New Delhi: Apple’s first store in the country has opened in Mumbai today. Apple’s first official store has opened in Mumbai’s Jio World Drive Mall. Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in India yesterday for this and today he made a grand opening of Apple’s flagship store in India.

Hundreds of fans were present at the opening of Mumbai’s first Apple store and this store is spread over 20,000 square feet. From 11 o’clock today, people were already waiting to shop from here. A team of 100 members is reported to be working in this store opened today in Mumbai. These Apple Store executives are capable of providing customer service in 20 languages.

On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in India and met Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani at his residence Antilia in Mumbai.

Apart from this, before the official launch of Apple Store, he met the country’s well-known celebrities at a private event yesterday, from former cricketer Anil Kumble to celebrities from the country’s entertainment industry like Madhuri Dixit and Armaan Malik, Raveena Tandon, Neha Dhupia and others met him.

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New Delhi: Micro-blogging platform Twitter tweeted today that now Twitter is going to start a verification service for the organization. The Verified Organization service has been released globally.

Now Twitter is starting to send email requests to approved organizations.

Twitter has also counted its benefits along with launching the Verified Organization service. Obviously, the benefits have been reported to attract organizations to take the service. According to Twitter, the Verified Organization is a new way for organisations and their affiliates to differentiate themselves on the micro-blogging platform and give them a distinct identity.

Twitter further said that those who take the organization service will also get the organization’s logo with a checkmark next to the name of their organization.

This logo will also show up in the organization’s Twitter profile.

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Washington: Layoffs continue around the world. Facebook’s parent company Meta can lay off 10,000 employees in the coming time.

Earlier, Twitter and Google had also laid off employees. 11 thousand employees were fired from Meta 4 months ago. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a message to employees that the company is going to reduce its workforce.

Let’s say that Mark Zuckerberg had indicated layoffs earlier too. In a recent internal meeting, he had expressed the possibility of further layoffs in the company. This came to light a few months after the company lost more than 11 thousand jobs. According to reports, Zuckerberg also discussed the development of AI tools like ChatGPT that will help engineers and non-engineers in coding.

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New Delhi: Hyundai has revealed the features of its upcoming new Verna, which is going to be launched on March 21 this month. Led by global Hyundai, the new Verna has appeared with a new style theme, from what we have seen so far, it seems that its interior is full of features.

The new Verna will debut with a 1.5L turbo petrol engine, this engine is capable of generating power of 160 PS, as well as will come with a DCT automatic gearbox. As the second engine, the 1.5L will be naturally aspirated with iVT or CVT gearbox option and a 6-speed manual.

In the new Verna, you will get to see a 10.25-inch touchscreen which is connected to the digital instrument cluster. The cluster unit is a TFT display while the touchscreen is an HD unit. This is a big change from the previous verna. In which a small unit was given. At the same time, the new Verna also has the largest touchscreen.

In terms of interior style, it gets horizon positioning LED lamps and DRLs, which run in the width of the car, while connected LED tail lamps are also provided at the rear. It is a unique styling point and also makes the car wider.

The new Verna gets front-heated seats that are also ventilated, which are not found in rivals. Usually only ventilated seats are seen, heated seats are mostly found in expensive luxury cars.

The new Verna also has a switchable type infotainment and climate controller.

Talking about the sound system, the new Verna will get to see an 8-speaker BOSE audio system.

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Ottawa: The Canadian government has banned the short-form video app TikTok. According to media reports, the government has taken this decision in view of cyber security. “Starting Tuesday, the TikTok application will be removed from government-issued mobile devices,” the Canadian government said in a statement. In future users of this app will be barred from downloading the application.

After the US, Canada has banned TikTok on government equipment over data concerns.

According to a statement from the Treasury Board of the Canada Secretariat, government-issued devices will be barred from downloading TikTok and existing installations of the app will be removed.

“After reviewing TikTok, Canada’s Chief Information Officer acknowledged that it is risky in terms of privacy and security.

“This decision is in line with our international partners,” Treasury Board Chairman Mona Fortier said in a statement.

All together with the US federal government and the European Commission have announced similar TikTok restrictions on devices managed or allowed on official networks.

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New Delhi: Microblogging site Twitter has closed two of its three offices in India. Along with this, the company has asked all its employees to work from home.

Twitter has taken this step for cost cutting. Last year, Twitter fired nearly 90 per cent of its India office employees. It affected more than 200 people.

After this decision, the company had decided to close its Mumbai and New Delhi. At the same time, the company’s office in Bengaluru will continue to operate.

Only after Elon Musk took over the company, 50 percent of its employees were fired from the job. Musk bought Twitter for $ 44 billion. Since then, they are constantly trying to reduce the company’s expenses to recover their money.

Musk first fired the company’s then CEO Parag Agarwal. Apart from this, he fired at the company and many top officials.

Musk had emailed the employees who were victims of layoffs, saying that it was a difficult decision, but it was necessary to improve the situation of the company.

Along with this, in January 2023, Musk had expressed hope that by the end of 2023, there could be something better in the situation of Twitter.

Twitter had also launched new features like ‘Paid Blue Subscription’ to get a blue tick.

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Washington: Susan Diane Wojcicki, chief executive officer (CEO) of global online video-sharing platform YouTube, has stepped down. Along with this, Indian-American Neil Mohan has been made the new head of YouTube.

Neil Mohan was the chief product officer at YouTube till now. He will also be in the role of Senior Vice President of YouTube. YouTube creators have given this information by tweeting.

Neil Mohan has been associated with YouTube since November 2015. According to his Linkdin profile, Neil Mohan has an MBA from Stanford University. He started his career as a senior analyst with Accenture.

Susan Diane Wojcicki is a Polish-American businesswoman. She has been associated with the tech industry for more than 20 years.

She has been the head of YouTube since February 2014. Wojcicki, 54, said she wants to spend more time with her family. She wants to focus on her health and personal life. That is why she is leaving the post.

Wojcicki was one of YouTube’s oldest employees and has been with parent company Alphabet Inc. for nearly 25 years. Prior to YouTube, she worked for Intel Corporation and Bain & Company.

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Washington: Communications technology firm Zoom is laying off nearly 1,300 employees, or 15 percent of its workforce.

Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan gave this information through the company’s official blog on Tuesday. Describing the affected employees as “hardworking, talented colleagues”, Yuan said us employees will receive an email and all non-US employees will be notified according to local requirements.

“If you’re a US-based employee who’s been affected, you’ll receive an email in your Zoom and personal inbox in the next 30 minutes. It will read [IMPACTED] departing zoom: what you need to know. Non-U.S. employees will be notified following local requirements.

Employees who have been affected in the U.S. will be offered 16 weeks of pay and healthcare coverage, payment of financial 2023 annual bonuses earned based on company performance, RSUs (restricted stock units) and stock option vestings for six months for U.S. employees and August 9 for non-U.S. employees until 2023.

Like Zoom, many other technology firms have also laid off employees recently. In fact, during the Covid-19 epidemic, people were working from home, so the global demand for communication software and services increased suddenly.

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New York: Google CEO Sundar Pichai today announced that the company will soon launch AI-enabled chatbot called ‘Bard’ to rival ChatGPT

Google wants to compete with Microsoft’s tool ‘Chat GPT’ by launching it. “Bard will be a platform for artistry, and it will also stimulate curiosity among people.”

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New Delhi: Tata showcased its new SUV Sierra at the Auto Expo 2023. This car can come in the market by the year 2025. This car will be placed on top of the Safari SUV in the company’s portfolio. This car will compete with Mahindra Scorpio-N in the country. However, Tata has not disclosed its features.

The Sierra Electric will get a bigger battery pack than the Tata Nexon EV Max, which gives an ARAI certified range of 437 km with a battery pack of 40.5kWh. The electric motor produces 143bhp and 250Nm of torque.

Tata Sierra Petrol

The Tata Sierra petrol version is expected to come with a new turbocharged gasoline engine. It will come with 1.2L, 3-cylinder and 1.5L, 4-cylinder petrol engines that are capable of delivering outputs of 125PS/225 Nm and 170PS/280Nm respectively. The first engine is used with Tata Nexon, while the second engine is used in Tata Harrier and Safari.

Design

Talking about design and styling, the Tata Sierra Petrol will be slightly different from its electric version. Its production ready model can be similar to the model introduced at the Auto Expo. The Sierra EV will get a new faux grille, sporty front bumper, sleek headlamps attached to the chrome strip, dual-tone wheels, black-out C and a large glasshouse with D pillars.

Mahindra Scorpio N to compete with

The 2.2-litre diesel engine can generate two power-tuning 132PS/300Nm and 175PS with outputs of 370Nm and 400Nm. It is also powered by a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine that can produce 203PS of power and 370Nm of torque or 380Nm. Both these engines are available with the option of 6-speed manual and automatic gearbox.

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