Qualcomm unveils new chip for Windows PCs

San Francisco (IANS) Chipmaker Qualcomm has announced the new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 compute platform as a successor of the 8cx Gen 2 model that was launched last year.

The new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 chipset is built for always on, always connected…

Now scan documents with your Google Chromebook camera

New Delhi (IANS) Google has turned Chromebook's camera into a scanner and people can now use built-in camera to scan any document and turn it into a PDF or JPEG file without a need to download third-party scanner apps.

If your Chromebook…

Jack Dorsey quits as Twitter CEO, announces IIT man Parag Agarwal as successor

New York (IANS) Jack Dorsey, the maverick behind making Twitter the world's go-to social platform to rant, laud, troll or play simple catch up, is moving on.

Confirming long-standing speculation that he would, @Jack, Dorsey's handle…

upGrad to acquire Australia based study abroad market leader GSP

New Delhi (IANS) Online higher education company upGrad on Monday announced that it has entered into an exclusive acquisition agreement with Global Study Partners (GSP), Australia's largest study abroad company.

upGrad will invest $16 million…

IIT & AIIMS Jodhpur develop 'talking gloves' for differently-abled

Jodhpur (IANS) A team of innovators at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Jodhpur has developed low-cost 'Talking Gloves' for people with speech disability, the institutes annuonced…

Indigenous smart tech to protect power grids from short-circuits

New Delhi (IANS) An Indian researcher has developed a unique innovation of a prototype of a smart system that can protect power grids from short-circuits by either automatically diverting the current into a parallel shunt or limiting a current surge…

EU coalition slams Microsoft OneDrive-Windows integration

San Francisco (IANS) A major coalition of European Union (EU) software and cloud organisations called Nextcloud has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission (EC) about Microsoft's anti-competitive behaviour, especially the OneDrive…

New Apple HomePod mini adds vibrant colours to music

New Delhi (IANS) Vivid colours bring unbound happiness in life and when mixed well with technology, they can create a beautiful experience at home or in an office environment. Now add music to colours and technology and voila! You have what is called…

S. Korean chipmakers face balancing act between US, China for market supremacy

Seoul (IANS) Concern is growing that SK hynix's plan to overhaul its Chinese factory with cutting-edge chipmaking machines could be in jeopardy due to opposition from the US.

Earlier this week, US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai…

Samsung adds Pro Mode support for Galaxy S21 Ultra telephoto camera

Seoul (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung has released a standalone "Expert RAW" app to enable Pro Mode support for the telephoto zoom lens on Galaxy S21 Ultra handsets.

This new app allows Galaxy S21 Ultra's primary, ultrawide, 3x telephoto,…