San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google is reportedly beta testing support for the “Digital Driver’s License” in the Wallet app on Android phones. According to Google’s updated support page, “users running Android 8.0 (or later)…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Global nonprofit organisation Linux Foundation has announced that it has partnered with some tech giants to create interoperable open map data to compete with Google Maps. The initiative ‘Overture Maps…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) As mobile captures share of ad wallet, global mobile ad spend is expected to reach $362 billion in 2023, a new report has shown. According to data.ai report, mobile will…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) As millions suffer from long Covid across the globe, including in India, a unique rehabilitation programme led by an Indian-origin scientist has helped some of such patients reduce their symptoms…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian tech industry hired around 380,000 freshers in FY22 and over 70 per cent of Gen Z students are keen to take up tech jobs in the near future, a…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Microsoft has launched real-time voice translation in Skype, which can now translate a person’s voice in real-time using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make the translated voice sound similar to the…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) With an aim to give customers a better driving experience, automobile company Honda has announced that its upcoming vehicle Accord will feature Google built-in. The 2023 Accord will be the…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, from the Bahamas, all eyes are now on his key associates who are yet to face…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Apple has partnered with Google and Mozilla to develop Speedometer 3, a benchmark for testing browser performance. Apple’s WebKit team announced the collaboration over Twitter. “We’re excited to work with…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Freshworks has laid off nearly 90 employees, or 2 per cent of its total workforce, citing rough global conditions behind the move. The company’s Founder and…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elon Musk on Friday announced that Twitter accounts engaged in doxxing will receive a temporary seven-day suspension. Emphasising that criticising him all day long is totally fine, “but doxxing my…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Apple is developing a 15.5-inch MacBook Air that could launch in the spring of 2023, a media report said. According to display analyst Ross Young, the production on panels designed…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Photo and video sharing platform, Instagram announced that it will now help users to regain access to their hacked accounts. The platform said in a blogpost on Thursday that it…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twitter CEO Elon Musk has suspended accounts of several prominent journalists on the micro-blogging platform, including Donie O’Sullivan from CNN and Drew Harwell from The Washington Post as they covered…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delays and cost overrun continue to bog the 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Test Reactor (PFBR) project that is being set up in Kalpakkam near Chennai. The 500…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the deepening layoff winter, online higher education platform upGrad may ask a major chunk of its employees — about one-third or even more — to go in days to…
San Francisco, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Microsoft has banned cryptocurrency mining from its online services to protect all of its cloud customers, media reports said. Microsoft’s Summary of Changes to the license states: “Updated Acceptable Use…
San Francisco, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia, media reported on Thursday. He was…
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the FTX collapse saga, customers withdrew $1.14 billion in just 12 hours from leading crypto exchange Binance and according to its CEO, the massive withdrawals were “handled with ease”…
San Francisco, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A group of 15 Republican US state attorneys general have demanded that executives at Google and Apple increase age ratings for the TikTok app on the app stores. The attorneys…