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Pakistan voices 'serious concern' over reports about Pegasus spyware

Pakistan on Friday voiced "serious concern" over media reports about India allegedly eavesdropping on foreigners, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, using Israeli spyware Pegasus

Massive chip shortage to continue for up to 2 years, says Intel CEO

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has said that the massive chip shortage will continue for at least two more years before the industry is able to completely catch up with the demand

Numerous websites briefly go down in widespread outage

Major websites went down in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage.

Zomato, Paytm, Hotstar, others go down amid widespread internet outage

Internet infrastructure provider Akamai confirmed that it is experiencing a service disruption

Indians more vulnerable to tech support scams, says Microsoft report

Consumers in India experienced a relatively high scam encounter rate of 69% during the past 12 months, close to the 70% rate experienced in 2018

OnePlus Nord 2 5G with MediaTek Dimensity 1200 launched: Sale info, specs

Alongside the Nord 2 5G, OnePlus unveiled the Buds Pro wireless earbuds. The earbuds will launch in India in August

Nasa Perseverance Mars rover to acquire first sample of Martian rock

Nasa is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth

Mexico: $300 million in Israeli spyware spending included kickbacks

Mexico's top anti-money laundering investigator has said that officials from previous administrations from 2012 to 2018 spent about $300 million in government money to purchase spyware from NSO Group

Hiring gets AI power, but its scope is limited for blue collar employees

Technology can also help with some very practical solutions to know a candidate during remote hiring.

Decoded: What changes with Twitter's new privacy policy

Twitter is trying to generate new revenue. The new policy clarifies what sort of data and metadata it will collect

Apple to upgrade budget handset to 5G, drop iPhone Mini from 2022 lineup

Apple Inc's cheapest handset will support 5G technology in its next iteration and its iPhone Mini will not be included in its 2022 lineup, Nikkei reported

YouTube adds 'Super Thanks' feature to help content creators earn more

YouTube on Wednesday said it has added a new 'Super Thanks' that will offer a new monetisation mechanism for creators on the platform.

Instagram launches new collaborative feature for Reels in India and UK

The feature enables two users to jointly content with each of their followers

Samsung says 'get ready to unfold' on August 11 with new devices

Samsung has made it official to hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event on August 11, where the South Korean giant is likely to showcase new foldable devices Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3

HP India MD to head ICEA panel to boost IT hardware manufacturing

India Cellular & Electronics Association on Wednesday announced a high-level committee to boost manufacturing and exports of the IT hardware (laptop/tablet) sector

Apple Inc to release all 5G-enabled iPhones for 2022 lineup: Report

Apple Inc will release from next year only 5G-enabled iPhones and will revamp its budget handset after for the first time in two years, Nikkei reported

Emmanuel Macron among 14 heads of states on potential spyware list

French President Emmanuel Macron leads a list of 14 current or former heads of state who may have been targeted for hacking by clients of the notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO Group

Verizon to make Google's Messages default app on Android devices from 2022

With that move, Verizon would join peers AT&T Inc and T-Mobile US Inc in propping up competition to Apple Inc's iMessage service.

Microsoft in talks with Telangana to set up Rs 15,000-crore data centre

According to sources in the state government, the company has zeroed in on a land parcel near Hyderabad for the facility

Google builds on India bet, set to buy 2-year-old start-up simsim

The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. simsim was founded in June 2019.