Technology
Twitter may soon allow posting images, videos in one tweet
San Francisco, July 30 Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that will allow users to post images, videos and GIFs in one multimedia tweet. The company confirmed the test and said it is available to some users for a limited time, adding that accounts can add ...Twitter-Musk court battle to start Oct 17 for 5 days
San Francisco, July 29 The US judge in the Twitter vs Elon Musk legal battle over cancellation of the $44 billion takeover deal has set October 17 as the beginning date of the high-profile trial. Judge Kathaleen McCormick in the Delaware Court of Chancery has issued an official schedule, with ...YouTube allows creators to edit long videos into Shorts
San Francisco, July 29 With an aim to enhance user experience, Google-owned streaming platform YouTube has announced that users can now turn their longer videos into Shorts by adding a new "Edit into a Short" tool to its iOS and Android app. With this new update, which is now rolling ...Apple now has over 860 mn paid subscriptions across services
San Francisco, July 29 Tech giant Apple has announced that it now has over 860 million paid subscribers across all of its services, which includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple News, iCloud, and more. Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer at Apple, said that the company saw increased customer engagement with ...Twitter confirms testing new ‘Status’ feature for users
San Francisco, July 28 Micro-blogging site Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new status feature that lets users tag posts with pre-defined labels, much like the statuses that the previous LiveJournal and MySpace systems permitted. Some of these statuses include "Spoiler alert," "Shower thoughts," "Picture of the day" ...Facebook, Instagram to show more posts from unknown users
San Francisco, July 28 With an aim to engage users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the company is planning to double the amount of content from recommended accounts that people see while using Instagram and Facebook by the end of 2023. The tech giant's CEO said he thinks the ...Elon Musk says ‘media is click-seeking machine’
San Francisco, July 28 Amid several media reports appearing on Elon Musk's activities, the tech billionaire has called media "click-seeking machines". On Twitter, Musk criticised the media, which came after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported his alleged affair with Google Co-founder Sergey Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan, which the Tesla ...Tesla’s Autopilot system kills another motorcyclist, US begins probe
San Francisco, July 28 A Tesla vehicle has allegedly killed another motorcyclist, this time in the Utah state in the US when a driver using Autopilot slammed into the rear of his bike. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has added the fatal accident to its list. Forty-eight crashes ...Apple ropes in Lamborghini executive to help boost EV programme
San Francisco, July 28 With an aim to boost its electric autonomous vehicle programme, tech giant Apple has onboarded a veteran Luigi Taraborrelli of car maker Lamborghini, media reports say. According to Taraborrelli's LinkedIn profile, the executive appears to have left Lamborghini in May, TechCrunch reported citing Bloomberg. Taraborrelli has ...25-tonne Chinese rocket booster to fall on Earth this week: Report
Beijing, July 27 A total of 25 tonnes space junk from a recently-launched Chinese rocket is likely to crash on to Earth on July 31, according to a report. According to US-based Aerospace Corporation's experts at the Centre for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS), the falling space debris, measuring ...