Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Digital intelligence company Similarweb has laid off around 6 percent of its workforce, or over 60 employees, in another round of job cuts.

Dating giant Tinder on Friday announced changes to its existing Community Guidelines in which it will be removing social handles from public bios.

Web services company Akamai Technologies is laying off nearly 3 percent of its global workforce, as it focuses on the highest growth areas and sustaining profitability.

The microblogging site Twitter on Thursday allowed users who subscribe to its Blue verification feature early access to its encrypted messaging service.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter.

Four men were sentenced for their participation in a website dedicated to child sexual exploitation.

The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope has observed a distant planet outside our solar system -- and unlike anything in it -- to reveal what is likely a highly reflective world with a steamy atmosphere.

Uber has announced a new feature, which will allow users to book flights directly in the app for customers in the UK.

Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer and assembler of iPhones, on Thursday, reported a huge 56 percent loss in net income (year-on-year) in the January-March period owing to sluggish consumer demand as few people are buying smartphones and other gadgets.

Google has released "MusicLM" -- a new experimental AI tool that can generate high-fidelity music in any genre given a text description.

Twitter has started to roll out its long-promised encrypted direct messaging (DM) feature, but it comes with a few significant limitations that may not appeal to privacy-conscious users.

Entertainment giant The Walt Disney Company's flagship streaming service Disney+ lost four million subscribers in its second quarter which ended April 1, as the company approached its third round of layoffs.

After initially rolling out Bard in the UK and the US, Google has now removed the waiting list and opened the AI chatbot to over 180 countries and territories, including India -- with more coming soon.

Google-owned YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.

Meta has announced that it is updating and expanding its Ads on Reels test (or monetisation programme) on Facebook, making it possible for more creators to earn money for their engaging reels.

Amazon has launched a new immersive shopping experience called "Amazon Anywhere", which will allow users to buy physical products in games and apps.

WhatsApp and Google have acknowledged a bug that seems to be allowing WhatsApp to access phones' microphones unnecessarily on some Android devices.

The Chinese law authorities have arrested a man for allegedly using the OpenAI chatbot for generating fake news and sharing it online.

Twitter is set to launch a new feature that allows users to make video and voice calls directly on the platform.

Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to study Fomalhaut -- the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light.