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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Amazon Care Marks the Company’s Entry into Healthcare Services in the US

Amazon has announced that it will expand Amazon Care, which so far had been offered to a limited number of the company's own employees, across US. This will include telemedicine services and home care visits.

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China's top chipmaker to build a $2.35 billion plant with government funding

SMIC is key to China's plans to boost self-sufficiency in the semiconductor industry amid tensions with the U.S.

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60% of 45-to-54-year-old smartphone users play games: Inmobi

Gaming is believed to be popular mainly among Gen Z men, those in the age group of 18-24 years. But 60% of those in the age group of 45 to 54 years have taken to mobile gaming, says adtech firm InMobi’s mobile gaming India report 2021. About 45% of Indian gamers, the study said, started playing mobile games during the pandemic lockdowns.

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China regulators held talks with Alibaba, Tencent, 9 others on 'deepfake' technology

Chinese regulators recently summoned 11 domestic technology companies including Alibaba Group, Tencent and ByteDance for talks on use of 'deepfake' technologies on their content platforms, stepping up scrutiny of the sector.

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Mukund Mohan pleads guilty to wire fraud

Former Microsoft Ventures director and angel investor Mukund Mohan has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering regarding his scheme to obtain over $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and laundering the proceeds, the acting US Attorney for the Western District of Washington said in a press release issued

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Huawei CFO lawyer says Canadian police officials were 'less than truthful' in testimony

The allegation was part of a wider "pattern of misconduct" that Meng's lawyers argue should lead to her release from house arrest in Vancouver and rejection of the U.S. extradition request.

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Twitter alternative Koo's Chinese investor Shunwei Capital exits firm

Chinese Venture Capital firm Shunwei Capital has exited Bombinate Technologies, the parent company of Koo, after existing investors and a clutch of prominent individuals bought out its minority stake, the company said on Wednesday.

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OnePlus Watch will not run on Google’s WearOS, confirms company

Smartphone maker OnePlus will launch its next-generation OnePlus 9 series smartphones on March 23. Now, the company has also confirmed that it will launch its first smartwatch at the same event.

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Call to follow Australia to make Facebook, Google pay for news reaches Rajya Sabha

"The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay print and news channels for the news content they are using freely," Sushil Modi

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TikTok may have this plan to take on Facebook

Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the Chinese-owned app in more direct competition with social media rivals such as Facebook.

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Google Chrome rolls out Live Caption feature for easy transcription

Internet search giant Google has added a very useful feature to its Chrome browser that will transcribe audio playing in real-time. The feature — called Live Captions — has been available on Pixel and Galaxy smartphones since some time now. However, now its reach has been expanded to the Chrome browser on the desktop.

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Justice League Snyder Cut Apple TV Pre-Orders Live in India

Justice League Snyder Cut pre-orders are now live on Apple TV (formerly iTunes Movies) in India. You can buy Zack Snyder’s Justice League for Rs. 690 on Apple TV.

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Facebook to Remove Social, Political Group Recommendations, Block Rule-Breaking Members

Facebook on Wednesday announced sweeping changes to Facebook Groups on the platform, which includes removing political and social group recommendations and blocking members who repeatedly break rules, to curb misinformation and turn down tension on the site.

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Samsung Galaxy M12 to go on sale today at 12 pm: Price and specs

Samsung Galaxy M12 has a 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V display with 720x1600 pixel resolution. It comes with starting price of Rs 10,999.

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Redmi Note 10 Pro Max to go on first sale today via Amazon at 12 pm

Redmi Note 10 Pro Max smartphone is backed by a 5020mAh battery with 33W fast charging support. The handset runs on MIUI 12.5-based on Android 11 out of the box.

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Amazon app quiz March 18, 2021: Get answer to these questions to win Emporio Armani watch

Name of the winner will be announced on March 19

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Flipkart daily trivia quiz March 18, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts, discount coupons and more

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize.

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PCs rule, Mac sucks: Intel's message to users and Apple in new ads

In a series of ads, Intel has come out all guns blazing making fun of almost all things Apple.

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YouTube videos to have copyright checks very soon

YouTube assured that in order Checks is not a time-consuming feature on the platform. It said that while copyright checks usually finish within 3 minutes, monetisation checks can take a couple of minutes longer.

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Hacking Apple, Bill Gates and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts leads teen to 3 years in jail

Graham Ivan Clark, the teen who had hacked into — and took control of — the Twitter accounts of Apple, Bill Gates, Joe Biden and several other famous personalities last year has been sentenced to 3 years in jail, as per a report by Tampa Bay Times. He pleaded guilty to the crime and was served the sentence; he also will spend the next 3 years after release in probation. Clark is 18 years old.

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Apple gets boost in French privacy fight, but still faces probe by watchdog

Apple was given a boost on Wednesday as France's antitrust watchdog rejected advertisers' requests to suspend the iPhone maker's upcoming privacy feature, but it still faces a probe into whether it unfairly favours its own products and services.

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Amazon CEO Bezos applauds Congress for Dreamer bill: 'Families across America deserve this'

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said policymakers need to pave a path to citizenship or so-called Dreamers.

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