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The Matrix Resurrections — out later this week in India and on HBO Max — brings back the popular Matrix franchise nearly two decades after it ended. The new Matrix movie features some of the original cast including Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith. New faces part of the cast of The Matrix

India’s antitrust agency suspended Amazon.com’s 2019 deal with Future Group on Friday, potentially denting the US e-commerce giant’s attempts to block the sale of Future’s retail assets to an Indian market leader. The regulator ruled that the US company had suppressed information while seeking regulatory approval on an investment into Indian retailer Future Group two

Looking for a way to preview WhatsApp voice messages before sending them? WhatsApp this week rolled out a preview voice message feature to let users review a draft of their audio recordings before sharing them with others. You can preview your voice messages before sending them in an individual thread or a group chat. The

The Biden administration on Friday recommended Alphabet’s Google and Facebook parent Meta get permission to use an undersea cable system to handle growing Internet traffic with Asia. The administration urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant licenses for the companies to send and receive data on the existing 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network. The

Alibaba this week revealed an ambitious vision to grow its Southeast Asian e-commerce business to $100 billion (roughly Rs. 7,60,140 crore) in transacted sales as well as a pledge to reach carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030. China’s largest e-commerce company unveiled its vision Friday for its Southeast Asian e-commerce arm Lazada in presentation

Hawkeye episode 6 — the series finale — is due next Wednesday, and Marvel Studios has unveiled a 30-second trailer that tells us what to expect. Naturally, spoilers ahead for the first five Hawkeye episodes. The Hawkeye episode 6 trailer sets up the return of Kingpin/ Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) after the briefest of teases

The Reserve Bank of India’s plans to move towards card tokenisation is likely to hit a wide range of companies from major e-commerce firms and food delivery firms to lenders, while increasing the use of cash, said industry sources and bankers. RBI issued guidelines in March 2020 saying that merchants will not be allowed to

The Witcher season 2 — streaming Friday 1:30pm IST on Netflix — is surer of itself. Unlike the lacklustre first season that exhibited growing pains, the second season of the Henry Cavill-led Netflix fantasy series has a stronger handle on what it wants to be. With its disjointed episodic tales, the first season essentially lost

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is set to gain EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of Kustomer after offering remedies that allow rival products to function with those of the U.S. customer service startup, people familiar with the matter said. A buying spree of startups by big companies has triggered concerns on both sides of

Netflix recently slashed the cost of its subscription plans in India, bringing the price of all plans down on the streaming service. From the most expensive 4K HDR Premium plan which now costs Rs. 649 down from Rs. 799, to the mobile-only plan that is now Rs. 149 down from 199. Netflix isn’t the only

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has unveiled a brand new app called Story Studio. The standalone video editing app is currently available for iOS users and will allow creators using an iPhone to make vertical videos to share on different platforms. Using Story Studio, layers and captions can be added to a video. Also,

Flipkart’s social commerce app Shopsy on Tuesday added grocery as a category on its platform. By leveraging the supply chain infrastructure and technology capabilities of the e-commerce company, Grocery on Shopsy is claimed to cater to consumers across 700 cities, spanning over 5,800 pincodes. The new category is also touted to have over 6,000 products

A newly discovered vulnerability in a widely used software library is causing mayhem on the Internet, forcing cyber defenders to scramble as hackers rush to exploit the weakness. The vulnerability, known as Log4j, comes from a popular open-source product that helps software developers track changes in applications that they build. It is so popular and

Amazon Prime membership price in India is becoming costlier by up to 50 percent starting tomorrow (Tuesday, December 14). The update, which was confirmed earlier this year, will be applicable to the monthly, quarterly, and annual subscription plans of the Amazon Prime service. As a result, customers will get the annual Prime membership at Rs.

A scuba diver wiped away the algae on a submerged car’s license plate and exclaimed: “It’s them!” That discovery of two long-missing American teens’ apparent remains was the latest tragic find for a subculture of YouTube sleuths. Among the platform’s viral hits scoring billions of views is a niche of YouTubers who use sonar devices

A critical vulnerability in a widely used software tool — one quickly exploited in the online game Minecraft — is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organisations around the world. “The internet’s on fire right now,” said Adam Meyers, senior vice president of intelligence at the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike. “People are scrambling to patch,”

With two-thirds of the year spent indoors thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, pretty much like last year, 2021 saw a continued rise in Indian original content from streaming services (or OTT platforms, if you prefer). There were massive spikes for the likes of Disney+ Hotstar and SonyLIV whose output increased by nearly 300 and

About 15,000 people have registered to attend global tech show CES in person in the past 10 days, the organiser said on Friday, in a sign of momentum for in-person events despite global fears about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. In total, “tens of thousands” of people have registered so far for the show,