Category: Tech

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP): Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games. After years of heavy reliance on Asia for the production of computer chips, vulnerability to shortages of the crucial components was exposed in… Continue reading Intel building $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Major international airlines canceled flights heading to the U.S. or changed the planes they’re using Wednesday, the latest complication in a dispute over concerns that new 5G mobile phone service could interfere with aircraft technology. Carriers took widely different approaches to the brewing crisis affecting international travel, from Middle Eastern… Continue reading Major airlines cancel, change flights to US over 5G dispute

(BBC): The 10 biggest US airlines have warned that the impending switch-on of 5G mobile phone services will cause “major disruption” to flights. They said the start of Verizon and AT&T 5G mobile phone services, planned for Wednesday, would cause a “completely avoidable economic calamity”. Airlines fear C-band 5G signals will disrupt planes’ navigation systems,… Continue reading US airlines warn of impending 5G flight disruption

(BBC): Police in two Indian states have registered cases after an app shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on “sale”. The accused include developers of the app and Twitter handles that shared the images and content. The open source app – Bulli Bai – was hosted on web platform GitHub,… Continue reading India app that put Muslim women up for sale is shut

Kathmandu: Realme, launches the realme C25Y, the first C series model to feature with 50MP AI triple camera system. The realme C25Y serves up a 50MP triple rear camera system headlined by a 50MP primary module, alongside a Marco lens and B&W lens. In addition, the camera department also supports AI beauty function, HDR mode,… Continue reading Realme C25Y launches in Nepali market

Kathmandu: Idea Studio Nepal announced the application of Idea Studio Season 6 has opened from today. Up till Season 5, more than 2,500 innovative business ideas have been submitted, 160 have gone through the incubation programme, and over 60 businesses are successfully in operation. Organizing a press meet today, Idea Studio Nepal has called for… Continue reading Idea Studio season 6; opportunity for startup companies

BEIJING (AP): To help make China a self-reliant “technology superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world’s biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips — a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before. Its 3-year-old chip unit, T-Head, unveiled its third processor in October,… Continue reading China pursues tech ‘self-reliance,’ fueling global unease

MOSCOW (AP): A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants. The Tagansky District Court ruled that Google repeatedly neglected to remove… Continue reading Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines

Kathmandu: Yeti Airlines has introduced electronic baggage tags in domestic flights. Starting from today, passengers traveling from Kathmandu via Yeti Airlines will have electronic tags on their luggage. Yeti, that started the electronic boarding pass after the first lockdown, said that now the baggage tag has also been taken to the automatic system. The electronic… Continue reading Yeti Airlines launches ‘electronic tag’ on domestic flights

Kathmandu: Nabil has signed tripartite agreement with Daraz and imark today for the introduction of Nabil SmartPOS, an Android portable payment solution that accepts any payments anytime, anywhere. Under the agreement, customers shopping through Daraz will now be able to make payments through the enhanced smart features available within the SmartPOS. Daraz shall soon enable… Continue reading Nabil bank lunch portable payment solution