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Last Updated: February 10, 2023, 08:07 ISTIndigo Airlines (Photo: Paras Yadav/News18.com)Indigo said, it will ensure that all bags are delivered safely to the customers' addresses in VisakhapatnamIndiGo on Thursday said it inadvertently left behind 37 bags of passengers who took a flight from Hyderabad to Vishakhapatnam.In a statement, the airline said it will be ensuring that all bags are delivered safely to the customers’ addresses in Visakhapatnam and regretted the inconvenience caused to the passengers.Also Read: …

Tencent is reportedly bailing on its virtual reality hardware plans. Instead, it advised staff at its XR unit, launched last June to make VR hardware and software in the wake of metaverse hype, to “seek other opportunities.” “Difficulties in achieving quick profitability,” the size of the investment required to make a competitive VR headset and a lack of compelling games and non-gaming apps were the main reasons for the course change, according to Reuters. Although the company had designed a “ring-like hand-held game…

Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani calls off his flagship company's share sale after a tumultuous week saw his conglomerate shed tens of billions of dollars in market value after claims of fraud from US-based short-selling firm. Adani Group was working with its bankers to refund the proceeds received by in…

The original Oculus Quest was using aging technology even when it debuted in 2019, though now Meta has decided to end support for the device.Photo: Slaven Vlasic (Getty Images)With only one iteration ahead, Meta has declared that its first Meta Quest VR headset won’t be receivingany more love or TLC.In an email sent to Meta Quest 1 users and later posted to Twitter, the company spelled out how it will be dropping support for its original, cheaper virtual reality device. Most importantly, the device will no longer receive…

Very few of the historical epics to emerge in the aftermath of Ridley Scott’s game-changing Gladiator managed to replicate the critical and commercial success of the movie that reignited the boom, but Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain came close in terms of awards season recognition. The writer and director’s adaptation of Charles Frazier’s novel of the same name was held in a lot higher esteem than its 70 percent Rotten Tomatoes score would indicate, a surprisingly low number for what proved to be a regular contender…

Twitter Inc. has stopped enforcing a policy aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on its platform in the company’s latest move to loosen moderation guidelines on the site.  The social-media company announced the change by placing a notice on its website, saying it was no longer policing Covid-19 misinformation as of Nov. 23.  Twitter didn’t respond to a request for comment.…

Yale Law School is pulling out of the U.S. News & World Report law-school ranking that it dominated for decades, the latest in a series of blows to the credibility and power of the high-profile rankings. The move stands to disrupt what had become a fairly static and extremely influential list of the nation’s best law schools. It isn’t yet clear whether other schools with top rankings will also withdraw their participation. “The U.S. News rankings are profoundly flawed,” Yale Law School Dean…

Meta will stop any and all development on its smart displays and fledgling smartwatch project, according to Reuters. The company's executives reportedly told employees — those left after mass layoffs that saw 11,000 people lose their jobs — in a townhall meeting that it would end work on Portal. Meta used to sell Portal to consumers, and the device did enjoy an uptick in sales during the height of the pandemic when people had to stay and work from home. However, the company changed strategies in June and decided to sell…

Bitcoin fell below $16,000 for the first time since late 2020 overnight and was last at $16,435. Binance walks away from FTX bailout, causing bitcoin to slump while FTX native token coins trade at near record lows. (Reuters Archive)…

FTX won’t be rescued by its biggest rival. One day after announcing a , Binance said it didn’t like what it found in the company’s books. “As a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged US agency investigations, we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX,” Binance . “Our hope was to be able to support FTX’s customers to provide liquidity, but the issues are beyond our control or ability to help.” The abandoned…