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Twitter usage up by 3.5% week over week: Elon Musk

Elon Musk has shared the numbers regarding the increase in "Total User Active Seconds" on Twitter, noting that usage was up by 3.5 per cent week over the week globally.

Jul 15, 2023

Samsung Galaxy on sale: Latest addition 'M34 5G' goes on sale [Check features]

Samsung's latest addition to its Galaxy M series -- Galaxy M34 5G went on sale in India starting from Saturday onwards.

Jul 15, 2023

"Fight, fight, fight": YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul hits Musk, Zuck with $100mn fight offer

American YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul has given Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a $100 million offer to take their much-anticipated cage fight to the Middle East and donate all proceeds to charity.

Jul 14, 2023

"Thank you Musk ji"; Twitter's ad-revenue sharing has Indians jumping in joy [details]

Elon Musk-run Twitter on Friday started paying Indian creators their share of ads revenue under its newly launched 'ads revenue sharing programme' for creators.

Jul 14, 2023

Apple iOS 17 public beta is here; personal voice feature, StandBy mode & more in offing [details]

Tech giant Apple has released the iOS 17 public beta, which includes a new StandBy mode, personal voice feature and more. influencer Marques Brownlee revealed the personal voice feature on Twitter.

Jul 14, 2023

Twitter starts paying hefty sums to creators via ads revenue sharing programme [details]

Twitter on Friday launched a new ads revenue sharing programme for creators, and has already started paying hefty sums.

Jul 14, 2023

Apple is driving transformative clean energy innovation in India; partners with Acumen [details]

Apple on Thursday announced it has joined nonprofit impact investment fund Acumen to support social enterprises in India to improve livelihoods through clean energy innovation.

Jul 13, 2023

Elon Musk launches 'xAI' company to 'understand true nature of universe'; Team to host Twitter Spaces on July 14

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) company called xAI that aims to to "understand the true nature of the universe".

Jul 12, 2023

Adobe expands Firefly globally, supports text prompts in 8 Indian regional languages

Software major Adobe on Wednesday announced the global expansion of Firefly (a generative AI system) that supports text prompts in over 100 languages, including eight Indian regional languages.

Jul 12, 2023

MacBook Air 15-inch M2 review: Go big or go home

Apple's MacBook Air 15-inch M2-powered laptop is the ideal daily driver, which is handy, stylish and incredibly powerful. Read our review of Apple's first 15-inch MacBook Air.

Jul 12, 2023

Nothing Phone (2) with new Glyph Interface, super-fast chip launched in India; starts at Rs 44,999

Phone (2) pre-order pass buyers in India are now able to choose their preferred variant and place their order till July 20. Pre-order pass buyers can also buy the all-new Ear (2) Black for Rs 8,999.

Jul 11, 2023

Taliban supports Musk's Twitter over Zuckerberg's Threads

The Taliban has come out in support of Elon Musk-run Twitter over Mark Zuckerberg-run Threads on Instagram, saying other platforms cannot replace the original micro-blogging platform

Jul 11, 2023

Foxconn's withdrawal from JV for chip manufacture has no impact on India's chip dream; here's why

In a major setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans of making India a chip-manufacturing hub, Taiwanese chip-making giant Foxconn on Monday announced that it has withdrawn from a joint venture with India-based industrial giant Vedanta.

Jul 10, 2023

Meta's Twitter rival 'Threads' crosses 90 mn sign-ups within days of launch [details]

Meta's Twitter rival, Threads, has crossed 90 million user sign-ups just within a few days after its launch.

Jul 9, 2023

Don't want to replace Twitter but create less angry place for users: Instagram head

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has clarified that Meta does not want to replace Twitter but create a public square for communities on Instagram that never really embraced Twitter and for communities on Elon Musk-run platform "that are interested in a less angry place for conversations, but not all of Twitter".

Jul 8, 2023