COVID-19: ISRO develops 3 types of ventilators, to transfer technology

The Indian Space Research Organisation has developed three types of ventilators, and has come forward to transfer the technology to industry forclinical usage as the country battles the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month

Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos brother will fly to space next month on the first space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin, the billionaire said.

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SBI invests in digital payments firm Cashfree

Cashfree, a digital payments and banking technology company on Monday announced State Bank of India (SBI) has made an investment in the organisation.

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Flipkart introduces contactless, QR-based payment for pay-on-delivery orders

Flipkart has launched a contactless, QR-code based payment facility for all its pay-on-delivery shipments.

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Google agrees to change some ad practices after French watchdog imposes fine

The authority also fined the Mountain View, California-based company 220 million euros ($267.48 million) after a probe found it abused its market power in the intricate ad business online, where some its tools have become almost essential for large publishers.

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Meet the new, unstoppable Indian tech honchos on world map

The latest to join the elite tech CEOs' club is Rajesh Nambiar, currently the Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant India, who has replaced Malcolm Frank, Executive Vice President and President, Digital Business and Technology at the IT major.

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Samsung leads end-user smartphone sales in Q1 globally: Report

The global smartphone sales to end users grew 26 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, led by Samsung which garnered 20.3 per cent market share, a Gartner report said.

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Elon Musk's "quickest production car" has been cancelled

Model S Plaid+, which would have been Tesla's highest-end model with a driving range of 520 miles, was unveiled at a battery event last year and Musk said it would adopt its next-generation 4,680 battery cells. But production was pushed back to 2022 from the end of 2021.

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1 out of 2 smartphones to support 5G by 2022-end globally: Report

With the average selling prices (ASP) likely to continue declining by double-digits in the near future, it is expected that one out of every two smartphones sold globally will support 5G by the end of 2022, a new report showed on Monday.

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SK Telecom denies selling stake in e-commerce unit to Amazon

SK Telecom, a major mobile carrier, denied a news report on Monday that it is planning to sell a stake in its e-commerce unit 11Street to ecommerce giant Amazon in a bid to bolster its online retail business.

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Google says supports work to update international tax rules

Google said that it supports the work being done to update international tax rules after G7 finance ministers agreed to pursue a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% and to reallocate taxing rights for large, profitable multinational companies.

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Amazon under fire after bikini having colours of Karnataka flag, emblem on sale

"Multinational companies should stop such repeated insult of #Kannada This is a matter of Kannadigas' self-pride and we will not tolerate the rise in such incidents. @amazonca should, therefore, apologise to Kannadigas. Legal action will be taken immediately against @amazonca," a Karnataka minister tweeted.

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Taiwan to quarantine workers to control Covid spike at tech firm

While cases had been concentrated in Taipei and neighbouring New Taipei, health authorities are now trying to stop an outbreak at two chip packagers in Miaoli, King Yuan and Greatek Electronics, as well as ethernet switch maker Accton Technology Corp.

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Data abuse: EU and UK open anti-trust probes into Facebook

The European Commission and the UK regulators have opened formal anti-trust investigations into Facebook for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the social media/digital advertising markets through the collection and use of advertising data.

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Indian Public Cloud market to reach $9.5 billion by 2025: IDC

The Indian Public Cloud services market revenue reached $3.6 billion for 2020 and is set to reach $9.5 billion by 2025, grow at a CAGR of 21.5 per cent, according to a new IDC report.

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15 budget laptops and tablets under Rs 30,000 for online classes

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South Korean designer creates "Third Eye" for "smartphone zombies"

A South Korean industrial designer has come up with a satirical solution for "smartphone zombies" who can't take their eyes away from their screen long enough to stop themselves walking into a wall or other obstacle.

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How to avoid letting someone known to see you on Tinder

Tinder finally added the ability to block contacts using their phone number. This means if you do not want someone to cross your path on Tinder then you now have the option to permanently block them. This feature may come handy if you don’t want any friends or other contacts known to you from accidentally seeing your profile.

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How to check what audio Google has recorded on your Android smartphone

If you are an Android user then you would have made use of Google Assistant at some point of time, if not regularly. For that, Google records your voice to provide you with the answers to your query. If you wish to listen to your voice recordings done by Google through its AI voice assistant, here is how you can do it on your phone.

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Google Meet gets UI update, here how to turn on Captions

Wondering where to find the Captions on/of feature in Google Meet, follow our simple step-by-step guide to find out:

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