Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million (nearly Rs. 86 crore) in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million (nearly Rs. 200 crore) fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days
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iPhone 14 series was unveiled during the company’s ‘Far Out’ event in September but rumours of next year’s iPhone models, speculated to be the iPhone 15 series, have already started surfacing online. A reputed market analyst has now suggested that the high-end models in Apple’s 2023 iPhone family will debut with solid-state buttons instead of
Pixel 7a, Google’s purported affordable “A”-tagged mid-range addition to the Pixel 7 series expected to launch in 2023, will reportedly sport a significant upgrade over every previous A-series Pixel smartphones. It has been reported that Pixel 7a will come with better cameras and wireless charging, amongst other features. Google’s first A-series Pixel, the Pixel 3a,
Apple launched two iPad Pro (2022) models with 11-inch and 12.9-inch displays last week in India. These new tablets are powered by an Apple M2 processor. A new report now suggests that the Cupertino company could be working on a 16-inch iPad Pro model. This tablet is expected to be released in the fourth quarter
Garmin has launched the Venu Sq 2 as its new affordable smartwatch in India. The Garmin Venu Sq 2 comes as a successor to the original Venu Sq which launched in 2020. The Garmin Venu Sq 2 has a bunch of upgrades over its predecessor that are not only limited to hardware but also software,
Gotham Knights is getting a series of patches. In a Twitter thread, developer WB Games Montréal has laid out problems it is looking to address via future updates, starting with the performance issues across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X. A patch for the former is now live, aimed at fixing general keyboard input
Elon Musk has tweeted that Twitter will instate a ‘Content Moderation Council’ comprised of people with ‘widely diverse viewpoints’. One of the key functions of this council will be to consider unblocking the accounts of people who have been permanently suspended. No major decisions about content moderation or reinstating blocked accounts will be made without
A quick caveat up top. This isn’t a review. TechCrunch does reviews. This isn’t one. There are several reasons for this. First, last week was Disrupt — I was busy on the other side of the country. Second, this week is my COVID week (third round, otherwise self-explanatory w/r/t a limited output). Third, we very
Elon Musk told Twitter employees Wednesday that he’s not planning on laying off 75% of staff when he takes over the company, Bloomberg reports, citing “people familiar with the matter.” This walks back what Musk reportedly said last week. The celebrity executive denied the previously reported number when he addressed employees at Twitter’s San Francisco
Former US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was happy Twitter was in “sane hands” after Elon Musk formally took over, but did not say whether he would return to his account on the platform that banned him. Trump said he thought his own Truth Social media platform “looks and works better.” “I LOVE TRUTH,” Trump
Apple announced the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2022) and the redesigned iPad (2022) last week. These tablets have now gone on sale in India for the first time. The two new iPad Pro (2022) models come with the Apple M2 chip, whereas the Apple A14 Bionic SoC powers the iPad (2022). These new Apple
Nokia G60 5G has been confirmed to launch in India soon. The licensee HMD Global has announced that the 5G smartphone will be available for pre-order in the country soon. It is listed on the India website in two colour options with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The Nokia G60 5G was
Billionaire Snap founder Evan Spiegel rubbished the idea that future computing will migrate into a virtual world dubbed the metaverse, arguing most people prefer a lighter touch known as augmented reality. Augmented reality, which broadly speaking superimposes digital info on the real world, lets people harness computing power without forcing them to rely on a
God of War Ragnarök will not include a photo mode at launch. In a tweet, developer Santa Monica Studio confirmed that the in-game photo capture mode for the hotly-anticipated action sequel will be introduced as part of a post-release patch. Present-day PlayStation-exclusives — from Spider-Man: Miles Morales to The Last of Us Part I —
Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. The high-speed barrages last year sent seismic waves rippling thousands of miles across Mars, the first ever detected near the surface of another planet, and carved out craters nearly
Smartphone shipment is often seen as the bellwether of China’s consumer spending, and right now, the picture isn’t very rosy. The world’s largest market for smartphones shipped 175.1 million handsets between January and August, marking a sharp 22.9% decline year-over-year, according to research from a state-backed institution. In August alone, shipments dropped 21.9% year-over-year. The
YouTube is rolling out a change impacting how videos appear on its platform. The company today announced a redesign that now splits video content into three different tabs on all channel pages — one for YouTube’s traditional long-form content, another for YouTube Shorts only and a third for Live videos, including past, current and upcoming
CBSE Class 10 and 12 board exam results 2022 have been announced today. The results were made available via CBSE and government websites. Students can also check their results via the DIgiLocker platform and save their results as PDF files. Checking results online is a more convenient, hassle-free, and a safer process, considering the recent
Social media giant Meta India’s Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan at a Delhi-based think tank event on Thursday lauded the Indian government and its policy, regarding the Internet and its security. “We welcome government regulation. In India, the government has been vocal about holding companies accountable for internet safety and we are fully
iPhone 15 Pro — the purported successor to the iPhone 14 Pro — will be equipped with 8GB of RAM and a USB Type-C port, according to predictions by a research firm. The company recently launched the iPhone 14 Pro lineup, comprising the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which were the
Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 Pro and Redmi Note 12 Pro+ were launched in China on Thursday (October 27) as the latest models in the company’s Redmi Note series. All new Redmi phones share some similarities and these include an OLED display, up to 120Hz refresh rate, a 5,000mAh battery, MIUI 13 custom skin
Global PC shipments in Q3 2022 has once again faced a double-digit fall, according to a Counterpoint report. For the third quarter, the global PC shipments declined 15.5 percent YoY and reached 71.1 million units. This comes a quarter after the shipments faced the largest YoY decline since Q2 2013. In Q3 2022, major laptop
Amazfit’s line of smartwatches may not offer all the bells and whistles of an Apple Watch or Samsung’s Galaxy Watch models, but they do offer incredible value given their competitive price tags. The latest model in Amazfit’s stylish GTR line-up aims to repeat the success of its predecessor, the GTR 3, but with a different
Age of Empires is finally headed to (Xbox) consoles. Microsoft confirmed during the franchise’s 25-anniversary broadcast, held late Tuesday, that Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition will launch across Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Xbox Cloud Gaming, on January 31, 2023. Meanwhile, the 2021-released Age of Empires 4 is slated to follow behind sometime
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the new data protection bill will be “very simple and modern”. He said the right to privacy and data protection are fundamental rights in India and the data protection bill will be very progressive in recognising and enshrining these rights. The minister
The original Orba was a curious little baseball-sized device that invited people who couldn’t play a triangle if they tried to somehow create beats, bops and bass lines. The success of the original — and the adoption of it as a tool for more serious musicians — inspired the Artiphon team to release an updated
Disney and the BBC announced today that Disney+ will be the new exclusive home outside of the U.K. and Ireland for the hit British sci-fi series “Doctor Who.” Beginning in 2023, new episodes of the series will be released on the platform in more than 150 markets, including the United States. BBC will continue to
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has been fined TRY 346.72 million (roughly Rs. 153 crore) or the equivalent of $18.63 million, for breaking competition law, it said on Wednesday. The company held a dominant position in personal social networking services and online video advertising markets and obstructed competitors by merging data collected through the company’s core
Minister of State For Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said he has spoken to Apple on reports of stores in the national capital running out of stock of the firm’s latest phone offering iPhone14 Pro. The minister also said there has been a surge in demand for iPhone 14 Pro and Apple is
The Sony Xperia Ace IV is reportedly expected to launch as the company’s new Ace series compact smartphone. The handset is said to be a follow-up to the Sony Xperia Ace III, which was released in May this year. The Japanese smartphone maker’s latest entrant to the Ace series has been tipped in regards to