Elon Musk's $44 bn Twitter deal faces 1st legal hurdle in US

San Francisco (IANS) The Orlando Police Pension Fund has sued Elon Musk and his $44 billion buyout of Twitter, claiming that the deal cannot close till 2025 owing to Tesla CEO's stake in the micro-blogging platform.

The proposed class-action…

Global Chromebook market hits lowest point in 5 years

New Delhi (IANS) The market share of Chromebooks has hit its lowest point in five years, as the demand fell by 67 per cent (year-on-year) in the January-March quarter (Q1), a new report has shown.

The flipside of fewer Covid restrictions around…

Google acquires MicroLED display startup for future AR headsets

San Francisco (IANS) Google has acquired Raxium, an innovator in single panel MicroLED display technologies, for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition of California-based startup with MicroLED technology will help Google build next generation…

Samsung unveils new lineup of vacuum cleaners in India

New Delhi (IANS) In a bid to deliver end-to-end hygienic home cleaning solutions, Samsung on Wednesday launched a new line-up of vacuum cleaners for its users in India.

The all-new range of Samsung Jet cordless stick vacuum cleaners is available…

Meta took down over 27 mn pieces of bad content in India in March

New Delhi (IANS) Meta (formerly Facebook) took down 24.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.7 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the month of March, in accordance with the IT Rules 2021.

Russia to pull out of International Space Station: Roscosmos

Moscow (IANS) Russia has already made the decision to pull out of the International Space Station, likely in about two years time, chief of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

In an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, Rogozin said that the…

Don't feel for me, pray for Twitter instead: Parag Agrawal

New Delhi (IANS) As Elon Musk prepares to hire a new CEO for Twitter once he takes over, current CEO Parag Agrawal is worried about the future of the micro-blogging platform, not his job.

Amid multiple reports that Musk has lined up a new CEO…

Scientists map living corals before and after marine heat wave

New York (IANS) A team of scientists have, for the first time ever, mapped living corals before and after a major marine heat wave, to make targeted and effective conservation.

While there have been reports of coral bleaching, researchers from…

IIT Mandi team discovers drug molecule to treat diabetes

Mandi (IANS) A drug molecule that can prove to be an effective treatment for both Type 1 and Type 2 have been identified, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi said on Monday.

This molecule, called PK2, is able to trigger…

IMD, IIT Bombay join hands for developing user-friendly weather forecasting apps

Mumbai (IANS) India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday signed an agreement with IIT Bombay to work together for developing climate solutions for the stakeholders at village, city, and district levels through user-friendly weather forecasting…