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TikTok suspends livestreaming in Russia
The short-video social media platform TikTok has suspended new content and livestreaming abilities on its platform in Russia due to country's new "fake news" law. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed into law a bill introducing jail terms of up to 15 years for publishing "fake news" about the army, as Moscow pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine.
On Android, YouTube Music users can now share songs with Snapchat
Snapchat sharing for YouTube Music was enabled on iOS in October and now a new report has claimed that it is available on Android. The first indication that YouTube Music might be able to share songs to Instagram and Snapchat emerged in November of 2020, reports 9To5Google.
Google Pixel 6a, Watch could launch later than expected
Tech giant Google may reportedly postpone the launch of its most anticipated smartphone Pixel 6a andAPixel Watch until late July in the US. According to Android Central, the recent sightings of the Google Pixel 6a and Pixel Watch in a US carrier's inventory system fueled speculation about the devices' impending debut, with previous rumours claiming a May announcement. However, this may not be the case.
COSMOS to democratise learning & ignite inquisitiveness: Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art planetarium in Mysore University's Chamundi Hill Campus. This will be India's first planetarium with a Digistar 7 system and a Domex screen, COSMOS and will serve as a planetarium and also provide students and research scholars a platform to access the real time as well as archival data for analysis and use.
Apple iPhone SE 3 key features revealed ahead of launch
Apple is holding a hardware event on March 8 and the company is expected to reveal a new iPhone SE and refreshed iPad Air.
The new iPhone SE is expected to start at $300 and have the A15 Bionic SoC at the helm, reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has outlined his "predictions" for the new iPhone SE, reports GSMArena.
Google Stadia to receive 4 new games next month
Google has announced that four titles in the pipeline including Deliver Us the Moon, which comes out next month to Stadia. Google this week confirmed four games coming to Stadia, with Deliver Us the Moon being the most interesting of the batch, reports 9To5Google.
Apple working on Studio Display with 7K resolution: Report
Apple is reportedly working on an "Apple Studio Display" which at 7K will be higher resolution than the current Pro Display XDR.According to 9to5Mac, Apple Studio Display will sport a higher resolution than Apple's Pro Display XDR, the 32-inch 6K (6,016 A- 3,384 pixels, 218 PPI) resolution display that launched in late 2019. Last year, reports suggested Apple was testing a new display with a built-in A13 chip.
N.Korea conducts 'important test' for 'reconnaissance satellite' development
North Korea said on Sunday it has conducted another "important test" for developing a "reconnaissance satellite". The DPRK is the acronym for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Launched from around the Sunan area in Pyongyang, the missile flew about 270 km at a top altitude of 560 km, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
The BharatPe Saga: How an astutely run business venture came apart
Coming from middle-class families, Ashneer Grover and wife Madhuri Jain Grover together built an astute business profile with a net worth of at least Rs 21,300 crore, before a heated and abusive telephone call with a Kotak Mahindra Bank's employee, that went viral in early January, triggered their downfall.
Top Internet backbone provider Cogent shuts service in Russia
The US-based Internet backbone provider Cogent Communications has cut off services in Russia, "terminating its contracts" with the customers in the country in compliance with the European Union's move to ban Russian state-backed media outlets.
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