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Tamil Nadu sets ball rolling on BharatNet, ties up with L&T and other firms

SPV is implementing the project to provide 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to all 12,525 gram panchayats in the state for Rs 1,815.32 crore

Swiss court rejects Google appeal over government cloud computing contract

A Swiss court has dismissed Google's bid to block the award of a government cloud computing contract worth up to 110 million Swiss francs ($119 million) to rival bidders

Facebook can't be trusted to manage payment system: US lawmakers

This comes after Facebook launched Novi, a new digital wallet, as part of a pilot programme in the US and Guatemala

Britain fines Facebook $70 mn for breaching order in Giphy deal

Facebook has increasingly come under fire from regulators and lawmakers about its business practices.

Meta? Horizon? Facebook renaming report sparks viral speculation

Rebranding may reposition Facebook as a metaverse company, with marquee apps like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp under a new parent structure

Here are the inner workings of YouTube recommendation engine's accuracy

YouTube's recommendations philosophy is based on accurately predicting the videos the viewer wants to watch - based on their own interest and preferences

Google's new Pixel phones and Android beef up iPhone competition

While Google's Android is the top smartphone operating system globally, the Alphabet Inc. unit has a minuscule market share in mobile handsets

Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max chips: What are they, how are they better

The chips feature fast unified memory, industry-leading performance, more power efficiency, along with increased memory bandwidth and capacity

Apple iPhone 14 wishlist: Things that the company needs to work on

The iPhone 13 seemed like iPhone 12S. If Apple wants to compete with others, it needs an iPhone 14, not another iPhone 12 upgrade

Facebook to rebrand itself as 'metaverse company', get new name: Report

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce the name at the company's Connect conference on Oct. 28

Sign up for metaverse: The virtual world Facebook's Zuckerberg is building

A metaverse could change how we see technology. It is likely to be a virtual world connecting work, play, meetings, and more

Apple's $19 screen-cleaning cloth sets high bar for brand extras

On Amazon.com, premium microfiber cloths go for $1.50 each, putting Apple's new Polishing Cloth in the running for its highest-margin physical product

Tech giant Alibaba unveils one of China's most advanced chips

Alibaba is one of a number of Chinese firms that has answered Beijing's call to invest in the development of cutting-edge technologies and manufacturing capacities.

A professor and a techie develop tech to prevent railway accidents

Their firm, L2M Rail's 'wheel impact load detection' system captures the wheel signature as a train moves over the instrumented zone of the track and processes data in real-time

Skill vs chance argument weighs as Indian states mull banning online gaming

Blanket curbs could be ignoring the potential offered by a sector that grew by 17% CAGR between 2016-2020, and could reach $2 billion by 2023

Google tells suppliers to double production with Pixel 6 series: Report

Google has told its suppliers to double the production of its upcoming Pixel 6 smartphones from last year to more than 7 million units, the media reported on Tuesday.

Microsoft most imitated brand of all phishing attacks: Report

In the third quarter, Microsoft stayed as leader of most imitated brands at 29 per cent of all phishing attacks globally, albeit at a slower rate, down from 45 per cent in the second quarter of 2021

Apple to sell fewer iPhones as chip crisis bites, says JPMorgan

The brokerage trimmed its iPhone revenue estimate to $63 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, which would be a yearly fall of nearly 4%

Apple drops Intel chips in biggest MacBook Pro overhaul in years

With the new processors and devices, Apple is aiming squarely at the high-end chips that Intel has provided for the MacBook Pro and other top-end Macs for about 15 years

Apple doubles down on chip strategy with new premium-priced MacBooks

The new 14-inch and 16-inch models start at $1,999 and range up to $6,099 in their most expensive variations