TECHNOLOGY
US FTC expresses concerns over Nvidia's $40 bn Arm deal
In an earnings call with analysts this week, Nvidia Executive Vice President and CFO Colette Kress said that the regulators at the US FTC have expressed concerns regarding the transaction. "We are engaged in discussions with them regarding remedies to address those concerns. The transactions has been under review by China Antitrust Authority, pending the formal case initiation," she informed. Regulators in the UK and the EU have declined to approve the transaction in Phase 1 of their reviews on competition concerns.
Cyber security collaboration significant in ties with India
Participating in a session on 'Cyber Security and Related Research Applications' at the 'Bengaluru Tech Summit 2021', on its second day, he mentioned that the Government of Taiwan, like that of India, has started various initiatives to revive the economy post-Covid, for which developments in science and technology are essential.
How Apple aims to create iPhone repair experts at home
Apple has now decided to allow tech-savvy users repair their iPhones and other products with genuine parts from the comfort of their homes, under the industry-first 'Self Service Repair' programme.
Instagram testing music in feed posts in 3 countries, including India
The other two countries, where this feature will first be tested, are Brazil and Turkey. "With this test, Instagram hopes to give its community a way to add a soundtrack to their Feed photos, like they can with Reels and Stories already. If a user clicks on the song, they will be taken to an audio page that showcases all Feed posts that have used that song," the company said in a statement.
5 new Google initiatives to help India go digital
The company announced a pilot of the first-ever Google Assistant-enabled, end-to-end vaccine booking flow that will guide users through the process of booking a vaccination appointment on the COWIN website.
Apple releases iOS 15.1.1 with call improvements
The new iOS 15.1.1, is an updated version of the iOS 15.1. The iOS 15.1.1 fixes the call drop performance issue on the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 and the usual bug fixes. The users of iPhone 12 and 13 have recently experienced consistent dropped calls on their devices which prevented them from receiving incoming calls.
'Password' is most popular password in India and Japan
The other widely used passwords in India include "iloveyou", "krishna", "sairam" and "omsairam", among them. NordPass, a proprietary password manager, also disclosed in its research that predictable numerical and keyboard sequences are particularly popular in India. It added that names and loving words are also immensely popular in India among both men and women
Apple, Google probed by UK over concerns of endangering children
According to The Financial Times, the Office of the Information Commissioner on Wednesday announced that it reached out to 40 companies across the social media, gaming or video and music streaming industries to investigate how they interacted with children.
TikTok helps create 1,000 similar apps with 1.3 bn downloads
Tiktok ending Q1 2020 as the most installed app ever in a single quarter, saw a whirlwind rise in its adoption. The number of apps launching into Tiktok's orbit boomed with its ever growing popularity. In 2020 alone approximately 400 apps on App Store and Google Play hoping to capitalize on TikTok's popularity debuted while in 2019 the number of apps launched revolving around Tiktok were nearly 200 as per a report by Sensor Tower.
Apple to roll out new online store for Self Service Repair in 2022
Initially it will be available for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 line-ups, and will be followed by Mac computers featuring M1 chips. Self Service Repair will be available early next year in the US and expand to other countries throughout 2022. Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, said in a statement that creating greater access to Apple's genuine parts would give our customers even more choice if a repair was needed.
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