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Google sued for ‘deceptive’ Android location tracking in US
San Francisco : Google has now been sued in the US for 'deceptive' collection of location data on Android devices.The attorneys general of three states and the District of Columbia have sued the tech giant, alleging that Google pushed…
Facebook declined to spin-off its Workplace app as $1bn unicorn
San Francisco : Facebook (before it was rebrandeded as Meta) was approached by venture capitalists to spin off its Workplace app and make it a new company valued at over $1 billion. But Facebook declined.Workplace, Facebook's collaboration…
Google moves to court against antitrust suit, denies collusion with FB
San Francisco : Google has moved to court against an antitrust lawsuit in the US that alleged Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg were involved in a secret ad collusion plot.Led by Texas Attorney General Ken…
Elon Musk calls Twitter’s NFT profile pics ‘annoying’
San Francisco : Soon after microblogging platform Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue rolled out a new feature allowing users to show off their non-fungible token (NFT) on their profile picture, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on…
Twitter Blue rolls out NFT profile pictures for subscribed iOS users
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue has rolled out a new feature to allow users to show off their non-fungible token (NFT) on their profile picture.The feature is currently available to Twitter…
Google working on AR headset codenamed ‘Project Iris’
San Francisco : Google is working on an AR headset codenamed "Project Iris".According to two people familiar with the project, Google has recently begun ramping up work on an AR headset, internally codenamed Project Iris, that it hopes to…
Crypto.com loses $34 mn in hack involving 483 users
San Francisco : Leading cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has finally admitted that 483 users on its platform lost almost $34 million in various digital coins owing to a compromise in two-factor (2FA) authentication.Overall, the…
Elon Musk’s brain implant company ‘Neuralink’ nears human trials
San Francisco : Elon Musk-run brain-machine interface company Neuralink is preparing to launch clinical trials that will implant brain chips in humans.According to dailymail.co.uk, the firm is hiring a clinical trial director, which says…
Google launches beta of Android games on Windows PCs
San Francisco : Tech giant Google is reportedly launching a limited beta of its app to bring Android games to Windows PCs.According to The Verge, Google Play Games will be available in beta in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, allowing…
Instagram testing subscription service for creators to sell content
San Francisco : Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has started testing subscriptions, a new feature allowing creators to offer paid followers access to exclusive content.Currently, only 10 US creators have gained access to the new…