Google Meet Improves Hand Raising Feature, Will Automatically Lower Raised Hand When Speaker Is Done

Google Meet has improved its hand raising feature that will show an improved visual icon for raised hands, move users with raised hands to a more visible position on the video grid, along with more visible improvements to the feature. The rollout began on June 16 for rapid release domain users and will begin on June 30 for scheduled release domain users and may take u...

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Google Could Be Working on Apple-Like Find My Device Network Functionality for Android

Google may be working on device locating network functionality similar to Apple’s ‘Find My’ network. A string of code associated to a network for finding Android devices has been reportedly found in the latest version of Google Play Services app.

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Spotify Acquires Podz to Improve Podcast Discovery on Its Platform

Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery platform. It will help Spotify users to discover new podcasts on its platform. Earlier this week, Spotify announced Greenroom as its competitor for Clubhouse.

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Luca Post-Credits Scene, Explained

The post-credits scene in Pixar’s Luca movie brings back Sacha Baron Cohen’s Uncle Ugo. Luca is now streaming on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.

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Computer scientists are questioning whether Alphabet’s DeepMind will ever make A.I. more human-like

Computer scientists are questioning whether DeepMind will ever be able to make machines with the kind of "general" intelligence seen in humans and animals.

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Facebook Oculus VR Headset to Begin Testing Advertisements, Users Raise Concerns on Twitter

Facebook is set to test advertisements in its Oculus virtual reality (VR) headsets. The social media giant said on June 16 that it will start the in-headset advertising experiment with the video game Blaston developed by Resolution Games. Users are not too happy with the move and shared their concerns on Twitter.

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Paytm, Eka Care Enable Booking CoWIN Appointments for COVID-19 Vaccination

CoWIN appointment bookings to get COVID-19 vaccination are now live through Paytm and Eka Care apps.

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Facebook Launches Advertisements Globally for Instagram Reels

Facebook is launching advertisements globally on its TikTok clone Instagram Reels, the company said.

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Facebook Is Getting Its Own Podcast Platform This Month: Report

Facebook is gearing up to release its own podcast platform on June 22. Alongside, it will allow users to create short clips from their favourite podcasts and post them on Facebook pages. The upcoming feature for Facebook was first reported by The Verge. The episodes published on Facebook will be visible under a new Podcasts tab on the publisher's page. The social medi...

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Twitter India Head Gets Legal Notice From UP Police Over Assault Video

Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari was sent a legal notice by the Uttar Pradesh Police regarding the viral video of the assault on an elderly man in Loni. The MD has been asked to record his statement after the microblogging site "let the anti-social messages go viral."

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US FCC votes to advance proposed ban on Huawei, ZTE equipment approvals

Under proposed rules that won initial approval, the FCC could also revoke prior equipment authorizations issued to Chinese companies.

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Chinese apps could face subpoenas or bans under Joe Biden order: Sources

The U.S. Department of Commerce may issue subpoenas to collect information about certain smartphone, tablet and desktop computer software applications. Then the agency may negotiate conditions for their use in the United States or ban the apps, according to people familiar with the matter.

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US House panel to vote on bills targeting Big Tech next week

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will vote on Wednesday on a package of six antitrust bills, including several targeting the market power of Big Tech, the panel said on Thursday.

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Apple awards grants for computer chip courses to historically Black schools

Apple Inc said it will give $5 million to four historically Black universities to help expand their engineering programs for designing the chips that power electronic devices.

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Google's cloud taps AMD for new service as chip wars heat up

Cloud computing providers such as Google, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp are some of the biggest buyers of data center chips. They build services on top of the chips to rent the computing power out to millions of customers.

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Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai boost Indian tech prowess on world map

With Microsoft now electing CEO Satya Nadella as also the Chairman -- a first in two decades after the legendary Bill Gates, who has now retired from both the positions -- the Pichai-Nadella duo is now the flag bearer of a talent powerhouse, as new faces join the high-profile league of businesses led by Indian-origin tech honchos.

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How to be a drone pilot in India: Courses, fees, license and all details you need to know

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Luca: Inside Pixar’s 1950s Italian Riviera Adventure With Director Enrico Casarosa

Luca director Enrico Casarosa talks about how his Pixar movie borrows from Italian classics (Visconti, Fellini, and Monicelli), Italian folkore (Tellaro and Colapesce), and the Italian Riviera (Camogli and Portofino). Luca is out June 18 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.

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Miami's mayor looks to woo Chinese bitcoin miners with low energy prices and clean nuclear power

Mayor Francis Suarez says Miami’s doors are open to bitcoin miners in China who are currently scrambling to find a new home.

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About one-quarter of U.S. TV time is spent watching streaming services, says Nielsen

Network and cable TV still hold strong, accounting for 64% of time spent on televisions, according to data from Nielsen.

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The guy who founded Facebook’s VR company is now building ‘invincible technomancers’ for U.S. troops and just raised $450 million

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey announced Thursday that his new company raised an additional $450 million in funding to troops into "invincible technomancers."

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Travel app offers skittish vacationers 60-day freeze on hotel rates

Hopper rolled out its "Price Freeze for Hotels" feature. The app now lets users lock in the best rate at a specific hotel for up to 60 days.

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ByteDance founder tells staff he's shifting away from his daily work as CEO

In May, Zhang unexpectedly announced that he will step down as CEO of the TikTok owner amid Chinese' regulators' tightened scrutiny of the country's biggest technology firms.

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