New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday joined the growing debate on the serious side-effects of Covid-19 vaccines, saying he had “major side effects from my second booster shot”. In a tweet, he said that he “felt like I was dying for several days”. “Hopefully, no permanent damage, but I dunno,” the […]
San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has claimed that hackers stole nearly $415 million from its platform. FTX CEO John J. Ray III said that about $323 million was hacked from its international exchange and $90 million from its US platform. “We are making important progress in our efforts to maximise recoveries, and […]
New Delhi, Elon Musk on Monday put Twitter on fire, after saying that Meta-owned Instagram makes its users depressed while his micro-blogging platform makes people angry. “Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. Which is better?” he asked. Musk’s comment created a barrage of reactions on what platforms people like the most. A follower […]
London, China is to take “golden shares” in two of its biggest tech companies, Alibaba and Tencent, as Beijing extends its influence on the country’s star tech firms and its most powerful and wealthy business people, media reports said. Beijing’s move marks a shift away from imposing hefty fines and sanctions in its two-year tech […]
San Francisco, Microsoft will give its staff in the US “unlimited time off”, no longer requiring them to formally record vacation. According to The Verge, the new ‘Discretionary Time Off’ policy will apply to all employees on the pay role. “How, when, and where we do our jobs has dramatically changed. And as we’ve transformed, […]
San Francisco, Jan 4 (IANS) For the first time since early 2021, Apple’s market cap fell below $2 trillion during trading on Tuesday, one year to the day after it became the first public tech company valued at $3 trillion. The fall meant that in just one year, the tech giant lost $1 trillion in market […]
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Despite a few hiccups this year, the Indian internet industry is expected to grow and could reach a valuation of $5 trillion by 2030, a report showed on Monday. Home to 780 million internet users, India is home to the second largest internet user base in the world. “As digital will […]
A lawsuit filed against Apple has claimed that its Watch’s blood oxygen sensor is racially biased against people with dark skin tones. According to AppleInsider, plaintiff Alex Morales, who bought an Apple Watch between 2020 and 2021, said he was aware that the device has pulse oximetry features, and believed it did this without regard […]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Google finally restored Gmail service after it suffered a massive outage for millions of users globally, including in India, on Saturday. Gmail users complained about mails not being received. Both mobile app and desktop versions were affected across the world. “The issue with gmail is now fully mitigated. All the backlog […]
San Francisco, Dec 7 (IANS) Twitter owner Elon Musk briefly lost his position as the world’s richest man to Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH on Wednesday. According to Forbes, Arnault and his family logged personal wealth of $185.4 billion, ahead of Musk which recorded a net worth of […]