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Facebook records 38.2% increase in people of color as leaders
Facebook said that it will continue striving for an overall 30 per cent increase in representation of people of colour in the US, including Asian and Hispanic people, in leadership roles in five years. "We increased representation of women in technical, non-technical and leadership roles globally as well as Black and Hispanic employees in the US," the social network said in its latest diversity report.
Square opens new Bitcoin business named TBD: Jack Dorsey
Called ‘TBD,' the new business joins existing payments services like Seller, Cash App and Tidal) "with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permission-less, and decentralised financial services, Dorsey said in a tweet. "Our primary focus is #Bitcoin. Its name is TBD," he added. Doresy said that like its new Bitcoin hardware wallet, the company is going to do this completely in the open.
Samsung to launch new foldable phones with lower price tags
The South Korean tech giant is expected to start sales of the Galaxy Z Fold3 at around 1.99 million won ($1,744), which is 17 percent lower than the 2.39 million won set for the previous model, according to the sources. The price of the Galaxy Z Flip3 is also expected to be around 22 percent lower than the predecessor at 1.28 million won, reports Yonhap news agency.
Apple releases latest iOS 15 public beta
Apple refers to this as iOS 15 public beta 3 and it includes a handful of notable changes, such as Safari design changes, new Music widgets and more. Users interested in signing up for Apple's public beta testing programme can do so via Apple's website, 9To5Google reported
Sennheiser unveils premium earphones in India at Rs 1,29,990
The arrival of IE 900 also marks the launch of the company's brand new X3R system that delivers the coherent, artifact-free "Sennheiser Sound" found in full-size headphones up to 8 times larger in size. This reproduction of a wide frequency range with low distortion is the result of Sennheiser Is one-driver principle and the development of their X3R system, the company said.
Google team helps Apple, Microsoft fix zero-day bugs in browsers
After the vulnerabilities were disclosed by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG), Apple, Microsoft and Google quickly patched those bugs. Zero-day vulnerabilities are unknown software flaws. Until they're identified and fixed, they can be exploited by attackers. There have been 33 zero-day exploits used in attacks that have been publicly disclosed this year.
Musk admits Tesla's Cybertruck could be a flop
"To be frank, there is always some chance that Cybertruck will flop, because it is so unlike anything else. I don't care. I love it so much even if others don't," Musk wrote on Twitter. "Other trucks look like copies of the same thing, but Cybertruck looks like it was made by aliens from the future," he added in a tweet. The CEO had been talking about Tesla updating the Cybertruck's adaptive air suspension.
Facebook rolls out new emojis with sound
"Every day, people send more than 2.4 billion messages with emojis on Messenger. Emojis add colour and vibrancy to Messenger chats all over the world and we rely on them to say what words can't," Loredana Crisan, VP of Messaging Products, Messenger, said in a statement. "Now imagine if your emojis could talk, what sound would they make? Introducing Messenger's latest expression tool -- Soundmojis," Crisan added.
POCO F3 GT set for launch on July 23
In a bid to capture more users in India, smartphone brand POCO on Friday announced that it will launch a new phone -- POCO F3 GTA -- for Indian consumers on July 23. The upcoming smartphone is said to be powered by Mediatek Dimensity 1200 chipset and is likely to come in gunmetal silver and predator black colour options.
Twitter adds captions for voice tweets
According to The Verge, now, when users make a voice tweet, currently available on the iOS app right now, captions will be automatically generated in supported languages. "As part of our ongoing work to make Twitter accessible for everyone, we're rolling out automated captions for Voice Tweets to iOS," said Gurpreet Kaur, Twitter's head of global accessibility
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