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Software Company Autodesk Lays Off 250 Employees
Software company Autodesk is laying off 250 employees, less than 2 percent of its global workforce, amid the global economic meltdown.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
1 min read
Twitter To Charge $1,000 Per Month From Businesses For Their Gold Badges
Twitter has told businesses to pay $1,000 per month for retaining gold badges and brands and organizations which do not pay the money will lose their checkmarks.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
2 min read
Meta Wins Court Battle To Acquire VR Company Within
In a relief for Meta, a US court has allowed the company to go ahead with its acquisition of a VR company called Within, despite an ongoing antitrust case against the tech giant by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
1 min read
Chinese Internet Firms Log 1st Revenue Decline Amid Regulatory Crackdown
Chinese Internet firms, including Tencent and Alibaba, faced their first revenue decline last year amid a regulatory crackdown and global economic slowdown.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Sued By Advisory Firm For Not Paying $1.9 Million As Musk Deal Fees
An advisory firm Innisfree M&A Incorporated has sued Twitter for failing to pay it $1.9 million for services the firm rendered for the $44 billion deal by Elon Musk.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
1 min read
Telegram Adds Real-Time Message Translation In Its New Update
Telegram Messenger has added major features in its latest update to its application, including Translating Entire Chats, Profile Picture Maker, Emoji Categories, etc.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
2 min read
EU Sends Formal Warning To Microsoft Over $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal
Microsoft has formally received an antitrust warning from the European Union over its $68.7 billion bid to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
2 min read
Musk Removing All Legacy Verified Accounts, Says Those Are ‘Deeply Corrupted’
Elon Musk has said that all legacy verified accounts will soon lose their Blue badges as those are 'deeply corrupted'.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
Microsoft’s New Bing Powered By ChatGPT-4 AI May Encourage Natural Language
Microsoft's new Bing-powered by ChatGPT-4 AI will reportedly encourage natural language instead of keyword-driven search terms.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
Google Chrome May Soon Let Users Erase 15 Minutes Of History On Android
Google is reportedly working on a new feature for Chrome that will allow users to erase the last 15 minutes of browsing data, on Android.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
LG Brings Apple Services To webOS-Equipped Smart TVs
LG has added Apple services to smart TVs equipped with its custom software ecosystem 'webOS'.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
YouTube Music Contract Employees On Strike Over Unfair Labour Practices
Dozens of third-party employees at YouTube Music, hired by Alphabet sub-contractor tech company Cognizant, have gone on strike over alleged unfair labor practices.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
Nvidia Releases Fix For Discord Bug Slowing Down GPUs
Chip-maker Nvidia has released an update to fix a recently discovered issue where Discord being open in the background slowed down the performance of some Nvidia graphics cards.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
Twitter To Now Share Ad Revenue With Blue Users: Musk
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that the micro-blogging platform will now share ad revenue with creators who are subscribed to "Twitter Blue Verified" for advertisements that appear in their reply threads.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
Pakistan is Reportedly Blocking Wikipedia
Wikipedia has been blocked in Pakistan over “sacrilegious” content on the site, as reported by Bloomberg.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2023
1 min read
Smartphone App May Help Spot Stroke Symptoms As They Occur
A new smartphone application may help people who are having a stroke or their family and caregivers recognize common stroke symptoms in real time, prompting them to quickly call healthcare providers.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
2 min read
Amazon’s Cloud ARM Hits Annualised Sales Run Rate Of Over $85 Billion
Amazon has reported $21.4 billion in net sales for its Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) -- up 20 percent year-over-year -- in its fourth quarter that ended December 21.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
2 min read
Apple Pay Can Be Launched In South Korea, Says Financial Regulator
South Korea's financial regulator said on Friday that local credit card firms can introduce Apple Pay, the long-awaited mobile payment service of US tech giant Apple, as they have followed relevant procedures.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
2 min read
Researchers Develop Device To Detect Brain Tumor Through Urine
A team of researchers in Japan have developed a new device to identify a key membrane protein in the urine that indicates if the patient has a brain tumour.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp May Soon Let Users Pin Messages Within Chats, Group
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to pin messages within chats and groups.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
1 min read
