TECHNOLOGY
BYJU's slashes around 15% roles, mostly in engineering, as phased layoffs on
According to sources, the company in a fresh round of layoffs has asked more than 1,000 workers (or 15 per cent) to go, mostly from its engineering teams.When reached, the company immediately declined to comment. BYJU's last year decided to lay off as many as 2,500 employees or 5 per cent of its workforce
Scammers operating investing scams infiltrate Apple App Store, Google Play
By adding fraudulent apps to official download platforms, scammers can gain a victim's trust easier, reports BleepingComputer.
According to cybersecurity company Sophos researchers, scammers are targeting victims on Facebook or Tinder and convincing them to download the fraudulent apps and "invest" large sums of money in assets that appear to be real.
Sony to stop offering PlayStation Plus Collection from May 8
PlayStation Plus Collection provides access to many PlayStation 4 (PS4) titles to PlayStation 5 (PS5) players who subscribe to PlayStation Plus. Players have until May 9 to redeem the titles in the collection, "which will enable you to access those titles even after this date for as long as you remain a PlayStation Plus member", the company said in a blogpost on Wednesday.
Twitter to stop offering free access to its API from Feb 9
The Twitter Developer account announced in a series of tweets that the company will be discontinuing support for both the legacy v1.1 and the new v2 of its Twitter APIs. "Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead," Twitter Developer account tweeted.
Netflix introduces new features to Premium plan members
The company introduced two features -- Spatial Audio and more download devices. With Spatial Audio, Netflix members with Premium will be able to enjoy the highest quality sound experience available, whether they are watching at home on TV or a computer, or on the go with a phone or tablet.
Microsoft Teams Premium gets new features powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5
The new features aim to make meetings more intelligent, personalised and protected - whether it's one-on-one, large meetings, virtual appointments or webinars, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Wednesday. "With a 252 per cent increase in weekly time spent in meetings in the first two years of the pandemic, we needed to find ways to work smarter, not harder.
Snap may come up with AR glasses powered by generative AI
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel agreed that there were numerous opportunities to use generative AI to improve Snap's camera in the near future, however, he stated that, in the future, AI will be critical to the growth of augmented reality, including AR glasses, reports TechCrunch.
Netflix shares how it plans to maintain account sharing within household
The company has updated its FAQ pages for countries where it is already testing extra membership fees for account sharing -- Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, reports TechCrunch. By charging extra fees for extended usage of the streaming service outside the household, the company hopes to reduce account sharing this year.
Job growth in Indian IT sector slumps 25% amid layoffs
The hiring intent declined across both large IT giants and unicorns, while trends across other IT startups remained stable as compared to last year, according to a report by naukri.com. Regarding the hiring dip across experience levels, fresher hiring faces the biggest slump followed by a mid-experience hiring decline, while hiring across senior levels (greater than 12 years of experience) remained stable in IT, the report mentioned.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Series starts from Rs 74,999 in India
The Galaxy S23 series comes in three variants -- S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra in phantom black, cream, green, and lavender colours, and is available for pre-booking across online and offline retail stores in the country, starting February 2. The Galaxy S23 series comes with a custom-designed Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and also comes with up to 2.7x larger vapour cooling chamber for reliable gaming performance.
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