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Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced a new feature on the platform's instant messaging app,  WhatsApp . According to the Meta CEO, users will now be allowed to transfer their chat history between devices conveniently and in a secure way. Currently, both the devices need to work on the same OS (operating system) for the transfer to take place. The new feature makes the process easier and faster to transfer messages as well as larger attachments from one device to another. In a post shared by Meta CEO on his official Facebook handle, Zuckerberg wrote, "If you want to move your WhatsApp chats to a new phone, you can now do it more privately without your chats ever leaving your devices." Apparently, now the users will be able to share the chat history with the help of QR code authentication. He also shared a demonstration video to explain the new process.  While WhatsApp already allowed users to transfer their chat history from one phone to ano...

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced a new feature on the platform's instant messaging app,  WhatsApp . According to the Meta CEO, users will now be allowed to transfer their chat history between devices conveniently and in a secure way. Currently, both the devices need to work on the same OS (operating system) for the transfer to take place. The new feature makes the process easier and faster to transfer messages as well as larger attachments from one device to another. In a post shared by Meta CEO on his official Facebook handle, Zuckerberg wrote, "If you want to move your WhatsApp chats to a new phone, you can now do it more privately without your chats ever leaving your devices." Apparently, now the users will be able to share the chat history with the help of QR code authentication. He also shared a demonstration video to explain the new process.  While WhatsApp already allowed users to transfer their chat history from one phone to ano...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 users received a significant Google Maps update with the latest Watch OS update. The South Korean tech giant is also expected to launch the Galaxy Watch 6 series soon at the second Galaxy Unpacked event this year, confirmed to be held in the country's capital city of Seoul in July. The upcoming lineup is likely to include two models -- a base and a Classic variant, with the latter said to bring back the iconic mechanical rotating bezel which will reportedly allow users to navigate different apps and widgets on the device. The 11.85.0502.W version of the WatchOS comes with several bug fixes and claims to provide a marked improvement in helping users "discover new places and navigate to them." Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 series users can access the update through Play Store on the smartwatch. They need to scroll down to the Manage Apps widget, and then select Update All or they can select the Google Maps option and only update...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 users received a significant Google Maps update with the latest Watch OS update. The South Korean tech giant is also expected to launch the Galaxy Watch 6 series soon at the second Galaxy Unpacked event this year, confirmed to be held in the country's capital city of Seoul in July. The upcoming lineup is likely to include two models -- a base and a Classic variant, with the latter said to bring back the iconic mechanical rotating bezel which will reportedly allow users to navigate different apps and widgets on the device. The 11.85.0502.W version of the WatchOS comes with several bug fixes and claims to provide a marked improvement in helping users "discover new places and navigate to them." Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 series users can access the update through Play Store on the smartwatch. They need to scroll down to the Manage Apps widget, and then select Update All or they can select the Google Maps option and only update...

Apple 's market capitalization on Friday breached the $3 trillion (nearly Rs. 2,46,09,660 crore) mark for the first time since January last year, as investors bet on the iPhone maker's ability to grow its revenue even as it explores new markets such as virtual reality. Shares of Apple, which is also the world's most valuable- listed company, were up 1.3 percent at $191.99 (nearly Rs. 15,750) in morning trading. Apple's market value briefly peaked above $3 trillion in intra-day trading on January 3, 2022, before closing the session just below that mark. The latest gains in Apple shares come as technology stocks rebound on bets that the Federal Reserve may be slowing its pace of interest rate hikes as well as on the buzz around artificial intelligence. Apple's better-than-expected iPhone sales during its second quarter and the introduction of new products, including an augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in June, highlight the tech giant's resilie...

Apple 's market capitalization on Friday breached the $3 trillion (nearly Rs. 2,46,09,660 crore) mark for the first time since January last year, as investors bet on the iPhone maker's ability to grow its revenue even as it explores new markets such as virtual reality. Shares of Apple, which is also the world's most valuable- listed company, were up 1.3 percent at $191.99 (nearly Rs. 15,750) in morning trading. Apple's market value briefly peaked above $3 trillion in intra-day trading on January 3, 2022, before closing the session just below that mark. The latest gains in Apple shares come as technology stocks rebound on bets that the Federal Reserve may be slowing its pace of interest rate hikes as well as on the buzz around artificial intelligence. Apple's better-than-expected iPhone sales during its second quarter and the introduction of new products, including an augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in June, highlight the tech giant's resilie...

Two US authors sued OpenAI in San Francisco federal court on Wednesday, claiming in a proposed class action that the company misused their works to "train" its popular generative artificial-intelligence system ChatGPT . Massachusetts-based writers Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad said ChatGPT mined data copied from thousands of books without permission, infringing the authors' copyrights. Matthew Butterick, an attorney for the authors, declined to comment. Representatives for OpenAI, a private company backed by Microsoft , did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Several legal challenges have been filed over material used to train cutting-edge AI systems. Plaintiffs include source-code owners against OpenAI and Microsoft's GitHub , and visual artists against Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt. The lawsuit targets have argued that their systems make fair use of copyrighted work. ChatGPT responds to users' text prompts in a conversational way. I...

Apple will on Friday seek to fend off a revised EU antitrust charge and possible hefty fine linked to claims it prevents music streaming companies such as Spotify from informing users of other buying options outside its App Store . The iPhone maker will set out its arguments to senior European Commission officials and their peers at national competition agencies at a closed hearing in Brussels. EU antitrust enforcers earlier this year boosted their case against the company's so-called anti-steering obligations, but dropped an earlier charge against Apple's requirement that developers use its in-app payment system. The Commission said the anti-steering obligations breach EU rules against unfair trading conditions, a relatively novel legal argument in an antitrust case. Apple has said there is no merit in the case triggered by a Spotify complaint in 2019, pointing to the Swedish music streaming service's dominant market share in Europe, where Apple Music trails in th...

Apple will on Friday seek to fend off a revised EU antitrust charge and possible hefty fine linked to claims it prevents music streaming companies such as Spotify from informing users of other buying options outside its App Store . The iPhone maker will set out its arguments to senior European Commission officials and their peers at national competition agencies at a closed hearing in Brussels. EU antitrust enforcers earlier this year boosted their case against the company's so-called anti-steering obligations, but dropped an earlier charge against Apple's requirement that developers use its in-app payment system. The Commission said the anti-steering obligations breach EU rules against unfair trading conditions, a relatively novel legal argument in an antitrust case. Apple has said there is no merit in the case triggered by a Spotify complaint in 2019, pointing to the Swedish music streaming service's dominant market share in Europe, where Apple Music trails in th...

Asus Zenfone 10 was launched on Thursday in select global markets. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and is backed by a 4,300mAh battery with 30W wired and 15W wireless fast charging support. It was released in there storage configurations and five colour options. This model succeeds the Asus Zenfone 9 , unveiled in July 2022, which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC and a 4,300mAh battery with 30W wired fast charging support. The design of the Zenfone 10 resembles that of its predecessor. Asus Zenfone 10 price, availability The base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant of the Asus Zenfone 10 is priced at EUR 799 (roughly Rs. 71,400), while the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant is marked at EUR 849 (roughly Rs. 75,900). The highest storage variant of the model, 16GB RAM + 512GB storage, is listed at EUR 929 (roughly Rs. 83,000). The phone is offered in Aurora Green, Comet White, Eclipse Red, Midnight Black, and Starry Blue c...

Samsung Galaxy A24 smartphone was launched in Vietnam earlier this year. Now, the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G renders have been leaked online. The leaked CAD renders reveal the expected design and look of the company's rumoured smartphone. The South Korean smartphone maker has not revealed any details about the phone yet, however, the leaked renders suggest a Galaxy S23-like design and a triple rear camera setup on the back panel. The handset is expected to sport a waterdrop notch on the display. Tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer (@OnLeaks) via GizNext has leaked the detailed renders of the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G in what appears to be a black colourvariant. The leaked renders suggest that the purported smartphone will bear resemblance to the Galaxy S23 5G on the back panel. The phone is seen to carry a triple rear camera setup sitting in three separate circular slots, alongside an LED flash. The camera setup can be seen positioned vertically on the top-left corner of the back panel. However,...

Asus Zenfone 10 was launched on Thursday in select global markets. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and is backed by a 4,300mAh battery with 30W wired and 15W wireless fast charging support. It was released in there storage configurations and five colour options. This model succeeds the Asus Zenfone 9 , unveiled in July 2022, which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC and a 4,300mAh battery with 30W wired fast charging support. The design of the Zenfone 10 resembles that of its predecessor. Asus Zenfone 10 price, availability The base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant of the Asus Zenfone 10 is priced at EUR 799 (roughly Rs. 71,400), while the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant is marked at EUR 849 (roughly Rs. 75,900). The highest storage variant of the model, 16GB RAM + 512GB storage, is listed at EUR 929 (roughly Rs. 83,000). The phone is offered in Aurora Green, Comet White, Eclipse Red, Midnight Black, and Starry Blue c...

Samsung Galaxy A24 smartphone was launched in Vietnam earlier this year. Now, the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G renders have been leaked online. The leaked CAD renders reveal the expected design and look of the company's rumoured smartphone. The South Korean smartphone maker has not revealed any details about the phone yet, however, the leaked renders suggest a Galaxy S23-like design and a triple rear camera setup on the back panel. The handset is expected to sport a waterdrop notch on the display. Tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer (@OnLeaks) via GizNext has leaked the detailed renders of the Samsung Galaxy A25 5G in what appears to be a black colourvariant. The leaked renders suggest that the purported smartphone will bear resemblance to the Galaxy S23 5G on the back panel. The phone is seen to carry a triple rear camera setup sitting in three separate circular slots, alongside an LED flash. The camera setup can be seen positioned vertically on the top-left corner of the back panel. However,...

Activision Blizzard said its studio that developed Call of Duty  would set up shop in Barcelona, putting into action its pledge to invest in Europe after Brussels approved Microsoft 's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,000 crore) acquisition of the company in May. The US company said on Wednesday its game developer Infinity Ward, which created the blockbuster first-person shooter game, would join its Digital Legends mobile games unit in the Spanish city. The decision comes after Britain blocked the Microsoft takeover, prompting Activision, which has studios in Guildford and Warrington in England, to say it would "reassess" its growth plans in the country. In contrast, it said it would "meaningfully expand" its investment and workforce in the European Union after the deal received the green light there. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are battling antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to clinch the deal, the biggest ever in video gaming. Activisio...

Activision Blizzard said its studio that developed Call of Duty  would set up shop in Barcelona, putting into action its pledge to invest in Europe after Brussels approved Microsoft 's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,66,000 crore) acquisition of the company in May. The US company said on Wednesday its game developer Infinity Ward, which created the blockbuster first-person shooter game, would join its Digital Legends mobile games unit in the Spanish city. The decision comes after Britain blocked the Microsoft takeover, prompting Activision, which has studios in Guildford and Warrington in England, to say it would "reassess" its growth plans in the country. In contrast, it said it would "meaningfully expand" its investment and workforce in the European Union after the deal received the green light there. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are battling antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to clinch the deal, the biggest ever in video gaming. Activisio...

Shares of US chipmakers fell on Wednesday following a report that the Biden administration was planning new curbs on export of computing chips for artificial intelligence to China as early as July. Companies such as Nvidia , Advanced Micro Devices and Intel , which rely on the world's second largest economy for at least a fifth of their revenue, fell between 0.8 percent and 1.8 percent, caught in the US-China crossfire. The Philadelphia chip index dropped 0.9 percent. Last year, US officials had ordered Nvidia to stop exporting its top two AI chips to China to limit the country's technological capability. Months later, Nvidia launched a new advanced chip called A800 in China to meet export control rules. The new restrictions being considered by the Commerce Department would also include a ban on the sale of Nvidia's A800 chip without a special US export license, the Wall Street Journal report said. Curbs on sales of datacenter graphics processing units to China wou...

Shares of US chipmakers fell on Wednesday following a report that the Biden administration was planning new curbs on export of computing chips for artificial intelligence to China as early as July. Companies such as Nvidia , Advanced Micro Devices and Intel , which rely on the world's second largest economy for at least a fifth of their revenue, fell between 0.8 percent and 1.8 percent, caught in the US-China crossfire. The Philadelphia chip index dropped 0.9 percent. Last year, US officials had ordered Nvidia to stop exporting its top two AI chips to China to limit the country's technological capability. Months later, Nvidia launched a new advanced chip called A800 in China to meet export control rules. The new restrictions being considered by the Commerce Department would also include a ban on the sale of Nvidia's A800 chip without a special US export license, the Wall Street Journal report said. Curbs on sales of datacenter graphics processing units to China wou...

Tata Communications will acquire US-based enterprise messaging firm Kaleyra for about $100 million (nearly Rs. 820 crore) in an all-cash deal, the company said on Wednesday. With operations in over 190 countries, Kaleyra provides integrated communication services with a set of proprietary platforms, offering targeted personalisation through messaging, video, push notifications, e-mail and voice-based services and chatbots. "Tata Communications has agreed to acquire Kaleyra, Inc in a cash-only transaction, for a total consideration to Kaleyra shareholders of approximately $100 million and the assumption of all outstanding debt," Tata Communications said in a statement. With this transaction, Tata Communications will gain an industry-proven platform with strong capabilities and scale, the statement said. "Upon closing of the transaction, expected in six to nine months, Kaleyra Inc will become a subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited," the statement said. Kale...

Tata Communications will acquire US-based enterprise messaging firm Kaleyra for about $100 million (nearly Rs. 820 crore) in an all-cash deal, the company said on Wednesday. With operations in over 190 countries, Kaleyra provides integrated communication services with a set of proprietary platforms, offering targeted personalisation through messaging, video, push notifications, e-mail and voice-based services and chatbots. "Tata Communications has agreed to acquire Kaleyra, Inc in a cash-only transaction, for a total consideration to Kaleyra shareholders of approximately $100 million and the assumption of all outstanding debt," Tata Communications said in a statement. With this transaction, Tata Communications will gain an industry-proven platform with strong capabilities and scale, the statement said. "Upon closing of the transaction, expected in six to nine months, Kaleyra Inc will become a subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited," the statement said. Kale...

James Gunn is reportedly pitting the Skarsgård brothers against each other to portray the villain Lex Luthor in his upcoming film, Superman: Legacy . As per The Hollywood Reporter's sources, siblings Alexander and Bill Skarsgård are in competition for the role, though I personally feel like you'd get wildly different performances from them. Maybe DC Studios is still deciding on what tone to go for, as it charts its ambitious top-down reboot of the franchise, which would connect all DC Comics movies, TV series, and animated series under an overarching arc. The film will focus on the younger days of the Kryptonian superhero, and is being written and directed by Gunn himself — slated to release July 11, 2025. Both Alexander and Bill Skarsgård have had experiences playing antagonists, with the former appearing as the abusive husband Perry Wright in HBO's Big Little Lies, while Bill portrayed the killer clown Pennywise in the It movies. The latter is comically more dramati...

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is set to testify on July 13 before the House Judiciary Committee led by Republicans who have sharply criticized her leadership of the antitrust enforcement agency, the committee, and commission confirmed on Friday. This will be her first appearance before the committee since Republicans assumed control. Republicans have been especially critical of the FTC's privacy investigation into Twitter since it was purchased by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk . In March, the FTC confirmed it was conducting an investigation into Twitter's privacy practices. The agency has been concerned whether Twitter had the staffing to abide by a May 2022 settlement with the FTC in which it agreed to improve its privacy practices. In April, the committee subpoenaed Khan for documents related to the Twitter privacy probe following Musk's $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,61,687 crore) purchase of the social media company in October. House Judiciary Commit...

Meta Platforms plans to cut off access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a new law requiring internet giants to pay news publishers takes effect, arguing news has no economic value to the company and that its users do not use the platform for news. Canada drafted new rules after legacy media companies complained about internet companies elbowing news businesses out of the online advertising market. Why are technology companies against the law?  The Canadian parliament passed "Bill C-18" into law, requiring internet giants to pay news publishers. The Online News Act forces platforms like Facebook and Alphabet 's Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. Both Meta and Google had warned they would withdraw access to news articles on their platforms in Canada if the legislation is passed into law without amendments. Facebook says links to news articles make up less than 3 percent of the content on it...

Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers 97 percent of the 600 million smartphones in India, had exploited its dominant position. It ordered Google to remove restrictions imposed on device makers, including those related to the pre-installation of apps , and fined the US firm $163 million (nearly Rs. 1,300 crore), which it paid. In March, an Indian tribunal gave partial relief to the Alphabet  unit by setting aside four of the 10 directives in the case. The tribunal said CCI's findings of Google's anti-competitive conduct were correct, but gave Google some relief by quashing some of the directives that forced it to alter its business model. Google is now asking ...

Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers 97 percent of the 600 million smartphones in India, had exploited its dominant position. It ordered Google to remove restrictions imposed on device makers, including those related to the pre-installation of apps , and fined the US firm $163 million (nearly Rs. 1,300 crore), which it paid. In March, an Indian tribunal gave partial relief to the Alphabet  unit by setting aside four of the 10 directives in the case. The tribunal said CCI's findings of Google's anti-competitive conduct were correct, but gave Google some relief by quashing some of the directives that forced it to alter its business model. Google is now asking ...

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said current Central Government has succeeded in attracting investments in emerging technology, and stated that India is the next important location for semiconductor manufacturers. Congress has attempted to do so since the 1980s but was not successful.  During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's State visit to the US last week,  Micron  Technology announced a massive India-specific investment plan. On Thursday, hours after PM Modi met Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra in the US and invited him to boost semiconductor manufacturing in India, the global  semiconductor  major announced plans to build a new assembly and test facility in Gujarat in India with an investment of $825 million (nearly Rs. 6,800 crore). Once set up, the facility will address demand from domestic and international markets. Micron ...