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Google likely working on built-in snore, cough detection feature
SAN FRANCISCO: Tech giant Google is working on two built-in snores and cough detection features that will let it detect if users snore or cough in their sleep.The tech giant is reportedly working on these features for Pixel and Android, 9To5Google reported.The tech website spotted lines of code in the installation file of the Google Health Studies app. It revealed that the company is conducting a study called aSleep Audio Collection' that is only available to Google employees."You must be a Full-Time Googler with an…
Oppo F17, Oppo A73 starts receiving Android 12 update
Close Previous Next1 2Oppo has started rolling out Android 12 updates for the Oppo F17 and the Oppo A73 smartphones. Both the smartphones are receiving the update in India and in Vietnam. Along with Android 12, the update also brings the latest ColorOS 12 to the smartphones.The company claims that ColorOS 12 will offer an unburdened experience with smart technology. The new UI layer comes with a new design and enhanced privacy and security features. The new ColorOS 12 comes with a brand-new style acrylic icon, borderless…
How Broadcom CEO Hock Tan shaped a tech giant through acquisitions
Once a poor "skinny kid" from Malaysia, Hock Tan was going head-to-head with a legendary US technology mogul for a transformative acquisition. Tan placed a call earlier this month to VMware Inc Chairman Michael Dell, also the chief executive of computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. He proposed one of the biggest tie-ups in the history of the technology sector. Broadcom Inc, the chip maker that Tan leads, was willing to acquire VMware, a cloud software company for $61 billion. For Tan, now 70, the deal would be the…
Samsung likely to cut phone production by 30 million units in 2022
SEOUL: Amid the pandemic crisis, South Korean tech giant Samsung has reportedly decided to cut its phone production by 30 million units this year.The report mentioned that Samsung is cutting production targets across its low to mid-end and flagship models, reports SamMobile.Samsung was reportedly going to produce 310 million units of smartphones in 2022 but it has now decided to cut that back to 280 million units.The company had initially aimed to produce 300 million units in 2022 as it has yet to hit this figure after…
Why Tesla may not manufacture cars in India
NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on India plans, Elon Musk has said that Tesla will not manufacture cars in India unless it is allowed to sell and provide service to its electric vehicles.On Starlink, he said that SpaceX is still waiting for the Indian government's approval."Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in any location where we are not allowed first to sell & service cars," Musk tweeted late on Friday.He responded to a user asking about the company's manufacturing plans for India.Responding to another…
Tech Mahindra inaugurates 5G innovation lab in US
NEW DELHI: Tech Mahindra on Friday announced that it has inaugurated a 5G Lab in the US as an innovation centre to help customers co-create and co-innovate 5G- powered solutions.The innovation Lab in Bellevue, WA will curate vertical solutions in the telco space to help customers achieve their future business ambitions through 5G and related technology. The lab will combine an ecosystem of partners (both telecom and cloud) and help build end-to-end solutions for enterprises."As digital transformation becomes the norm for…
Over 15,000 tech workers lost jobs in May globally, claims report
More than 15,000 people working in the technology sector lost their job in the month of May globally, as global macro-economic factors hit companies, especially startups.According to layoff aggregator layoffs.fyi, more than 15,000 tech workers have lost their jobs this month, reports TechCrunch.Since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic started, 1.25 lakh employees have been laid off by around 718 startups globally.Tech companies are facing multiple issues like rising inflation, recession fear, Russia-Ukraine war.Meta…
IIT Madras develops first-of-its-kind ‘Rotary Furnace’
CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) developed an indigenous municipal solid waste combustor pilot plant based on a first-of-its-kind 'Rotary Furnace Technology' to efficiently process un-segregated municipal solid waste generated in India.This Combustor Plant was inaugurated on Friday by V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, was deployed within the Combined Cycle Demonstration Plant premises at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited factory at Trichy.The MSW generated in India is around 133 million…
Samsung’s groundbreaking ceremony for $27 billion US chip plant next month
Samsung Electronics is expected to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a $17 billion chip fabrication plant in Taylor, Texas, next month, industry sources said on May 27, 2022. Samsung's Austin office has recently shared the photo of the construction site and the preparation works for the massive construction via its newsletter, according to the sources.Leveling the ground for construction has almost finished, and workers are building the roads inside the 5 million-square-metre facility, which is around 1 1/2 times the…
Angel investor slams ex-Twitter India head of bullying at his startup
As former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari quit Invact Metaversity -- an online platform for education and Web3.0 and Metaverse -- in just six months of its birth, skeletons have started tumbling out after one of the angel investors accused Maheshwari of "lying and bullying".Founded by Maheshwari and Tanay Pratap just six months ago, the startup in February received $5 million in funding led by Arkam Ventures to build a metaverse of education and expand globally.In an email to investors, Gergely Orosz accused…