Reuters More than a thousand workers are participating in the strike For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been striking work in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leading to major disruptions in production. The plant in Chennai city, one of Samsung’s two factories in … Read more
Getty Images Google unveiled its new Pixel 9 handsets last month Happy new smartphone season to all who celebrate. It’s that time of year again, when the tech giants pull out all the stops to persuade you to upgrade your gadgets. Recently we’ve seen Google launch the latest Pixel 9 handsets, followed by Apple unveiling … Read more
Some X users in Brazil have said they can once again access the social media website, the BBC has learned. This comes after the platform, formerly known as Twitter, was banned in the country on 30 August. The change was made possible after the company, which is owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, moved their … Read more
Google is in the process of deleting a large number of Gmail accounts. Here’s how to avoid losing yours. The internet giant began deleting accounts last December if they had not been used for two years, after announcing its updated inactive account policies in May. Any Google Account that has not been used or signed into for … Read more
Donald Trump is not selling any of his majority stake in the company that owns Truth Social, and he will not leave the social media platform he created, the Republican presidential candidate told reporters on Friday. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group surged as much as 30% following his comments before closing up 12%. Trump owns … Read more
Call it go-go a-go-go. Tesla Cybertrucks are being used for all sorts of unusual purposes, it turns out — New Jersey pizzaiolo turned his futuristic electric vehicle into a mobile oven, while the affluent city of Irvine, California created waves after dropping major ducats on a souped up version to add to their police fleet. But … Read more
Bet you’re dying to check this one out. A new artificially intelligent app claims to be able to pinpoint your expiration date — all in an effort to motivate users to make healthier choices and lead longer lives. For $40 a year, those looking to have the grim news delivered can download the Death Clock, which … Read more
Michael Kahana, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, has been studying memory for over 30 years: how it works, and what’s going on when it doesn’t. He’s not just fascinated with memory loss caused by traumatic brain injury — which affects more than 5 million people in this country — or the nearly 7 million Americans … Read more
In 2002, Wired magazine’s Kevin Kelly quizzed Google’s Larry Page about why his search engine was free, reports philosopher Yuval Noah Harari in ‘Nexus – A Brief History of Information Networks From The Stone Age to AI’ (Random House). Nexus, by Yuval Noah Hariri “Where does that get you?” he asked. Page replied that Google wasn’t about search at all. … … Read more
A top lawyer for Google in the search giant’s landmark trial with the US government is also a key adviser to the Kamala Harris campaign — and tech antitrust watchdogs are calling the cozy relationship “outrageous,” The Post has learned. In a doubleheader that turned heads across the Beltway, Google attorney Karen Dunn last Tuesday … Read more