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Google Pixel Tablet Vs. iPad: How the Tables Have Turned

Since the beginning, Samsung and Apple have been pitted against one another. In recent years, however, Google has joined the fight partly due to its innovative approaches. The company is going toe to toe with Apple through Google Pixel Tablet. The globe is waiting with bated breath to see how Google Pixel Tablet Vs. iPad […]

Pinterest Follows All Social Media Platforms’ Footsteps, Copies TikTok

Through agreements with record labels, Pinterest is expanding the music selection for its TikTok-like video function. Today, the business unveiled agreements that will let Pinterest users include well-known music in their video posts, or Idea Pins. According to a Pinterest blog post, the partnering record labels are Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin, and […]

Meta Accepts UK Order to Sell Giphy After Antitrust Battle

Britain’s competition regulator has ordered Facebook-owner Meta to sell animated-images platform Giphy on Tuesday after a tribunal upheld its view that the acquisition could damage its rivals and remove a potential competitor in advertising. Meta said it would accept the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) order to unwind the 2020 deal. “We are disappointed by […]

Explainer-Parler: What Is the Social Media App Kanye West Is Buying?

U.S. rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, has agreed in principle to buy social media platform Parler, which is popular among U.S. conservatives, the app’s parent company said on Monday. Ye’s offer comes after the artist was locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts this month for making posts that online users […]

The Xiaomi Scale Up, Samsung Is Losing the Battle

Xiaomi has taken the smartphone world by storm. With an attractive line-up of cheap but jampacked with-specs phones. They seem like they will dethrone the big players, and maybe they already did. Samsung is facing its most brutal battle yet, and its scariest rival. Xiaomi is not here to participate in the mobile phone fight. […]

When the AI Goes Haywire, Bring on the Humans

Used by two-thirds of the world’s 100 biggest banks to aid lending decisions, credit scoring giant Fair Isaac Corp and its artificial intelligence software can wreak havoc if something goes wrong. That crisis nearly came to pass early in the pandemic. As FICO recounted to Reuters, the Bozeman, Montana company’s AI tools for helping banks […]

Axed, Google Stadia is Shutting Down 

Google is pulling the plug on its cloud gaming project “Stadia.” The giant decided to venture into the challenging lands of cloud gaming in 2019. Google came out the gate swinging, and many believed that if someone could pull it off, it would have been Google. It is another addition to the cemetery of lofty […]

Reflecting on the Cryptocurrency Terra Luna Crash

The Cryptocurrency Terra Luna crash shocked the crypto world upon its unfolding a while back. In an upset that shook the crypto world, Terra came crashing down. The Cryptocurrency Terra Luna’s plummet towards the crypto abyss was so impactful it de-pegged the stablecoin TetherUSD(UST). Such a massive collapse can teach us a lot upon reflecting […]

Android Is Based on Linux for the Following Reason

Android and Linux are two moguls of the software universe. Android is widely used on smartphones across all budget levels. While the Google acquired entity of Android seems to single-handedly operate the majority of smartphones today, the software driving it is a Linux-based software. Android is based on Linux for the following reason, flexibility. Linux […]