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Facebook expects significant growth slowdown for rest of 2021

The company now has 2.9 billion monthly active users (MAUs) globally and average revenue per user stands at $10.12.

Tencent becomes world's worst stock bet with $170 billion wipeout

The firm is one of the key casualties of an official campaign that targets tech behemoths considered a potential threat to China's data security.

Record quarter by Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft gives way to growth scepticism

The world's largest tech companies have gotten larger at a torrid rate

WhatsApp privacy case must be decided in a month, says EU watchdog

EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by WhatsApp after its peers objected to its draft finding

How AL and ML are completely overhauling the complex chip designing process

San Jose-headquartered and Nasdaq listed Cadence Design Systems is going about doing this with the recent launch of Cerebrus, an ML-based tool that automates and scales chip design

India among least prepared for automation in Asia Pacific: Autodesk

India ranks fifth highest in terms of the impact from automation and ninth in terms of level preparedness, according to a research study conducted by Deloitte and commissioned by Autodesk Foundation

Apple and Google are winning big, but one company is about to pull ahead

No two tech giants are the same, and it comes down to their business models.

Data breaches cost Indian companies Rs 165 mn, rising 18% from 2020: Report

Breaches worldwide cost companies $4.24 million per incident on average, says an IBM study.

Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet report combined profits of more than $50 billion

Three tech companies Apple, Microsoft and Google's parent Alphabet reported combined profits of more than $50 billion in the April-June quarter

iPhone sales hit record $39.6 billion in April-June quarter: Apple

Apple has said that the iPhone revenue set a June quarter record of $39.6 billion, growing 50 per cent year-over-year and exceeding its own expectations.

Google parent Alphabet reaches record quarterly revenue, profit in ad boom

Alphabet said revenue from Google advertising rose nearly 70% to $50.44 billion

Apple says semiconductor shortage reaches iPhone, growth forecast slows

Apple executives also said that while the impact of the chip shortage was less severe than feared in the third quarter, it will get worse in the fourth, extending to iPhone production

Microsoft sees steady cloud growth after record April-June quarter profit

Microsoft Corp posted its most profitable quarter on Tuesday, beating Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings

Apple posts record growth in India in April-June quarter, says Tim Cook

Riding on the stellar performance for its entire line-up of products, Apple has recorded an incredible growth in India in the June quarter, its CEO Tim Cook has said

WhatsApp to allow users to prioritise their most important chats

Starting Tuesday, WhatsApp is rolling out new settings for archived chats which will give users more control over their inbox and more ways to organise the Archived Chats folder

POCO X3 GT smartphone to be launched on Wednesday; check details here

According to unconfirmed reports, the new POCO smartphone might be rebranded as Redmi Note 10 Pro 5G

WhatsApp to let users prioritise important chats, archive other messages

Archived chats will stay tucked away permanently, unless users choose to manually un-archive the conversation

Apollo 15 anniversary: 50 years ago, NASA put a car on the Moon

at the 50th anniversary of Apollo 15 some enthusiasts, historians and aut­hors are giving the lunar rover its due as one of the most enduring symbols of the American moon exploration programme

Over 2,500 accounts on social platform Koo have yellow tick of 'Eminence'

The platform has over 6 million users.

Apple's iPhone expected to drive sales, but App Store faces regulatory risk

Analysts expect Apple's services sales to rise 24.1% to $16.33 billion, more than a fifth of its expected overall sales of $73.30 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv as of July 26.