Meta Platforms on Thursday said it will begin tests on its social media websites Facebook and Instagram that will limit some users and publishers from viewing or sharing some news content in Canada. The testing period will run for several weeks, the social media giant said, adding that a minor percentage of Canadian users enrolled … Read more
Vivo V29 Lite 5G has been launched in the Czech Republic. The new Vivo V series smartphone has an AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and it runs on Snapdragon 695 SoC, coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. It comes with an extended RAM 3.0 feature that utilises free storage as … Read more
Meta Quest 3 was launched on Thursday as the company’s next-generation mixed reality headset. It is powered by a new Snapdragon chipset that is claimed to offer twice the graphical performance of its predecessor, the Meta Quest 2. The device is also equipped with redesigned Touch Plus controllers that don’t use outer tracking rings, while … Read more
Bitcoin minted a small gain of 0.52 percent to trade at $26,938 (roughly Rs. 22 lakh) on Friday, June 2. In the last 24 hours, the value of Bitcoin dropped by $172 (roughly Rs. 14,170) on both national as well as international exchanges. BTC witnessed a remarkable surge in mid-April, when it recorded a 60 … Read more
A 2018 privacy lawsuit brought by Washington, DC, against Facebook owner Meta Platformswas dismissed on Thursday by a Superior Court judge, who ruled the firm did not mislead consumers over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The lawsuit alleged a violation of the district’s consumer protection law. The social media firm drew global scrutiny in 2018 after … Read more
Better cost controls helped Dell Technologies beat estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, a positive sign for personal computer makers after months of cratering demand. The results contrasted rivals HP and Lenovo Group, but a full recovery remains some ways off as Dell forecast current-quarter revenue below Wall Street targets and warned that IT spending would … Read more
Mahesh Kumar Jain, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has predicted that technologies like blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) would be part of the future of finance. The RBI recently met with the directors of Indian banks. The aim of this meeting was to address concerns and risk mitigation measures that … Read more
Mahesh Kumar Jain, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has predicted that technologies like blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) would be part of the future of finance. The RBI recently met with the directors of Indian banks. The aim of this meeting was to address concerns and risk mitigation measures that … Read more
Elon Musk has yet again claimed his position as the world’s richest person after beating the CEO of the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton Bernard Arnault, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of Thursday, Musk’s net worth was about $192 billion (roughly Rs. 15,82,483 crore), with Arnault’s $187 billion (roughly … Read more
Alphabet’s Google is leading a $36 million (roughly Rs. 297 crore) funding round for Bengaluru-based Pixxela satellite-image startup, in the first major investment in the Indian space sector since the government launched its privatisation policy in April. Pixxel, founded in 2019, is building a constellation of satellites that have the ability to identify mineral deposits … Read more