology giant Apple on Wednesday, March 27, announced new vacancies for its retail operations at stores located across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Apple is globally recognised for…
