Crypto Global Internet News Twitter Twitter replaces homepage bird logo with a ‘doge’, sends Dogecoin price soaring Elon Musk is back to his antics on Twitter. In what seems… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 4, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News NPCI says no charge on normal UPI transactions, 1.1% charge on PPI merchant transactions Come April 1, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will charge… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 30, 20232 minute read
Internet News Apple to hold annual WWDC from June 5-9, likely to reveal mixed reality headset Apple has announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 30, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News GitHub lays off engineering team in India Adding further to the already dreadful layoff situation in the global tech… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalMarch 28, 20231 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter will only show verified accounts on its ‘For You’ algorithmic timeline, says Musk Yet another day, yet another strange-sounding stuff coming in from Twitter’s new… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalMarch 28, 20232 minute read
Internet News Security Parts of Twitter’s source code leaked, says a new court filing There is further drama unfolding at Twitter, adding to a chain of… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalMarch 27, 20231 minute read
Internet News Google rolls out its conversational AI bot ‘Bard’ to limited users The popularity of ChatGPT opened the floodgates for numerous other AI chatbots… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 22, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter reportedly working on new govt ID-based verification Verification is a tricky subject for Twitter, more so since Elon Musk… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 20, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube increases TV subscription prices to $72.99/month Streaming service YouTube TV just got more expensive – the company announced… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 17, 20233 minute read
Internet News Startups Lenskart raises $500Mn from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Confirming reports from last week, Lenskart has confirmed raising a $500Mn round… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 16, 20232 minute read
Futurism Internet News OpenAI releases GPT-4, a new multimodal AI available to its paying users via ChatGPT Plus OpenAI, the parent behind the infamous AI chatbot ChatGPT, has announced the… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 15, 20232 minute read
Internet News Startups Venture Capital Y Combinator cuts jobs by 20%, to cut down on late-stage investments Startup-accelerator Y Combinator is joining the layoff brigade if the latest development… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 14, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Meta is ‘pausing’ Reels bonuses for creators in the US Social media company Meta is pausing its Reels Play bonus program in… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 10, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google set to hold its annual I/O conference on May 10 with a limited live audience Google has announced that it will hold its annual I/O Conference on… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 9, 20233 minute read
Internet News Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing is coming to the Windows 11 taskbar Windows 11 has just got a huge update. Earlier, reports came in… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 1, 20233 minute read
Business Internet News Meta forms a new AI product team Swift popularity of ChatGPT has opened the floodgates for multiple tech companies… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 28, 20233 minute read
Internet News Google announces improved noise cancellation for Google Meet, new widget for Google Keep and more at MWC 2023 The Mobile World Congress (MWC) has, for a long time, been an… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Meta backs ‘Take It Down’, a new service that helps prevent spread of minors’ intimate images online Facebook & Instagram parent Meta is pushing further against the circulation of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Google will now finally allow third-party billing on Play Store in India After failing to avoid the recent antitrust directives imposed upon it by… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News Uber launches a simpler, new app interface with new homescreen, personalizations and more Ride-hailing major Uber is launching a redesigned version of its app –… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp for iOS gets picture-in-picture for video calls WhatsApp is taking a page from Apple’s Facetime and introducing a feature… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 21, 20232 minute read