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Meta is betting on India for WhatsApp’s next chapter, naming entrepreneur Kunal Shah to lead the messaging app and succeed Will Cathcart, who is stepping down after nearly seven years at the helm to take on a new product-building role at the company. The move comes alongside a Meta-led $900 …

Gathering light, decoding data At a high level, the concept is fairly straightforward. A spacecraft encodes data onto a laser, which sends a narrow beam toward Earth. Large optical telescopes on the ground collect the incoming photons, and detectors convert the light back into electrical signals. Sophisticated error-correction software reconstructs …

Continuing with its slew of launches and announcements as part of the two-day Intel Vision 2022 being held here, the tech major unveiled Project Amber on Wednesday. Project Amber represents an independent trust authority in an innovative service-based security implementation code. At the event, the company also focused on enabling …

New Delhi: OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2, the upgraded iteration in OnePlus’ neckband-style earphones, may be launched in India next month. The OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 earbuds will be an upgrade from the OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z that was unveiled in 2020.  The neckband earphones have also received certification from the …

South Korea’s antitrust regulator has announced that it has raised the fine slapped on Google over alleged anti-competition practices by 17.5 billion won ($14.63 million) to 224.9 billion won ($187.8 million). In mid-September, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) decided to fine the global tech giant for forcing smartphone makers …

By AFP WASHINGTON: Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved to curtail on its iPhones. Tech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain, regulators threaten tougher rules, …

Facebook’s “News Feed” is no more. After more than 15 years, the company is officially renaming its central feature, which will now be known simply as “Feed.” The company announced the name change in The change, which comes just months after Mark Zuckerberg announced he was renaming the company , …

When I was in school — which, judging by how my spine feels most mornings, was fourteen thousand years ago — keeping track of how you were doing on your homework felt, itself, like homework. Parents, meanwhile, were generally in the dark about your overall progress until report cards came …

Not for the first time, global energy markets are in turmoil. Internationally traded gas prices more than quadrupled in 2021. In their wake, many energy suppliers have gone bust and household bills across Europe are set to soar. Energy prices are driving up the cost of living and inflation, but …