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Snap Introduces Ray Tracing Tech For Lens Studio
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has announced that "Ray Tracing" technology is now available in its Lens Studio to developers around the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2023
1 min read
Samsung To Borrow Over $15 Billion From Display Unit For Investment
Samsung Electronics plans to borrow more than $15 billion from its display-making subsidiary to secure operational costs, the company has said.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2023
2 min read
DigitalOcean Lays Off About 200 Employees: Report
Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean is laying off about 11 percent of its workforce, or nearly 200 employees, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Back After Brief Outage On iOS
Twitter on Thursday said that it has fixed the "trouble" that many iOS users experienced earlier, and hoped things would be back to normal now.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Is Relaxing Its Policies To Allow Cannabis Ads
The microblogging site Twitter will allow cannabis ads on the platform starting today.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2023
1 min read
Musk Says He May Step Down As Twitter CEO By 2023 End
Elon Musk has said that he might step down as Twitter CEO by the end of this year, after stabilizing the company and making it more financially viable.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
2 min read
Bought For $30 Million, Internet’s Most Expensive Domain Gets Just 88k Monthly Visitors
Call it bizarre but the most expensive domain ever on the Web, which was bought for $30 million, receives only 88,800 visitors per month while the third costliest Internet domain name has no registered monthly traffic, a report showed on Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
3 min read
Over 1 Million People Sign Up For Bing With ChatGPT In 48 Hours: Microsoft
More than 1 million people signed up on the waitlist to try out the new Bing Search with ChatGPT functionality in just 48 hours, Microsoft has announced.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
2 min read
Discord Adds Twitch-Like Video, Screen Sharing To Stage Channels
Discord has announced that it is adding Twitch-like video and screen sharing, and text support to the Stage channels.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
2 min read
Hyundai, Kia Software To Prevent Vehicle Theft Targeted By Tiktok Challenge
Automaker Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia have developed anti-theft software for millions of their vehicles in the US in response to car theft incidents inspired by a viral social media challenge on TikTok, which will provide it free of charge to vehicle owners.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
2 min read
Google Rolling Out Privacy Sandbox Beta On Android 13 Devices
Google has announced that it is rolling out Privacy Sandbox Beta to a small percentage of Android 13 devices, allowing users and developers to experience and evaluate "new solutions" in the real world.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
1 min read
Ford Halts Production, Shipments Of Electric Truck Due To Battery Issue
Ford has stopped the production and shipments of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup owing to a battery issue.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
1 min read
FaceBook To Now Show How It Uses Machine Learning To Deliver Ads
Meta has announced that it is updating Facebook's "Why am I seeing this ad?" tool, to provide more transparency about how it uses machine learning models to deliver advertisements to users.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
1 min read
EU Formally Bans Gas And Diesel Car Sales From 2035
The European Parliament has approved the law to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars in the EU, starting in 2035.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
2 min read
Instagram To End Live Shopping Feature On March 16
Meta-owned American photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has announced that it will discontinue its live shopping feature, which allows users to tag products in their live broadcasts on March 16.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
1 min read
Twitter’s Priority Is To Fix Recommendation Algorithm: Musk
Elon Musk has said that the company's "current top priority" is to fix the recommendation algorithm.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2023
1 min read
Microsoft May Bring ChatGPT Bing AI To Android & iOS Soon
Microsoft has started rolling out the new ChatGPT-powered Bing on desktops to early testers worldwide, and it will also be available on Android and iOS in the coming weeks, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2023
1 min read
YouTube Rolls Out ‘Creator Music’ For Users To Monetise Licensed Music
YouTube has rolled out its new marketplace, Creator Music, a new and easy way for creators in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) in the US to access an ever-growing catalog of music for use in their videos while still being able to monetize.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2023
1 min read
Ford Says Will Eliminate 3,800 Jobs In Europe Over Next 3 Years
Ford on Tuesday announced it will eliminate 3,800 jobs over the next three years in Europe to restructure its business, creating a leaner, more competitive cost structure.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2023
2 min read
Cloud Communications Firm Twilio Cuts 17% Of Its Workforce
Twilio has announced to lay off about 17 percent of its global workforce amid cost-cutting measures.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2023
1 min read





