Google’s Discover Feed displays news articles and other written content from around the web. For the first time, the Google Search Discover feed on Android now displays likes directly beneath the articles. The like button resembles those found on Twitter and other social media sites. However, Google’s experimentation with the “like” button could have a significant impact on the article’s exposure or the amount of traffic it produces from viewers/readers. It’s feasible that Google will introduce likes as a means for people to determine whether or not an article in…
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Tech is ready to get into your skin
Implanting microchips into the human body is no longer a science fiction concept, but a reality. Walletmor, a British-Polish business, recently announced that it was the first to commercialise such technology. The implant, according to Wojtek Paprota, the company’s founder and CEO, may be used to pay bills everywhere contactless payments are accepted. Walletmor’s chip is made out of a tiny microchip and an antenna wrapped in a biopolymer — a naturally generated material similar to plastic — and weighs less than a gramme and is around the size of…
Read MoreEpic Games raises $2 billion in funding to accelerate metaverse plans
Epic Games has raised a significant sum of money in order to realise its aim of building a metaverse in the near future. The company has raised a $2 billion round of money for the cause, backed by existing investors Sony Group Corporation and Kirkbi, and has stated its intentions in a recent memo. In its announcement, Epic Games mentions where it plans to direct the funds. As per Tim Sweeney, CEO and Founder of Epic Games, the investment will propel the company’s work “to build the metaverse and create…
Read MoreFlying taxi co eyes 2023 commercial prototype launch
The ePlane Company, a 2017 startup established at IIT-Madras, plans to build a commercial prototype of a flying taxi next year. The ePlane Company, founded by IIT-Madras professor Satya Chakravarthy and IIT alumni Pranjal Mehta, is developing a first prototype of an electric flying taxi called the e200 that it hopes to sell by 2024. The e200 is a two-seater plane with a maximum payload of 200 kilogrammes and a range of 200 kilometres. It can take off and land vertically. It features two propeller sets. One pair permits it…
Read MoreFintech startup iTribe raises $1 million in funding from Eximius Ventures, Cred’s Kunal Shah, others
Bengaluru-based fintech startup, iTribe has raised $1 million in a funding round from investors such as Eximius Ventures, Kunal Shah (Cred), Incisive Ventures, and several angel investors. The Cred leadership team (Harish, Swami, Sreeni, Ketan), Pearl Agarwal (Eximius Ventures), and angel investors such as Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, and Rishikesh SR (founders of Rapido), Reeju Datta (founder of Cashfree), Gaurav Dahake (founder of Cashfree) took part in the investment round (founder of BitBns). According to a prepared corporate statement, iTribe wants to use the funding to develop new technology solutions…
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