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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
Apple, Google Urged To Remove TikTok From App Stores By US Senator
US Senator Michael Bennett has urged Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to immediately remove TikTok from their app stores in a letter Thursday, calling it an unacceptable risk to American national security.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
1 min read
Twitter Expands Blue Service To 6 More Countries
Twitter has expanded its Blue service subscription service to six more countries, taking the total to 12 where users can subscribe to it.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
1 min read
YouTube Releases ‘Go Live Together’ For Creators To Co-Stream On Phone
YouTube has released the "Go Live Together" feature for creators to co-livestream and invite a guest on phone.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
1 min read
Youtube Shorts Now Averaging Over 50 Billion Daily Views: Sundar Pichai
YouTube Shorts is now averaging over 50 billion daily views, up from the 30 billion that was last reported, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 3, 2023
1 min read
