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Twitter plans to hold a meeting for employees concerned about Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s influence on the company’s board, a Twitter spokesperson said Friday. The Twitter official did not disclose the timeframe or format for the meeting. The social media company named Musk to the board on Tuesday after the outspoken and polarizing executive

India could soon become the tech hub for the global operations of Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world. Senior leadership members from the company are presently in India, looking to expand their software team. The Coinbase leadership has offered “inclusivity” and “remote working ecosystem” as parts of the incentives it is

Samsung Electronics’ flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance and has seen carriers half its price at home in South Korea just weeks since its launch, hurting its image as an iPhone rival. Consumers have complained – and even filed a class-action lawsuit – about the handset maker advertising

Emoji, the most viable form of expressing our feelings on social media, has found its way to the Google Workspace for users to now react to any content on Google Docs, simply using a symbol instead of writing a comment or remark on it. In a Google Workspace update, Google announced that the feature supports

Redmi Note 12 series has got network access licence in China, as per a noted tipster. The smartphones have codenames L16 and L16U. The latter is said to be associated with the Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G. The smartphones belonging to the series are said to come with high-performance MediaTek SoCs — possibly MediaTek Dimensity

Electric car lovers are flocking to Austin for an enormous party Thursday celebrating a new Tesla “gigafactory” in Texas the size of 100 professional soccer fields. Online buzz has swelled ever since Tesla’s colourful but controversial founder and chief executive Elon Musk tweeted word of the event, with reports of perhaps as many as 15,000

Realme GT 2 Pro is set to launch in India later today. The company’s upcoming flagship smartphone was launched in China in January and made its debut in Europe in February. Alongside the Realme GT 2 Pro, the company is also expected to launch the Realme 9 4G handset in India. Meanwhile, the Realme Book

Vivo Pad is all set to launch in China on April 11. Just days before the formal debut, the tablet has allegedly been spotted on the Geekbench website with model number PA217, suggesting some of its key specifications. The listing suggests 8GB of RAM on the Vivo Pad. It could be powered by an octa-core

Flipkart Health+ — the digital healthcare platform from Flipkart — has announced the launch of the Flipkart Health+ app. The e-commerce platform had acquired a majority stake in SastaSundar, an online pharmacy platform, in 2021, which has now been converted to Flipkart Health+. The company aims to serve across 20,000 PIN codes in India and

Realme C31 goes on sale in India today at 12pm (noon). Realme’s newest affordable C-Series smartphone sports a 6.5-inch LCD display and is equipped with a 13-megapixel triple rear camera setup. The Realme C31 is powered by a Unisoc T612 chipset under the hood, paired with up to 4GB of RAM. The smartphone runs on

Google Maps on Tuesday announced a set of features that will roll out to users in select countries, including India. The service will allow users to check estimated toll prices before a trip begins, and can identify available toll-free routes. Google Maps for iOS has also been updated with a pinned widget on the Home

Amazon is working on an internal messaging app that will ban words that reflect the company’s working conditions or organising labour unions. The app, sort of a social media platform specifically for Amazon employees, will have a content filter that will ban words such as “union”, “prison”, “slave labour”, “diversity” as well as “restrooms” presumably

OnePlus 10 Pro will be going on sale in India for the first time in India today at 12pm IST. This flagship offering was launched in India last week on March 31 and features a 6.7-inch QHD+ Fluid AMOLED display with a dynamic refresh rate of up to 120Hz. The release of the OnePlus 10

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — the prequel to the Star Trek: The Original Series — has dropped a new trailer, ahead of its May 5 international release date. The upcoming series is a Star Trek: Discovery spin-off and follows the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise. The Star

Jupiter’s Moon Europa is among a few celestial bodies being probed intensely to know whether it hosts or could host life. Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth’s moon, has been hiding an ocean beneath its frozen surface. Evidence indicates it could be warm, salty, and rich in life-enabling chemistry. While it is known Europa

Google’s billing system for app developers is “unfair and discriminatory,” India’s antitrust regulator said in the initial findings of an extensive investigation, paving the way for potential penalties in future. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) found Google discriminated against developers in its Play store billing policy, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News. The

Vi (Vodafone Idea) has introduced two new prepaid recharge plans in India. The plans are priced at Rs. 327 and Rs. 377, with different data limits. The Rs. 327 recharge plan offers 30-day validity, while the Rs. 337 plan is valid for 31 days. In addition, the Vi prepaid plans bundle Vi Movies and TV

A new Prague-based internet radio station has started to broadcast news, information and music tailored to the day-to-day concerns of some 300,000 refugees who have arrived in the Czech Republic since Russia launched its military assault against Ukraine. In a studio at the heart of the Czech capital, radio veterans work together with absolute beginners