TECHNOLOGY

T-Hub CEO hails initiatives to promote startups
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He said that the Union Budget's elaborate focus on building a digital economy and technology-enabled development is extremely encouraging. As mentioned during the budget, star-ups have emerged as growth drivers for our economy showcasing the immense potential of India's startup ecosystem.
Tesla reveals loss of $204 mn from Bitcoin investments in 2022
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In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said, apart from the loss it recorded, it also made a profit of $64 million on certain conversions of Bitcoin, leaving the automaker with a net loss of $140 million.
Meta working on new version of its halted smartwatch
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The information was shared by the tipster Kuba Wojciechowski on Tuesday, who claimed that the new version of the device is "physically very similar to the previously leaked one"."There appear to be some sensor array changes on the back, as well as small cosmetic differences, but nothing major.
Google may soon let users translate text within images in Chrome
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The information came from the Chrome feature researcher Leopeva64, reports Android Police. The new image translation tool is not released yet, not even in Chrome Beta or Canary, as it is still under development. Currently, Chrome allows the translation of entire web pages by just right-clicking on the desktop or tapping the menu button on mobile, then selecting the "Translate" option.
Centre cuts Customs duty on key mobile phone parts to boost local manufacturing
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the move is to further deepen domestic value addition in manufacture of mobile phones. "The mobile phone production in India had increased from 5.8 crore units valued at about Rs 18,900 crore in 2014-15 to 31 crore units valued at over Rs 2,75,000 crore in the last financial year, as a result of various initiatives of the government,
India will set up 100 5G labs to develop new apps, services
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India rolled out 5G services in October last year and several hundred cities and towns now have 5G services, courtesy Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. "To realise new opportunities, business models and employment potential, the 5G labs will cover applications such as smart classrooms, precision farming, intelligent transport systems and healthcare applications," said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2023-24 speech.
Apple may limit periscope camera to iPhone 16 Pro Max
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The information was shared by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Twitter on Tuesday. Kuo tweeted: "My latest survey indicates only one/highest-end new iPhone 16 model in 2H24 will have the periscope camera, not the two models the market expected.
Google plans to add Microsoft 365 integration to ChromeOS
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"Today, users of Microsoft 365 and OneDrive software can use the Progressive Web App (Installable here) for their Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel needs. To further help these users, we will have a new integration later this year on ChromeOS, making it easier to install the app and open files," said Google on its support page.
OpenAI launches new tool to detect AI-generated text
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'AI Text Classifier' is a "fine-tuned GPT model that predicts how likely it is that a piece of text was generated by AI from a variety of sources, such as ChatGPT," the company said on the new tool's page. "The model is trained on human-written text from a variety of sources, which may not be representative of all kinds of human-written text."
Microsoft to remove several games from Xbox 360 store on Feb 7
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A number of game titles and associated add-ons will be removed from the Xbox 360 Marketplace in a select set of regions per title. These removals will start on February 7, 2023," the company said on an Xbox support page.Once purchased, you can always redownload these games
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