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Google layoffs not based on performance: Sacked Indian employee
New Delhi : Even as tech giant Google continues to cut down staff, a sacked Indian employee stated that the layoffs are not based on performance. In a LinkedIn post, Google India employee Animesh Swain stated that pink slips were also…
Gmail gets 2-pane view on Android foldables
San Francisco : Tech giant Google has announced that it has rolled out a two-pane view on Gmail for Android foldables. "As part of our mission to provide a top-class user experience on large screen devices, Android foldable-device users…
WhatsApp now let beta users keep messages from disappearing
San Francisco : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature, which will allow users to keep messages from disappearing on iOS and Android beta.
This feature is rolled out to some beta testers after…
WhatsApp may bring ‘schedule group calls’ to future update
San Francisco : Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature called "schedule group calls", which it may bring in a future update to Android and iOS users.
According to WABetaInfo, the feature is under development, so it is…
Google lays off 100 robot workers used to clean its cafeterias
San Francisco : Alphabet, Google's parent company, recently laid off 12,000 workers and even 100 robots that cleaned its cafeterias at its headquarters. According to a Wired report, Alphabet's 'Everyday Robots' project -- an unit under…
Twitter shuts off internal Slack, employees say didn’t pay bills
San Francisco : Twitter has apparently shut off its internal communication system Slack and employees posted on anonymous workplace chat app Blind that the company had stopped paying its Slack bills.
The move left employees baffled and…
Snapchat now recommends sounds for photos, videos
San Francisco : Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has announced that it is rolling out new "Sounds creative" tools -- Sounds Recommendations for Lenses and Sounds Sync for Camera Roll -- on Snapchat, globally.
More than 250 million…
Twitter removes captions from Spaces on iOS
San Francisco : Elon Musk-run Twitter has removed captions from the company's social audio rooms, "Spaces" on iOS, the media reported. The company still advertises that users can enable captions in a Space by clicking the three-dot menu,…
Google One members can now use AI-powered ‘Magic Eraser’ tool
San Francisco : Tech giant Google has announced that it is rolling out its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered "Magic Eraser" tool in Google Photos for Google One subscribers - both Android and iOS - and all Pixel users.
Introduced in…
Meta says improving ‘Facebook Jail’ penalty system for violators
New Delhi : Prompted by feedback from the independent Oversight Board, Meta has said it is updating its "Facebook jail" penalty system to make it fairer and more effective. The company said they will still be able to keep the platform safe…