India’s smartphone market sees 2% drop in 2023, shipped 148.6 mn units: Report
New Delhi, Jan 20 - India's smartphone market has maintained stability with 148.6 million shipments overall in 2023, witnessing a minor drop of two per cent, a new report has said.
Musk denies report claiming his AI firm secured $500 mn funding
New Delhi, Jan 20 - Tech billionaire Elon Musk has denied the report claiming that his artificial intelligence (AI) company 'xAI' secured $500 million in funding toward a $1 billion goal.=
Omicron breakthrough infection prevents serious illness from JN.1: Study
Seoul, Jan 20 - The human immune system that encountered breakthrough infection by the Omicron variant acquires enhanced immunity against future versions of the Omicron, including the currently circulating JN.1, according to a study.
Russian govt threat actors hacked company’s exec emails: Microsoft
New Delhi, Jan 20 - Microsoft has claimed that about two months ago, Russian state-sponsored threat actors gained access to its corporate networks and obtained emails belonging to executives and certain staff members in its legal and cybersecurity divisions.
SLIM lunar landing successful, but probe unable to generate power: JAXA
New Delhi, Jan 20 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully landed on the lunar surface, but is unable to generate power.
Wayfair to slash 1,650 jobs from its global workforce
San Francisco, Jan 20 - E-commerce company Wayfair has announced to lay off 1,650 employees, or 13 per cent of its workforce globally, to reduce costs.
Zuckerberg’s firms fined $2.8bn for wrongful user data processing in last 4 yrs: Report
New Delhi, Jan 19 - Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and its affiliated subsidiaries have incurred fines totalling $2.8 billion in the last four years due to multiple GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) violations, a new report has revealed.
PLI 2.0 for IT hardware: Make global giants feel safe to manufacture in India, say experts
New Delhi, Jan 19 - The IT hardware sector in India is still in a nascent stage and a key factor will be to make global giants like Dell, HP, ASUS, Lenovo, and Acer feel safe to make the country their manufacturing hub,
JetSetGo signs $1.3 billion deal for 280 hybrid-electric aircraft
Hyderabad, Jan 18 - Air service operator JetSetGo on Friday signed a deal with three global aviation tech firms for 280 hybrid-electric aircraft worth over $1.3 billion.
Over 3.45 mn people displaced in Ethiopia: UN report
Addis Ababa, Jan 20 - More than 3.45 million people are displaced in Ethiopia, with more than half of them displaced due to conflict, according to a new report of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a UN agency.
Indian Immunologicals launches India’s 1st indigenous Hepatitis A vax
Hyderabad, Jan 19 - Drug maker Indian Immunologicals on Friday launched India's first indigenously developed Hepatitis A vaccine.
AI finds lunar rocks with unique dust; may help decode Moon’s magnetic past
London, Jan 19 - An international research team has for the first time discovered anomalous metre-sized rocks on the lunar surface that are covered in dust and presumably exhibit unique properties -- such as magnetic anomalies.
Elon Musk’s X rolling out audio, video calls for Android users
New Delhi, Jan 19 - Elon Musk-run X is rolling out the feature to make audio and video calls directly from the app for Android users.
Microsoft rolling out AI-powered tool ‘Reading Coach’ as standalone app
New Delhi, Jan 19 - Microsoft has started rolling out its AI-powered tool "Reading Coach" as a standalone app, which provides learners with personalised reading practice.
Apple to pay iPhone 7 users who faced ‘loop disease’ audio issues
San Francisco, Jan 19 - Apple has reached an agreement to settle a US class action lawsuit, in which the company will be paying $35 million to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus users, who were prone to audio issues due to a
Samsung to launch smart health device Galaxy Ring this year
San Jose, Jan 19 - Samsung Electronics plans to launch a new digital health care device, the Galaxy Ring, this year, a senior company executive has said.
Hyundai, Kia’s Europe sales hit new high in 2023
Seoul, Jan 19 - Hyundai Motor and its smaller affiliate Kia on Thursday said that their vehicle sales in Europe hit an all-time high in 2023 on brisk demand for SUV and electric models.
AWS to invest over $15 bn in Japan to expand data centres
Tokyo, Jan 19 - Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, on Friday announced that it will invest about $15.5 billion (about 2.3 trillion yen) in Japan over five years between 2023 and 2027.
It is super important to honour users’ privacy with AI phones: Samsung’s JB Park
San Jose, Jan 19 - When it comes to enhancing personal experiences for consumers based on generative AI, it means that they must have a secure device and a robust Cloud so that someone cannot look into their personal or private lifestyles, says
OpenAI’s ChatGPT finally enters classrooms in US
San Francisco, Jan 19 - Arizona State University (ASU) in the US and OpenAI have announced a partnership to bring ChatGPT into the classrooms. The university became the first higher education institution to collaborate with OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company behind