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Hackers are using a critical vulnerability in a WordPress plugin to create user accounts with administrative privileges for long term access in websites

The news pleased investors and lifted company stock by nearly 16% in after-hours trading pushing Alphabet’s market cap past $2 trillion.

The Infinix Note 40 offers next-generation battery and charging features along with design enhancements at a competitive price point.

Chipmaker TSMC announced plans to produce advanced 1.6nm chips that could be used for future Apple silicon

Dell launched the Alienware x16 R2 powered by Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU in India

Users can schedule emails on the Gmail platform across multiple smartphone and PC platforms.

The China Manned Space Agency, or CMSA, held a send-off ceremony — complete with flag-waving children and patriotic music — for the Shenzhou-18 crew earlier on April 25.

Here’s a complete list of highlights on Prime Video this week

Google is updating its client side encryption to allow external participants to join encrypted calls on Google Meet

These plans offer ad-free viewing and access to exclusive series, movies, and TV entertainment on any device, including connected televisions

Nvidia agreed to acquire the Israeli AI software provider Run:ai for a reported sum of USD$700 million

Apple is cutting shipments of its Vision Pro for the rest of the year due to low demand, opening up the possibility for a lower-cost mixed reality headset

Scientists have now detected the most distant-known instance of one of these eruptions, called a giant flare, from a magnetar residing in a galaxy called Messier 82, or M82

Meta reported revenue of around $36.5 billion, up 27% from last year, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned that the company might see stock volatility

Narzo 70x uses MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ chipset with upto 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage

Apple’s smartphone shipments in China dropped by 19% in the first quarter of 2024 as Huawei made a comeback in the country’s premium segment

The model can also run on the chips that power regular computer instead of the expensive and hard to find AI processors that Nvidia makes.

The Chinese smartphone major also introduced a special edition of the Redmi Note 13 Pro+

Founded less than two years ago, the startup stood out after notable industry members like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that he used Perplexity “almost everyday.”

Google said that the phasing out of its third-party cookies in Chrome will take longer than anticipated, due to regulatory demands

Users can easily disable their activity status on Instagram, ensuring online privacy.

Apple has officially announced that its upcoming ‘Let loose’ launch event will be held on May 7 at 7 AM PT.(7.30 PM IST).

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI were some of the companies that committed to fighting AI-generated child sexual abuse material

Meta’s intention with partnering up the Horizon OS with other headset manufacturers is to “create a new ecosystem of mixed reality devices, and we’re making it even easier for developers to build mixed reality apps,” a blog post by the…

WhatsApp is testing two new features via its Beta app, including the note-taking and channel-pinning features.

Apple acquired Datakalab, a French startup that described itself as an expert in low power, runtime efficient, and deep learning algorithms that work on device

Samsung is fixing the “green line” issue faced by users of its Galaxy devices by reportedly offering free screen replacements

Google Wallet is specifically designed for contactless payments using credit/debit cards and requires smartphones with NFC support.

X owner Elon Musk claimed that Australia was censoring the platform’s content for people in other countries as well

Privacy advocates have questioned the app’s data storage policies and the leeway it has been given by the Ministry of Civil Aviation