In this article FB Building the metaverse isn’t cheap. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, revealed the financials of its Reality Labs division for the first time in its Q4 2021 earnings report on Wednesday. That’s the segment of the company tasked with building CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse. It also includes revenue from hardware,
Month: February 2022
Airtel Xstream Premium pack, that brings access to content from over-the-top (OTT) platforms including Eros Now, SonyLIV, and Epic On, among others, is now available at Rs. 149 per month or Rs. 1,499 on an annual basis. The bundle was previously offered at a monthly price of Rs. 49 or a yearly price of Rs.
Sony Bravia A75K Smart TV with 4K OLED display has been unveiled. The smart TV comes with multiple video-related technologies and features such as Cognitive Processor XR, XR OLED Contrast Pro, XR Triluminos Pro, Auto Low Latency Mode, Acoustic Surface Audio, support for virtual assistants, and a smart remote. The Sony Bravia A75K will be
Japan’s Nintendo sold 18.95 million Switch units in the nine months to the end of December, the company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million units and exceeding lifetime sales of the Wii console. Although the figure undershot the 24.1 million units sold in the corresponding period a year earlier, the milestone highlights
This article was contributed by Tianhui Michael Li, founder of The Data Incubator, and Maxime Agostini, cofounder and CEO of Sarus. Why differential privacy overcomes many of the fatal flaws of de-identification and data masking If data is the new oil, then privacy is the new environmentalism. With the growing use of data comes the need
International Space Station (ISS) is entering its final decade of operational life and NASA is planning to open it for commercial activities. The space agency has detailed the transition plan in a new report. It outlines the steps being taken by NASA to develop “both the supply and demand side” of the low-Earth-orbit commercial economy.
WhatsApp Desktop has reportedly added a feature to let users ask the Meta-owned instant messaging app to generate a report of their account information and settings. Called Request Account Info, the dedicated option has so far been available to mobile users on both Android and iOS. It allows users to submit a request to WhatsApp
Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz has been launched in India as the latest model in the brand’s ColorFit range of smartwatches. The new smartwatch comes with Bluetooth calling support that allows users to make and attend voice calls directly from their wrist, without taking out the connected phone from their pocket. The Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz
Vivo Y7x 4G, tipped to be a mid-range phone that could rival the upcoming Redmi Note 11 5G, has leaked. Vivo recently launched a handful of smartphones as part of its Y-series. This rumoured handset is tipped to be powered by a MediaTek Helio G96 SoC under the hood. Vivo Y7x 4G is said to
As many as 23 new high severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in different implementations of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware used by numerous vendors, including Bull Atos, Fujitsu, HP, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, among others. The vulnerabilities reside in Insyde Software’s InsydeH2O UEFI firmware, according to enterprise firmware security company Binarly, with a majority
Last year, 91% of organizations moved one or more applications to a new IT environment, underscoring businesses’ rapid adoption of multiple clouds – private and public – according to a new report commissioned by Nutanix. Sixty-four percent of survey respondents said they expect to be operating in a multicloud environment, leveraging public and private clouds,
The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media’s Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other podcasts carried by parent company Spotify. The announcement by Wendy Zukerman builds on protests by Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and others against Spotify’s Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. They say Spotify is
In this article FB Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference to announce the rebrand of Facebook as Meta, in this screen grab taken from a video released October 28, 2021. Facebook | via Reuters Facebook is set to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Here are
Amazon will create 1,500 new apprenticeships in the United Kingdom in 2022, it said on Wednesday. The internet giant said it was offering 40 entry to degree-level apprenticeship schemes, including new schemes in the areas of publishing, retailing, marketing, and a programme focused on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). Amazon said it grew its
Steam has announced its plans for upcoming sales for the first half of 2022, as its ongoing Lunar New Year Sale draws to a close. The service has also updated its policy to reduce the ‘cooldown’ on sales allowing publishers to place a game in two sale events that are at least 28 days apart.
Over 2 million Indian accounts were banned by WhatsApp, while 528 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in December 2021, according to its compliance report. In its latest report, WhatsApp said 20,79,000 Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp during the said period. An Indian account is identified via a +91 phone number, it
Oppo Watch Free launch date in India is set for February 4, the company announced on Tuesday. The upcoming smartwatch sports a 1.46-inch AMOLED display and features over 100 workout modes and is equipped with an optical heart rate sensor and blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2) sensor and was launched in China in September 2021.
Realme 9 Pro+ is coming with a colour-changing back that shifts hue from Blue to Red, Realme India chief Madhav Sheth teased on social media on Wednesday. The new Realme phone is rumoured to debut in the country alongside the Realme 9 Pro later this month. Called ‘Light Shift Design,’ the new back panel will