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Black Friday 2021 is here. It’s that time of the year when you will see a lot of international stores — both online and offline — offering great deals and discounts on a variety of products. Whether you want a phone or a laptop, there are offers across all the gadgets you can buy. Most

Chinese regulators have asked top executives of ride hailing giant Didi Global to devise a plan to delist from US bourses on Security fears, Bloomberg News reported. China’s tech watchdog wants the management to take the company off the New York Stock Exchange on concerns about leakage of sensitive data, the report said, citing people familiar

Winamp, the popular third-party media player which once dominated the music streaming industry before 2000, is all set for a comeback. Winamp’s parent company Radionomy hints at the reboot plans with a redesigned website, logo, and new beta signup that allows users to test the latest version of the app with a new look. Winamp

Apple issued on Wednesday alert messages to at least six Thai activists and researchers who have been critical of the government, warning it believed their iPhone handsets had been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers”, according to activists and the alerts reviewed by Reuters. Apple and Thailand’s Digital Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Twitter has announced that it has updated its iOS app with a fix for a bothersome bug that would cause users tweets to disappear while trying to read them on the app. The issue, which affected users across the microblogging service, was first resolved on the Twitter Web service on November 15. Now, iPhone and

A consortium of US unions called Monday for Amazon’s buyout of the legendary Hollywood studio MGM to be blocked, citing concerns about the tech giant’s growing power over the subscription video streaming sector. “Amazon’s influence on the health and diversity of the film-making industry is likely to be negative if the company is permitted to

Hawkeye/ Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) has always been the quietest of the Avengers, along with his best friend Black Widow/ Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), who sacrificed herself in Avengers: Endgame so Clint could live. While Natasha’s family was made up of the Avengers themselves, Clint had a family of his own: wife Laura (Linda Cardellini)

The Matrix Resurrections character posters are here — and they give us our first proper look at new entrants played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Eréndira Ibarra in the fourth Matrix movie. Naturally, we also have The Matrix Resurrections character posters for all of Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick

Five members of Congress called for federal consumer-privacy legislation after a Reuters report published Friday revealed how Amazon.com Inc has led an under-the-radar campaign to gut privacy protections in 25 states while amassing a valuable trove of personal data on American consumers. “Amazon shamefully launched a campaign to squash privacy legislation while its devices listen

Xbox Chief Phil Spencer is evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard, the Microsoft-owned gaming console maker confirmed on Thursday amid allegations of sexual misconduct and equal pay violations against the video-game publisher. Bloomberg first reported the news on Thursday, citing an email sent to employees. Spencer told the staff the Xbox gaming leadership team was

Visa expects to resolve its credit card fee dispute with Amazon in Britain and hopes to continue its co-branded credit card partnership with the e-commerce giant in the United States, its Chief Financial Officer told Reuters. Amazon said on Wednesday that it would stop taking payments from Visa credit cards in Britain from mid-January next

China’s market regulator on Saturday said it was fining companies including Alibaba, Baidu and JD.com for failing to declare 43 deals that date as far back as 2012 to authorities, saying that they violated anti-monopoly legislation. Enterprises involved in the cases would be fined CNY 500,000 (roughly Rs. 58.15 lakhs) each, it said, the maximum

Flipkart on Friday announced its entry into the healthcare segment and said it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Sastasundar Marketplace, an online pharmacy. The Walmart-controlled e-commerce firm said it entered into the sector through the launch of Flipkart Health+ and as part of this development, it has signed a definitive

Twitter is bringing its tipping feature that allows users to send money to their favourite content creators to Android devices. The microblogging platform introduced the Tip Jar functionality earlier this year to the iOS platform to let creators, journalists, and nonprofits monetise their tweets in the form of tips. Users can share links to their Bandcamp, Cash App,

Pokemon Go has announced that it is collaborating with English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran. A special in-game performance by Ed Sheeran will be available on the Pokemon Go app starting November 22 as part of the celebration of the release of his new album called “=” (Equals). The show will feature songs from the

Google Meet has added new immersive backgrounds and styles that allow Web users to change their backgrounds during a video call. The platform has added two new animated backdrops called Cafe and Condo which will help users represent their current time zone and climate. Both the interiors will have multiple iterations including rainy, sunny, or

Google Meet has been updated with support for up to 500 participants on the video meeting service for premium Workspace customers. The company has upgraded the service, which grew in popularity alongside an increase in remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing users on the more expensive plans to host calls with more participants. The

Netflix has announced the launch of a new website which will display the streaming service’s most popular titles. The platform will feature the “Top 10” titles on a newly created website which will track the performance of various shows on the service’s platform. Viewers will be able to check the Netflix Top 10 website to

Microsoft has decided to block the popular third-party app EdgeDeflector on Windows 11. The app helps users open links on browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. With the new move, Microsoft will now force Windows 11 users to open URLs from Start menu and Widgets panel search results only on Edge browser. EdgeDeflector

Epic Games Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney renewed his attack on Apple and Alphabet’s Google as the world’s dominant mobile duopoly before calling for a universal app store that works across all operating systems as the solution. “What the world really needs now is a single store that works with all platforms,” Sweeney said in an