Author: Rudra Sharma
Rudra Sharma
Techcrowder is an imprint of Authority Media dedicated to consumer electronics and digital services. Beyond our expertise in mobile tech, our coverage has expanded to include everything from robot vacuums to streaming services to innovations in artificial intelligence.
US radio broadcaster NPR on Wednesday stated it was quitting Twitter, within the first important defection by a significant information outlet since Elon Musk’s tumultuous takeover of the platform.The exit caps a week-long row over Twitter’s determination to label Nationwide Public Radio as a “state-affiliated media,” branding it the identical manner because it does as main media shops in authoritarian nations resembling Russia or China.Extremely-respected in the USA, NPR had already suspended tweets from its most important account because it waited for Twitter to vary course, which it did solely by modifying its label for NPR to “government-funded media,” a…
Warner Bros Discovery on Wednesday stated it should launch on Might 23 its long-awaited new streaming service, christened “Max”, combining HBO Max’s scripted leisure with Discovery’s actuality exhibits.The service will search to increase its attain past devotees of HBO’s acclaimed and edgy exhibits by incorporating unscripted fare and youngsters’s programming.It additionally will mine the studio’s wealthy content material library to supply high-profile programming, together with a brand new sequence primarily based on the Harry Potter books by writer JK Rowling, and one other prequel to in style fantasy sequence Recreation of Thrones.Warner Bros, Walt Disney and different media firms are…
Samsung One UI 5.1 primarily based on Android 13 was introduced throughout the launch of the Galaxy S23 sequence in February. Whereas the replace introduced a number of enhancements to the units, together with an enhanced digital camera expertise, it was reported to trigger extra battery draining on Samsung Galaxy units. Particularly, the Samsung Keyboard app was stated to extend the battery utilization on the units. Now, Samsung, too, has confirmed the difficulty on its neighborhood web page for Malaysia. The corporate has additionally shared the repair to this drawback by bringing in a brand new replace for the app.Based…
The primary Harry Potter tv sequence is about to be made, with creator JK Rowling appearing as an government producer, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced on Wednesday.Rowling has just lately confronted accusations of transphobia for placing an emphasis on organic intercourse over gender id in feedback about trans ladies. She denies the accusation.Warner Bros. Discovery stated the sequence can be “a devoted adaptation” of Rowling’s mega-selling books concerning the boy wizard and can air on the leisure firm’s rebranded streaming service Max.The announcement confirms current hypothesis that an episode-based present on the magical world of Hogwarts was within the works.”Max’s dedication…
BookMyShow Stream has partnered with VROTT Studios, a subscription-based streaming platform, to widen its catalogue with new content material dubbed in Indian languages. The primary slate of content material — operating throughout April to July — brings international TV collection and flicks equivalent to the primary two seasons of the Finnish crime drama Welcome to Texas, the psychological drama Over Water, Victor Lessard, and much more. Along with their authentic languages, the content material will probably be dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages. At present, there aren’t any pricing particulars for renting or buying the VROTT’s catalogue. Nevertheless, going…
Social media firm Twitter on Wednesday knowledgeable the Excessive Court docket of Karnataka that its petition difficult the varied takedown orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Info Know-how (MeitY) was maintainable, because the idea of reasonableness in Article 19 of the Structure of India pertaining to Freedom of Speech was relevant to it.Advocate Manu Kulkarni, showing for Twitter, submitted to the single-judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit that the Supreme Court docket within the ‘Shreya Singhal case’ had interpreted that Part 69A of the Info Know-how Act included Article 19 of the Structure.I’ve my workplace in Bengaluru and…
Truecaller immediately launched a brand new service for iPhone customers in India referred to as stay caller ID. This perform, because the identify implies, reveals to the consumer, the id of the caller on the display screen. The Stockholm-based agency has round 38 million customers. On Android telephones, if customers obtain an unknown name from somebody, Truecaller shows the caller’s id on the calling display screen instantly. Issues perform in a different way on the iPhone. When getting a name from an unknown quantity on an iOS gadget, customers should activate Siri to be taught the caller ID. They need…
WhatsApp’s companion mode function is reportedly accessible to all Android beta testers. The performance, which permits customers to hyperlink an present WhatsApp account to an extra cell phone, has been in growth for fairly a while now. The companion mode performance is an extension of multi-device help and is claimed to have been rolled out with the WhatsApp beta for Android model 2.23.8.2. Nonetheless, the Meta-owned prompt messaging platform hasn’t formally introduced when it intends to make the companion mode stay for all customers.In response to a report by WhatsApp options tracker WABetainfo, WhatsApp has launched companion mode function for…
Elon Musk mentioned on Wednesday that he didn’t know “what precisely occurred” when Twitter took down content material associated to a documentary important of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this yr, including that some guidelines associated to social media content material had been “fairly strict” in India.In January, India ordered the blocking of a BBC documentary that questioned Modi’s management in the course of the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of any clips through social media was barred.The federal government had issued orders to Twitter to dam over 50 tweets linking to the video of the documentary, Kanchan…
Walmart-owned Indian funds agency PhonePe on Wednesday stated it had raised a further $100 million (roughly Rs. 820 crores) from Common Atlantic and different traders as a part of its ongoing $1 billion (roughly Rs. 82,063 crores) fundraising to develop into the profitable lending area.With the newest spherical, PhonePe, India’s most respected funds agency with an estimated worth of $12 billion (roughly Rs. 9,84,744 crores) has raised $650 million (roughly Rs. 533 crores) throughout 4 tranches from its backers, together with Tiger World.Common Atlantic had invested $350 (roughly Rs. 287 crores) million within the fintech throughout the identical funding spherical…