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WinZO crosses 40 bn micro transactions in FY23, aims for 55 bn in FY24

Homegrown online gaming platform WinZO on Tuesday announced that the company surpassed 40 billion micro transactions in FY23 and aims for annualised micro-transaction volume of 55 billion in FY24

Google Photos gets new editing features for One subscribers on web

Google has added new editing features to the photo sharing and storage service 'Google Photos', including Portrait Light, Portrait Blur and Dynamic, for Google One (cloud storage service) subscribers

Reddit faces brief outage amid protest against new API policy

Last week, Reddit CEO had hosted an Ask Me Anything session to discuss the platform's controversial API changes, confirming that the company is not planning to revive its coming API pricing changes

WhatsApp rolling out its message editing feature on Windows beta: Report

The ability to edit messages is currently available for some beta testers that install the latest WhatsApp beta for Windows update, the report said

AI won't gain human-like cognition, unless connected to robots: Research

AI systems are unlikely to gain human-like cognition, unless they are connected to the real world through robots and designed using principles from evolution, a study has found

With demand for handsets, POCO India eyes 75-80% business growth in 2023

The launch of three models in the C-series under Rs 10,000 and X5 Pro in the price range of Rs 20,000-25,0000 segment fuelled the company's growth in the first quarter of 2023

Google making 'paginated mode' default on Docs application for Android

Google has announced that it is making 'paginated mode' default on Docs for Android

Users can't access 6,000 subreddits, as creators protest new API pricing

Following the upcoming application programming interface (API) pricing changes at the social discussion platform Reddit, more than 6,000 subreddits have gone dark

We need global cooperation on AI, global AI safety summit soon: Rishi Sunak

Artificial intelligence (AI) doesn't respect traditional national borders so we urgently need global cooperation between nations and labs, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday

Mixed reality searches on Google rise 1,130% after Apple unveils Vision Pro

The online searches for Mixed Reality (MR) skyrocketed 1,130 per cent globally on Google after Apple unveiled its MR headset Vision Pro last week, a report showed on Monday

Global cellular IoT connections to surpass 6 billion by 2030: Report

Cellular IoT connectivity has proven important in helping industries to increase productivity, streamline operations, reduce downtime, automate procedures and save money, the report said

Over 60k Android apps secretly installing adware for last 6 months

For the past six months, more than 60,000 Android apps disguised as legitimate applications have quietly installed adware on mobile devices while remaining undetected.

Windows 11 gets new app privacy settings, glanceable VPN feature & more

Microsoft has introduced new security features for Windows 11, including new app privacy settings and glanceable VPN

AI may help predict cybersickness in VR users to make tech more accessible

"Cybersickness is one of the factors that hinders the users from using VR devices because of the great discomfort due to the VR experience"

Data breach: Personal data of Covid vaccine recipients leaked on Telegram

Responding to the data breach, Meity said, "It is old data, we are still verifying it. We have sought a report regarding the same."

realme Number Series: Redefining excellence in camera, design, and display

Today, as we navigate through the post-pandemic era, the relevance of advanced technology has become more evident than ever before

Meta rolling out AI chatbot trained on internal data to employees

When considering how to power the chatbot, Meta had discussions with Microsoft and OpenAI, but it decided to employ a separate, in-house model

Twitter's new update to only let Blue users send DMs to non-followers

Elon Musk on Monday said that Twitter will hopefully roll out a new update this week, which will limit the ability to send DMs to people who don't follow you to Blue users

We must be a product nation, make our own chips: HCL's Ajai Chowdhry

Countries want to invest in semiconductors. It's very tough to get investments. But in 40 nanometers and above, I believe we still have chance, said Ajai Chowdhry

22% of funding for start-ups went to those in Tier-II, -III cities in 2022

Funding in Tier-I cities is dominated by big players, while smaller cities have less competition - an attractive prospect for smaller investors