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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the telecom department for not finalising policy on spectrum assignment for captive users and flagged the absence of spectrum price review for captive users administratively. In its report titled 'Management of spectrum assigned on the administrative basis to government departments/agencies', the CAG asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to review the spectrum pricing mechanism for captive users to incentivise ministries, departments and agencies, and for maintaining…

Troubled game Cyberpunk 2077 will return to PlayStation stores from next week, Sony confirmed Wednesday, six months after it was pulled over bugs and compatibility issues.The dystopian-themed game was reportedly one of the most expensive ever made and its release was hotly anticipated, but the rollout was mired in problems.In December 2020, Sony said it was pulling the game from PlayStation stores around the world citing "customer satisfaction" after multiple complaints about glitches and even health risks.But a…

Google Chrome OS 91's latest update seems to have created another issue when it was pulled for degrading performance. Google released the version 91.0.4472.147 update at the end of June for Chrome OS, but users reported that it was causing performance issues on their laptops after which it was pulled. However, this seems to have created another issue wherein users are unable to use Linux container which allows installation of Linux applications.The latest incremental update for Chrome OS — version 91.0.4472.147 — was…

US tech giant Epic Games said it will shut down its popular survival game Fortnite in China, months after authorities imposed a series of strict curbs on the world's biggest gaming market as part of a sweeping crackdown on the technology sector.Beijing has embarked on a wide-ranging regulatory clampdown on a number of industries in a drive to tighten its control of the economy, with tech firms taking the brunt of the pain.In September, officials said they wanted to curb addiction in the gaming-mad nation by announcing…

Wordle — the daily secret word game — tasted great popularity recently as several people started tweeting about the game with screenshots, making it even popular. But since Wordle is so far officially playable only on the Web, a developer built its clone and made it live on Apple's App Store. The replica arrived with in-app purchases and garnered thousands of downloads shortly after the release. However, shortly after its debut, the game was pulled from the App Store.New York City-based developer Zach Shakked created the…

Apple said on Wednesday it has removed from its App Store several knockoffs of Wordle, a website-only word game that has seen a recent surge in popularity thanks to celebrities like Jimmy Fallon.The once-a-day online word game, originally created in October by former Reddit software engineer Josh Wardle, can only be played on his website and does not have a mobile app.However, several developers have created identical app versions to cash in on surging demand for the game, with unsuspecting users driving up downloads of…

Sony Music, which manages the rights to Michael Jackson’s catalog, has pulled three of the late star’s songs from streaming services, American Songwriter reports.The songs in question, “Monster” featuring 50 Cent, “Keep Your Head Up,” and “Breaking News,” all appeared on Jackson’s 2010 posthumous project Michael. As a result, only seven songs from the 10-track album are now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.A spokesperson for Jackson’s official website told the outlet the move “had nothing to do with…

The goal of any conversational AI is to generate the most relevant response possible LaMDA, which stands for Language Models for Dialog Application, is created for a chatbot to have a fluid and natural conversation. This is not the first time a language designed to understand user intent is designed. LaMDA follows in the footsteps of conversational models like BERT and MUM. But LaMDA is eons ahead of these applications. Google has been working relentlessly to develop a language-based model that is capable of…

Google has started taking away the Android Auto screen from phones after about seven years, according to a report. Back in August last year, Google had confirmed that it be shutting down the standalone Android Auto for Phone Screens application from Android 12 onwards. Early this month, a popup message had reportedly appeared for some users saying that the Android Auto for phone screens will stop working soon. At that time, Google had not specified the date of closure but now reports of it disappearing have started…

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched Germany’s SARah 1 military imaging satellite into orbit on June 18.Photo: SpaceXIt was a busy weekend for SpaceX, with the private space company launching three of its Falcon 9 rockets into orbit over a period of three days. SpaceX’s final launch may even have been carrying a classified government payload in addition to launching a spare satellite for low-earth-orbit operator Globalstar.The back-to-back launches kicked off Friday from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, where a…