Amazon Confirms Its Support For The Matter Smart Home Standard
Amazon has confirmed it would be supporting the smart home connectivity standard Matter. In an earlier blog post, Amazon confirms support for Matter over Thread in its Echo devices and Eero Wi-Fi routers. Eero had previously confirmed...
Shou Zi Chew steps down as ByteDance’s CFO, to focus on being TikTok’s CEO
Shou Zi Chew, a top executive at video-sharing company TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, will be stepping down from his role as the Chief Financial Officer of ByteDance.
According to an internal memo from ByteDance, the...
Microsoft is planning 3D metaverse apps for Xbox and gaming
Microsoft just announced its Microsoft Teams metaverse for meetings and video calls, but the company also has plans for gaming and entertainment.
Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the software maker is “absolutely”...
Microsoft Excel Brings JavaScript API For Custom Data Types
Earlier at the Ignite conference, Microsoft announces plans to release an update to Excel by bringing a new JavaScript API to the spreadsheet app. Microsoft says with the new API addition, developers will now...
Facebook removes face-recognition Technology, Deletes Data
Amid the growing concerns of late about the face-recognition technology and its probable misuse by governments, security agencies and the likes, Facebook has announced it would shut down its face-recognition option and delete the...
Apple to introduce car crash detection feature on new iPhone and Watch
Apple is reportedly working on a new iPhone and Apple Watch feature that detects if you’re in a car crash and dials 911 automatically.
The current plan is to roll out such a feature next...
Apple lost $6 billion to chip shortage and manufacturing delays
Apple today posted strong earnings for its fourth fiscal 2021 quarter, reporting all-time highs for its services and Mac divisions.
The company says it took in revenue of $83.4 billion, a year-over-year increase of 29...
Zuckerberg responds to allegations of ‘Profit Over People’
In the wake of the various whistleblower allegations against the Facebook Inc brand, the Chief Executive of the company, Mark Zuckerberg has responded to the accusations.
There has been a recurring narrative that the company...
Facebook changes its company name to Meta
Facebook is changing its company name as it shifts its focus to the metaverse and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents.
Founder...
eNaira App gets removed from Google Play Store
Barely 48hrs after launch, the eNaira speed wallet disappears from the Google Play Store.
This development came on Wednesday after over 100,000 users had gone ahead to download the eNaira app amid negative reviews and...