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On Tuesday, the OnePlus Community Sale began on Amazon, and will conclude on Sunday. Here, you can avail multiple offers and discounts on select OnePlus smartphones. According to Hindustan Times’ sister website Live Hindustan, customers can also buy the Chinese manufacturer’s 5G devices from the sale. Here are the details: OnePlus 10 Pro 5G: In … Read more
Google employees are nervous over the prospects of being laid off, the concerns which were expressed during their meeting with the company’s bigwigs including chief executive officer Sundar Pichai. When asked about the search engine giant’s plans to downsize the workforce in 2023, Pichai said it is really tough predict the future and hence he … Read more
Reuters | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar Alabama and Utah on Monday joined other U.S. states prohibiting the use of Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on state government devices and computer networks due to national security concerns. The actions follow warnings from FBI Director Chris Wray last month who said the Chinese government could … Read more
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday relaunched a subscription service for the social media platform called ‘Twitter Blue’. For the new subscription service, the blue tick will have half the number of advertisements and that the social media platform will be offering a higher tier with “no advertisements” by around next year, Musk wrote in … Read more
Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night. … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently scaled the pilot of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or e-rupee for the retail sector. The central bank has received “very satisfactory” feedback and after the pilot, the digital currency might be made public, enabling payments digitally. However, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is already being used in … Read more
The Centre on Monday, under the IT Rules 2021, blocked the website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts, and one smart TV app of Pakistan-based OTT Platform Vidly TV for showing anti-India content in its recently released web series “Sevak: The Confessions.” The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), in its order, stated that … Read more
C31, a budget smartphone from China’s POCO, can be purchased for free. Yes, according to HT’s sister website Live Hindustan, you can buy the device for free from online shopping platform Flipkart, by availing offers and discounts. Offer on Flipkart for POCO’s C31 As per Live Hindustan, the C31 is listed on the e-commerce website … Read more
Facebook parent company Meta has laid off 11,000 employees last month, impacting not only their lives but that of their families and causing pain, uncertainty and chaos for thousands. However, instead of being sad, a six-year-old girl claims she is glad her mum was fired! Shelly Kalish joined Meta in June last year. On November … Read more
Twitter Blue, the social media giant’s paid monthly subscription service, will be relaunched on Monday (local time), the Elon Musk-owned company has announced. Also Read: Twitter to relaunch subscription service Twitter Blue from tomorrow “we’re launching @TwitterBlue on Monday – subscribe on web for $8/month or on iOS $11/month to get access to subscriber-only features, … Read more