Technology
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Tesla to accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise: Musk
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said the electric carmaker will accept meme-based digital currency dogecoin for merchandise. “Tesla merch buyable with Dogecoin,” Musk said in a tweet. Following the…
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TSMC to invest record $44 bn on chip capacity expansion in 2022
Taipei: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on Thursday that it will invest up to $44 billion this year to expand chip manufacturing capacity, as the world faces acute chip shortage amid…
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Hackers spreading powerful malware via Omicron news emails
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers have unearthed that hackers are spreading a powerful malware via news around the new Omicron strain, stealing information and credentials from Windows users in at least 12 countries.…
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Microsoft Teams brings ‘Walkie Talkie’ feature for more users
San Francisco: Microsoft has added a new feature that would allow Microsoft Teams users turn smartphones or tablets into a Walkie Talkie that works over cellular data or Wi-FI. Microsoft Teams has…
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Apple South Korea’s 2021 sales soar 24% to top $5.97bn
Seoul: Apple Korea’s sales jumped 24 per cent on-year to hit $5.97 billion last year, a new data showed on Thursday. The South Korean unit of US tech giant Apple — Apple…
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YouTube still being ‘weaponised’ by unscrupulous actors: Fact-checkers
New Delhi: More that 80 top fact-checking organisations, including from India, have written to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, saying that the platform is allowing itself to be “weaponised by unscrupulous actors” to…
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Android 13 to add faster shortcuts for scanning QR codes: Report
San Francisco: Android 12 has brought a lot of additional features and now a new report has claimed that the next-gen Android 13 platform may add the ability to launch QR code…
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Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter after 7 months
Abuja: The Nigerian government has lifted the ban on Twitter, imposed in June last year, saying the micro-blogging platform has agreed to set “a legal entity” in the west African nation during…
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Israeli security agency says it uncovers alleged Iranian espionage network
Jerusalem: The Israeli Security Agency (ISA) has said that it has uncovered a suspected Iranian espionage network in the country and five suspects have been charged. According to a statement from the…
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Meta moderators threaten to stop work over missing salaries
San Francisco: A group of third-party content moderators at Meta (formerly Facebook) has reportedly threatened to stop work until their salaries are paid in full. Facebook moderators at an Accenture site in…
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Apple unlikely to ship OLED iPads till 2024
San Francisco: Future Apple iPads that are likely to sport up to 15-inch OLED displays might not be possible till 2024. Apple has abandoned plans for an OLED iPad this year, citing…
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Google For Startups announces its next cohort with 20 Indian startups
New Delhi: Tech giant Google on Tuesday announced the sixth batch of the Google for Startups Accelerator (GFSA) India — with 20 startups — to help them focus on their key business…
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Binance CEO becomes one of the world’s richest billionaires
New Delhi: A cryptocurrency CEO has become one of the richest people on Earth, CNN reported. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who runs the crypto exchange Binance, has joined the ranks of the world’s…
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Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) now in India at Rs 7,999
New Delhi: Tech giant Google on Wednesday announced that its Nest Hub (2nd Gen) is now available in the country at Rs 7,999. The Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) is available in chalk…
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OnePlus 10 Pro with ‘Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip’ unveiled in China
Beijing: Smartphone brand OnePlus has launched its much-anticipated flagship smartphone, OnePlus 10 Pro, in China that comes with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset along with a revamped design. The 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB and…
