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YouTube Premium introduces new features with higher quality video, more
"While all users will still have access to 1080p, this enhanced 1080p quality setting will look extra crisp and clear, especially for videos with lots of detail and motion," YouTube said in a blogpost. For those users who like to jump from one video to another, the company introduced a feature which will provide more controls over their queue.
Agrawal, Gadde, Segal sue Twitter over $1 mn in unpaid legal fees
In October last year, Musk informed Agrawal, Gadde and Segal that their employment with the company was terminated as he took control of the micro-blogging platform.
According to the latest lawsuit filed in the Delaware Chancery Court in the US, the trio alleged that Twitter has to pay them more than $1 million for legal fees they incurred while at the company to respond to queries by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in several hearings.
Global PC market in the doldrums, notebooks suffer largest 34% decline
According to market research firm Canalys, Q1 2023 represents the largest shipment decline for the worldwide PC market this year, with recovery to begin in the second half of this year and gather momentum in 2024.Desktop shipments performed slightly better, undergoing a 28 per cent decline to 12.1 million units.
Apple Delhi retail store opens on April 20, Mumbai one on April 18
While Apple BKC in Mumbai will be thrown open on April 18, Apple Saket in Delhi will be open for customers on April 20. "These new retail locations mark a significant expansion in India that will offer great new ways to browse, discover, and buy Apple products with exceptional service and experiences for customers," the company said in a statement.
5G speed to reduce to half if less spectrum allotted in 6GHz band: COAI
In a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the apex operators' body said that mid-band spectrum like 6GHz provides a balance of wide coverage and capacity which is critical to the rapid and cost-efficient deployment of 5G mobile networks in India and also meets the exponentially increasing data demands, that too at affordable terms.
Elon Musk begins following PM Modi on Twitter, users react
On Monday, a screenshot displaying PM Modi's name among the list of 195 individuals he follows surfaced and quickly garnered attention on the micro-blogging platform. With 134.3 million followers, Musk is the most followed person on Twitter. However, Prime Minister Modi is also one of the most followed leaders on Twitter, with 87.7 million followers.
Foldable smartphones in Rs 60K-75K range to grow 5 times by 2026: Report
"With growing adoption of foldable smartphones, and increasing competition amongst OEMs, the average selling price (ASP) for foldable phones is anticipated to drop further by 12-15 per cent in 2023. CMR estimates posit to the Rs 60,000-75,000 price bracket to be the sweet spot for OEMs," said Menka Kumari, Analyst- Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CyberMedia Research.
Apple fixes 2 zero-day bugs exploited to hack iPhones, Macs
According to BleepingComputer, the two zero-day security vulnerabilities were addressed in iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1, and Safari 16.4.1 with improved input validation and memory management. The first security flaw is an IOSurfaceAccelerator that could lead to the corruption of data, a crash, or code execution.
Over 24,250 Indian techies lose jobs at 84 startups to date
According to latest data from leading startup coverage portal Inc42, 24,256 employees have been laid off by 84 startups till date. The list of startups sacking employees is only growing in the country. Leading digital healthcare platform Practo has laid off 41 employees, mostly engineers, as part of the company's continuous performance management and planning process, as the funding winter continues.
Lava launches new smartphone with 6.5-inch display under Rs 10K
Priced at Rs 8,999, the smartphone comes in two colours -- Glass Orange and Glass Blue -- and will be available to purchase from online stores from April 18, according to the company. The smartphone features 6GB of RAM, which is expandable by an additional 5GB of virtual RAM and 128GB of internal storage.
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