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WhatsApp bans 29 lakh accounts in India as country launches grievance panel
Between January 1 and January 31, "2,918,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 1,038,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users," the company said in its monthly compliance report. The most popular messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received 1,461 complaint reports in January in the country, and the records "actioned" were 195.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip-enabled phones to support built-in 'iSIMs'
"We are very pleased to see our investment in high assurance processor hardware security, in collaboration with Thales, achieving the security and functional bar required by the GSMA for Remote Provisioning UICC use case," Ziad Asghar, senior vice president of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, said in a statement.
Indian tech industry adds 290K jobs in FY23, to hit $500 bn revenue by 2030
At this rate, the tech industry in the country is estimated to reach $500 billion by 2030. Despite the global headwinds, the technology industry in India is set to witness steady growth in FY2023E, according to the report by Nasscom. It estimated that the Indian service export revenue is expected to touch $194 billion in FY23, a growth of 9.4 per cent compared to FY2022.
Hiring resumes in Indian IT sector after months-long slowdown
The number of new jobs in the IT sector increased by 10 per cent in February compared to the preceding month, according to data by Naukri JobSpeak. The demand for specialist roles such as analytics managers, big data engineers, Cloud system administrators, and augmented reality QA Testers, increased by 29 per cent, 25 per cent, 21 per cent, respectively.
Twitter announces 'Violent Speech' policy
The new policy prohibits violent threats, wishes of harm, glorification of violence and incitement of violence, the company tweeted from its @TwitterSafety account. The company has a "zero tolerance policy" towards violent speech in order to ensure the safety of the users and prevent the normalisation of violent actions. We allow expressions of violent speech when there is no.
Qualcomm to ship Apple-chip competitor in 2024
At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, Qualcomm CEO and President Cristiano Amon revealed that Apple will produce its own 5G modems in the iPhone 16, reports AppleInsider, citing sources. "Our SoC and custom CPUs, you should think of it as an Apple compete for the Microsoft ecosystem," Amon said When asked when the new chip was coming, Amon said: "We probably will see some devices that may get announced in 2023."
Long Covid cuts brain oxygen, worsens cognitive problems, depression
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted a laboratory study which showed that individuals who had experienced symptomatic Covid illness performed worse on two computer tasks. One is measuring inhibition and another is impulsive decision-making. Compared to those who had not been infected, people who had been infected showed a lack of increase in oxygen saturation in an area of the brain that is normally engaged during one of the tasks.
Amazon joins Vishal Garg's Better.com to let employees use stock to buy homes
Better.com launched 'Equity Unlocker' that allows Amazon employees to use their vested equity as collateral for a down payment for buying homes. According to Garg's company, Amazon employees can finance their homes without actually selling their shares.
Amazon workers in Florida, New York and Washington can currently use aEquity Unlocker' to secure a home loan.
Google Pixel Watch to now detect if you fall
The fall detection feature uses motion sensors built-in to the users' watch and on-device machine learning to determine if the wearer took a hard fall, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Tuesday. Also, it will call emergency services if the user doesn't move or responds within 30 seconds. You can turn the feature on in the 'Updates' page on the Watch Companion app.
WhatsApp may soon add newsletters to Status tab on Android beta
The company is working on changing the Status tab by adding two different sections-- status and newsletter, reports WABetaInfo. The important aspects of this newly designed section will be the incorporation of users' subscribed newsletters directly into the status tab, as well as the capability to search for newsletters by username. Moreover, status updates will be displayed in a horizontal layout similar to Instagram Stories.
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