Nov.14 — Dag Kittlaus, co-founder of Siri and co-founder and chief executive officer of Viv Labs, discusses the purchase of Siri by Apple Inc., Viv Labs’ sale to Samsung Electronics, and the future of personal assistant technology with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on “Bloomberg Technology.”
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A threat cluster with ties to a hacking group called Tropic Trooper has been spotted using a previously undocumented malware coded in Nim language to strike targets as part of a newly discovered campaign. The novel loader, dubbed Nimbda, is “bundled with a Chinese language greyware ‘SMS Bomber’ tool that is most likely illegally distributed
Payments on Whatsapp launched a cashback campaign for users across the country. RazorpayX, the neo-banking arm of Razorpay, has been onboarded as the technology partner of Payments on WhatsApp to enable a smooth cashback experience via UPI for its users across the country. Users using UPI to make payments on WhatsApp receive cashback and as
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first “demand-driven” communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play. Built by the Indian Space Research Organisation for NSIL, the satellite was successfully placed into geostationary orbit by the Ariane 5 rocket, operated by French
Realme TechLife Watch R100 has been launched in India on Thursday. The smartwatch features Bluetooth calling function, a 1.32-inch display, and an aluminium bezel. It comes with a ‘high-performance’ microphone and speaker. Realme claims that the wearable can last up to 7 days on a single charge and packs health-related features such as all-day heart
Samsung unveiled the 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP3 sensor on Thursday. The latest image sensor succeeds last year’s ISOCELL HP1 sensor and has 0.56-micron pixels (μm). It packs 200 million pixels in a 1/1.4 optical format. It is claimed to capture 8K videos at 30 frames-per-second (fps) with minimum loss in the field of view. The South
In this article META Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday that the metaverse could be a considerable part of the social-network operator’s business in the second half of the decade. “We hope to basically get to around a billion people in the metaverse doing hundreds of dollars of commerce, each
Alphabet’s Google and Comcast’s NBCUniversal are leading the race for a tie-up with Netflix to help it create an advertisement-supported subscription plan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Comcast‘s video advertisement division, Freewheel, can help Netflix with technology to deliver ads, while NBCUniversal’s sales team can assist the streaming service provider with
Far Cry 5 Xbox Game Pass release date is out. The fifth instalment of the popular first-person action-adventure shooter game Far Cry will be available July 1 on Xbox Game Pass for PC, console, and cloud. This means that subscribers will be able to play Far Cry 5 on these platforms at no additional cost.
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has cautioned of a new set of spear-phishing attacks exploiting the “Follina” flaw in the Windows operating system to deploy password-stealing malware. Attributing the intrusions to a Russian nation-state group tracked as APT28 (aka Fancy Bear or Sofacy), the agency said the attacks commence with a lure
Shopify has launched new tools to help its merchants sell to other businesses and on Twitter, as the Canadian tech giant attempts to shore up sales to counter a post-pandemic slowdown in online shopping. More than a 100 new tools were unveiled on Wednesday, including ones to support its plans to push into business-to-business, for
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s GSAT-24 satellite, built NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday. GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4180kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs. It was the first “demand driven” communication satellite mission
Montblanc Summit 3 smartwatch is going to be the first wearable running Wear OS 3 apart from Google Pixel Watch. The wearable will be available soon globally for purchase. However, the smartwatch may not be available in India. Montblanc Summit 3 smartwatch features a 1.28-inch full-circle AMOLED display with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ SoC. It
Google has started taking away the Android Auto screen from phones after about seven years, according to a report. Back in August last year, Google had confirmed that it be shutting down the standalone Android Auto for Phone Screens application from Android 12 onwards. Early this month, a popup message had reportedly appeared for some
A new piece of research from academics at ETH Zurich has identified a number of critical security issues in the MEGA cloud storage service that could be leveraged to break the confidentiality and integrity of user data. In a paper titled “MEGA: Malleable Encryption Goes Awry,” the researchers point out how MEGA’s system does not
The Telegram messaging app, used by a wide range of Russian and Ukrainian officials during the war, only needs a small number of paid subscribers to cover its costs, founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday. Telegram Premium service users will get a higher limit for chats, media and file uploads, Durov said on June 10,
In a groundbreaking finding, researchers have developed a technology that can help effectively treat heart diseases in humans. The technology repairs heart muscles in mice after a heart attack and also successfully regenerates them. Researchers, from the University of Houston, have used a synthetic messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to deliver mutated transcription factors to the
AXL launched its X-Fit M57 smartwatch in India on Tuesday. The smartwatch sports a 1.28-inch HD round display with 240×240 pixels resolution. The AXL X-Fit M57 smartwatch features Bluetooth calling and supports multi-sports modes, including walking, running, cycling, yoga, and more. It is also claimed to offer up to 10 days of battery life. The
Apple CEO Tim Cook has teased the company’s plans to enter the augmented reality (AR) space in a media interview. Cook has a record of publicly expressing his immense interest in AR. However, the executive has this time explicitly told the public to “stay tuned” to see what Apple has to offer in the growing
Cryptocurrencies have been under immense pressure after the collapse of a so-called stablecoin called terraUSD. Umit Turhan Coskun | Nurphoto via Getty Images A controversial stablecoin launched just before the collapse of a similar token called terraUSD is struggling to maintain its peg to the U.S. dollar. USDD, a so-called “algorithmic” stablecoin that’s meant to
Twitter Notes — a feature to let users publish long-form content on the platform — has been in testing and is launching in the coming weeks, according to a report. The reported development was earlier known as Twitter Articles. It would let users express their ideas in detail and share in-depth thoughts on the platform.
Xiaomi has launched its latest TV A2 Series in the global markets. The TV A2 series comes in four sizes, including 32-inch, 43-inch, 50-inch, and 55-inch. All the new Xiaomi TV models feature an LED-backlit LCD panel. The 32-inch TV A2 model comes with an HD-ready display, while the 43-inch, 50-inch and 55-inch TV A2
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint/charge sheet against two people for allegedly operating “PP Poker Online Gaming App” and placing illegal bets and gambling, ED said on Wednesday. The persons who have been charge-sheeted were identified as Hardeep Singh and Ankur alias Rahul Khanna, both the residents of Kolkata. Earlier on April
A newly discovered Magecart skimming campaign has its roots in a previous attack activity going all the way back to November 2021. To that end, it has come to light that two malware domains identified as hosting credit card skimmer code — “scanalytic[.]org” and “js.staticounter[.]net” — are part of a broader infrastructure used to carry
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company will “hold off on any revenue sharing on Facebook and Instagram until 2024,” a year later than originally planned. Under this move, Instagram and Facebook will take a commission from offerings like fan subscriptions, paid events, badges and the company’s newsletter platform and Substack competitor Bulletin,
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said a 10 percent cut in salaried staff at the electric car maker will happen over three months, as the world’s richest man predicted a US recession was more likely than not. His remarks were his most detailed explanation of job cut plans and his first in-person appearance since Reuters
Mi Smart Band 7 has been launched in Europe. The Mi Smart Band 7 was recently spotted on various certification sites like Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and NCC. Xiaomi had already launched this fitness tracker in China in May. The Chinese company has now launched the non-NFC version of the band in Europe. The
Motorola Edge 30 Lite first look has appeared online ahead of the official launch. The back view of the Motorola phone has been leaked to showcase its dual rear cameras. Some specifications of the Motorola Edge 30 Lite have also surfaced. The smartphone is said to have up to 256GB of onboard storage and carry
In this article MMAT Meta The company formerly known as Facebook is going to spend $10 billion this year on research and development on virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, including computerized glasses or headsets. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off how much progress the social media company has made towards that goal
Delhi government’s ambitious “Dilli Bazaar” e-portal that will enable shoppers across the globe to have a virtual tour of the city’s key markets and shop on the lines of other e-commerce platforms, will go live in December with 10,000 vendors, an official statement said. Through Dilli Bazaar, the Arvind Kejriwal government aims to bring Delhi’s