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WhatsApp Rolling Out Feature To Let Users Share Up To 100 Media On Android Beta
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature that will allow users to share up to 100 media within the chats, on Android beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
1 min read
Fitbit Back After Brief Outage
Fitbit on Tuesday said that it has fixed the issue which impacted 'some Fitbit services'.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
1 min read
Boeing To Slash 2,000 Jobs, Outsourcing Employees At TCS Hit Hard: Report
Aviation giant Boeing is slashing 2,000 jobs in finance and HR verticals this year and the company outsources about a third of those jobs to Tata Consulting Services (TCS) in Bengaluru, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
2 min read
‘For You’ Tab To Stay On Users’ Preferred Timeline On Twitter
Twitter has announced that it will now remember which timeline users were using last and default to it when they open it again, on Android and iOS.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Under Musk Not Doing Enough To Curb Child Abuse Content: Report
Despite Elon Musk saying that child abuse content on Twitter is being removed vigorously, a report has slammed the micro-blogging platform, saying that child sexual abuse imagery (CSAM) still persists on Twitter.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
1 min read
Google Announces ChatGPT Rival Bard
Google is working on a ChatGPT competitor named Bard.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2023
1 min read
Samsung To Pay $150 Million To Nanoco In QLED Patent Suit Settlement
Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay $150 million to Nanoco Technologies in settlement for a patent lawsuit over a technology used in Samsung's quantum-dot LED TV, a litigation finance firm for the British company has said.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
Samsung’s Password Manager Now Supports Windows 11, 10
Samsung's password manager application, Samsung Pass, is now available for Windows 11 and 10.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
Dell To Slash About 6,650 Jobs In Latest Tech Job Cuts
Dell Technologies on Monday said that it will lay off about 6,650 workers globally, becoming the latest technology company to do so, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
SpaceX May Attempt Starship Orbital Test Flight In March
Elon Musk has stated that SpaceX may attempt to complete the long-awaited orbital test flight of Starship as early as next month.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Rolling Out Longer Group Subjects, Descriptions On iOS Beta
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions in the iOS beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Fixes Bug That Showed Users ‘This Tweet Is Unavailable’: Musk
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that the micro-blogging platform has fixed the bug that showed users "this tweet is unavailable".
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
Dashlane Open-Sourced Its Android And iOS Apps
Subscription-based password manager and digital wallet application Dashlane have made the source code for its Android and iOS apps available on GitHub under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2023
1 min read
Technology Sector Cuts Most Jobs In January In US: Report
US-based employers announced 102,943 cuts in January, a massive 136 per cent increase from the 43,651 cuts announced in December, a new report has said.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
2 min read
Twitter To Provide Free Write-Only API To Bots Providing ‘Good’ Content: Musk
Elon Musk on Sunday said that the microblogging platform will enable a free write-only Application Programming Interface (API) for bots providing good content.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Rolls Out Ability To Create Avatars On iOS
WhatsApp has rolled out the ability to create personalized avatars and use them as stickers and profile pictures.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 5, 2023
1 min read
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
