San Francisco, April 16 (IANS) Google is reportedly working on its own foldable device that would launch sometime in the future. According to the report, the device could be a smartphone, tablet or netbook. Google notes in its patent filing that display devices may include a flexible display coupled to a housing member, which may […]

San Francisco, April 16 (IANS) Tesla CEO Elon Musk has driven Cybertruck, arguably one of the most highly-anticipated vehicles by the company, at its upcoming Gigafactory Texas. As per Musk, he drove around the Giga Texas complex behind the wheel of the Tesla Cybertruck, reports Teslarati. The Cybertruck that Musk drove around Giga Texas seems […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) In its bid to digitise 10 million Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) by 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of Amazon, on Friday launched a curated set of software solutions aimed at empowering the SMBs in the country. Called Amazon Digital Suite, the suite provides a broad […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Amid the pandemic, India saw a steep growth in online communities on Facebook and 92 per cent respondents said they received some form of support through online community groups amid the deadly Covid wave last year, a new Facebook-New York University (NYU) report said on Friday. Over 38.8 per cent […]

San Francisco, April 16 (IANS) Facebook is testing a new dedicated News Feed for businesses that will help businesses connect with their customers online and grow more efficiently. For the first time, businesses can engage as their business profile, making tasks like commenting, posting and liking as a business easier. “Starting in the US, we’re […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Home-grown audio brand boAt on Friday announced it has received funding from Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of chip-maker Qualcomm. The investment, for which the company did not divulge more details, will be utilised to roll out next-generation audio and lifestyle products across geographies. “As boAt enters the next phase […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Smartphone maker OPPO on Friday said that it is all set to launch A74 5G in India on April 20. According to the company, the upcoming smartphone is going to be company’s first 5G-ready phone under Rs 20,000. The brand has been consistently working to bring in customer-centric meaningful innovations […]

Washington, April 16 (IANS) US space agency NASA is set to launch SpaceX Crew Dragon second flight to the International Space Station on April 22, it said. The Crew-2 with four astronauts on board, will lift-off at 6:11 a.m. EDT on April 22, from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

San Francisco, April 16 (IANS) In his final letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said that the company needs to do better at taking care of its employees. The letter comes amid ongoing reports of untenable conditions for Amazon workers. “I think we need to do a better job for our employees,” Bezos […]

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) In a bid to assess racial and gender bias in its artificial intelligence/machine learning systems, Twitter is starting a new initiative called Responsible Machine Learning. Terming it a long journey in its early days, Twitter said the initiative will assess any “unintentional harms” caused by its algorithms. “When Twitter uses […]

Seoul, April 16 (IANS) LG Electronics has said it has formed ties with Dutch quantum algorithm developer Qu & Co to conduct joint research on quantum computing technology in a move to boost competitiveness in future technologies. Under the research agreement, the two companies will develop quantum computing technology for multiphysic simulations over the next […]

Seoul, April 16 (IANS) Hyundai Motor said on Friday that it will again suspend the Sonata-producing plant in South Korea for two days next week due to an electronic parts shortage. Hyundai will halt the operation of the Asan plant, 100 kms south of Seoul, which produces the Grandeur and Sonata sedans, on Monday and […]

San Francisco, April 15 (IANS) Apple on Thursday launched a first-of-its-kind carbon removal initiative, called the Restore Fund, that will make investments in forestry projects to remove carbon from the atmosphere while generating a financial return for investors. Launched with Conservation International and Goldman Sachs, Apple’s $200 million fund aims to remove at least one […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Food delivery platform Swiggy is set to raise up to $500 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a market valuation of nearly $5.5 billion, reliable industry sources said on Thursday, as the competition gets fierce amid the second wave of Covid-19 as people order more food online in India. […]

San Francisco, April 15 (IANS) Google is making a tweak to Search on desktop web that sees the results page adopt a more responsive design. Still in testing, it follows the homepage abiding by the same principle, 9To5Google reported on Wednesday. Desktop Search today requires a certain width to show everything, especially for queries that […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Despite cheapest data plans and nearly 700 million internet users, India is at a dismal 49th spot globally when it comes to internet inclusion and gender equality in accessing the world wide web, a Facebook-Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) study has revealed. India is tied with Thailand in 49th place this […]

Bengaluru, April 15 (IANS) Australia-based software firm Atlassian Corporation on Thursday said it plans to hire over 1,000 employees globally including 300 research and development engineers in India, over the next year as part of a major recruitment drive. The company will recruit a range of front-end and back-end engineers, with a major focus on […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Looking at the misuse of internet by terrorists, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) organised a two-day BRICS seminar on the issue and discussed on engaging multiple stakeholders from both public and private sectors to tackle the misuse of internet and enhancing international co-operation to effectively tackle the exploitation of the […]

San Francisco, April 15 (IANS) Cloud major Oracle has announced that digital workflow company ServiceNow is now integrated with the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). ServiceNow has seen strong demand for its AI-powered products such as IT Service Management Pro, Customer Service Management Pro, and HR Service Delivery Pro. The company said on Wednesday that enterprise […]

Gurugram, April 15 (IANS) Facebook and CleanMax on Thursday announced a partnership to support renewable power from wind and solar facilities in India. “We’re excited to announce this important step that is helping us support our operations in the region, including our offices in India, with 100 per cent renewable energy,” Urvi Parekh, Head of […]

San Francisco, April 15 (IANS) Google has announced features coming to Google Assistant, with the most notable feature for Apple users being the ability to locate a lost iPhone using the digital assistant. Android users have long been able to use the Google Assistant to trigger a sound for their smartphone if it got lost. […]

London, April 15 (IANS) As artificial intelligence (Ai) technology gets all-pervasive, the European Union is considering a ban on the use of AI for mass surveillance and social credit scores, among other applications. The leaked draft proposal, first reported by Politico and is expected to be made official next week, would see the EU take […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Sony on Thursday launched a new 32-inch BRAVIA 32W830 Android TV for India market at Rs 30,990. The new model will be available across all Sony Centers, major electronic stores and online channels from April 15. This is the first 32-inch TV in India that comes enabled with Google Assistant, […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram is now testing a new feature that will give users more controls in the form of three options — select not to see like counts on anyones posts, turn them off for their own posts, or keep the original experience. According to The Verge, the company has announced […]

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) In a bid to take the niche foldable devices segment to a brand new level, consumer electronics company TCL has teased a new concept that can turn a 6.87-inch smartphone into a 10-inch tablet. Built on TCL’s ‘DragonHinge’ technology, the device offers an extendable display panel that can transform a […]

San Francisco, April 15 (IANS) Dell Technologies has announced to spin out VMware — a move that will generate more than $9 billion for the company that acquired VMware as part of the $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015. Dell plans to offer VMware shareholders a special dividend of between $11.5 […]

Seoul, April 15 (IANS) South Korea said on Thursday it will ramp up efforts to promote a homegrown charging technology for electric vehicles (EVs) as an international standard, as the country plans to penetrate deeper into the growing sector. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards held a virtual meeting with experts from home and […]

Seoul, April 15 (IANS) A joint venture between South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd and US automaker General Motors will build its second battery factory in Tennessee to step up production, industry sources said on Thursday. Ultium Cells, a joint venture between LG and GM, has picked a site in Tennessee for their […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Space start-up Astrobotic has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to launch its Griffin lunar lander to the Moon in late 2023. Griffin will be carrying NASA’s water-hunting Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER). “Getting to the Moon isn’t just about building a spacecraft, but having a complete mission solution,” Daniel […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Nvidia and MediaTek have announced that they are now working together on bringing RTX graphics to future Chromebooks. According to the announcement, the two companies are partnering to create a “reference platform” that supports “Chromium, Linux, and NVIDIA SDKs”, reports 9To5Google. More specifically, MediaTek’s Arm-based systems on a chip (SoCs) […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) With impressive advances having been made in artificial intelligence (AI), the Indian judiciary has been early to adopt it too. Soon, AI will be tailored for the justice delivery system, playing a vital role in improving administrative efficiency in courts, and aiding in decision-making processes for lawyers, judges and litigants. […]

Seoul, April 14 (IANS) SK Telecom Co, South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday that it will create a new holding company for its non-mobile subsidiaries to accelerate growth in promising fields and help parent group tighten its grip on its chip-making affiliate, SK hynix Inc. The telecom operator said that it will conduct […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Apple is reportedly planning a major camera upgrade for its 2022 iPhone lineup as the devices may sport a 48MP lens and the mini models are likely to be axed, a media report said on Wednesday. According to AppleInsider, citing famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s top-tier “iPhone 14” models will […]

Seoul, April 14 (IANS) Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chip producer, on Wednesday expressed its gratitude to US President Joe Biden and his government for holding a meeting with business leaders to resolve the chip shortage in the industry. Samsung was one of the 19 global firms and the only South Korean company that […]

By Vivek Singh ChauhanNew Delhi, April 14 (IANS) As the smartphone market in India is becoming competitive each passing day, realme is leaving no stones unturned to leave a mark on the minds of its Indian fans. Recently, the company expanded its one of the successful entry-level smartphone C series in India, with three smartphones […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Amazon Prime Music on Wednesday launched podcasts in India that are available to all Prime members at no additional cost. Podcasts will be available on the Amazon Prime Music app on Android and iOS, Web player and Amazon Echo devices. Users will now have access to locally popular shows by […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Expanding its ZenBook series, Taiwanese tech giant ASUS on Wednesday unveiled two new laptops — ZenBook Duo 14 and ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED — in India. Starting at Rs 99,990, ZenBook Duo 14 (UX482) is now available across online and offline channels, while ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED (UX582) […]

Washington, April 14 (IANS) NASA has again decided to delay the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first experimental flight due to technical concerns. The US space agency, which is yet to declare a new date for the attempt, earlier rescheduled the flight after a test completed earlier than planned. The Ingenuity team has now identified a software […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Indian organisations witnessed a staggering 845 per cent increase in cyber-attacks on employees’ smartphones since October 2020, as remote working during the pandemic saw the mobile attack surface expand dramatically in the country, a new report said on Wednesday. While the total number of mobile attacks on Indian organisations in […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Invite-only audio meet app Clubhouse has rolled out its payments feature to over 66,000 creators in the US, as part of its goal to help creators monetise and earn money from users on its platform. Clubhouse last week announced to let creators earn money via its first monetisation tool and […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Leading chip-maker MediaTek on Wednesday launched a new 5G smartphone chipset called Dimensity 700 5G in the India market. The 7nm SoC is designed to bring advanced 5G capabilities to its advanced camera capabilities and power-efficient design. The company also announced realme as the first smartphone brand in India to […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that it completed a $1 billion round of funding, that includes an additional $200 million strategic investment from Sony Corporation. With the new funding round that involved over a dozen investors, Epic’s equity valuation has touched $28.7 billion. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Microsoft has introduced Surface Headphones 2+ Plus and two more new headsets that come fitted with a dedicated Teams buttons for seamless video collaborations and meetings. Each of these headsets offers plug-and-play functionality for seamless setup, LED indicators to know your Teams status, and on-device call controls to keep you […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a mega operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the US that were running on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server software used to provide enterprise-level email service. A court in Houston has authorised an FBI […]

San Francisco, April 14 (IANS) Sony is reportedly rolling out the first major software update for PlayStation 5 console, which comes with several new features, including the much-requested USB storage support. According to GSMArena, the players will be able to transfer their games from the PS5 to a connected USB storage device with this feature. […]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Streaming giant Netflix is redesigning kids profiles on connected TVs to help them watch their favourite shows and movies. The redesigned kids’ profile will prominently feature characters from their most-watched titles right on home screen, reports Variety. Netflix Kids profiles on TVs will include a “favourites” row on the homepage […]

Seoul, April 14 (IANS) Samsung Electronics is expected to introduce new Galaxy laptops later this month as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand sales of notebooks amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. Samsung has sent media invitations to its Galaxy Unpacked online event scheduled to take place on April 28, saying “Discover the most […]

Seoul, April 13 (IANS) Huawei on Tuesday blamed the US for a global chip shortage as it called for cooperation with South Korea, Japan and Europe to form a new semiconductor supply chain. The move came hours after US President Joe Biden urged more spending in the chipmaking sector to resolve the chip shortage and […]

Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Tuesday announced that its OnePlus Watch will be available at a special launch price of Rs 14,999 in India from April 21. The smartwatch will be available across online and offline channels from April 22. However, Red Cable Club members, a programme where the users are […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Surface Laptop 4 with two options — 11th Gen Intel Core processors or AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics Microsoft Surface Edition (8 cores), starting at $999.99. The device, which offers 3:2 PixelSense touchscreen displays in 13.5-inch or 15-inch models, will be available first in […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) After Facebook Dating, the social networking platform is now testing a video speed-dating app called Sparked that will first allow 4-minute dates to help users find if they are compatible to each other. Once you “both have a great time,” dates will then be scheduled for a 10-minute duration. After […]

Beijing, April 13 (IANS) Ant Group as a whole will apply to become a financial holding company that is overseen by China’s central bank as billionaire Jack Ma’s financial technology giant makes efforts to calm regulatory concerns in the country. All of the company’s institutions engaged in financial businesses will be included in the financial […]

Hong Kong, April 13 (IANS) After cargo pallets containing Vivo Y20 smartphones caught fire at Hong Kong airport this week, a major cargo airline has reportedly announced a ban on Vivo phones. According to Android Authority, Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has confirmed that it is investigating the cause of the fire. “We noticed that a […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Apple’s voice assistant Siri has apparently revealed that the company plans to hold an event on April 20, where it may launch new products including 2021 iPads. If you ask Siri “When is the next Apple Event,” it replies with “The special event is on Tuesday, April 20, at Apple […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Organisations in the business and professional services, retail and hospitality, financial, healthcare and high technology were the top targets of cybercriminals in 2020, said a new report on Tuesday. According to the “FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2021” report, organisations in the retail and hospitality industry were targeted more heavily in 2020 […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Move over video meet app Zoom as leading leading virtual event platform Dreamcast has introduced a novel two-way virtual conferencing for a seamless experience. The platform replicates the exact same experience of physical events into a virtual environment where you can reach global audiences online with ease. “Zoom is a […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Domestic edtech platform StayQrious on Tuesday announced that it is offering a blended-learning coding course for free on YouTube for kids aged between 8-14 years-old. The coding course will consist 13 classes on YouTube, where kids can learn algorithms, debugging, variables, loops, nested loops, conditionals and functions among others. This […]

Seoul, April 13 (IANS) Samsung is reportedly working on a sensor-shift stabilisation technology to offer better photo quality and improved stabilisation for images. Recent reports also suggests that Samsung might partner with camera giant Olympus for its future smartphones, reports GizmoChina. Apple brought this technology for the first time on its iPhone devices with the […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) After alcohol at your doorstep, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi now plans to deliver cannabis or marijuana when “the road is clear”. The Uber CEO told CNBC News that the ride-hailing company could start delivering weed once federal regulation allows the company to do so. “When the road is clear for […]

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Hero Group, on Tuesday, launched Hero Vired — a premium EdTech company for working professionals and higher education aspirants in India, the group said in a statement. The new EdTech venture will offer an end-to-end learning ecosystem, which will upskill and reskill the professional community in the country and […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) YouTube is testing a new experiment where it will occasionally play 15-second “media literacy” ads before videos to “prompt critical thinking”. The video streaming platform will play a short 15-second video offering useful tips on how to know what information to trust online, in place of an advertisement. Like many […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Cloud software firm Salesforce has announced to reopen its San Francisco-based headquarters in May, but its workforce can still work remotely throughout 2021. Company president and chief people officer Brent Hyder said on Monday that Salesforce would decide how and when to reopen each location based on guidance from health […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Anti-virus software company McAfee on Tuesday said it has observed an average of 648 cyber threats per minute in the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of 60 threats per minute (10 per cent) over the third quarter, with 3.1 million external attacks on Cloud user accounts. The attacks on […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Intel-owned Mobileye and Udelv, a Silicon Valley venture-backed company, have announced to produce more than 35,000 autonomous vehicles by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023. Mobileye’s self-driving system — Mobileye Drive — will “drive” the next-generation Udelv autonomous delivery vehicles (ADV), called “Transporters.” “Our deal with Udelv is significant […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Google is hiring people who use Android devices to give feedback for a new medical records tool for patients. According to Stat News, Google is back after 13 years for such a tool for digitally documenting patient health records. “The tech giant has launched an early user feedback programme aimed […]

San Francisco, April 13 (IANS) Twitter will set up its presence in Africa, with building a team in Ghana, its CEO jack Dorsey has announced. In a tweet late on Monday, Dorsey said: “Twitter is now present on the continent. Thank you, Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo (Ghanaian President)”. In a statement, Twitter said the company […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Alongside Mi 11 Ultra, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday announced that it is all set to unveil its flagship X series in India on April 23. The company confirmed the news via press invites for an event. CEO Manu Kumar Jain also wrote on Twitter that the flagship series […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Digital stockbroking firm Upstox, one of the official partners of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has admitted a data breach, saying that the financial details of its users are completely safe. However, cyber security researchers said at least 25-30 lakh users may be affected and the hacker is asking $1.2 […]

Redmond (Washington State), April 12 (IANS) In one of the biggest tech deals, Microsoft on Monday announced to acquire speech-recognition company Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion in an all-cash transaction. The companies entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56 per share, implying a 23 per cent premium to the […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Digital stockbroking firm Upstox, one of the official partners of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has admitted a data breach, saying that the financial details of its users are completely safe. However, cyber security researchers said at least 25-30 lakh users may be affected. According to independent security researcher Rajshekhar […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Leading ed-tech company BYJU’S has raised $455 million from investors that include Baron Funds and Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group, as part of a $1 billion ‘Series F’ round, the media reported on Monday. Citing government filings by the company, Inc42 reported that existing investors like Silver Lake […]

Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS) Co-working major WeWork India on Monday said it has raised Rs 200 crore from investors, through a mix of debt and equity. The company said that following the challenging period for the industry due to the lockdown last year, it has bounced back and pivoted to adapt favourably through new flexible […]

New York, April 12 (IANS) A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have translated the structure of a spider web into music, which could have applications ranging from better 3D printers to cross-species communication and otherworldly musical compositions. “The spider lives in an environment of vibrating strings. They […]

New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Consumer electronics company TCL on Monday launched three true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds at an introductory price starting from just Rs 1,999 in the India market. The S150, S200 and ACTV500 hearables will be available at Rs 1,999, Rs 3,999 and Rs 4,499, respectively, on Flipkart and select retail outlets […]

Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS) Global PC brand Acer on Monday unveiled a gaming laptop Acer Nitro 5 in India that starts from Rs 69,999. The laptop that features a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display is available at Acer Online Store and Amazon, the company said in a statement. “Acer Nitro series gaming comes with a rich […]

San Francisco, April 12 (IANS) Despite being removed from the App Store seven years ago, Flappy Bird, one of the most iconic iPhone games of all time, is reportedly making a comeback in the form of an interactive macOS notification. Developer Neil Sardesai took to Twitter to showcase how he brought a clone of the […]

San Francisco, April 12 (IANS) Microsoft is reportedly acquiring speech-recognition company Nuance Communications for nearly $16 billion and the deal could be announced on Monday (US time), the media reported. According to a CNBC report citing sources on Sunday, Microsoft first approached Nuance in December last year. At about $56 per share for Nuance, the […]

San Francisco, April 12 (IANS) Google has announced to shut down its mobile shopping app for both iOS and Android devices by June this year. The mobile shopping app will, however, be available on the desktop (web) version. It means that shopping.google.com website will remain active. The company confirmed the decision to 9to5Google on Sunday. […]

San Francisco, April 11 (IANS) Google operated a secret programme, known as “Project Bernanke,” that relied on data from past bids in the search engine giant’s digital advertising exchange and allegedly gave its own ad-buying system an edge over competitors, The Wall Street Journal reported. The name of the secret programme got revealed in an […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Mozilla Firefox browser has announced to end support for Amazon Fire TV and Echo Show devices from April 30. According to the company, the users will no longer be able to install the app on FireTV, receive security updates, or be able to reinstall the app if they uninstall it […]

Seoul, April 11 (IANS) South Korean wireless carriers are estimated to have logged robust earnings in the first quarter on the back of sharp growth in 5G users and their non-telecom businesses, a poll showed on Sunday. The combined operating profits of the country’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and […]

Washington, April 11 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Sunday hailed the settlement of an electric vehicle battery dispute between LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. as a “win for American workers and the American auto industry.” SK Innovation agreed to pay 2 trillion won ($1.78 billion) to settle the dispute with LG […]

Taipei, April 11 (IANS) A man in Taiwan has found an iPhone he had accidentally dropped in a lake about a year ago. Surprisingly, the recovered device was found to be working normally, according to media reports. The recovery of the iPhone has been possible as water level in the Sun Moon Lake receded due […]

Bengaluru, April 11 (IANS) Amazon India on Sunday announced the launch of its “Mentor Connect” programme for thousands of startups and emerging brands. Introduced ahead of ahead of the company’s flagship event “Smbhav,” the Amazon Mentor Connect programme is aimed at accelerating the growth of start-ups and emerging brands owners enrolled in the “Amazon Launchpad” […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Globally, the percentage of attacked ICS (industrial control system) computers in the second half of 2020 was 33.4 per cent, said a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. The percentage of ICS computers attacked in the engineering and ICS integration sector grew by nearly 8 percentage points, said the report. […]

San Francisco, April 11 (IANS) Audio chat app Clubhouse has denied any breach or hack after a report said that a database containing 1.3 million scraped records of the platform’s users were posted on a popular hacker forum. According to a report in CyberNews on Saturday, the “leaked” database contains a variety of user-related information […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Lenovo led the global traditional PC market (including desktops, notebooks, and workstations) in the first quarter of 2020 with 24.3 per cent share, as the worldwide shipments grew 55.2 per cent (on-year), according to an IDC report. HP Inc was second with 22.9 per cent PC market share, followed by […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Cybercriminals are now using new and advanced techniques to attack mobile-based banking and the geography of attacks has become more diversified and extensive — especially from a mobile financial malware perspective, a new report said on Sunday. According to global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, the financial threat landscape experienced a game-changing […]

New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Three iPhone 12 series smartphones (12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max) have contributed to 71 per cent of Apples total sales for the month of January, as the tech giant grabbed six places in the global top 10 best-selling smartphones list. The Apple iPhone 12 led the list followed […]

San Francisco, April 11 (IANS) Facebook spent more than $23 million (about Rs 171 crore) to provide security for its CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2020. The company’s annual reviews of company security “identified specific threats to Zuckerberg,” according to a proxy statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports The Verge. “He […]

San Francisco/Sydney, April 11 (IANS) As Apple and Fortnite developer Epic Games continue to battle in the US, an Australian judge has ruled that Epics lawsuit against Apple in Australia will be temporarily suspended. According to Gizmodo Australia, Apple had asked for a permanent stay of the case in Australia, arguing that the US and […]

Seoul, April 11 (IANS) Two Korean battery makers — LG Energy Solution Ltd and SK Innovation — have reached a settlement in a trade secrets dispute in the US, company officials said on Sunday, hours before a deadline for an import ban on SK. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) in February sided with LG […]

San Francisco, April 10 (IANS) After making its debut in the US last year, Apple Music TV is now available in the UK and Canada. Apple users can watch Apple Music TV for free through the TV app or the Music app. To find it in the TV app, one needs to scroll down on […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Switzerland-based tech firm Logitech has announced that it is discontinuing its line of Harmony universal remotes. However, models that are currently in stock at retailers will be available while supplies last, and the company says it will continue to provide support and service for the Harmony remote “as long as […]

Seoul, April 10 (IANS) Consumer electronics giant Samsung is reportedly in talks with LG for a huge order of OLED TV panels, media reported. GSMArena, citing more than one Korean news outlet, reported that Samsung may be close to closing a deal where LG will supply Samsung with millions of these TV panels, further evidencing […]

London, April 10 (IANS) Facebook has removed 16,000 groups in the UK that were dealing in fake and misleading reviews on its platform. The social network has also made further changes to its systems for identifying, removing and preventing such content on its social media platforms to ensure it is fulfilling its previous commitments, according […]

Seoul, April 10 (IANS) Chinese companies are forecast to occupy the top three positions in the global TV panel market this year, with BOE leading with 65.2 million units, followed by CSOT with 42.2 million units and HKC with 41.9 million units. Their combined market share is expected to top 50 per cent of the […]

San Francisco, April 10 (IANS) The ad delivery system of Facebook is biased towards women, showing them different job listings than it shows to men, a new study has revealed. Researchers at University of Southern California found that Facebook’s ad delivery system discriminates against women, reports The Verge. The team of researchers bought ads on […]

San Francisco, April 10 (IANS) Tech giant Google said it has blocked several terms associated with hate speech from being used as ad keywords on YouTube videos. According to The Verge, the move follows a report by The Markup, which found that advertisers could search for terms like “white lives matter” and “white power” when […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Known for professional-grade mobile photography in India for years before the new entrants kicked-off a new camera megapixel war, Vivo flagship smartphones have left an indelible mark in the space of photography across genres. The smartphone brand, the third largest in India after Xiaomi and Samsung with 18 per cent […]

Gurugram, April 10 (IANS) As remote education gets extended in the second Covid wave, Samsung on Saturday announced the ‘Back to School’ campaign in India that will help students and educators experience innovative and education-friendly Galaxy tablets at an affordable price. The company said that offers are now available on Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, Galaxy […]

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has slammed the new ad tracking method by Google, saying it is bad for privacy and puts the users in a group based on their browsing history, and any website can get that group ID to target and fingerprint them. Google has announced FLoC (Federated Learning […]

San Francisco, April 10 (IANS) More than 500 employees have sent an open letter to Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, demanding that the company stop protecting the harassers and provide workers an environment free from their abusers. The letter came after former Google engineer Emi Nietfeld wrote an opinion piece in The New York […]

Beijing, April 10 (IANS) Taking its war against Jack Ma-founded empire to a serious level, Chinese regulators on Saturday slapped a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding. The fine was imposed on Alibaba for violating anti-monopoly rules as the country seeks to rein in the power of […]

Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Mumbai is among the world cities that have made significant progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new global study. Mumbai was categorised “Sprinter” on the SDG progress along with cities like Singapore, Osaka and Tokyo. The new “Smart City Solutions for a Riskier World” study […]

Beijing, April 9 (IANS) Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and OPPO are working on their own custom 5G chips and these could be ready by the end of 2021. Unisoc, a Shanghai-based chipset company, is also working on SoC with support for next-gen connectivity, a GSMAarena report said, citing sources in Taiwan. This isn’t the first […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) Cybercriminals briefly floated fake ‘Clubhouse for PC’ app ads on Facebook in a bid to plant malware on devices of unsuspecting users before taking the ads out, TechCrunch reported. It is clear that the cybercriminals wanted to take advantage of the popularity of Clubhouse, a voice-based chat app which is […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) Security researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in video conferencing platform Zoom which can be used by cybercriminals to launch remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vulnerability was discovered as part of a contest, Pwn2Own, organised by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a programme designed to reward […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) Security researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in video conferencing platform Zoom which can be used by cybercriminals to launch remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vulnerability was discovered as part of a contest, Pwn2Own, organised by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a programme designed to reward […]

Seoul, April 9 (IANS) Samsung has launched a new platform that lets iPhone users experience a Galaxy device from a web browser. When users visit the “iTest” website, they’ll be prompted to add a web application to iPhone’s home screen. Once the experience is launched, it provides an interactive simulation of an Android device, reports […]

Seoul, April 9 (IANS) Samsung has launched a new platform that lets iPhone users experience a Galaxy device from a web browser. When users visit the “iTest” website, they’ll be prompted to add a web application to iPhone’s home screen. Once the experience is launched, it provides an interactive simulation of an Android device, reports […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) Apple is reportedly testing a new tag feature on the App Store to narrow down search results in popular app categories, making it easier for the users to find specific types of apps. Recently, some users had noticed that searching for popular terms like “photos” or “adventure games” brings up […]

Chennai, April 9 (IANS) The fourth 1,000 MW atomic power plant coming up in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli districtattained a milestone with the installation of core catcher or core melt localisation device, said Russian company Rosatom. Russia’s integrated nuclear power player Rosatom on Friday said the core melt localisation device, or core catcher, has been installed […]

Chennai, April 9 (IANS) The fourth 1,000 MW atomic power plant coming up in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli districtattained a milestone with the installation of core catcher or core melt localisation device, said Russian company Rosatom. Russia’s integrated nuclear power player Rosatom on Friday said the core melt localisation device, or core catcher, has been installed […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) After Huawei, ZTE and a host of Chinese companies, the US Commerce Department has now added seven supercomputing firms to its Entity List for allegedly supporting China’s military efforts. The move is aimed at restricting the development of Chinese technology towards building weapons of mass destruction. The new entities include […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) After Huawei, ZTE and a host of Chinese companies, the US Commerce Department has now added seven supercomputing firms to its Entity List for allegedly supporting China’s military efforts. The move is aimed at restricting the development of Chinese technology towards building weapons of mass destruction. The new entities include […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Samsung on Friday launched its all-new Smart Monitor for the India market at a starting price of Rs 28,000. The Smart Monitor is available in two models — the M7 that supports Ultra-High Definition (UHD) resolution in 32-inch screen size and the M5 that supports full HD (FHD) resolution in […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) TECNO, the global premium smartphone brand on Friday launched a new smartphone — SPARK 7 — that features a big display, massive battery, big screen and AI-based dual camera setup. The SPARK 7 comes in two storage variants at a special launch introductory price of Rs 6,999 for 2GB+32GB variant […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) TECNO, the global premium smartphone brand on Friday launched a new smartphone — SPARK 7 — that features a big display, massive battery, big screen and AI-based dual camera setup. The SPARK 7 comes in two storage variants at a special launch introductory price of Rs 6,999 for 2GB+32GB variant […]

New York, April 9 (IANS) A team of researchers has found that even slight increase in ambient carbon monoxide levels from automobiles and other sources are associated with increased mortality. The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, also found that even a short-term exposure to ambient carbon monoxide (CO) — at levels below the […]

San Francisco, April 9 (IANS) Apple has delayed the production of some MacBook and iPad models due to the global chip shortage. According to Nikkei Asia, chip shortages have caused delays in a key step in MacBook production — the mounting of components on printed circuit boards before final assembly. The report, citing industry sources […]

Seoul, April 9 (IANS) Hyundai Motor said on Friday it will temporarily suspend another domestic plant next week due to an electronic parts shortage. Hyundai will halt the operation of the Asan plant, 100 kilometers south of Seoul, which produces the Grandeur and Sonata sedans, from Monday to Tuesday, a company spokesman said over the […]

Seoul, April 9 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Friday unveiled its upgraded smart tracking tag leveraging advanced wireless communication technologies that can locate people’s lost items with better accuracy. The Galaxy SmartTag+ uses both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra-wideband (UWB) solutions, according to Samsung. The latest product will be available beginning next Friday though its […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) A formidable player in the premium market in India, smartphone brand OnePlus has now listened to the gaming community in India — with 9R 5G that is offering smooth scrolling, immersive gaming controls with solid internals and better viewing experience. The mobile gamers — both entry-level and hardcore ones — […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Amid remote work and learning as billions stay home during the pandemic, consumers are spending 4.2 hours a day on apps globally on average, up 30 per cent compared to two years prior. The biggest surge has been spotted in India as consumers spent 80 per cent more time in […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Facebook and Instagram went down for millions of users for couple of hours in various parts of the world early Friday morning. The outage was the second one in less than a month for the social networking giant. People took to online outage detector platform DownDetector as they were welcomed […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) While people are yet to digest the huge Facebook data leak of 533 million users (including 6.1 million Indians), Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn is now facing a massive data leak of 500 million users that is allegedly being sold online. An archive with data purportedly scraped from 500 million […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) In what could help paralysed people to use their mind to operate a smartphone in the near future, Elon Musk-run brain-machine interface company Neuralink on Friday posted a YouTube video where a monkey can be seen playing a video game by navigating an on-screen cursor using his mind. Pager, a […]

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) HMD Global, the maker of Nokia phones and accessories, has launched six new smartphones — Nokia X20, Nokia X10, Nokia G20, Nokia G10, Nokia C20 and Nokia C10 — in three distinct series with innovative features. At top of the new portfolio are the Nokia X20 and Nokia X10, powered […]

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Adding another unicorn to the Indian growth story, enterprise messaging platform GupShup on Thursday said it has raised $100 million from Tiger Global at a valuation of $1.4 billion. San Francisco-based Gupshup, which has main operations in India, the US and the UK, joins Indian startups like ShareChat (and Moj), […]

Moscow, April 8 (IANS) Zoom’s decision to stop access to its service for Russian state agencies should lead to the development of domestic alternatives to this popular video communication app, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “We need to switch to alternatives, they do exist,” Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, according to a report by […]

New York, April 8 (IANS) Even after a year of Covid-19 pandemic and remote working, are you still struggling to strike an efficient balance between your home office and life? Run a white-noise machine to mask household clatter, make your noisy neighbours aware of your work schedule, and resist the temptation to check work-related technology […]

Bengaluru, April 8 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Thursday unveiled the latest addition to its flagship OnePlus 9 series — 9R 5G — that is specially designed for gaming enthusiasts. The OnePlus 9R 5G comes in two storage variants — 8GB+128GB and 12GB+256GB — at Rs 39,999 and Rs 43,999, respectively. The smartphone will […]

Bengaluru, April 8 (IANS) Providing a glimpse of its growth in the India market, Amazon on Thursday said that it has digitised 25 lakh MSMEs, enabled cumulative exports worth $3 billion, and helped create nearly 10 lakh direct and indirect jobs in India since 2013. Since January 2020 alone, nearly 2.5 lakh new sellers have […]

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) As small businesses around the world still struggle to cope with the ongoing pandemic amid vaccine roll-out, small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India have reported higher rates of closure, with SMB leaders being least confident in their ability to continue for at least six months, a new Facebook global […]

San Francisco, April 8 (IANS) With nearly 30 per cent of the population in the US now receiving at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, ride-hailing major Uber has now announced a $250 million stimulus to bring more drivers back on the road. “After a year of shutdowns and staying in, Americans are getting […]

Beijing, April 8 (IANS) Several OnePlus 9 Pro users are complaining about issues of overheating. However, the company said that it is a known issue and a fix will be coming via software updates “over the next few weeks”. According to The Verge, the users reported the problem saying that the warning appears even with […]

Washington, April 8 (IANS) NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has completed its last flyover of Bennu and is now slowly drifting away from the asteroid, the US space agency has said. The flyover was completed at around 6 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, but the mission team will have to wait a few more days to find out […]

San Francisco, April 8 (IANS) As invite-only audio chat app Clubhouse becomes the hot property in the Silicon Valley, Facebook has launched another experiment called Hotline that is a mashup of Instagram Live and Clubhouse. The feature under test allows creators to speak to an audience who can then ask questions through either text or […]

San Francisco, April 8 (IANS) With an aim to make work-from-home lifestyle more convenient amid the pandemic, Facebook has added Zoom and GoToMeeting support to its Portal TV product. Zoom and GoToMeeting, as well as BlueJeans and Webex, are already available on Facebook’s more portable Portal devices, including the standard Portal, the Portal Mini, and […]

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Mohalla Tech, the parent company of leading short video app Moj and vernacular social media platform ShareChat, on Thursday said it has raised $502 million (about Rs 3,726 crore) in its Series E funding round, taking the valuation to a little over $2.1 billion. The latest investment round was led […]

San Francisco, April 8 (IANS) To promote one of its new 11th-generation chips, Intel has accidentally used a MacBook instead of a Windows laptop. According to MacRumors, Apple still sells Intel-based Macs, the chip referenced in the ad is not used in any Mac, and in fact, it was launched around the same time Apple […]

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) As the second Covid wave begins to haunt us, a new report said on Thursday that apart from the IT-software industry, retail sector that was severely impacted by the pandemic has seen robust revival in hiring that saw an uptick of more than 15 per cent in March. Amid the […]

San Francisco, April 8 (IANS) Teenagers in the US are going gaga over iPhones as 90 per cent of respondents in a survey revealed that they want their next smartphone to be an iPhone. According to leading investment bank and institutional securities firm Piper Sandler’s survey on US teenagers, 88 per cent of respondents said […]

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Facebook is in no mood to notify those who were affected in a massive data breach involving 533 million users, including over 61 lakh Indians. The company, however, said that it has “made changes to the contact importer” to stop the scraping of the data which is old. “We have […]

San Francisco, April 8 (IANS) Micro-blogging platform Twitter reportedly tried to acquire the invite-only audio chat app Clubhouse for nearly $4 billion but the talks failed, the media reported. According to TechCrunch which “confirmed the discussions took place from a source familiar with the conversations,” the talks occurred over the past several months but they’re […]

Seoul, April 8 (IANS) LG Electronics said on Thursday that it will offer extended software upgrades for its smartphones as the company is set to depart from the mobile business. LG’s mobile operating system (OS) update guarantee will be extended by one year. LG’s premium smartphone users can now get OS updates for three years, […]

Seoul, April 8 (IANS) Samsung has introduced its new Galaxy A series smartphone portfolio in the US, hoping it can take over market share of its South Korean rival LG Electronics that recently announced its departure from the mobile business. Starting with the Galaxy A42 5G on Thursday, Samsung will release the Galaxy A52 5G, […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) China can disrupt systems by launching cyber attacks on India and a mechanism is being readied to combat any such move, Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), General Bipin Rawat, said at an event here on Wednesday. Speaking at the Vivekananda International Foundation on shaping the armed forces to meet the likely […]

San Francisco, April 7 (IANS) The storage available on mobile phones sold last year has increased as the average smartphone NAND flash capacity crossed the 100GB mark for the first time in 2020, says a report. According to market research firm Counterpoint, the advancements in cameras, Application Processors (APs) and displays have stimulated increased storage […]

San Francisco, April 7 (IANS) Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has endorsed US President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan and even a hike in corporate tax rate. Biden last week unveiled an ambitious $2 trillion plan to overhaul the nation’s infrastructure and create jobs. It is to be financed through an increase in corporate taxes […]

Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) IT spending in India is projected to total $93 billion in 2021, an increase of 7.3 per cent from 2020, according to a forecast by Gartner on Wednesday. The growth in India will be lower than the global average, as worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.1 trillion in 2021, […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Ever thought of washing your clothes just before leaving office so that you can pull them out for drying as soon as you reach home? This is now possible with Samsung’s new range of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled and connected washing machine with Hindi and English user interface. Samsung said that […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday rolled out a new sticker pack — Vaccines for All — in association with the World Health Organization (WHO). The company said that these stickers offer people a fun and creative way to connect and privately express the joy and relief about the possibilities the Covid-19 […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Cybersecurity researchers said on Wednesday that they have discovered a fake service app on Google Play Store that offers users view Netflix on their smartphones for free, while monitoring their WhatsApp notifications and sending automatic replies to incoming messages. Named ‘FlixOnline’, the hackers distributed the malware via malicious auto-replies to […]

By Vivek Singh ChauhanNew Delhi, April 7 (IANS) As smartphone maker OPPO rides high on success, its F-series has gained major attraction and the company has sold 1 crore units of F-series smartphones in six years, a top company official said on Wednesday. According to Damyant Singh Khanoria, Chief Marketing Officer, OPPO India, the company’s […]

San Francisco, April 7 (IANS) Google’s abrupt firing of prominent Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics researcher Timnit Gebru late last year and reports of the company sacking more employees later has now led an Alphabet shareholder to push for adoption of policies for better whistleblower protections. Trillium Asset Management has filed a shareholder resolution asking the […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Chinese smartphone brand Vivo on Wednesday announced that it has onboarded Virat Kohli as the company’s brand ambassador. Kohli will be seen spreading awareness and promoting the launch of Vivo’s upcoming products series in the pipeline. The association will include all ‘Above the Line’ (ATL) and ‘Below the Line’ (BTL) […]

San Francisco, April 7 (IANS) Google may have accidentally revealed an image of its upcoming “Pixel Buds A” in a dark green colour variant. In an email sent out to those on the Google Nest mailing list, Google has included a small image of the Pixel Buds A, 9To5Google reported on Tuesday. The email, which […]

San Francisco, April 7 (IANS) Apple’s subscription news and magazine service Apple News Plus could reach 19 million paid subscribers by 2023, according to an analyst. Investment bank Cowen analyst Krish Sankar believes Apple News Plus had about 11 million paid subscribers in 2020, generating revenue of about $550 million. Going forward, Sankar believes that […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Google has introduced a new app review process for both developers and advertisers to help them resolve issues upfront and lessen the likelihood of future policy violations. Google said the new process will help enhance the mobile app inventory quality for developers who choose to monetize with either AdMob or […]

Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Swedish music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday announced a slate of new podcasts from India, including four new Spotify Originals and one exclusive podcast partnership. The Originals include Tamil talk show “The RJ Balaji Podcast”, Hindi comedy podcast “Andar Ki Baat by Amit Tandon”, psychological horror show “Darr Ka Raaz with […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Leading Italian tech accessories company Celly on Wednesday announced to enter the India market with Beetel as its distributor. Founded in Italy in 1998, Celly is now an Esprinet Group’s brand, with over 4 billion euros in turnover and more than 1,500 employees. The brand aims to launch over 20 […]

San Francisco, April 7 (IANS) After sinking an entire data centre to the bottom of the Scottish sea, Microsoft has now started to submerge its servers in liquid to improve performance and save energy. According to a report in The Verge, a rack of servers is being used for production loads “in what looks like […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) WhatsApp on Wednesday announced two new features to make it easier for people to know whats available and for entrepreneurs to quickly sell their products on WhatsApp for Business. The company said that it is now providing businesses the ability to create and manage their catalog from WhatsApp web/desktop rather […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Led by Bitcoin, the global cryptocurrency market has zoomed past $2 trillion in market capitalisation amid a surge in institutional demand. Bitcoin alone has contributed more than $1 trillion after its price more than doubled in 2021 and is currently hovering around $57,000 per digital coin. The other key cryptocurrencies […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Taking a cue from its rival WhatsApp, the fast-growing encrypted messaging app Signal has announced to let users send money in cryptocurrency to friends and relatives, as it tests a new peer-to-peer payments system in the beta version of its app. Called Signal Payments, the new feature that is available […]

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Google-owned YouTube, which has removed over 83 million videos and seven billion comments for violating its community guidelines since 2018, has announced to build greater transparency and accountability with making its Violative View Rate (VVR) metric public. The company said that it will release VVR as part of its Community […]

Seoul, April 7 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Wednesday expected a market forecast-beating earnings for the first quarter of 2021, estimating its operating profit at $8.3 billion for the first three months of the year, up 44.2 per cent from a year ago. The forecast came as its mobile business fared well, offsetting a relatively tepid […]

San Francisco, April 6 (IANS) One of the longest running web Q&A platforms Yahoo Answers, which has been operating since 2005, will shut down permanently on May 4. Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon Media Group, announced the change at the top of the Yahoo Answers homepage. The message links to a FAQ, which […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Ola Electric on Tuesday said it has appointed auto veteran Yongsung Kim as Head of Global Sales and Distribution, overseeing India and international markets. A veteran with Hyundai Motor and Kia, Kim brings to the new role 35 years of global automotive sales experience from around the world, including North […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Storage solutions major Western Digital on Tuesday announced its first flash drive with dual Lightning and USB Type-C connectors for moving content seamlessly between an iPhone and USB Type-C devices including Android phones. The new SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive Luxe is backed by a 2-year limited warranty and is in […]

San Francisco, April 6 (IANS) The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) in the US has found that Amazon retaliated against two of its employees when the company fired them last year, The New York Times reported. The two activist employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, organised the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice group last year […]

San Francisco, April 6 (IANS) Apple’s upcoming iPhone 13 Pro may come with a smaller notch and repositioned earpiece and front camera, but with minimal changes otherwise. According to MacRumors, images shared by Japanese site Mac Otakara claim to show a 3D-printed mockup of the upcoming 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro with these modifications. Apple plans […]

Hyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Hyderabad have unveiled a working prototype of a flexible drone that changes its shape to fit the size of package to be lifted. Suraj Bonagiri, a researcher from the Robotics Research Centre in his research on the mechanism behind a reconfigurable […]

Bengaluru, April 6 (IANS) Early-learning toy company PlayShifu, which helps children develop foundational skills through physical and digital play, on Tuesday said it raised $17 million (nearly Rs 125 crore) in a Series B round. Inventus Capital India led the round, with Inflexor Ventures joining as a new investor, PlayShifu said. Chiratae Ventures and Bharat […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Tuesday launched a new smartphone under its F series, F19, for the India market that will be available from April 9. Priced at Rs 18,990 for the sole 6GB+128GB storage variant, OPPO F19 will be available in two colour variants, Prism Black and Midnight Blue, […]

Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) As the hiring scenario improves in India after the pandemic-hit 2020, many employers are still not keen to hire for jobs requiring customer interfacing across the country, a new report said on Tuesday. The data from job site Indeed showed that the employers’ demand for roles like field engineer, sales lead […]

San Francisco, April 6 (IANS) As Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg’s phone number also emerged among the leaked data of 533 million Facebook users, a security expert has revealed that the Facebook CEO uses Signal. According to media reports, the leaked data includes Zukerberg’s phone number, Facebook user ID, personal details like location, marriage details and […]

San Francisco, April 6 (IANS) Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly testing the ability to easily migrate chat history between an iPhone and an Android device. According to a 9To5Google report, this feature is part of a strategic change in the WhatsApp app. The company had been exploring the possibility of using WhatsApp on multiple devices at […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Global consumer robot company iRobot Corp on Tuesday expanded its Roomba robot vacuum lineup with the launch of the two new products i3 and i3+ in India. The higher version offers automatic dirt disposal. As part of the limited-period offer, Roomba i3 will be available at Rs 39,900 and Roomba […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) While the commercial roll out of 5G is still some years away in India, smartphone sales are expected to grow exponentially in 2021 and this will be the first year when consumers will buy 5G smartphones by choice and maximise their returns on investments by future-proofing the expenditure, a new […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Invite-only audio meet app Clubhouse has announced to let creators earn money via its first monetisation tool called Payments. All users will be able to send payments, and “we’ll be rolling out the ability to receive payments in waves, starting with a small test group today,” Clubhouse said in a […]

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that he never spoke to Tesla CEO Elon Musk about buying his failed electric car business couple of years back. Musk in December last year tweeted that he offered Cook to sell his electric car company at one-tenth of its value during the struggling […]

Seoul, April 6 (IANS) LG Electronics said on Tuesday that it plans to develop cross-platform artificial intelligence (AI)-powered services with KT Corp, South Korea’s major telecom operator, to expand use of its human-like algorithm. A day after announcing to wind up its mobile business, LG sais it plans to commercialise services that support AI platforms […]

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Online food delivery platform Swiggy is close to raising $800 million (about Rs 5,862 crore) in funding, with Falcon Edge Capital, Amansa Capital, Think Investments, Carmignac and Goldman Sachs joining as new investors, that will take its valuation to nearly $5 billion. According to an internal memo sent by company […]

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Artificial Intelligence-assisted next-gen technologies would be employed for threat monitoring in the Indian Air Force’s captive networks, including the current network upgrades, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria said on Monday. “If we intend to utilise AI heavily in combat aviation, we may need to redefine or even abandon […]

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Almost a quarter of online users always give apps and services permission to access their microphone or webcam, according to a global study of 15,000 people. However, overall awareness of webcam security is promisingly high, with nearly six-in-ten worried that someone could be watching them through their webcam without them […]

Bengaluru, April 5 (IANS) E-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Monday announced the launch of Nokia Bluetooth neckband and True Wireless Earphones, further expanding the growing range of audio and wireless products on its platform. While the neckband will be priced at Rs 1,999, the wireless earphones will be priced at Rs 3,999, Flipkart said, adding that […]

By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The success of Vijay Shekhar Sharma-run digital payments leader Paytm in India has reached the US, and a team from Harvard Business School, led by a US Army veteran, is currently working on a similar app for a wider launch later this spring. Called FlashCash, the QR code-based […]

London, April 5 (IANS) One in three adults in the UK intend to use social media and personal messaging to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, while almost one in 10 intend to discourage people from getting vaccinated using the same platforms, finds a new research. The study, by Loughborough University researchers, is based […]

San Francisco, April 5 (IANS) Software major Adobe has now started testing Illustrator on Apple’s latest chip architecture, a move that has come less than a month after the release of Adobe Photoshop for Apple silicon. “We are excited to announce the first Beta release of Illustrator running natively on Apple Silicon hardware,” Avinash Singh […]

Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) More than one in two organisations in India suffered unexpected downtime last year because of data loss, a new report showed on Monday. This was despite nearly 70 per cent of Indian companies investing in 10 cyber security solutions simultaneously. However, investing in more solutions does not necessarily lead to better […]

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) LG Electronics that was once the world’s third-largest handset maker and saw its feature phone business peaked some 10 years back, was never a serious contender in the fastest-growing India market, industry watchers reiterated on Monday. LG that has shut down its mobile business, has been striving to make a […]