Indian gamers can now play Krafton's new battle game
San Francisco, March 15 (IANS) Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game developer Krafton, which saw its popular game being banned in India last year, on Wednesday launched a new battle game in the country.
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Science/Technol Science 12:30 PMSpaceX's Starship only 50% likely to pass 1st orbital flight: Musk
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Science/Technol Technology 12:28 PMMicrosoft to add 3D avatar to Teams in May
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Healthtech platform HealthPlix raises $22 mn in funding drought
Bengaluru, March 15 (IANS) Amid the deepening funding winter, health tech startup HealthPlix Technologies on Wednesday said it has secured $22 million funding in Series C led by Avataar Venture Partners, SIG Venture Capital and existing investors.
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Paytm UPI LITE crosses 2 mn users with over half a million daily transactions
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Homegrown Paytm Payments Bank on Wednesday announced it now has over 2 million users on Paytm UPI LITE.
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WhatsApp's new beta feature let businesses boost status updates
San Francisco, March 15 (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new "Boost Status" shortcut for businesses on Android and iOS beta which allows them to advertise their status updates on Facebook and Instagram.
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Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, more
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Google has announced new generative AI features for its Workspace apps, including Google Docs, Gmail, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and Chat.
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No 'security testing' or 'crackdown' plans for smartphone makers: Govt
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said there are no plans for security testing for smartphones or crackdown on pre-installed applications, as the sole emphasis is on ease of doing business and boost local electronics manufacturing.
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Developer most sought-after job role in India amid tech layoffs
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Amid widespread tech layoffs, developers have emerged as the most sought-after role in India, especially those who can design, develop and maintain the front-end and back-end of a web application, making up five of the top 10 job roles, a report has revealed.
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Bring back your money, new Silicon Valley Bank CEO urges depositors
San Francisco, March 15 (IANS) Tim Mayopoulos, new CEO of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), has urged depositors to return with their money to help the bank survive.
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Google searches for 'Naatu Naatu' skyrocketed 1,105% after Oscar feat
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Online searches for 'Naatu Naatu' on Google skyrocketed by a whopping 1,105 per cent worldwide after the super-hit song from the Telugu blockbuster 'RRR' won the Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards, a report showed on Wednesday.
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Anthropic introduces ChatGPT's rival 'Claude'
San Francisco, March 15 (IANS) Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company founded by former members of OpenAI, has introduced its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot 'Claude' which will compete against ChatGPT.
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Engineers who joined in-person perform better than remote workers: Zuckerberg
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Engineers who joined Meta (formerly Facebook) when its offices were open performed better than those who joined the company remotely amid the pandemic, its Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stressed.
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Reddit back in order after brief outage
San Francisco, March 15 (IANS) Social discussion forum Reddit on Wednesday said that it has fixed the "internal systems" issue, and that the platform is now back online.
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OpenAI announces new AI model 'GPT-4' that accepts image, text inputs
San Francisco, March 15 (IANS) Microsoft-owned OpenAI has announced its new large multimodal model "GPT-4" which accepts image and text inputs.
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Indian companies need to reduce corporate flying emissions: Report
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The majority of Indian companies are failing to set ambitious targets to reduce corporate travel emissions, revealed a ranking on business travel by The Travel Smart Campaign on Wednesday.
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Meta CEO fires 10K more employees, shuts 5K additional open roles
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced to sack an additional 10,000 employees via several job cut rounds in the coming months.
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Microsoft's flagship developer conference 'Build' in May, to focus on AI
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Microsoft's annual developer conference called 'Build' is likely to be held in Seattle, the US, from May 23-25, as the Satya Nadella-run company doubles down on AI and ChatGPT driven products.
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Defence tech startup Optimized Electrotech raises Rs 200 mn
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Deep tech and defence technology startup Optimized Electrotech on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 200 million in a Pre-Series B round for its expansion.
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Vimal Kapur becomes CEO of US-based Honeywell as Indian-origin glory continues
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) US-based consumer tech conglomerate Honeywell on Tuesday announced that Vimal Kapur, President and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Darius Adamczyk as CEO on June 1.
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Microsoft to add multi-factor authentication capabilities to Outlook app
San Francisco, March 14 (IANS) Microsoft will soon accelerate the adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for its 365 cloud productivity platform by incorporating MFA capabilities into the Outlook email client.
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India Inc sees only 89 deals worth $1.8bn in Feb; down 54% from last year
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The global macro-economic conditions and funding winter continued as India Inc recorded only 89 deals worth $1.8 billion in February -- a 54 per cent decline in volumes and a significant 60 per cent decline in values compared to February 2022, a report showed on Tuesday.
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Samsung S23 Ultra AI 'doesn't apply' any image overlaying to Moon photos, says company
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Amid the ongoing debate over Samsung S23 Ultra and photos of Moon clicked by the device, the South Korean giant on Tuesday told IANS that the artificial intelligence (AI) computational processing "does not apply" any image overlaying to the photos of the Moon.
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Samsung may ditch Exynos chipsets for Galaxy S24 series
San Francisco, March 14 (IANS) Tech giant Samsung will reportedly ditch Exynos system-on-chips (SoCs) for its upcoming flagship series 'Galaxy S24'.
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Indian Web3 industry to reach $1.1 bn by 2032: Report
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Indian Web3 market is expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2032, up from $0.0049 billion in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 57 per cent, a report showed on Tuesday.
