TECHNOLOGY

iOS 17 arrives with new features across Apple’s first-party apps
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The iOS 17 offers new features across Apple’s first-party apps, including the Phone app, Messages, FaceTime, and more, and introduces new functionality like Live Voicemail, FaceTime audio and video messages.
iPhone 15 Pro Max seeing 'robust' demand, outpacing last year's Pro Max: Report
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According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, iPhone 15 Pro Max demand has outpaced iPhone 14 Pro Max demand during the matching period last year.
Tim Cook says 'there are some things he doesn't like about Elon Musk's X'
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Cook called the platform's apparent anti-semitism problem "abhorrent" in an interview with CBS, but added, "Twitter is an important property; I like the concept that it's there for discourse". However, when asked whether Apple should be advertising on X, he said that this is something the company "constantly" asks itself.
Elon Musk vouches to 'fight for max freedom of speech under law' on X
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The Tesla CEO quoted a Washington Post article, which claimed prosecutors in German as saying that under Musk, X is complying with more requests from the country to identify users in hate speech cases, than before. The article also claims that this is in contrast to other countries such as Turkey and India, where X continues to legally contest censorship demands.
Facebook failed to control Covid misinformation due to its design, reveals study
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The study, led by researchers at the George Washington University in the US and published in the journal Science Advances, found that Facebook’s efforts were undermined by the core design features of the platform itself.
90-30 nap formula can help counter drowsiness in night-shift workers: Study
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The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, analysed the data of pilot studies on night-shift naps conducted from 2012 to 2018.
X introduces verification based on government ID for paid users
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ID Verification is currently available in numerous countries and will soon be extended to include more, such as the European Union, European Economic Area (EEA), and the UK, according to the company.
Preorders for new iPhone 15 series, Watches now live in India
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For the first time, the 'Make in India' iPhone 15 will be available from the day of the global sales (September 22).
India's Koo looking for 'strategic partner' to build at scale amid funding winter
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In a LinkedIn post, Bidawatka said that the next phase for Koo is to "build scale and that will happen with either funding or through a strategic partnership with someone who already has scale" in the "current reality of a slow investor market".
Indian technical consumer goods market logs 8% growth, premium phones selling fast
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While the telecom (smartphone/mobile phones) segment experienced a marginal 4 per cent reduction in volume, it was offset by a substantial 12 per cent increase in overall value, said the report by German market research company GfK.
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