Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg: Yandex plans to sell its entire Russian business, including its popular search engine, to a group led by Yandex management in a deal valued at about $5.2B — – Dutch-registered firm is divesting of its Russian assets — Fallout from the war in Ukraine forced tech giant to split up Source
We’ve reached the last month of an incredible year in gaming, closing the season with a final rush of exciting titles as the Christmas holiday period fast approaches. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — out now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X — is easily the biggest launch in December, transporting players to the never-seen-before
Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: A look at China’s interest in the “geopolitically neutral” RISC-V open-source chip architecture, as US sanctions put the top x86 and ARM chips out of reach — When a Beijing-based military institute in September published a patent for a new high-performance chip … Source link
X — the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter — appears to be working again, after thousands of users reported they were unable to access the service on Thursday. At around 11am, users took to a downtime tracking website to state that the service was not accessible, while other users reported that they couldn’t see
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: A look at UMG’s TikTok retreat, stemming from issues like low payouts and a lack of assurances on fighting deepfakes, and TikTok’s role in the music industry — We’re about to find out how important TikTok is to the music industry. — Happy Grammy Sunday to those of you who celebrate.
The Parliament passed the Telecommunications Bill, 2023, which seeks to amend the laws relating to telecommunication services and networks, on Thursday. The bill, introduced by Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on December 13, would allow for the government to temporarily take control of telecom services in the interest of national security. While
Hayden Field / CNBC: Investment in AI remained a dominant theme in tech earnings calls, with AI models that clients can customize according to their needs a key priority — – Artificial intelligence continues to be a dominant theme in tech earnings calls. — Tech execs are prioritizing AI models that clients … Source link
Amazon Prime Lite made its debut in India in June this year. It offers a cost-effective alternative to the company’s standard annual Prime subscription. The budget-friendly package offers many benefits similar to the standard Amazon Prime subscription including two-day deliveries and access to the Prime Video catalogue, albeit with some restrictions. Notably, Amazon Prime Lite does
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Washington Post: Amid mass tech layoffs, some workers with years of experience or deep technical expertise are having trouble getting hired again while some seek non-tech jobs — Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a raft of others fired thousands of workers in January, continuing a layoff wave that began in 2022. Source link
Elon Musk recently disclosed his plans to add payments feature to the X app (formerly Twitter) by mid-2024. The multi-billionaire tech mogul has been working towards his goal of transforming X into an ‘everything app’ — prior to Musk’s takeover of the platform, Twitter was characterised as a microblogging platform. Interestingly, Musk chose to leave