Technology
Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 of its workforce: Report
San Francisco, Nov 14 Amazon is reportedly planning to lay off approximately 10,000 of its workforce in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, a media reported. According to The New York Times, the cuts will target Amazon's devices organisation, which includes the voice assistant Alexa, as well as its ...SpaceX buys big ad campaign on Twitter for Starlink
San Francisco, Nov 14 Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has bought a large advertising package available on Twitter, the micro-blogging platform that he recently acquired. According to internal records from the platform viewed by CNBC, the campaign will advertise Starlink, a satellite internet service owned and run by SpaceX, on Twitter in ...YouTube TV adds a clock to help keep track of time
San Francisco, Nov 14 YouTube TV has rolled out a new update in which it adds a clock to keep track of the time while streaming content on the video-streaming platform. According to 9to5Google, YouTube announced the addition via a PSA-style ad that had some rather amusing descriptions. "Some YouTube ...BHU IIT faculty wins in the bamboo innovation challenge
Varanasi, Nov 13 Pradyut Dhar, an assistant professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT(BHU) Varanasi, is among the top five winners in the prototype development stage category in the recently-conducted National Bamboo Innovation Challenge 2022. The award was conferred to Dr Dhar and his team for the recent technological ...Popular vitamin B3 supplements may up cancer risk, brain metastasis
New York, Nov 13 New research from the University of Missouri in the U.S. has found that common vitamin B3 dietary supplements can increase the risk of serious disease, including developing cancer. While previous studies have linked commercial dietary supplements like nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, to ...Controversial Blue service with verification to return next week: Musk
London, Nov 13 After facing a barrage of fake profiles with verified badges, Elon Musk on Sunday said that the $8 Blue subscription service, pulled back by the company after facing strong criticism, is likely to be back by the end of next week. Twitter paused its Blue service with ...A helicopter, a glider, and a Spruce Goose are now available in Microsoft Flight Simulator
San Francisco, Nov 12 Microsoft has added helicopters, gliders and the Spruce Goose to its Flight Simulator, celebrating the game's 40th anniversary. The Airbus A310-300, a real-life aeroplane, has been carefully recreated as one of the update's many features, the company said in a blog post. The 40th Anniversary Edition ...US NSA tells developers to shun C and C++ programming language
San Francisco, Nov 12 The US National Security Agency (NSA) has requested developers worldwide to shun old programming languages like C and C++ which are more prone to hackers to shift to new, memory safe languages. Microsoft, Google and others have flagged vulnerabilities in codes due to memory safety issues ...NASA confirms the discovery of the Challenger artefact 36 years after it was destroyed
Washington, Nov 12 A TV documentary crew seeking the wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft has discovered an artefact from the destroyed space shuttle Challenger that killed seven astronauts aboard, including a school teacher, in 1986. Divers noticed a large 'human-made' object covered partially by sand on the seafloor. ...A lawyer for Musk tells Twitter employees that they will not go to jail
San Francisco, Nov 12 A lawyer working for Elon Musk has reassured Twitter staff that they will not go to jail for being liable if the company violated the requirements of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) consent decree. Musk's lawyer Alex Spiro sent an email to employees, seen by TechCrunch, ...
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