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Accenture acquires Bengaluru-based AI firm BRIDGEi2i

Bengaluru, Oct 12 : Global professional services company Accenture on Tuesday announced to acquire BRIDGEi2i, a Bengaluru-headquartered artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics firm with additional offices in the US and...

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Google purges several stalkerware ads promoting spying on spouses

New Delhi, Oct 12 : In a bid to minimise the spread of stalkerware (used by abusers to spy on the phones of their spouses), Google has once again purged...

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Facebook 'lied' to its Oversight Board repeatedly: WhistlebloweR

San Francisco, Oct 12 : Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has alleged that the social network ‘lied’ to its independent Oversight Board repeatedly.The board has now invited her to meet and...

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Apple releases iOS 15.0.2 update with bug and security fixes

San Francisco, Oct 12 : Apple has released iOS 15.0.2, the second update to the iOS 15 operating system that was released in September. According to Apple’s release notes, the...

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ISpA to make India an economic space hub: Director General

By Rachel V ThomasNew Delhi, Oct 11 : India has a scientific space legacy of 50 to 60 years and with the launch of new industry body, Indian Space Association...

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Indian scientists devise way to improve transport of fluid products

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Indian scientists have found a new method to improve the transportation of fluids such as chocolates, lotions, and sauces by tuning their viscosity and elasticity...

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Knee replacement surgeries fell 40% in India due to Covid: Experts

New Delhi, Oct 11 : There has been a 40 per cent decline in knee replacement surgeries in India due to Covid, said experts here on Monday, ahead of the...

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Samsung India offers up to 12 5G bands support on Galaxy smartphones

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Samsung on Monday said it has strengthened its 5G footprint in India with up to 12 bands support on Galaxy 5G smartphones in the festive...

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AstraZeneca's antibody cocktail can prevent, treat Covid-19

London, Oct 11 : AstraZeneca’s long-acting antibody combination is both able to prevent and treat Covid-19, according to the phase three results released on Monday. The drug, AZD7442, is a...

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Economics Nobel goes to US researchers for insights into labour market dynamics

London, Oct 11 : Three US academicians from prestigious universities were on Monday conferred the Nobel Prize for Economics for their contribution in adopting the techniques of clinical trials to...

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Researchers flag lack of gender diversity in science Nobels

London, Oct 11 : The lack of gender equality in science at the Nobel Prize 2021 has set off frustration and disappointment in the scientific community, particularly among women researchers,...

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Tesla begins rolling out 'full self-driving' software update: Musk

San FRancisco, Oct 11 : Elon Musk on Monday said Tesla has finally started rolling out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta 10.2 software. The software was slated for a roll...

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Huawei to launch FreeBuds 4i with long battery for Rs 8K-9K in India

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Huawei is set to bring an affordable true-wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds FreeBuds 4i in India this Diwali in the price range of Rs 8,000-Rs 9,000....

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Foldable steering wheel for future vehicles arriving soon

Seoul, Oct 11 : Hyundai Mobis, South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, said on Monday it has developed a foldable steering wheel for future vehicles. The affiliate of Hyundai Motor...

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AI-powered professional networking platform Lunchclub now in India

Bengaluru, Oct 11 : Lunchclub, a US-based networking platform that uses machine learning algorithms to connect professionals with common interests, values, goals and objectives, is now open for Indian users....

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PM Modi launches Indian Space Association

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Launching the Indian Space Association (ISpA) on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government ensured that space technology became the delivery tool for leakage-free...

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Instagram to roll out 2 tools to protect teens from harmful posts (Ld)

San Francisco, Oct 11 : Facebook-owned Instagram would soon roll out two new tools to safeguard teenagers from harmful content, after whistleblower Frances Haugen testified last week before the US...

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Google set to launch 'Pixel Pass' subscription inspired by Apple One

San Francisco, Oct 11 : Google is set to announce a new subscription bundle on the lines of Apple One, where a new Pixel device will offer extended warranty and...

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ASUS ROG Strix G15: Not just a gaming laptop

By Md Waquar HaiderNew Delhi, Oct 11 : As the PC and laptop gaming market gathers pace in India, Taiwanese player ASUS has brought 15.6-inch ROG Strix G15 and 17.3-inch...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover reveals history of water on Mars

Washington, Oct 11 : NASA’s Perseverance rover, currently exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, has shared new insights which reveal that the Red planet had sustained interactions with water, according to...

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Smart TV voice assistant transactions to hit $500 mn in 2023: Report

London, Oct 11 : Spending through voice assistant-enabled smart TVs will reach nearly $500 million in 2023, a sharp increase from the $126 million expected in 2021, according to a...

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Most Indians spent 522 hrs on online education in pandemic year: Survey

New Delhi, Oct 11 : In the pandemic year, most Indians spent over 522 hours on online education on average, and over 738 hours on infotainment on their smartphones, a...

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Unacademy’s Graphy acquires edtech startup Spayee for $25 mn

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Graphy, an Unacademy Group company, on Monday the acquisition of edtech software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Spayee for $25 million. Founded in 2014, Spayee allows content creators...

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ADIF seeks interim relief from CCI against Google play store policy

New Delhi, Oct 11 : The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), with more than 422 startups, on Monday said it has filed a petition before the Competition Commission of...

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New iPad mini your best buddy for work & learn from anywhere

New Delhi, Oct 11 : As learning and work from home become a new normal in India, students and working professionals have been busy scouting for devices that let them...

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WeWork helping big firms adopt flexible work in pandemic: India CEO

By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, Oct 11 : As India reopens and organisations of all sizes aim to address the new hybrid-work reality, WeWork is now tapping into the rise in...

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Now start personal chat from Microsoft Teams on Windows 11

New Delhi, Oct 11 : Microsoft on Monday announced that Windows 11 users can now start using Chat from Microsoft Teams on Windows.Chat from Microsoft Teams will be pinned to...

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Samsung joins top filmmakers to produce movies with Galaxy devices

Seoul, Oct 11 : Samsung Electronics said on Monday it has partnered with some high-profile filmmakers to produce movies with its Galaxy smartphones as the South Korean tech giant aims...

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Blue Origin postpones Star Trek-famed William Shatner's spaceflight

San Francisco, Oct 11 : Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin has announced to delay Tuesday’s flight to send William Shatner, the man a generation has grown up seeing playing...

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Tesla to begin production at German Gigafactory by 2021 end: Musk

San Francisco, Oct 11 : Elon Musk has announced that Tesla Gigafactory in Germany will start rolling out first vehicles by the end of 2021. Speaking at the “Giga-Fest” county...

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Instagram to roll out new tools to safeguard teenagers

San Francisco, Oct 11 : Facebook-owned Instagram would soon roll out new tools to safeguard teenagers from harmful content, after whistleblower Frances Haugen testified last week before the US Congress...

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KGMU develops app for orthopaedic issues in kids

Lucknow, Oct 11 : A team of experts from the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow has developed a mobile phone application that will answer all queries related to...

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Students should become job providers, not job seekers: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, Oct 10 : Union Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said students’ exchange programmes should be encouraged so that they can visit various...

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Apple stops signing iOS 15 following release of iOS 15.0.1

San Francisco, Oct : Tech giant Apple has ceased code signing for iOS 15, effectively blocking users from downgrading to the now out-of-date operating system. The stoppage comes after Apple...

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Redmi K50 Pro+ to feature a 120Hz AMOLED display, 108 MP camera

Beijing, Oct 10 : Redmi is likely to announce the K50 series of smartphones by February next year and now a new report has claimed that the handset will come...

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TSMC, Sony to partner on new $7bn chip plant in Japan: Report

Taipei, Oct 10 : Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and the Sony Group are reportedly considering joint construction of a semiconductor factory in western Japan amid a global chip...

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Xiaomi tops Central, Eastern Europe 5G smartphones in Q3: Report

London, Oct 10 : Global smartphone brand Xiaomi has captured an estimated 42 per cent of total 5G smartphone shipments in Central and Eastern Europe in the third quarter of...

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Xiaomi to launch 2022 Redmi Smart TV X on Oct 20

Beijing, Oct 10 : Xiaomi has officially announced that it will launch the new 2022 Redmi Smart TV X on October 20 in China. The announcement was made by the...

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OnePlus Buds Z2 to come with up to 40dB noise cancelling tech: Report

Beijing, Oct 10 : OnePlus has announced that it will launch the OnePlus 9RT as well as the OnePlus Buds Z2 in China on October 13 and now a new...

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iPhone SE 3 may come with 5G connectivity, upgraded chipset

San Francisco, Oct 10 : Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new iPhone SE model with upgraded connectivity and internals. According to Japan’s Macotakara site, the...

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Anti-nausea drug may help some cancer patients survive longer

New York, Oct 10 : Patients with breast, pancreatic and certain other types of cancer may survive longer if given an anti-nausea drug during surgery, finds a new study. The...

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Severe Covid infection in mothers linked to preterm births

London, Oct 10 : A team of researchers has discovered that the more severely a mother is infected with Covid-19, the more likely she is to experience preterm birth. The...

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Travel apps rebound, hit 143mn downloads

New Delhi, Oct 10 : Increasing vaccination and decreasing infection rates across several European countries have helped the Travel app category hit strong year-over-year growth rates in Q2 2021, with...

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realme C25Y is another decent budget smartphone

By Vivek Singh ChauhanNew Delhi, Oct 10 : In a bid to offer more options in the budget segment, global smartphone maker realme has come up with a new phone...

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Samsung W22 5G scheduled to launch on Oct 13

Beijing, Oct 10 : Samsung launched the ‘W21 5G’ smartphone last year and now the company is a set to launch its successor ‘Samsung W22 5G’ on October 13 in...

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Indian investors in the dark as cryptocurrency ads gather steam

By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, Oct 10 : “Kya aapke portfolio mein crypto hai?” If you have read such advertising lines recently — and now watching crypto ads as you surf...

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Kudankulam Nuclear reactor: DMK writes letter to Modi, seeks intervention

By Arun LakshmanChennai, Oct 10 : The Kudankulam Nuclear Power project located in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district is again in the news after former Union Minister and senior leader of...

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Boeing Starliner test flight delayed until 2022

Washington, Oct 10 : NASA has officially postponed the launch of its Orbital Flight-Test 2 until next year due to an unresolved valve issue. NASA said that the team behind...

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Modi to launch Indian Space Association on Oct 11

New Delhi, Oct 9 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Indian Space Association (ISpA) on October 11 through video conferencing wherein he will also interact with representatives of...

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realme GT Neo 2T to launch this month with MediaTek chipset

Beijing, Oct 9 : realme, which is set to release its GT Neo 2 smartphone both in India and Europe, now plans to release another device from the GT lineup...

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Google to give 10K free security keys to 'high risk' individuals

San Francisco, Oct 9 : Google will provide 10,000 “high-risk” users with free hardware security keys, after the tech giant warned more than 14,000 Gmail users that they may have...

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OnePlus 9RT to come with Snapdragon 888 SoC, 120Hz E4 display: Report

Beijing, Oct 9 : OnePlus recently announced that its next smartphone OnePlus 9 RT will be up for pre-orders in China starting October 13, with the first sale on October...

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Apple files appeal in Epic Games case

San Francisco, Oct 9 : Apple has filed for an appeal of the ruling in its major trial against Fortnite-maker Epic Games over control of the App Store. Earlier, while...

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Google's Pixel Fold, Watch and some Nest speakers may arrive on Oct 19

San Francisco, Oct 9 : US-based search engine giant Google recently announced that it will be launching Pixel 6 series smartphones on October 19 and now a new report has...

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Samsung 3nm chips expected to arrive in H1 2022

New Delhi, Oct 9 : Samsung has announced that it will start producing customers’ first 3nm-based chip designs in the first half of 2022, while its second generation of 3nm...

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Aryan drug case: Byju's temporarily halts ads featuring SRK

New Delhi, Oct 9 : IPO-bound edtech major Byju’s has temporarily halted advertisements featuring its brand ambassador and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, as his son Aryan Khan undergoes a...

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Black Shark 4S to launch on Oct 13

Beijing, Oct 9 : Black Shark, the gaming phone sub-division of the Xiaomi group, has revealed through its Weibo handle that the Black Shark 4S will be debuting at 3...

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This 3D-printed wireless wearable can better track personal health

New York, Oct 9 : A team of US engineers has developed a wireless wearable that may never need a charge, is custom-made to fit individuals and could mean massive...

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This smartphone app can help track ADHD symptoms in people

New York, Oct 9 : A smartphone-based app can help improve the accuracy of data in some clinical trials involving individuals with intellectual disability, report researchers. The most common genetic...

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FB says outage affecting Insta, Messenger fixed after 2nd attempt in a week

San Francisco, Oct 9 : Facebook has said the issues that blocked access to its apps and services for nearly two hours on Friday have been fixed. On Friday, some...

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E-com platforms log $2.7bn sales in first 4 days of festive sale

Bengaluru, Oct 9 : E-commerce platforms, including social commerce and grocery players, have clocked $2.7 billion (more than Rs 20,000 crore) in the first four days of the festive week...

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Apple TV+ app now available on 2016, 2017 LG smart TVs: Report

San Francisco, Oct 9 : Apple has been rolling out the Apple TV app to many different platforms, including smart TVs as well as third-party streaming devices, and now the...

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Samsung, SK hynix could face new global taxation rules

Seoul, Oct 9 : South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix may have to pay part of their corporate taxes to foreign countries where they earn profits under a...

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Windows 11 bugs slow down AMD processors

San Francisco, Oct 9 : Chipmaker AMD has published information about a pair of bugs that can reduce performance for Ryzen processors running Windows 11 by as much as 15...

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'Unfollow Everything' tool developer banned by Facebook: Report

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Facebook has reportedly banned a developer from its site who made a tool that lets people automatically unfollow friends and groups on the platform. Louis...

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Mental health talk up 153% in 2nd Covid wave on Twitter in India

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Twitter saw a 153 per cent (2.5x) increase in conversations about mental well-being during the second wave of Covid-19, the microblogging site said in a...

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TikTok is coming to LG's recent smart TVs

Seoul, Oct 8 : Short video platform TikTok has launched an app for LG’s 2020 and 2021 smart TVs, the TV manufacturer has announced. The app arrived on these recent...

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Tesla Cyberquad will be the safest ATV: Musk

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company’s Cyberquad will be the safest all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in the world. Musk commented on the Tesla Cyberquad...

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China's Chang'e-5 probe reveals volcanic activity

Beijing, Oct 8 : The first lunar sample in more than 40 years, brought by China’s Chang’e-5 probe also includes lava dated at two billion years old, giving an insight...

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CoinSwitch Kuber onboards Ranveer Singh as its brand ambassador

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Leading cryptocurrency platform ‘CoinSwitch Kuber’ on Friday announced the onboarding of Indian film actor Ranveer Singh as its first-ever brand ambassador. CoinSwitch Kuber and Ranveer...

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Gadkari again invites Musk to come and manufacture Tesla in India

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Union Minister for roads and highways, Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he has asked Elon Musk-run Tesla to come and manufacture electric cars in the...

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Samsung unveils open source-based software development kit for CXL memory

Seoul, Oct 8 : Samsung Electronics has unveiled an open source-based software development kit to expand the Compute Express Link (CXL) memory ecosystem. CXL is an open industry-standard interconnect based...

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Motorola Moto E40 with 90Hz LCD, 48MP main camera launched

Beijing, Oct 8 : The Lenovo-owned brand Motorola has launched a new smartphone ‘Moto E40’ for the global market.The device is expected to be unveiled in India on October 12....

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BenQ unveils new monitors, projector in India

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Taiwanese electronics company BenQ on Friday launched ten new products, including gaming monitors across various categories, to kick start the celebrations this festive season. The...

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Epic CEO calls out Apple for promoting its services in iPhone settings

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has called out the iPhone maker Apple for giving itself access to an advertising slot its competitors do not have...

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FB introduces new Page experience for users in India

New Delhi, Oct 8 : In a bid to make it simpler for public figures and creators to build a community and achieve their business objectives, Facebook on Friday rolled...

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Delhi hospital saves 2 patients who accidentally ingested sanitiser

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Two patients who accidentally ingested sanitiser mistaking it for water, rendering them unable to swallow food and water for months, were given a new lease...

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Genshin Impact emerges as top grossing mobile game for Sep 2021

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Genshin Impact from miHoYo was the top grossing mobile game worldwide for September 2021 with $341.7 million in player spending. Approximately 31.6 per cent of...

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Chingari raises $19 mn, picks Solana blockchain for its crypto token

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Short-video platform Chingari on Friday said it has raised over $19 million that will help it build its token called ‘$GARI’ with Solana, the fastest-growing...

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Facebook's new $10 mn fund for VR creators

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Facebook has announced a $10 million Creator Fund to encourage people to build experiences on its Horizon VR platform, which it is now calling Horizon...

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Smartphones worth $17 bn likely to be sold in India festive quarter

New Delhi, Oct 8 : With festive sales set to bring record revenues for the commerce platforms, smartphones worth $16.9 billion are expected to be sold during the October-December festive...

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Hybrid workforce facing over 100 mn email threats daily: Report

Bengaluru, Oct 8 : During the Covid-19 pandemic, malicious remote access attempts grew 2.4 times and the global hybrid workforce was targeted with more than 100 million email threats daily...

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realme expands India footprint, opens 100 exclusive retail stores

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Smartphone brand realme on Friday announced a new milestone with the launch of 100 new exclusive stores pan India. All of these stores will have...

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Android 12 will provide robust enterprise trust and security: GooglE

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Google has made Android 12 open-source earlier this week and now, the company has said it is focused on helping organisations achieve the right balance...

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FB launches new mental health resources, tools across apps

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Social networking giant Facebook has announced new mental health resources, tools and programming across its apps, ahead of the World Mental Health Day on October...

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Tesla moving headquarters from California to Texas

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that Tesla is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas, where it is building...

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YouTube announces new audio features

San Francisco, Oct 8 : Google owned YouTube is adding a few updates to captions and audio features which will be available in the coming months. “Creators can now enable...

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Microsoft acquires Ally.io to boost employee experience

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Microsoft has acquired productivity platform Ally.io to help improve employe experience by aligning their work to the companys strategic mission and core priorities. Ally.io, a...

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'FB has no mechanism to detect hate content in regional languages'

New Delhi, Oct 7 : After whistleblower Frances Haugen accused Facebook of not taking action on fear-mongering and hate content related to India because of “the lack of Hindi and...

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Google to train over 40 mn people on Cloud skills

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Google on Thursday announced to equip more than 40 million people with Google Cloud skills, as the pandemic accelerated digital transformation for organisations across multiple...

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How a toxic liver can affect your health

New Delhi, Oct 7 : The liver, which is the manufacturing hub of the human body, when overwhelmed with toxins affects the metabolic processes in the body and creates several...

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Indian-American astronaut part of SpaceX Crew-3 mission

Washington, Oct 7 : An Indian-American astronaut is part of NASA-SpaceX’s third mission to the International Space Station. “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn,...

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Bitcoin reclaims $1 trillion cap, Indian crypto players cheer

New Delhi, Oct 7 : As Bitcoin once again reclaimed the $1 trillion market cap, crossing $54,000 per digital coin, Indian crypto leaders on Thursday expressed hope that India and...

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Ola launches new vehicle commerce platform

Bengaluru, Oct 7 : Cab-hailing platform Ola on Thursday announced a new vehicle commerce platform — Ola Cars — that will provide a better vehicle purchase and ownership experience to...

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Netflix to edit scenes with real phone number in 'Squid Game'

Seoul, Oct 7 : Video streaming giant Netflix has announced it will edit several scenes in “Squid Game” showing a phone number, following the revelation that the number actually belongs...

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Ibuprofen, plastics, heavy metals polluting Cauvery river: IIT Madras

Chennai, Oct 7 : The waters of the Cauvery river are polluted with an extraordinarily high concentration of pharmaceutical contaminants like ibuprofen, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals and pesticides, increasing...

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Game streaming platform Twitch confirms massive data breach

San Francisco, Oct 7 : Amazon-owned Twitch that live-broadcasts gamers playing video games has confirmed that it has suffered a major data breach, and that a hacker accessed the company’s...

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UP govt teams up with Wheebox for online exam process

Lucknow, Oct 7 : With the increasing role of technology in examinations during the pandemic, the government of Uttar Pradesh has roped in Wheebox, a Global Online Assessment Solutions leader...

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itel opens its first exclusive offline store in Agra

Agra, Oct 7 : India’s most trusted smartphone brand itel has announced the launch of its first-ever exclusive and experiential retail store in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. To elevate the buying...

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After whistleblower's accusation, FB says detecting hate content in Hindi, Bengali (Ld)

New Delhi, Oct 7 : After whistleblower Frances Haugen accused Facebook of not taking action on fear-mongering and hate content related to India because of “the lack of Hindi and...

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Time spent on rival apps grew 23% during mega FB outage

San Francisco, Oct 7 : The outage that struck Facebook’s apps on October 4 led consumers to seek out alternatives for social media and messaging, precipitating a surge in time...

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Google Pixel 6 series pricing revealed ahead of launch

Berlin, Oct 7 : US based search engine giant Google recently announced that it will be launching Pixel 6 series smartphones on October 19 and now a German retailer Saturn...

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NASA's deep space atomic clock completes mission

Washington, Oct 7 : NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock, which has, since two years, pushed the timekeeping frontiers in space, has successfully ended its mission. The mission ended on September...

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Over 1 in 2 Indian professionals facing work stress: LinkedIn report

New Delhi, Oct 7 : More than one in two Indian professionals are currently feeling stressed at work as well-being measures have become a luxury for many in the last...

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LG Electronics' ADAS front camera to be used in Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Seoul, Oct 7 : LG Electronics has announced that its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) front camera co-developed with Daimler AG will be used in Mercedes-Benz C-Class vehicles. An ADAS...

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realme GT NEO 2 5G coming to India on Oct 13

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Smartphone brand realme on Thursday confirmed that it is all set to unveil its latest flagship smartphone — GT NEO 2 5G — in India...

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UAE to launch asteroid mission in 2028

Abu Dhabi, Oct 7 : The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to launch an asteriod mission, which will visit seven different asteroids in 2028. It will be the UAE’s...

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FB slows feature development for 'reputational reviews': Report

San Francisco, Oct 7 : Facebook is slowing down the release and development of some new products and features to make sure they won’t bring more scrutiny towards the company...

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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max now available in India for Rs 6,499

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Amazon on Thursday announced that its recently-launched Fire TV Stick 4K called the Fire TV Stick 4K Max is available for purchase on Amazon.in and...

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IPO-bound Netcore Cloud hires veteran Ramesh Srinivasan as CEO

Mumbai, Oct 7 : Marketing technology company Netcore Cloud on Thursday announced the appointment of veteran Ramesh Srinivasan as CEO for its India operations, as the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform prepares...

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Twitter testing prompts to warn users before potentially 'intense' conversation

San Francisco, Oct 7 : Micro-blogging site Twitter is testing new prompts on iOS and Android that warn before users jump into a conversation that could get heated. In one...

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New App Store rule streamlines app account deletion: Report

San Francisco, Oct 7 : Tech giant Apple has informed developers that it will soon begin to enforce a new App Store rule that requires titles with account creation tools...

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What types of people most likely to be tracked online via cookies

New Delhi, Oct 7 : We are exposed to third-party cookies on a daily basis whenever we surf the internet, and new research has revealed what types of people are...

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Apple Diwali offers live on India Store Online, get AirPods with iPhone 12

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Apple on Thursday announced that its Diwali offer is live on Apple’s official India website and the company is offering first-gen AirPods for free with...

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FB failed to flag India hate content as it lacked 'Hindi, Bengali' classifiers

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Facebook, battered by a whistleblower’s serious accusations in the US against its “toxic” and “divisive” algorithms, allegedly did not take action on fear-mongering and hate...

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Xbox partners with adidas for 20th anniversary sneakers

San Francisco, Oct 7 : Microsoft Xbox has announced a global partnership with adidas to unveil its first console-inspired sneaker in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Xbox. The collab...

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Samsung unveils programs for its online developer conference

Seoul, Oct 7 : Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled programs of its technology conference later this month as the South Korean tech giant prepares to introduce its latest solutions to...

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Apple adds 'Find My' support to AirPods Pro, AirPods Max

San Francisco, Oct 7 : Apple has rolled out ‘Find My’ support to its AirPods Pro and AirPods Max headphones with a new firmware update. With Find My support, one...

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'Frictions': Facebook whistleblower prescribes antidote to algorithmic manipulation

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 7 : After throwing the kitchen sink at her former employer, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen laid out an inside-out view on the simple “frictions” that...

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Telangana to dry run first smartphone based eVoting solution

Hyderabad, Oct 6 : Telangana has developed India’s first smartphone-based eVoting solution considering the Covid-19 pandemic that has rushed the world into all-digital operations. The initiative has been driven by...

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9 crew of Indian vessel stranded on high seas rescued

Chennai, Oct 6 : A distress alert transmitter (DAT), developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation in consultation with Indian Coast Guard, enabled the rescue of nine sailors of a...

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Brain dead man's organs save lives of three

Gurugram, Oct 6 : In a rare case, a 52-year-old who was declared brain dead gave a new lease of life to three people by donating kidneys and liver here...

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A pacemaker for brain may treat most severe depression

New York, Oct 6 : For the first time ever in the world, a woman suffering from a severe form of depression was treated using electric brain implantation, giving hope...

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Telegram gains 70 mn new users in one day after FB outage

New Delhi, Oct 6 : As Facebook experienced a nearly six-hour outage across its services this week, messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users. According to CEO Pavel...

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Tesla increases Model 3, Model Y prices: Report

San Francisco, Oct 6 : Electric vehicle maker Tesla has implemented a price increase across its entire Model 3 and Model Y lineup in an overnight update to its online...

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Smartphone makers report robust festive sales despite chip shortage

New Delhi, Oct 6 : Despite acute chip shortage, smartphone brands have managed to sell record handsets during the India festive week, making mobiles the strongest and most-loved category once...

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Researchers find genes that can finally explain baldness

New York, Oct 6 : US researchers have made a surprising discovery that could redefine ways to prevent baldness in humans. Until now it was believed that as humans age,...

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Visa launches India's 1st card 'token' service for online platforms

New Delhi, Oct 6 : Digital payments firm Visa on Wednesday launched Card-on-File (CoF) tokenization services in India in line with the recently issued guidelines by the Reserve Bank of...

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Chemistry Nobel awarded for developing new category of 'green' catalysts

Stockholm, Oct 6 : Scientists at a German and US institutes were on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for developing an ingenious tool that revolutionised construction of...

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Xiaomi India sells 20 lakh smartphones in 1st wave of festive sales

New Delhi, Oct 6 : Xiaomi India on Wednesday announced that it has sold over 20 lakh smartphones in 5 days of the festive sale across channels. In the premium...

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Multi-cloud is digital business model for next 20 years: VMware CEO

New Delhi, Oct 6 : As organisations of all sizes reinvent themselves in the new normal post-pandemic in India, multi-cloud will be the digital business model for the next 20...

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VMware, Intel to deliver security, maintenance for commercial PCs

San Francisco, Oct 6 : Enterprise software major VMware on Wednesday expanded its partnership with Intel to deliver security, maintenance, and intelligent analytics for commercial PCs. Integrating Intel vPro platform...

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China's Chang'e 4 lunar mission completes 1,000 days on Moon

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New Delhi, Oct 6 : Leading crypto platform CoinSwitch Kuber on Wednesday said it has raised over $260 million in its Series C funding round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase...

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London, Oct 6 : While dry cough, fever and shortness of breath are the classic symptoms of Covid-19 infections, some people also experienced redness and swelling of the hands and...

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San Francisco, Oct 6 : Google has announced that it is planning to auto-enroll 150 million users into the company’s “two-step verification” system by the end of this year. With...

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Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro to launch on Oct 19

San Francisco, Oct 6 : The US based search engine giant Google has announced that it will be holding a Pixel Fall event on October 19 to unveil new Pixel...

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San Francisco, Oct 6 : Cupertino based tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to launch two new iPad Pro models with low-power LTPO OLED displays for release in 2023 or...

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Snapchat launches portal to encourage users toward political campaigns

San Francisco, Oct 6 : Popular social media app Snapchat has announced a new “Run for Office” in-app tool to encourage young adults to run for local office in the...

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'Buck stops with Mark': Whistleblower blasts Facebook 'metrics' driven culture

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 6 : In more than three hours of riveting testimony, a former Facebook employee tore into the now embattled social networking giant, blaming its “metrics”...

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By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 6 : “Twitchy”, “toxic”, “divisive”.Facebook’s Instagram problem is imploding.Facebook bought out the photo sharing app for $1 billion in 2012 and on Tuesday, a whistleblower...

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New York, Oct 5 : Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a way of using carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors to help estimate the risk of catching...

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San Francisco, Oct 5 : Electric vehicle company Tesla has been ordered by a federal court to pay nearly $137 million as damages to a former employee who allegedly encountered...

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Moscow, Oct 5 : A Russian cosmonaut, actress, and film producer on Tuesday have reached the International Space Station to film segments for a movie. Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress...

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India's 1st heart explantation surgery conducted in Noida hospital

Noida, Oct 5 : In an extremely rare surgery, doctors at Fortis Hospital here have removed an artificial heart implanted on a 56-year-old patient from Iraq — the first in...

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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for discoveries in climate, complex physical systems

Stockholm, Oct 5 : Three scientists from US, Germany, and Italy were on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 for their contributions in discovering climate and complex physical...

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YouTube Studio allows creators to change currency

San Francisco, Oct 5 : Google-owned video streaming giant YouTube has added the ability for creators to change local currency option for ‘YouTube Studio’ on Android. YouTube Studio version 21.36.100...

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Seoul, Oct 5 : Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, dominated the global smartphone panel market in the first half of the year, though its...

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New Delhi, Oct 5 : The Artificial Intelligence (AI) market in India is set to reach $7.8 billion by 2025 — covering hardware, software and services markets — and growing...

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Japanese audio brand AIWA eyes billion-dollar business in India

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Consumer electronics brand AIWA is going to add new product verticals apart from just audio products in India, ranging from video products to lifestyle goods...

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Airtel conducts India's first rural 5G trial

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Telecom major Bharti Airtel, along with Ericsson, has conducted India’s first 5G network demonstration in a rural geography. The demonstration took place in Bhaipur Bramanan...

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Samsung to reportedly produce 20mn Galaxy S22 series smartphones

Seoul, Oct 5 : Samsung is planning to launch its next premium flagship, the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+ as well as the Galaxy S22 Ultra and now a new report...

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BYJU'S announces launch of new innovation hub

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Edtech company BYJU’S on Tuesday announced the launch of BYJU’S Lab — an innovation hub based out of the UK, the US and India. The...

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FB employees were unable to log on to work amid outage

San Francisco, Oct 5 : Facebook employees and contractors complained that they were unable to log on to their work accounts during the company’s worst service outage since 2008. The...

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Beijing, Oct 5 : MediaTek Dimensity 2000 series SoC will arrive with more improvements to power efficiency that would allow it to even beat the next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 processor,...

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Ola acquires geospatial provider GeoSpoc to build new mobility maps

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Cab-hailing platform Ola on Tuesday said it has acquired GeoSpoc, a leading provider of geospatial services in the country, for an undisclosed sum. Ola Founder...

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Global emerging devices market to hit $525 bn by 2025

New Delhi, Oct 5 : The total value of three emerging categories of products — augmented and virtual reality headsets, smart home devices, and wearables — is expected to reach...

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FB 'chooses profit over safety' of its users: Whistleblower

San Francisco, Oct 5 : A whistleblower, who leaked a selection of internal documents from Facebook, has claimed that “Facebook over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over...

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By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, Oct 5 : Facebook reported a 47 per cent (year-over-year) increase in ad revenue amounting to $28 billion in the second quarter (Q2) this year.The massive...

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Apple adds new feature to report App Store scams

San Francisco, Oct 5 : Apple has added a new-and-improved version of its “Report a Problem” button which will now let users directly report a scammy app from its listing...

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Windows 11 starts rolling out to PCs worldwide

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Microsoft on Tuesday announced that Windows 11 is now available through a free upgrade on eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs pre-installed with...

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Netflix launches 'Play Something' for Android users

San Francisco, Oct 5 : Netflix has launched a new feature “Play Something” for its Android users that will make it easier to find something to watch when a user...

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JNCASR scientist wins Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in chemical science

New Delhi, Oct 4 : Kanishka Biswas, an associate professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), has received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in chemical...

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Apple Watch Series 7 orders start on October 8

San Francisco, Oct 4 : Apple on Monday announced that orders for Apple Watch Series 7 will open on October 8 (Friday) and the first orders will be delivered from...

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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer major global outage (Ld)

New Delhi, Oct 4 : Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger went down for millions of users, including in India, on Monday evening, as they were unable to send or receive...

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Make in India drone used to transport Covid vaccines in Manipur

New Delhi, Oct 4 : For the first time, a ‘Make in India’ drone has been used to transport Covid vaccines over an aerial distance of 15 km, from the...

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SpaceX crew shares Earth image shot on iPhone

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New Delhi, Oct 4 : Homegrown crypto exchange Unocoin on Monday launched deposits via UPI wallets in the Indian currency for a faster top-up to buy and sell Bitcoins and...

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2021 Nobel for Medicine awarded for discovery of temperature, touch receptors

Stockholm, Oct 4 : The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 has been jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and...

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Apple iPhone 14 rumoured to offer 2 TB storage

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NASA completes rocket engine test series for lunar mission

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WeWork India bolsters leadership team as country reopens

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Hubble spots spiral galaxy with celestial eye

Washington, Oct 4 : The Hubble Space Telescope, an international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), has detected a spiral galaxy around 130 million light-years from Earth that...

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Samsung Galaxy A50 gets October 2021 Android security patch

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ASUS recruiting Android 12 beta testers for Zenfone 8

Taipei, Oct 4 : Taiwanese tech giant ASUS has started recruiting testers for the Zenfone 8’s Android 12 beta update, which will come with ASUS’ ZenUI 8 custom Android skin....

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By Vivek Singh ChauhanNew Delhi, Oct 4 : As more and more Indians strive to buy premium smartphones to scale their daily experiences, global smartphone brand Vivo has unveiled its...

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