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Over 26,100 Indian websites were hacked during 2020: Dhotre

This compares to 24,768 websites attacked in the previous year

Facebook working on Clubhouse-like audio chat app: Report

Known to clone or lift ideas from its competitors to stay ahead in the game, Facebook is now reportedly working on to build its own social audio app like Clubhouse

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro gets software update for improved ANC experience

Samsung has released a new software update for its Galaxy Buds Pro true wireless earphones that brings improvements to active noise cancellation and ambient sound modes, among other changes.

Govt comes down heavily on Twitter, says lawful orders binding on any biz

Twitter said it has taken steps to reduce the visibility of hashtags containing harmful content, which included prohibiting them from trending on Twitter and appearing as recommended search terms

83% Indians trust robots more than humans to manage their finances

In India, 106 per cent of business leaders saw an increase in financial anxiety and stress, and their sadness grew by 47 per cent due to coronavirus pandemic

Can Koo pull off a coup in India as the govt-Twitter spat escalates?

Praised by PM Modi himself and pitched by several other ministers, it app attracts 2-3 million daily active users and has achieved 3 mn downloads in nine months

POCO sells over 1.5 lakh units of M3 smartphones during its first sale

Poco on Wednesday announced it has sold more than 1.5 lakh units of M3 smartphone during its first sale

Adobe adds collaboration feature in Photoshop, Illustrator and Fresco

Adobe has now made it easier for multiple users to work on the same file in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fresco with the help of a new feature called 'invite to edit'

Twitter CEO Dorsey envisions app store for social media algorithms

Dorsey has once again emphasised on decentralising social media platforms

Samsung's Bengaluru R&D centre to explore multi-device intelligence

Samsung Electronics said it will explore multi-device intelligence, beyond 5G, blockchain and data science areas over the next five years at its research and development facility

Instagram's algorithm to limit recycled content on Reels: Report

Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is making changes to its algorithm to get more original posts on its platform

HMD Global launches Nokia 5.4, Nokia 3.4 and Power Earbuds Lite in India

Finnish start-up HMD Global on Wednesday launched in India its Nokia 5.4 and Nokia 3.4 smartphones, and Nokia Power Earbuds Lite wireless earphones

Huawei asks US court to overturn FCC ban as national security threat

Huawei has reached a court in the US, demanding it to overturn the Federal Communications Commissions decision to designate the company as a national security threat.

Microsoft Word's dark mode will now be darker, update roll out soon

Currently, Word has a dark mode that modifies the ribbon and toolbars, but the canvas stays bright white.

Realme X7 Pro shows not all good smartphones have to be thick, heavy, bulky

Business Standard took the Realme X7 Pro out for a spin and tested the phone's performance in real-life scenario. Here is how it fared on key parameters

From MX TakaTak to Roposo, TikTok's Indian clones play a tough catch-up

Local contenders have cashed in on the Chinese short video app's exit but acquiring the scale to sustain themselves will be a huge challenge going forward

Amazon plans wall-mounted Echo as smart home command center: Report

Its Lab126 hardware division is designing the device to be a digital command centre, showing users calendar events, controlling accessories like lights and locks, and playing music and video

Alphabet's VC arm backs OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's 'Nothing' company

The funding would help 'Nothing' to release its first smart devices in the coming months.

This scientist is making roads safer with mobile telematics technology

Hari Balakrishnan of MIT has been working on inferring bad driving behaviour using sensor data from phones and other IoT devices in vehicles to help reduce thousands of road crashes each year

Apple iPhone 12 mini sales slow as smaller smartphones lose appeal: Report

Smartphone users have switched to larger devices in recent years as they devour more video content on-the-go