Transport-tech startup Chalo has bagged a total of $45 million in a new equity round. The Series D funding...
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Meta slammed with record €1.2Bn fine in EU, ordered to halt transfer of EU user data to the US within 6 months
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a resounding blow to social media company Meta, European regulatory authorities have delivered a powerful message by imposing...
Millions of low-cost Android devices and Smart TVs have pre-installed malware, new research shows
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While there has been frantic launches of low-cost Android devices from 100s of companies globally, the dangers of such...
Instagram suffers brief outage, now restored
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If your social media life went for a spin because your favourite Instagram wasn’t working and you couldn’t get...
Byju’s Alpha sued, faces accusations of hiding $500Mn in funds, Byju’s denies
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a dramatic turn of events, Byju’s Alpha has found itself embroiled in a contentious legal battle with lenders....
Zomato says it turned EBITDA positive in Q4 FY23, narrows loss to ₹188 crores
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amid the current largely depressed global macro-economic scenario, tech startups are facing an even intensified pressure. Gone are the...
‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’ set for an India comeback
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Krafton, the South Korean game developed, launched Battlegrounds Mobile India in the country, as a rebranded and reworked version...
Google to disable third-party cookies for some Chrome users next year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a significant development aimed at enhancing user privacy, Google has unveiled its plan to disable third-party cookies for...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT goes mobile: Free app debuts on iOS, Android coming soon
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Ever since OpenAI released ChatGPT to the masses, the chatbot has been a favourite of millions of users –...
Alibaba reports Q4 revenue miss, to spin off cloud division as independent company
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a move aimed to capitalize on the thriving global cloud computing industry, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning...
Netflix ‘Upfront’ about its ad-supported tier, says it garnered 5Mn monthly active users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Streaming giant Netflix recently introduced an ad-supported tier, and the results have been nothing short of impressive. During its...
Amazon to invest $12.7Bn in India for AWS expansion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a move that will heat up the recently competitive cloud computing and data centers space in India, Amazon...
Amazon launches exciting new lineup of Echo devices
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon is back to launching a new set of Echo devices. The company announced in an official statement that...
Back in blue? Twitter restores Blue checks for several accounts with over 1 million followers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The drama at Twitter continues to unfold. Barely a few days after it purged the legacy checkmarks from numerous...
WhatsApp’s new ‘Keep in Chat’ feature will let users save disappearing messages
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0WhatsApp introduced disappearing messages back in 2020, and over time, enabled users to choose the durations after which the...
Starship takes to the skies in test flight, but explodes minutes after takeoff
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0At that point in time, the separation of the booster from the spacecraft that sat atop the rocket apparently...
Several celebs lose legacy Twitter Blue tick verification badges, including Shah Rukh Khan, the Pope among others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter has started the removal of legacy blue checkmarks from users on its platform, and already, the situation has...
Most Blinkit stores have resumed operations: Zomato
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Food delivery firm Zomato has stated, that most of the stores of Blinkit – the quick commerce business that...
Tesla records $23.32 Bn in revenue for Q1 2023, Musk says it could roll out full self-drive tech this year
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla’s performance in the first quarter of the year narrowly missed Wall Street estimates, even though it clocked a...
Microsoft’s big jolt to Twitter over API charges
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter just got a big jolt, after Microsoft’s advertising platform announced that it would stop supporting Twitter. In a...
Amazon begins job cuts in advertising unit, part of layoffs announced in March
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0E-commerce giant Amazon has begun laying off employees in its advertising business as part of its efforts to cut...
Five for five: Global smartphone market clocks 12% fall in shipments in Q1 2023, Samsung reclaims top spot
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After an unprecedented rise during the early stages of the pandemic, the global gadgetry market has been clocking drops...
More layoffs reportedly expected at Meta this week, to impact teams working in Reality Labs, Facebook among others
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what has become an increasingly common scene, another wave of job cuts is set to come at Facebook,...
WhatsApp, Signal, other encrypted IM apps urge UK govt to ‘rethink’ Online Safety Bill
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0WhatsApp, Signal, and a host of other messaging services have joined forces in opposing the Online Safety Bill of...
SpaceX ‘scrubs’ Starship test flight due to issues with pressurization system, minutes before liftoff
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company SpaceX has postponed the hugely anticipated first test flight of its...
Apple launches a new savings account in the US, offers up to 4.15% yield
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple is pressing down further on its financial services offerings, with a new savings account offering on top of...
Twitter launches support for tweets up to 10,000 characters for Blue users
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter is swiftly moving from its focus on short, snappy messages to posts that are thousands of characters in...
Apple’s first official retail stores for India coming up in Mumbai and Delhi this week
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0After years of anticipation and back-forth, Apple is finally ready to make its mark on the rapidly emerging Indian...
Twitter to allow users to offer subscriptions to their followers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter users can now apply to monetize their content on the platform. According to a new tweet by Elon...
Kotak, India’s 5th largest bank, defers its ₹1500 crore startup fund: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd (KIAL) has decided to defer its Kotak India Alternate Allocation Fund, according to media reports....
First public beta of Android 14 is out now
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google has released the first public beta of Android 14. In a blog post on Wednesday, the tech giant...
Musk claims Twitter is roughly breaking even, advertisers are returning
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In one of the biggest interviews since he bought Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk said that the micro-blogging site is...
LinkedIn brings new ways of verifying your identity and where you work
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0While social media companies like Twitter and Meta are allowing users to pay and get verified on their platforms,...
Google brings auto-archiving feature to Android
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A perennial problem that smartphone users face is the lack of storage space on their devices. It is a...
Ex-CEO Parag Agarwal, other ousted execs sue Twitter, seek $1Mn in reimbursements
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Once again, Twitter has found itself embroiled in a lawsuit. This time, the legal charges have been filed by...
Starship is “ready for launch” says Musk, awaits regulatory approval
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX has been gearing up for the first-ever orbital test flight of its Starship vehicle for quite some time....
OfficeBanao, a platform that helps design office spaces, nabs $6 million in fresh fundraise
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Workspace interiors startup OfficeBanao has secured $6 million in all-equity seed funding. According to media reports, the startup nabbed...
Temasek acquires majority stake in Indian healthcare major Manipal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Marking India’s largest-ever private equity deal in the healthcare sector (and a landmark one at that), Singapore’s Temasek Holdings...
Tesla customers’ sensitive images and videos recorded through car cameras and shared: Reuters
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you are the owner of a Tesla, then you are likely to have been a victim of gross...
India notifies new rules to regulate online gaming
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Proper regulations for online gaming in India have been in the works for quite some time now. Concluding that...
Amazon to stream state-run content in India on Prime Video
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon has announced a new partnership with India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to stream movies and TV shows...
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit faces financial crunch, files for bankruptcy
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0It seems literal, that a rocket man can experience a crash and burn. Virgin Orbit, the space company founded...
Google says its new AI Supercomputer with TPU v4 chips, outperforms Nvidia’s A100 in speed
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tech titan Google claims that the supercomputers it uses to train its AI models are faster and “greener” (aka...
Apple to eliminate a small number of corporate retail roles: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple could eliminate a small number of roles, according to media reports. Bloomberg reports that the iPhone maker is...
Twitter replaces homepage bird logo with a ‘doge’, sends Dogecoin price soaring
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Elon Musk is back to his antics on Twitter. In what seems to be an extremely late April Fool’s...
Swiggy CTO Dale Vaz resigns, to be succeeded by Madhusudhan Rao
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Marking the second exit in its senior management within the course of a week, Dale Vaz has resigned from...
Oyo slashes IPO size by half, files a revised ‘pre-filing’ document with SEBI: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Oravel Stays, the parent firm of Softbank-backed hospitality decacorn Oyo, has pre-filed yet another draft red herring prospectus (DRHP)...
Tesla clocks rise in deliveries in Q1 2023, produces over 440,000 vehicles
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla posted impressive numbers on Sunday as it reported growth in vehicle deliveries for the first quarter of the...
Unacademy slashes workforce by 12% in fresh layoffs
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Online learning platform, which has been struggling off late on the business side of things, is reflecting that even...
NPCI says no charge on normal UPI transactions, 1.1% charge on PPI merchant transactions
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Come April 1, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will charge an interchange fee of up to 1.1%...
- Reliance rolls out JioCoin, a blockchain-based reward token January 22, 2025
- Microsoft will no longer be OpenAI’s exclusive cloud infrastructure provider January 22, 2025
- Netflix raises subscription prices in select markets, sees record subscriber growth in Q4 2024 January 22, 2025
- Meta allows linking of WhatsApp accounts with Instagram and Facebook via Accounts Center January 22, 2025
- Trump scraps Biden’s AI safety executive order, claiming it restricts AI innovation January 22, 2025