Meta Layoffs Mostly Affected Tech Team, Reorganisation Underway, Say Execs

Meta Layoffs Mostly Affected Tech Team, Reorganisation Underway, Say Execs

Facebook owner Meta Platforms told employees on Friday that it would stop developing smart displays and smartwatches and that nearly half of the 11,000 jobs it eliminated this week in an unprecedented cost-cutting move were technology roles. Speaking during an employee townhall meeting heard by Reuters, Meta executives also said…

Google Pixel 7a Tipped To Feature Dual Camera Sensors, 90Hz OLED Display: Report

Google Pixel 7a Tipped To Feature Dual Camera Sensors, 90Hz OLED Display: Report

Pixel 7a, Google’s purported affordable “A”-tagged mid-range addition to the Pixel 7 series expected to launch in mid-2023, has been doing the rounds for quite a while now. It was previously predicted that the Google Pixel 7a would sport a triple-rear camera sensor setup featuring a Samsung 50-megapixel sensor, a…

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Work to Push Citizen Journalism, Criticises ‘Media Elite’

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Work to Push Citizen Journalism, Criticises ‘Media Elite’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has criticised “media elite” and stated that the increased competition from citizen journalism will lead the mainstream media’s “oligopoly on information” to be disrupted. On Friday, Musk took to Twitter and shared a couple of tweets that reflected his thoughts on the current state of journalism….

Twitter Restores ‘Official’ Label;  Blue Check Mark Option Vanishes

Twitter Restores ‘Official’ Label; $8 Blue Check Mark Option Vanishes

Elon Musk’s Twitter on Friday brought back the “official” badge to some accounts, just days after doing away with it, while several users reported the new subscription option for the blue verification check mark had disappeared. The move follows a surge in fake accounts on the platform after new boss Elon…

FTX Files US Bankruptcy Proceedings, Sam Bankman-Fried Steps Down as CEO

FTX Files US Bankruptcy Proceedings, Sam Bankman-Fried Steps Down as CEO

Crypto exchange FTX filed US bankruptcy proceedings on Friday and Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down as CEO, after a rapid liquidity crisis at the cryptocurrency group that has prompted intervention from regulators around the world. The distressed crypto trading platform had been struggling to raise billions in funds to stave off collapse…

Tesla Said to Be Considering Exporting Made-in-China Electric Cars to US

Tesla Said to Be Considering Exporting Made-in-China Electric Cars to US

Tesla is considering exporting made-in-China electric cars to the United States, two people with knowledge of the planning told Reuters, a reversal that would reflect the automaker’s deepening cost advantage at its Shanghai plant and slower demand from Chinese consumers. Tesla has been studying whether parts made by its China-based…

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 Will Launch in Early 2023, Company Starts Production In Europe, Asia: Report

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 Will Launch in Early 2023, Company Starts Production In Europe, Asia: Report

OnePlus Buds Pro 2, the purported successor to the OnePlus Buds Pro, will reportedly be launched by the Chinese smartphone maker in the first quarter of 2023. The rumoured launch comes a year after the company released its first truly wireless audio solution in the OnePlus Buds Pro. Recent leaks…

India’s First Privately Developed Rocket Vikram-S to Launch on November 15

India’s First Privately Developed Rocket Vikram-S to Launch on November 15

India’s first privately developed rocket — Vikram-S — is set for a November 15 launch on a sub-orbital mission with three payloads, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace announced on Tuesday. The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named ‘Prarambh’ (the beginning), will carry payloads of two Indian and one foreign customers and is…

Australian Telecom Companies Face AUD 33.5 Million Fine Over False Internet Speed Claims

Australian Telecom Companies Face AUD 33.5 Million Fine Over False Internet Speed Claims

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…

WhatsApp Tests Automated Group Chat Muting to Reduce Notification Overload: Report

WhatsApp Tests Automated Group Chat Muting to Reduce Notification Overload: Report

WhatsApp is reportedly beta testing ways to reduce notification overload on user accounts by automatically muting group notifications that exceed a certain number of members and hence categorising themselves as large groups. The move comes after the instant messaging and voice-over-IP service recently increased its group chat participants limit from…