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Meta Launches Instagram Reels APIs For Developers
Instagram has announced that it is introduced Reels to several endpoints on the Instagram Platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2022
1 min read
Elon Musk Crosses 100 Million Followers On Twitter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has crossed the mark of 100 million followers on Twitter, which makes him one of only six people in the world to cross this milestone on the microblogging site.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2022
2 min read
Google Hangouts Is Shutting Down In November
Google has announced that it is now starting the process of migrating free, personal Hangouts users to Chat, which it announced in October 2020.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2022
2 min read
‘Samsung Has Substantial Upside Potential On Sound Fundamentals’
Investor sentiment has been unduly negative toward Samsung Electronics in light of the company's strong performance and solid earnings forecast, a chief analyst at a local research firm has said.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 27, 2022
2 min read
Meta Builds AI Models That Provide Realistic Sounds In VR Settings
Meta has built three new artificial intelligence (AI) models designed to make them sound more realistic in mixed and virtual reality experiences.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 27, 2022
1 min read
Netflix Cuts Around 300 Jobs After Losing Subscribers
The streaming giant Netflix is cutting around 300 jobs today as part of a second round of layoffs. The company previously laid off around 150 employees and dozens of contractors in May.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2022
1 min read
Samsung Fined $14 Million In Australia For Misleading Water-Resistance Ads
South Korean tech giant Samsung has been fined $14 million by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for misleading claims about its Galaxy smartphones.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2022
1 min read
Intel Delays $20 Billion Semiconductor Factory Over US Chips Act
Intel has reportedly delayed plans to build its $20 billion semiconductor factory in the US over CHIPS Act, a $52 billion funding package for domestic chip manufacturing.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2022
2 min read
Twitter Closed Caption Toggle Now Available For iOS And Android Users
The microblogging site Twitter announced that the option to turn captions off/on with a new "CC" button, the feature which it was testing earlier, is now available for everyone.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2022
1 min read
Instagram Tests New Feature For Disappearing Content
Meta-owned Americal photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram is experimenting with another new feature, Notes, that would allow users to post disappearing content.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2022
1 min read
Khaby Lame Is Now The Most-Followed TikToker In The World
Lame now has more than 142.7 million followers compared to D’Amelio’s 142.3 million.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2022
1 min read
Re-Commerce Platform Cashify Raises $90 Million
Re-commerce marketplace Casify on Thursday said it has secured $90 million in its Series E funding from NewQuest Capital Partners and Prosus.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 23, 2022
1 min read
Uber Brings Back Carpooling Service Under New Name
Ride-hailing company Uber, which suspended its shared rides service -- Uber Pool -- amid the pandemic has now relaunched the feature under a new name, UberX Share, in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
1 min read
Adobe Likely To Make Photoshop Free To Everyone On The Web
Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web as it aims to open the service for everyone.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
1 min read
ExpressVPN Exits India In Light Of New Anti-Privacy Rules
In light of the new directives for VPNs being introduced in India, ExpressVPN announced it has removed its Indian-based VPN servers.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
2 min read
Twitter Joins Shopify To Bring Merchants’ Products To Its Platform
The microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday partnered Shopify and will soon launch a sales channel app for the US merchants in Shopify's app store.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
2 min read
Amazon Unveils Its 1st Fully Autonomous Mobile Robot
Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot called Proteus that autonomously moves through facilities using advanced safety, perception, and navigation technology developed by the company.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
1 min read
China Launches New Test Satellite
China on Wednesday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
1 min read
Samsung To Announce Mass Production Of 3nm Chip Next Week
Samsung Electronics is expected to announce mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors next week, sources said on Wednesday, beating its foundry rival TSMC in the advanced chipmaking process.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
1 min read
Cloudflare ‘Deeply Sorry’ Over Global Outage That Hit Users
Cloudflare has issued an apology over the outage that affected traffic in 19 of its data centres that have a significant proportion of its global traffic.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 22, 2022
2 min read
