Amazon to roll out Matter for Alexa devices next month

San Francisco (IANS) Amazon has announced to roll out 'Matter' for Alexa smart home devices next month, which will be limited to Android smartphones only.

The tech giant will bring support for 'Matter' -- the new smart home…

Edtech major BYJU's sacks thousands, and then hires Lionel Messi

New Delhi (IANS) Edtech major BYJU's, in the process of laying off thousands of employees as part of restructuring its business, on Friday hired football star and sports icon Lionel Messi as the global brand ambassador for its social impact arm,…

Google plans to develop AI model supporting 1,000 most spoken languages

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Google has announced an ambitious new project to build a single AI language model that supports the world's 1,000 most spoken languages.

According to The Verge, as a first step toward this goal, the company…

Google shuts down Hangouts, upgrades to Google Chat

San Francisco (IANS) Google has ended Google Hangouts, a text, video and voice chat app built into Gmail, and upgraded it to "Google Chat".

On Tuesday, the Google Hangouts web app provided its last offering to the users. After that time, users…

Users can soon use 'Message Yourself' feature on WhatsApp

San Francisco (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly testing a self-messaging feature that would allow you to send messages to yourself more easily.

According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is now testing some improvements for…

How three young informants made tech giant Google cough up Rs 1,338 cr fine

Srinagar (IANS) Three young informants, Umar Javeed, Aaqib and Sukarma Thapar finally forced the tech giant, Google to cough up a whooping fine of Rs 1,338 crore for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets with its Android mobile operating…

Veira Group to manufacture Android, Google TVs in India with Skyworth

New Delhi (IANS) Electronics manufacturer Veira Group on Monday announced its partnership with Skyworth, a leading Global technology brand, to manufacture certified Android and Google TVs in India.

With this partnership, Skyworth to assist…

Samsung to roll out One UI 5.0 for Galaxy S21 FE

San Francisco (IANS) Tech giant Samsung, which has already released a stable version of One UI 5.0 based on Android 13 for most of its flagship phones, is reportedly planning to release One UI 5.0 update for Galaxy S21 FE users.

According to…

Microsoft rolls out new feature to MFA app, prevents spam attacks

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has rolled out a new feature to its multi-factor authentication (MFA) app, Microsoft Authenticator, to prevent spam attacks.

According to ZDNet, the company has rolled out 'number matching' in push notifications…

NASA's Mars lander captures stunning meteoroid impact, spots more ice

New York (IANS) NASA's InSight lander has captured a stunning meteoroid impact on Mars that occurred last year, the largest to date observed on the Red Planet, and boulder-size blocks of water ice can be seen around the rim of an impact crater.