TECHNOLOGY
Number of Twitter URLs blocked by MeitY rising
A total of 1,122 Twitter URLs were blocked till June 2022, 2,851 in 2021 as against 2,731 in 2020 and 1,041 in 2019 - up from 225 in 2018, 588 in 2017, 194 in 2016, 15 in 2015, and 8 in 2014, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
iPhone 14 likely facing QC issues over rear camera lens: Report
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the tech giant is facing quality issues with the rear iPhone 14 camera lens. "One more quality issue. My latest survey indicates one of Genius's iPhone 14 rear lenses likely suffered from coating-crack quality issues. Apple had transferred about 10 million lens orders to Largan from Genius to avoid affecting iPhone 14 shipments," the analyst wrote on Twitter.
Google Maps bring back Street View experience for Indian users
Google said Street View APIs will also be available to local developers enabling them to deliver richer mapping experiences in their services. It also mentioned that the company has launched this new feature in partnership with Genesys International, an advanced mapping solutions company, and Tech Mahindra.
Apple our deepest competitor on metaverse: Mark Zuckerberg
In a meeting with employees, Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta would position itself as the more open, cheaper alternative to Apple, which is expected to announce its first Augmented Reality (AR) headset later this year, reports The Verge. Meta is directly competing with Apple to determine "what direction the internet should go in", he apparently told the staff.
PlayStation VR2 to offer live streaming support, more features
A new broadcast feature for PS VR2 will allow users to film themselves while playing by connecting a PS5 HD Camera to the console. "It is a great way to show your movements and reactions during a boss battle and share your reactions with your fellow gamers as it happens!" the company said on a blogpost.
Twitter not playing nice in pre-trial process: Musk lawyers
The letter is addressed to Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick -- who will ultimately decide the case over whether Musk can get out of his contract to buy Twitter for $44 billion -- and also requests that the trial should be scheduled to begin on October 17, reports The Verge.
Google now monetising YouTube Shorts, early results encouraging
Philipp Schindler, Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Alphabet (Google's parent company), said that consumers are increasing and consuming short-form videos obviously and they are seeing this across multiple platforms, including YouTube.
Google adds new Workspace tools for larger Android screens
The company is going to make Google Workspace apps even better on Android's larger screens with updates to Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep. "At I/O, we shared plans to update more than 20 Google apps on tablets to take full advantage of the extra space on those bigger screens," Scott Blanksteen Senior Director, Product Management, Android said in a blog post.
ASUS unveils Zephyrus, Flow lineup laptops in India
With a starting price of Rs 1,21,990, the laptops feature AMD Ryzen 6,000 series mobile processors and a MUX Switch to deliver powerful gaming performance. "We are confident that the new Zephyrus and Flow lineups will deliver a whole new level of immersion to both seasoned and aspiring gamers," Arnold Su, Business Head, Consumer and Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS India, said in a statement.
I haven't had sex in ages, laments Elon Musk
The Tesla CEO was responding to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that claimed that "Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google Co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires' long friendship".
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