Social media users looking for an alternative for Facebook-owned WhatsApp and were concerned about the changes brought in to the privacy policy of the service apparently took to the privacy-focused messaging apps Signal and Telegram resulting in a significant increase in the downloads of these two messaging apps. According to Sensor Tower, between January 6…
On Wednesday, the world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon.com Inc, launched an online academy to train students for one of India’s most competitive college entrance tests. The development marks Amazon tapping the virtual learning boom created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Amazon Academy” is accessible either as an Android app as well as on a website.…
In a significant development General Motors Co presented a futuristic self-driving vehicle flying Cadillac which can take off and land vertically carrying passenger above streets through the air. A senior GM executive described the concept as “reimagining the future of personal transportation”. The single-passenger Cadillac, which essentially is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone,…
In a statement PayPal Holdings Inc said it has blocked GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding site which helped raise funds for people who attended last week’s event in Washington after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, visited en mass at the Capitol. PayPal confirmed that it has closed an account held by Ali Alexander, one of…
In a statement Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 said, it will partner with Nokia for the deployment of its core 5G network in Sweden and in the Baltics. The new core infrastructure will support both 4G and 5G connectivity, thus allowing higher speeds with lower latencies in the network. “We are proud to be expanding on…
Microsoft founder and the third richest person in the world Bill Gates has entered a bidding war worth £3bn to purchase the largest private jet operator of the world even as gates also prepared to publish a new book titled ‘How to Avoid a Climate Disaster’. Much of the $134bn personal wealth of Gates is…
The social media site more popular in the United States – Parler, has gone offline following the decision of Amazon to withdraw support to the so called “free speech” social networking site. The social media platform had been very dependent on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing service and was known to be striving to…
A shortage of semiconductors will force top auto companies to cut vehicle production this month, said Ford Motor Co, Toyota Motor Corp, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Nissan Motor Co Ltd. These four global auto companies are the latest ones to say that they have been hit by a shortage of chip with an increase of…
According to a report from South Korean media house IT News, Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc will be signing a partnership deal in the coming weeks on autonomous electric cars. A deal could be on the cards to start their production in the United States sometime in 2024. Earlier last week, another report had said,…
2020 is now the joint record holder along with 2016 for the hottest year which also marked the culmination of the hottest decade in recorded human history. This was confirmed by researchers on Friday even as the world struggles to cope up with and implement strategies to address global climate change. A continued upward trend…
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