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The 13.5-inch device is available in four colours: Matte Black, Sandstone, Platinum, and Ice Blue. And, the 15-inch device can be bought in Platinum or Matte Black colours.

Microsoft expands its Surface line-up with new ‘Laptop 4’

Surface Laptop 4 is available in two display sizes – 13.5-and 15-inch, both PixelSense touchscreens, and offers a choice between either the 11th Gen Intel Core processors, or AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors.

Google Assistant can now help find iPhones too.

Google Assistant can now help find iPhones too

Blue Origin's Audrey Powers sitting inside the crew capsule during 15th New Shepard mission's “astronaut rehearsal.”

Bezos’ Blue Origin gets closer to human space flight with “astronaut rehearsal”

Ishan Patra NS-15 mission’s crew capsule and booster reached an altitude of about 106 km above ground level and landed back on Earth after 10 minutes.

Explainer | Explainer | How Facebook’s recent data breach affect its users?

Sayan Ghosh CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private credentials are part of the larger leaked data set from 2019

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Explainer | Explainer | How Facebook’s recent data breach affect its users?

Sayan Ghosh CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private credentials are part of the larger leaked data set from 2019

Supplies of many models were tight even before the chip shortage because automakers were having trouble making up for production lost to the pandemic.

Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

AP The snags threaten to leave a big dent in the auto industry, which by some estimates stands to lose $60 billion in sales during the first half of his year

Kids under 13 are protected by a 1998 federal law that requires parental consent before companies can collect and share their personal information.

U.S. lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content

AP YouTube said it has sought to provide kids and families with protections and controls enabling them to view age-appropriate content. It also emphasized that the 2019 settlement was over the regular YouTube platform, not the kids version.

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The B&O Beoplay Portal wireless headphones are available in three colours.

GAMING Microsoft introduces B&O wireless headphones for gamers

Ishan Patra The headset’s features include active noise-cancellation (ANC), virtualised surround sound through Dolby Atmos for Headphones, and a virtual boom arm with an array of directional, beamforming microphones, instead of a physical one

Dutch Lodewijk Frederik Ottens - called Lou Ottens - the inventor of the cassette tape, posing during a photo session in Eindhoven, on January 23, 2013. - Lou Ottens died at the age of 94 few on March 6, 2021.

Forever pressing play with Lou Ottens’ invention, the cassette tape

Divya Kala Bhavani On March 6 2021, Lou Ottens, a pioneer in the audio tech world, passed away. We speak with collectors about why this medium will always remain special

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Santosh Pai, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) New Delhi, and corporate lawyer

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earth day 2021 Technology

Apple’s $200 million Restore Fund: a vow to remove one million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually

Bezos’ Blue Origin gets closer to human space flight with “astronaut rehearsal”

Google Assistant can now help find iPhones too

Microsoft expands its Surface line-up with new ‘Laptop 4’

Explainer | Internet

Explained | How Facebook’s recent data breach affect its users

Angry Indian traders counter Amazon summit with own event

Instagram launches test where users can choose to see likes

The photo-sharing site, which is owned by Facebook Inc, said this latest test came after seeing mixed responses to its experiments in which it removed likes, commonly used as a measure of popularity.

Turkey fines Google for abusing dominant position

In a statement, it said Google had favored its own price comparison for accommodations and its local search services over those of competitors.

Ireland launches inquiry into Facebook after reports of data leak

Facebook said in a blog post last week that "malicious actors" had obtained the data prior to September 2019 by "scraping" profiles using a vulnerability in the platform's tool for synching contacts.

Honda, Verizon seek to enhance connected vehicle safety using 5G

It can also improve communications and connectivity between drivers, other cars, sensors and cameras installed in streets, traffic lights, pedestrians and emergency vehicles.

Google unveils $2bn data hub in Poland

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hailed the new hub saying it would ensure "better service from private and public entities" and strengthen security because the data would be stored in Poland

But, who spends $69 million on digital art?

Well, Vignesh Sundaresan (Metakovan) and Anand Venkateswaran (Twobadour) are still delighted with ‘Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days’, their polarising Christie’s buy that is changing the conversation around Art

Intel unit to build a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles

The Transporter fleets will begin commercial operations in 2023, and the companies will produce over 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters between 2023 and 2028.

Alienware launches first AMD-based laptop in over a decade

Dell also launched four new gaming monitors

SolarWinds says dealing with hack fallout cost at least $18 million

SolarWinds has hired cybersecurity company CrowdStrikeHoldings Inc and professional services firm KPMG to help it investigate the intrusions.

Biden's chip dreams face reality check of supply chain complexity

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday convened semi conductor industry executives in Washington to discuss solutions to the chip crisis.

Microsoft buys AI speech firm Nuance for $19.7 billion

The acquisition will combine solutions and expertise to deliver new cloud and AI capabilities across healthcare and other industries, the Redmond-based company noted.

U.S. senator wants to ban Big Tech from buying anything ever again

Hawley, who accuses the biggest social media companies of stifling conservative voices, also criticised other sectors, like pharmaceuticals, which he said were too concentrated and held too much market power.

Hey Siri, when is Apple's next event? April 20

Siri, who is proficient at stone walling curious Apple fans quizzing it about new products and upcoming events by re-directing them to the company's website, prematurely seemed to have revealed the plan to hold an event next Tuesday.

Google, Instagram lack effective policies against self-sabotaging behaviour: report

Stanford researchers ranked 39 online platforms including social networks, search engines and gaming platforms to identify the clarity in public-facing policies relating to self-harming behaviour

China's Ant to become financial holding firm under enforced revamp

The overhaul comes two days after e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, of which Ant is an affiliate, was hit with a $2.75 billion antitrust penalty as China tightens controls on the "platform economy".

Nvidia announces Arm-based 'Grace' server chip in direct challenge to Intel

Intel is the world's biggest maker of central processors for data center servers but has increasingly seen competition from Arm-based chips. Nvidia said the "Grace" server processor, which will be released in 2023, is designed to handle tasks like training artificial intelligence algorithms.

Intel in talks to produce chips for automakers within six to nine months

Intel is one of the last companies in the semiconductor industry that both designs and manufactures its own chips.

Lighting, posture, camera: an easy guide to an affordable, professional setup for your next video call

Your next video meeting could be as professional as that of a studio’s. Here are some tips and tricks on how to achieve that in an efficient and affordable way

‘I am a gamer at heart’: former Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata’s book out in English

“Ask Iwata” was initially published in Japanese in 2019.

NASA lets kids build Mars helicopter video game

Children will be using the visual programming language – Scratch, to design their game, and will need a computer with internet access, to start the game development.

Google’s new ad tracking tool called into question by rival search engine

That method, called the Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), has not gone down well, at least with the search firm’s rival DuckDuckGo (DDG).

Advertisers spent $240 billion on mobile ads last year: report

Digital advertising grew 8% last year, providing a lucrative market for brands, according to data by media research agency MAGNA

Run out of milk? Robots on call for Singapore home deliveries

Two robots, both named "Camello", have served 700 households in one-year trial. They are equipped with 3D sensors, a camera and two compartments each able to carry up to 20 kg of food or parcels ordered online.

Canada's Telesat takes on Musk and Bezos in space race to provide fast broadband

Telesat's first launch is planned in early 2023, while there are already some 1,200 of Musk's Starlink satellites in orbit.

Microsoft in talks to buy AI firm Nuance Communications for about $16 billion

Nuance whose voice recognition technology helped launch Apple Inc's assistant Siri, makes software for sectors ranging from healthcare to the automotive industries.

Weekly Bytes | US blacklists Chinese supercomputer makers, LinkedIn says some user data scraped, and more

Here's our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.

Musk says Neuralink will enable people with paralysis to use smartphone with their mind

Neuralink intends to develop the Link further to help people with neurological disorders and disabilities. It could potentially be used to restore physical mobility, the firm noted.

Samsung launches world's first smart monitors with in-built OTT apps

The monitor is embedded with Wi-Fi, allowing users to view, edit and save documents on the cloud directly from the monitor.

China slaps $2.8 bn fine on Ma’s Alibaba

Regulator cites e-commerce giant’s ‘abuse of dominant market position’ as reason for record penalty

A wireless system to assess how patients use insulin pen or inhaler

The device can be placed in the background at home, “like a Wi-Fi router” to track movement within a radius of 10-meters.

From Lahore to Lucknow, crimes against women spur more surveillance

The technology is also plagued with issues of accuracy, particularly in identifying darker-skinned women, non-binary people and those from ethnic minorities

Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

The snags threaten to leave a big dent in the auto industry, which by some estimates stands to lose $60 billion in sales during the first half of his year

Facebook sued for failing to remove anti-Muslim hate speech

Zuckerberg and other Big Tech executives have testified before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions regarding how they curb hate speech and misinformation on their platforms

Apple users can track third party products with ‘Find My’ feature

VanMoof’s latest e-bikes, Belkin’s Wireless Earbuds, and the Chipolo One spot make up the first group of third-party accessories that work with Find My.

Old Samsung Galaxy phones are recycled into medical devices

Samsung says the recycling initiative diverts e-waste from landfills to units making medical devices for underserved communities

Electric trucks may soon challenge diesel if charging hurdle cleared, study shows

Battery-powered trucks have often been dismissed as too costly to replace diesel trucks in many capacities, with batteries too heavy for long-haul freight.

GM, Ford cutting more North American production due to chip shortage

GM said the latest cuts have been factored into its forecast that the shortage could reduce this year's profit by up to $2 billion.

Amazon union organisers deflated as vote tilts against them in Bessemer

The vote has garnered national attention, with professional athletes, Hollywood stars and even President Joe Biden weighing in on the side of the union.

MacBook, iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple

According to the report, Apple's production plans for iPhones have not been affected by the supply shortage, however, the supply of some components for the devices is “quite tight”.

Another hint of ‘new physics’, this time from Fermilab

Fermilab, which houses the American particle accelerator, has released the first results from its ‘muon g-2’ experiment

Fake Netflix app spreads malware via WhatsApp

Labelled “FlixOnline”, the application was designed to monitor the user’s WhatsApp notifications, and to send automatic replies to the user’s incoming messages using content that it receives from a remote command and control (C&C) server.

Microsoft partners with aerospace firm for automated satellite image processing

TAS’s DeeperVision can automatically detect how features evolve over time and monitor areas of interest, such as changes, anomalies and similarities. It allows users to focus on the relevant content of imagery, where human expertise is vital.

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Sohan Singh speaking to protesters at the Singhu border in Delhi.

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