TECHNOLOGY
Apple shifting some iPad production to Vietnam amid China lockdowns
According to a report in Nikkei Asia, the iPhone maker has asked multiple component suppliers to build up their inventories to meet future shortages and supply chain issues. "The iPad will become the second major line of Apple products made in the Southeast Asian country, following the AirPods earbud series," said the report. Apple shipped 58 million iPads last year. China's BYD, which is one of the leading iPad assemblers, helped Apple build production lines in Vietnam.
Volvo joins Epic Games to power its next-gen electric cars
Volvo Cars will now use the Epic's real-time 3D creation tool for developing digital interfaces inside its cars and rendering real-time graphics in the vehicles. Volvo Cars is the first European carmaker to use the Unreal Engine for development of the Human Machine Interface (HMI). "To offer our customers the best possible user experience and contribute to a safe and personal drive, we need rich, immersive and responsive visualisation inside our cars," said Henrik Green.
WhatsApp bans over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April
"This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp's own preventive actions to combat abuse on our platform. As captured in the latest Monthly Report, WhatsApp banned over 1.6 million (1,666,000) accounts in the month of April," a WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement.
Spotify's failure to renew security certificate causes massive podcast outage
"Megaphone experienced a platform outage due to an issue related to our SSL certificate," Spotify spokesperson Erin Styles was quoted as saying in a statement. "During the outage, clients were unable to access the Megaphone CMS and podcast listeners were unable to download podcast episodes from Megaphone-hosted publishers.
Facebook's parent company to change stock ticker to META on June 9
The company said this is will replace the company's current ticker symbol 'FB', which has been used since its initial public offering in 2012. "The new ticker symbol aligns with the company's rebranding from Facebook to Meta, announced on October 28, 2021," the company said in a blogpost. "No action by the company's shareholders is required with respect to the ticker symbol change.
Amazon to end Cloud Cam service, offer free Blink Mini to owners
Cloud Cam owners will be able to use their cameras and download video until December 2 of this year, after which all recordings will be deleted and the hardware will no longer function, reports The Verge, which has obtained a copy of an email sent to customers announcing the change.
Annoyed users cancel Netflix subscriptions during password sharing test
According to global tech news site Rest of World, for some Netflix users, the price increase has been enough to convince them to cancel their accounts outright. "Others continue to share their accounts across households without any notification of the policy change or have ignored the new rule without facing enforcement," the report said.
Amazon no longer offers in-app Kindle purchases on Android
According to an email sent to the customers, Kindle users cannot use the e-reader's Android app to rent or buy books or pay for Kindle Unlimited subscriptions, reports CNET. Instead, people will have to pay for content on a web browser and then access the books through their app's digital library. The tech giant confirmed the customer notification to the publication.
Fire-Boltt unveils two new affordable smartwatches
Both the new smartwatches boast a round-dial design and are loaded with all the new age attributes, TALK 2 is available on Amazon at Rs 2,499 and TALK PRO on Flipkart for Rs 2,999. "Our new products are testimony to the promise that we made long ago to ourselves and our consumers. We have enhanced the calling features as per the need of the modern lifestyle, and both TALK PRO and TALK 2 are the result of our commitment and consistent endeavour to deliver the best," Arnav Kishore, co-founder of Fire-Boltt, said in a statement.
Apple may not announce its mixed reality headset at WWDC this year
"It still takes some time before the Apple AR/MR headset enters mass production, so I do not think Apple will release the AR/MR headset and rumoured realityOS at WWDC this year. Apple's competitors worldwide cannot wait to see the hardware spec and OS design for Apple's AR/MR headset," Kuo wrote on the micro-blogging platform.
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