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SpaceX set to lay off 10% of its workforce in order to get “leaner”
Things haven’t been going great for Elon Musk over the past year. But it’s about to get way worse for the employees in his rocket...
A spaceship for the future inspired by the past, here’s a first look at SpaceX’s Starship
Yesterday, Elon Musk once again took to Twitter to give us a sneak peek at the prototype of The Starship, SpaceX’s flagship spaceship. The...
‘HackerGiraffe’ hacks into Google chromecasts, exposing a bug that has existed for over 5 years
Hackers take control of over thousands of Chromecast streaming devices, exposing the vulnerability of the routers. The hackers – who go by the...
US Court dismisses facial recognition lawsuit against Google over lack of “concrete injuries”
There has been a development in the ongoing Rivera vs Google case in Illinois, USA. Well it is more of an outcome rather than development as the...
‘Everything is fake’, says Ex Reddit CEO Ellen Pao on Internet companies’ traffic metrics
On Wednesday, the New York Magzine published an article titled How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually which questioned...
Tesla gets Kathleen Wilson-Thompson and billionaire Larry Ellison on board as independent directors
Tesla brought two very high profile directors on board – Oracle Chairman and billionare, Larry Ellison and Walgreens Executive Kathleen...
Child porn sharing WhatsApp groups expose present social media’s inefficient moderating systems
In wake of Tech Crunch’s recent report on the issue of child porn being circulated on WhatsApp, Google made efforts to take down the third...
India’s proposed Data Protection Bill bans cross-border transfer of personal data
There’s more information on India’s new, proposed data protection bill, that is said to come anytime now. The info, reported by Times of...
Microsoft announces ‘Intelligent Cloud Hub’ program for Indian Universities to build an AI-ready workforce
Data is the new Oil and A.I. will be the vehicle that harnesses this new oil. But who will build this new, futuristic data harnessing A.I...
Facebook says it only provided access to user data after explicit permission
The New York Times has once again called out Facebook Inc. regarding their breach of user data access. This has been an ongoining situation for over...
A Facebook Photo API bug exposed unposted photos of over 6.8 Million users to third-party apps
More data breach news folks. And once again, as has been the case quite often in past few months, the platform making users vulnerable is...
YouTube Rewind 2018 fallout: Everything that has happened so far
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the YouTube Rewind 2018 situation. YouTube reqind started off back in...
Google’s Year in Search 2018: FIFA World Cup, Black Panther and more
This year’s edition of Google’s Year in Search is here. The Google Year in Search isn’t a mere list of the most searched or most...
Visa now has over 20 Million contactless cards in India
In what will (and already has) prove to be a short in the arm for Indian Government’s aggressive digital payments push, Visa has announced that...
Google rolls out “For You” feature for iOS and other Android devices globally
Ever since the announcement was made at Google I/O back in May, Google Maps app has been in a major overhaul mode. Significant updates have been...
‘Part of the journey is the end’ : The Avengers End Game trailer is out, and its cryptic at best
After months of endless torment, Marvel has decided to put its fans out of misery. Marvel just dropped the trailer for the most awaited film of 2019...
Alexa to get smarter with Alexa Answers – a new crowdsourcing program by Amazon
Amazon burst onto the personal assistant scene (and fairly dominated it since then) when it launched the first Echo device in 2014. It was one of the...
Documents leaked by UK lawmaker reveal Facebook offered preferential access to users’ data
Facebook’s privacy laws are once again under fire as documents reveal potentially damning evidence of the company providing preferential access...
Google employees write to CEO Sunder Pichai, demand equal treatment for Contractors
Controversy stirs once again in Google’s offices. This time, a group of Google employees wrote to the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai...
Pokémon Go is finally getting the player vs player Battle mode
Niantic, the company which took the world by storm two and a half years ago when they dropped perhaps one of the most successful mobile AR games in...