TECHNOLOGY
Apple wanted to keep Netflix using in-app purchases: Report
In the run-up to Netflix removing its subscription offering to avoid Apple's fees, a presentation circulated within Apple proposed to advertise Netflix in its retail stores, use a portion of its cut of App Store commission fees to pay for search ads and even bundle Netflix with other Apple services.
Epic plans to bring full Rocket League game to mobile
According to documents made available (via Android Police) during the Epic Games vs Apple trial, Psyonix, which was acquired by Epic Games, is planning to create a next-generation launcher for Rocket League that would bring the full experience to all platforms, including mobile.
PUBG to return as Battlegrounds Mobile India
The company of its social media accounts and its websites mentioned that the game is coming soon in India. However, the game will not release as PUBG Mobile India but as Battlegrounds Mobile India. "With privacy and data security being a top priority, Krafton will be working with partners, to ensure data protection and security, at each stage," the video game developed said in a statement.
75% of data to be processed at the edge by 2025: Michael Dell
The edge computing market is growing fast, accelerated by the remote work and learning in the ongoing pandemic. Addressing the 'Dell Technologies World 2021' virtually on Wednesday, Dell said it's estimated that more than $700 billion in capex will be spent within the decade on edge infrastructure.
Twitter rolls out new prompts to curb bullying on its platform
The upgraded feature is better at spotting "strong language" and now takes into account your relationship with the person you're messaging. "For example, if two accounts follow and reply to each other often, there's a higher likelihood that they have a better understanding of preferred tone of communication," Anita Butler and Alberto Parrella from Twitter said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
Let our firms take part in 5G trials, China tells India
On Tuesday, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) granted approval to nearly a dozen companies to conduct a six-month trial for use and applications of 5G technology. The telecom service providers (TSPs) included Bharti Airtel, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd, Vodafone Idea Ltd and MTNL who have tied up with original equipment manufacturers and technology providers which are Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT.
Samsung develops advanced chip packaging tech
The world's largest memory chip maker said its next-generation 2.5D packaging technology, Interposer-Cube4 (I-Cube4), is expected to be widely used in areas like high-performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, cloud and largest data center applicants as it creates enhanced communication and power efficiency between logic and memory chips.
Google adopts hybrid workplace, 20% staff to work remotely
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that it heartbreaking to see COVID surging in places like India, Brazil, and many others around the world. "We'll move to a hybrid work week where most Googlers spend approximately three days in the office and two days wherever they work best. Since in-office time will be focused on collaboration, your product areas and functions will help decide which days teams will come together in the office," he said in a blog post late
Facebook Workplace hits 7M paid subscribers
"We believe this growth is an indicator that more companies are thinking about how to build communities at work. More conversations around how to create great employee experiences and ultimately — how to connect the unconnected," Facebook said in a statement on Tuesday.
Google Chrome adopts Windows 10 security feature
Hardware-enforced Stack Protection, which Microsoft previewed in March 2020, is designed to protect against return-oriented programming (ROP) malware attacks, by using CPU hardware to protect an application's code while running inside the CPU memory.
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