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23 September 2023
technology
Dennis Austin: PowerPoint software co-creator dies at 76
Powerpoint co-creator Dennis Austin dies at 76.
Tech CEO shares struggles to register his company in Bengularu on X; thread goes viral
In an ongoing conversation on X which has gone viral, founder and CEO of a Bengaluru-based company Brij Singh highlighted the difficulties...
Billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his recent achievement of securing a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on social media.
Singapore PM warns residents against trusting fake articles using his image
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a Facebook post warned citizens to be wary of online scams, fake news or ads featuring his...
ISRO set to launch seven Singaporean satellites on July 30
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the launch of the PSLV-C56 carrying DS-SAR satellite from Singapore, along with six...
Tech czar Elon Musk forms new AI startup xAI roping in former Google, OpenAI engineers
World’s richest man Elon Musk has announced a new AI startup, xAI.
Mercedes F1 team, TeamViewer racing into a data-driven future
Formula 1 racing is a highly competitive sport, with competing teams spending hundreds of millions in attempts to gain even the slightest...
Indian mining baron Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Ltd and Taiwan's Foxconn have parted ways in a USD 19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture over...
Sabre acquires e-commerce provider Techsembly to expand hospitality retailing solutions
Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a travel industry software and technology provider, today announced the acquisition of hospitality...
Musk vs Zuckerberg: Will Meta's Threads successfully take on Twitter?
Meta's new short messaging platform Threads is aiming to take on Twitter. It saw 10 million sign ups within just seven hours of launch...
US government clears first ever flying car prototype for testing
Fact is blending with fiction when it comes to automobile technology as the first formal steps to legalise flying cars have been taken.
Amazon, Google announce plans for USD 15 billion and USD 10 billion investments in India
Global E-commerce giant Amazon and internet search engine Google announced plans to invest USD 15 billion and USD 10 billion more...
Google to give a GIFT to India, with global fintech centre in Gujarat, says Sundar Pichai
The Indian-origin CEO said that it was exciting to see the progress that the country had made, particularly around the vision of ‘Digital...
US market regulator charges Amazon with duping customers into subscribing to Prime
The United States’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a lawsuit against Jeff Bezos' Amazon for allegedly enrolling customers in its...
Singapore hit by layoffs again as ride hailing and delivery app Grab cuts 1,000 jobs
All the layoffs would not be in Singapore, as Grab has a presence across Southeast Asia, including neighbouring Malaysia. Grab bought Uber...
Modi to meet Elon Musk, other prominent experts, during US trip
PM Modi US visit: Narendra Modi will interact with Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk as well as over two dozen thought leaders from various...
14-year-old hired by SpaceX says LinkedIn deleted his account due to age restrictions
14-year-old prodigy Kairan Quazi may be smart enough to be hired by SpaceX, but he’s too young for LinkedIn, according to the job search...
Netflix US gains 280,000 new subscribers after ending password sharing; Is India next?
Netflix’s efforts to end password sharing in the United States seem to have paid off as the company reportedly gained a large number of...
Indian minister lashes out at ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claims of 'government pressure'
The Indian government today emphatically refuted Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's allegations of receiving "many requests" from India to...
Woman creates the man of her dreams using AI-Companion app
For Rosanna Ramos, a 36-year-old mother of two who lives in the Bronx, New York, the perfect partner was created using the AI chatbot...
SIA to offer free unlimited Wi-Fi in all classes from July 1
Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced it will provide free unlimited in-flight Wi-Fi services to KrisFlyer member passengers flying in all...
Top experts issue warning about AI technology, sign 'Statement on AI Risk'
Top AI scientists, researchers and others have issued a new warning about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind.
From cricket to content to commerce, Unmish Parthasarathi has done it all
Unmish Parthasarathi, Founder of Picture Board Partners, is a sportstech entrepreneur with almost three decades of experience as a...
Neuralink announced on social media that recruitment for human trials would begin soon. The company has been perfecting the implant surgery...
Meta layoffs: Singapore jobs at risk as Facebook’s parent company begins third round of cuts
Meta eliminated some 11,000 jobs globally in November 2022; of them, an estimated 50 were from Singapore. The second round of layoffs came...