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Twitter Won’t Allow New Accounts To Buy Blue Verification For 90 Days
Twitter will not allow new accounts to purchase the Blue subscription service for 90 days when it relaunches.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 18, 2022
1 min read
Zuckerberg Unveils New Features To Help People Find, Message & Buy On WhatsApp
WhatsApp on Thursday announced new features for a better end-to-end commerce experience for users and help them connect with their favorite brands as well as find new ones on the platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 18, 2022
2 min read
Mass Resignations Hit Twitter, Musk ‘Temporarily Shuts’ Offices
In yet another mayhem at Twitter, hundreds of employees have resigned ahead of the deadline given to them by Elon Musk to either agree to his "extremely hardcore" way of work or quit the company.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 18, 2022
2 min read
Amazon CEO Confirms More Layoffs Coming In Early 2023
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has warned employees that there will be more layoffs at the company in early 2023 "as leaders continue to make adjustments".
Bijay Pokharel,
November 18, 2022
2 min read
Samsung To Bring Xbox Cloud Gaming, Geforce Now To 2021 Smart TVs
Samsung has announced that it is expanding access on its 2021 smart TVs to Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia's GeForce Now, and other game streaming services.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
1 min read
Jack Dorsey Tweets ‘Nobody Knows Anything’, Musk Reacts
As the new Twitter Boss Elon Musk is revamping the micro-blogging platform, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey on Thursday morning tweeted, "nobody knows anything".
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
1 min read
Qualcomm, Microsoft To Redefine Windows 11 PC Experience
Chip maker Qualcomm has announced to advance mobile computing with innovative AI collaborations that drive the convergence of mobile and PC to bring cutting-edge mobile innovations to Windows 11 PCs.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
1 min read
WhatsApp Rolls Out New Feature To View Profile Photos Within Group Chats
WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature to some beta testers that allows users to see profile photos within group chats on a desktop.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
1 min read
Airbnb To Verify All Guests, Cracks Down On Party Bookings
Online hospitality major Airbnb has announced that all guests will be required to verify their identity for a successful booking, while it will also crack down on parties booked through its service.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
1 min read
Musk Gives Ultimatum To Twitter Staff To Do ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work Or Leave
Elon Musk has given employees an ultimatum till Thursday that they have to perform "extremely hardcore" work or leave the micro-blogging platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
2 min read
Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon AR Platform To Power Headworn Devices
Chip major Qualcomm has launched the world's first purpose-built, head-worn augmented reality platform for VR/AR devices of the future.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
1 min read
Amazon Confirms Layoffs, Employees Say ‘Horrendous Way To Treat People’
Amazon has confirmed job losses at the company, saying that in the current macroeconomic environment, some teams are "making adjustments" amid "consolidation of some teams and programs".
Bijay Pokharel,
November 17, 2022
2 min read
Amazon Begins Firing 10k Employees, Alexa & Cloud Gaming Worst Hit
After Meta and Twitter, Amazon has become another Big Tech company to lay off thousands of workers, and the process to eliminate 10,000 employees, or 3 percent of its workforce, kicked off at the company, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
2 min read
Koo Becomes Second Largest Microblog
Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Wednesday announced that it has become the second largest microblog available to the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
Twitter Starts Working On E2EE For Direct Messages
The microblogging site Twitter has started working on end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs) on Android.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
YouTube To Allow Shorts Creators To Use Minute-Long Licensed Music
YouTube has announced that short-term video creators will soon be allowed to feature up to one minute of copyrighted music in their Shorts.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
Google Chat Will Soon Allow Users To Schedule ‘Do Not Disturb’
Google has announced that it will soon allow users to schedule recurring 'Do Not Disturb' (DND) features on its Chats platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
NASA Launches Artemis 1 Moon Mission On Its Most Powerful Rocket Ever
The most powerful NASA rocket ever built soared into the Florida early morning sky on the Artemis 1 mission, a risky and long-delayed test flight to send a next-generation space capsule to the moon and back.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
Musk To Relaunch Twitter’s Blue Check Subscription On Nov 29
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Twitter's sought-after blue check subscription service will be relaunched on Nov. 29, a minor delay from his initial tentative timeline to bring back the service on the social media platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
AMD Unveils New Processors For Modern Data Centres
In a bid to empower modern data centres, AMD has announced the general availability of the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors, with unmatched performance for critical workloads across cloud, enterprise and high-performance computing.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 16, 2022
1 min read
