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FIFA World Cup 2022 is a special one, with Qatar being the first Middle Eastern country to host the prestigious event. And because of that, the 22nd edition of the footballing championship has been shifted to a winter schedule instead of June, as means to avoid the scorching, Arabian summer heat — marking the first-ever

Donald Trump may be running for president, but he still can’t use Facebook. The social media platform has no plans to reinstate Trump’s account following the former president’s announcement that he will seek a second term in the White House, the company confirmed Wednesday. Trump was kicked off Facebook following the January 6, 2021, attack

Amazon on Wednesday said it has laid off some employees in its devices group as a person familiar with the company said it still targeted around 10,000 job cuts, including in its retail division and human resources. The announcement, Amazon‘s first since media outlets including Reuters reported its layoff plans on Monday, heralded a dramatic shift

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX outlined a “severe liquidity crisis” in US bankruptcy filings, which said the group could have more than 1 million creditors, as regulators opened probes and the crypto pain spread with the Wall Street Journal reporting BlockFi was planning layoffs and a possible bankruptcy filing. FTX’s late Monday filing to a US

Berkshire Hathaway said it bought more than $4.1 billion (roughly Rs. 33,212 crore) of stock in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a rare significant foray into the technology sector by billionaire Warren Buffett’s conglomerate. The news sent shares in TSMC soaring, closing up 7.9 percent in Taiwan on Tuesday, as it boosted investor sentiment for the world’s

Tuvalu said on Tuesday it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation. Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe told the COP27 climate summit it was time to look at alternative solutions for his

Technology giant Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people in the coming days, adding to the bloodbath being witnessed in the technology world after Twitter and Facebook parent Meta significantly trimmed their workforces. The New York Times said in a report Monday that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people in “corporate and technology

Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google’s online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters has found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States’ main agency for fighting major health threats, said it

Randeep Hooda-led CAT release date is out. Alongside a short teaser from the upcoming revenge drama series, Netflix has confirmed that CAT will premiere December 9 on the platform. Created by Balwinder Singh Janjua (Saand Ki Aankh), the sneak peek, set in Punjab, sees Gurman Singh (Hooda) being forced to become a police informant again,

Monica, O My Darling — now streaming on Netflix — wants you to think it’s a hatke movie. For those who don’t speak Hindi, hatke in this context means different from what you’re used to, as in not something you would usually see come out of Bollywood. In statements, it’s been described as a mix

The Japanese government will pour half a billion dollars into a new project to develop and make next-generation microchips, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Friday. Eight major companies including Sony, SoftBank, Toyota, and telecoms giant NTT have joined forces for the venture, Japanese media reports said. The new firm, named Rapidus, will develop and

The Witcher: Blood Origin teaser trailer is here, and it looks epic. Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for The Witcher prequel spin-off series, hauling us to back the wretched lands of the Continent, set to a very sombre song, vocalised by the travelling musician Éile (Sophia Brown). In The Witcher universe, music plays a

Three Australian telecom companies have been ordered by a court to pay a collective AUD 33.5 million (roughly Rs. 180 crore) in penalties for making misleading claims about speed of some NBN Internet plans, the country’s competition regulator said on Friday. The Australian Federal Court has ordered Telstra to pay AUD 15 million (roughly Rs.

Toshiba on Friday cut its full-year operating profit outlook after a 75 percent slump in second-quarter profit – dismal results that heighten the uncertainty surrounding its prospects for a buyout deal. The Japanese industrial conglomerate said its earnings were being hit by a slew of factors including a slump in the hard disk drive market and

The Ministry of Communication has extended the last date for receipt of comments from the general public and stakeholders towards the draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022, till November 20 this year. “The draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022, along with an Explanatory Note, was released by this Ministry on DoT‘s website on September 21.

Zoom has announced a host of new features that the California-based company says have been designed to enhance team collaboration and customer experience on the proprietary videotelephony software program. The new features that have been introduced include an inbuilt email and calendar clients feature, a virtual coworking space, a conversational AI chatbot, an AI-enabled virtual

Amazon India and TVS Motor have joined hands to strengthen electric mobility in the country, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. As part of the collaboration, a fleet of electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers from TVS Motor will be deployed for Amazon’s last-mile deliveries. In addition, the two companies will work in tandem

Netflix is reportedly exploring the idea of bringing live sports onto its platform. As per The Wall Street Journal, the streaming company recently tried acquiring rights to the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tennis tour for some European countries, like France and the UK, before eventually dropping out of the deal. That would mean

People who consume a lot of news on social media are more likely to be sceptical of COVID-19 vaccines and also more hesitant about getting vaccinated, according to our newly published research. But we found that social media users with higher levels of news literacy have more confidence in COVID-19 shots. Other research has found

CISA, or Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the top US cybersecurity agency said it plans to monitor and issue security alerts on the congressional election on Tuesday, amid worries about potential efforts to interfere with the vote. Election security has emerged as a key issue in the United States after officials found Russia interfered in