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  UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’

  UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services in India were severely disrupted this Saturday morning, leaving users incapable of making digital transactions, the third time within a month. The snag hits individuals and businesses across the country, disrupting an important daily service for smooth money transfers, which has become a common feature in I...

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  Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams

  Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit. The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser among other applications, follow Google's January buyout offers to employees in the unit.

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  Google Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees In Android, Pixel Group: Report

  Alphabet's Google on Thursday laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android software, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser.

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  UPI Will Stop Working On These Mobile Numbers From April 1. Here's Why

  UPI services will no longer work on mobile numbers that are inactive or reassigned starting April 1. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has directed banks and payment service providers (PSPs) to delink such numbers to prevent fraud and

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  Gemini Is Getting Upgraded With Audio Overview and Canvas Features

  Gemini is getting two new artificial intelligence (AI) features, Google announced on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant is adding Canvas, an interactive space that lets human users and AI collaborate on projects involving documents and coding-related tasks. Another feature making its way to Gemini is Audio Overview, which lets users genera...

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  Google X Introduces Taara Chip to Enable High-Speed Internet via Light Beams

  Google X has unveiled the Taara chip, a silicon photonics device that transmits high-speed internet via light beams. Unlike traditional fiber-optic cables, which require extensive underground installation, this technology provides a cost-effective and scalable alternative. Field tests demonstrated speeds of 10 Gbps over a one-kilometre distance. De...

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  X User Slams "Google Influencers" Who Show Off Free Meals, Perks. Internet Divided

  An X post about "peak Google Influencer behaviour" has sparked a debate about enjoying and publicising one's employment perks.

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  Apple's Foldable iPhone May Cost More Than Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

  Apple is said to be working on its first foldable device. We have yet to see any official word from Apple regarding a foldable iPhone, but ahead of it, a new report gives us an idea about its pricing. The foldable iPhone model is said to cost around twice as much as the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Apple is likely to sell a limited quantity of its foldable...

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  Pokemon Go Owner Niantic Sells Gaming Business to Saudi Group for $3.5 Billion

  Scopely has agreed to buy Niantic’s gaming business. The Niantic games business generated more than $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,702 crore) in revenue from 30 million monthly active users last year, Scopely said.

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  Google Reportedly Working on Adding a Second Language for Gemini Live

  Google is reportedly working on adding support for a second language with Gemini Live. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is planning to allow users to speak with the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot in two different languages across speech and text modalities. With this, Gemini Live is said to not only understand what the us...

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  UK's CMA Raises Concerns About Apple and Google's Mobile Browsers

  A final report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) independent inquiry group said the mobile browser market, dominated by Apple and Google, was not working well for consumers and businesses. Following provisional findings published in November, the CMA opened an investigation under its new powers in January.

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  Google Addresses Slowdown Issues in Messages; ‘Significantly’ Improves Media Receiving Performance

  Google has addressed several issues within its Messages app which caused it to suffer “slowdowns and failures”. The Mountain View-based technology giant says its team has been actively working to fix the problems and has rolled out several recent updates aimed at improving the media receiving performance “significantly”.

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  Google Pixel 10 Series Said to Arrive With New 'Pixel Sense' Contextual Assistant

  Google Pixel 10 series will debut later this year with a new contextual AI assistant called Pixel Sense, according to a report. This Pixel Sense assistant reportedly uses on-device processing and works with other Google applications for more relevant user information.

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  YouTube Reportedly Working on Netflix-Like Redesign to Compete With Amazon Prime Video

  YouTube is reportedly redesigning its smart TV app to show more third party content. The new version will feature paid content from other services on the home page for easy discovery. Similar to Amazon Prime Video, users can view and subscribe to third-party services within the app. YouTube already offers ad-free video streaming and, for US custome...

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  Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Urges Team For 60-Hour Work Week Amid AI Competition

  Mr Brin, who is estimated to be worth $144 billion, emphasised that "60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity" in a memo.