Uber Brings Back Carpooling Service Under New Name
Ride-hailing company Uber, which suspended its shared rides service -- Uber Pool -- amid the pandemic has now relaunched the feature under a new name, UberX Share, in the US.
Adobe Likely To Make Photoshop Free To Everyone On The Web
Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web as it aims to open the service for everyone.
Microsoft Retires Facial Recognition Tool That Identifies Emotions
Microsoft has announced to restrict public access to several of its AI-powered facial analysis tools, including retiring facial analysis tools that purport to infer emotional states and identity gender, age, smile, facial hair, hair and makeup.
ExpressVPN Exits India In Light Of New Anti-Privacy Rules
In light of the new directives for VPNs being introduced in India, ExpressVPN announced it has removed its Indian-based VPN servers.
Twitter Joins Shopify To Bring Merchants’ Products To Its Platform
The microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday partnered Shopify and will soon launch a sales channel app for the US merchants in Shopify's app store.
Amazon Unveils Its 1st Fully Autonomous Mobile Robot
Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot called Proteus that autonomously moves through facilities using advanced safety, perception, and navigation technology developed by the company.
China Launches New Test Satellite
China on Wednesday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Samsung To Announce Mass Production Of 3nm Chip Next Week
Samsung Electronics is expected to announce mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors next week, sources said on Wednesday, beating its foundry rival TSMC in the advanced chipmaking process.
Cloudflare ‘Deeply Sorry’ Over Global Outage That Hit Users
Cloudflare has issued an apology over the outage that affected traffic in 19 of its data centres that have a significant proportion of its global traffic.
Top Court Gives Samsung Clean Chit In LG OLED Tech Theft
A seven-year-long court battle between Samsung and LG over the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology theft has finally come to an end.
Strong Earthquake Kills At Least 255 In Afghanistan
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck south-east Afghanistan killing at least 255 people.
Twitter Board Recommends $44 Billion Buyout By Elon Musk
As Elon Musk fixes a few 'unresolved matters' with Twitter, the company's board has recommended the $44 billion buyouts.
Amazon Names Herrington As CEO Of Worldwide Amazon Stores
Amazon has announced that Doug Herrington will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company's Worldwide Amazon Stores business, formerly known as "Consumer".
Meta Will Not Take Commission From Creators Until 2024
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the company will "hold off on any revenue sharing" until 2024, a one-year extension of his prior pledge to not charge a commission until 2023.
Ex-Employees Sue Musk-Run Tesla For Mass Layoffs
Electric car-maker Tesla has been sued by former employees who were sacked in the ongoing mass layoff at the company, accusing it of violating federal law in the US.
Barack, Michelle Obama Drop Spotify For Amazon’s Audible
Frustrated with Spotify's exclusive terms, former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama has left the Swedish music streaming platform and signed a multi-year, worldwide podcast deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible.
‘Twitter Notes’ To Let You Post Longer Tweets Soon
Twitter is finally working on a new feature that will allow users to post long-form content on the platform that currently allows posts with only 280 characters.
NASA Picks 3 Firms To Design Nuclear Power Plants For Moon
The US space agency NASA has picked three design concept proposals for a nuclear fission surface power system design that could be ready to launch by the end of the decade for a demonstration on the Moon.
Meta Agrees To Stop Algorithmic Discrimination In Housing Ads
Meta and the US government have agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the social network of engaging in discriminatory advertising for housing.
Network Change, Not Cyber Attack, Caused Outage: Cloudflare
The largest content delivery network (CDN) Cloudflare, which suffered an outage on Tuesday, said that the issue occurred because of a network change, not owing to a cyber attack.
