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Meta Planning ‘Zuck Bucks’ Digital Currency As Crypto Dream Fails
Meta is reportedly planning to launch a digital currency called 'Zuck Bucks' -- named after its Founder Mark Zuckerberg -- and virtual tokens, coins, and other financial services, after its pet cryptocurrency project failed to take off.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
Uber To Add Train, Bus, Flight Bookings In UK
Ride-hailing platform Uber is adding trains, buses, planes, and car rentals to its UK app this year.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
1 min read
Twitter ‘Tampering’ With Public Record By Wiping Embedded Deleted Tweets
The developer and open internet communities have slammed a Twitter change that is wiping embedded deleted tweets, available on third-party websites, from the public domain.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2022
2 min read
Google Forms Data Cloud Alliance To Make Data More Accessible
Google on Wednesday announced a new Data Cloud Alliance to make data more portable and accessible across business systems, platforms, and environments -- with a goal of ensuring that access to data is never a barrier to digital transformation.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2022
1 min read
Apple Fitness+ Adds Post-Childbirth Workouts For New Mothers
Apple Fitness+ has expanded its selection of workouts for mothers, with a collection of videos to help with regaining fitness following a pregnancy.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
Microsoft’s Top Executive James Phillips Quits
After ten years at Microsoft, James Phillips will leave the company immediately.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
Tiktok Owner ByteDance ‘Scraped’ Content From Instagram And Snapchat
Chinese short-video-making app TikTok's parent company ByteDance allegedly made fake accounts with content taken from Instagram, Snapchat and other social media platforms, a new report has claimed.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
2 min read
Russians Bypass Website Blocks To Access Western News Sources
A new blog post published today by Cloudflare presents statistical evidence that the netizens of Russia are adopting blockage circumvention tools pretty aggressively to access British, American, and French news sites.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2022
1 min read
NASA Satellites Detect 1st Ever Decline In Human CO2 Emissions
A team of scientists at NASA has for the first time ever spotted regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 4, 2022
3 min read
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Passive Stake In Twitter, Stock Soars 28%
Twitter shares surged nearly 28 percent on Monday after regulatory filings in the US revealed that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a 9.2 percent passive stake in Parag Agrawal-run platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 4, 2022
1 min read
Panasonic To Invest $4.9 Billion In EV Batteries, Supply Chain Software
Panasonic is joining the high-growth electric vehicles market, with plans to invest nearly $4.9 billion in automotive batteries, supply chain software, and cyber-physical systems, among others.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 4, 2022
1 min read
Twitter For Android Is Likely Getting Tweet Text Selection
Twitter is reportedly adding the ability to select text within tweets to the Android version of its app.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 3, 2022
1 min read
WhatsApp For iOS Limiting Number Of Messages Users Can Forward To Prevent Misinformation
Three years after limiting the number of messages users can forward at once in Brazil, WhatsApp is planning to roll out this feature globally. The function, which is currently in beta, will be released in a future update.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 3, 2022
1 min read
Epic Brings Building Back To Fortnite’s Casual Queue
Fortnite developer Epic Games hasAre-enabled queues for its signature building feature, which was temporarily removed as part of the game's latest season.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 3, 2022
1 min read
Tesla Delivers Over 300 K Vehicles Despite ‘Exceptionally Difficult Quarter’
Electric vehicle company Tesla delivered 310,048 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022, despite what CEO Elon Musk says was an "exceptionally difficult quarter", citing global supply chain issues and a brief closure at Tesla's Shanghai factory.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 3, 2022
1 min read
Mozilla Calls On Microsoft To Respect Default Browser Choice On Windows
Mozilla, the firm behind the popular web browser Firefox, said that Microsoft took a step in the right direction regarding default browser choice but that there is more to be done.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 3, 2022
1 min read
Clubhouse Brings New Feature In Response To At-risk Users In Ukraine, Russia
Clubhouse has announced that it will now let users limit who can see their full profiles due to increased security threats related to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 1, 2022
1 min read
South Korean Regulator To Rule On Google’s New Billing Policy Next Week
South Korea's telecommunications regulator on Friday said it was looking into whether Google's new payment system violates the law that bans app store operators from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 1, 2022
2 min read
Russia To Extend Space Station Participation Till 2030: Nasa
Despite the souring relationship between Russia and the US over the war in Ukraine, Moscow is still considering extending its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) through 2030, according to NASA.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 1, 2022
3 min read
Nasa Launches Wet Dress Rehearsal For Artemis I Moon Rocket
NASA has started a two-day wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 1 mega moon rocket, the US space agency officials said.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 1, 2022
2 min read
