Technology
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72% of iPhones from last 4 years are now running iOS 15
San Francisco: For the first time since Apple rolled out iOS 15 in September last year, the iPhone maker has revealed its iOS 15 installation numbers. According to MacRumors, iOS 15 is…
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Israel’s high-tech industry exports up by 25% in 2021
Jerusalem: Israel’s high-tech industry exports increased by 25 per cent in 2021 as compared to 2020, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics has reported. Israel’s high-tech exports totaled $20.16 billion in 2021,…
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Microsoft reportedly discontinues all Xbox One consoles
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has stopped manufacturing all Xbox One consoles, media reports say. According to The Verge, the company originally discontinued the Xbox One X and digital Xbox One S…
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Tesla to accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise: Musk
San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said the electric carmaker will accept meme-based digital currency dogecoin for merchandise. “Tesla merch buyable with Dogecoin,” Musk said in a tweet. Following the…
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TSMC to invest record $44 bn on chip capacity expansion in 2022
Taipei: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on Thursday that it will invest up to $44 billion this year to expand chip manufacturing capacity, as the world faces acute chip shortage amid…
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Hackers spreading powerful malware via Omicron news emails
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers have unearthed that hackers are spreading a powerful malware via news around the new Omicron strain, stealing information and credentials from Windows users in at least 12 countries.…
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Microsoft Teams brings ‘Walkie Talkie’ feature for more users
San Francisco: Microsoft has added a new feature that would allow Microsoft Teams users turn smartphones or tablets into a Walkie Talkie that works over cellular data or Wi-FI. Microsoft Teams has…
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Apple South Korea’s 2021 sales soar 24% to top $5.97bn
Seoul: Apple Korea’s sales jumped 24 per cent on-year to hit $5.97 billion last year, a new data showed on Thursday. The South Korean unit of US tech giant Apple — Apple…
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YouTube still being ‘weaponised’ by unscrupulous actors: Fact-checkers
New Delhi: More that 80 top fact-checking organisations, including from India, have written to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, saying that the platform is allowing itself to be “weaponised by unscrupulous actors” to…
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Android 13 to add faster shortcuts for scanning QR codes: Report
San Francisco: Android 12 has brought a lot of additional features and now a new report has claimed that the next-gen Android 13 platform may add the ability to launch QR code…
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Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter after 7 months
Abuja: The Nigerian government has lifted the ban on Twitter, imposed in June last year, saying the micro-blogging platform has agreed to set “a legal entity” in the west African nation during…
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Israeli security agency says it uncovers alleged Iranian espionage network
Jerusalem: The Israeli Security Agency (ISA) has said that it has uncovered a suspected Iranian espionage network in the country and five suspects have been charged. According to a statement from the…
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Apple unlikely to ship OLED iPads till 2024
San Francisco: Future Apple iPads that are likely to sport up to 15-inch OLED displays might not be possible till 2024. Apple has abandoned plans for an OLED iPad this year, citing…