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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti were launched by the company on Thursday as the company's latest graphics cards built on the current-gen Ada Lovelace architecture . The more powerful GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is available in 8GB and 16GB memory configurations, while the RTX 4060 model is available with 8GB of memory. Both models support Nvidia's deep learning super sampling ( DLSS ) for over 300 games as well as upcoming titles such as The Lord of the Rings: Gollum and Diablo IV. The company says that the new  GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics card is 1.7 times faster than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti model. It is equipped with 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 video memory, along with 32MB of L2 cache. Meanwhile, the  GeForce RTX 4060 model has 24MB of L2 cache and is available in a single 8GB memory configuration. The company says these chips are aimed at gamers, video editors, 3D artists, and other content creators such as broadcasters, who will see 40 percent better encod...

British telecoms and television group BT said Thursday it would axe up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade to slash costs in the latest tech-sector jobs cull. The layoffs, comprising 42 percent of BT's workforce, come two days after UK mobile phone giant Vodafone unveiled plans to cut 11,000 jobs or one tenth of staff over three years. BT employs 130,000 staff, including contractors. The group will lower this to between 75,000 and 90,000 people over the next five to seven years, it said in a results statement. The grim news follows the axing this year of tens of thousands of jobs across the global tech sector, including by Facebook parent Meta , as soaring inflation saps the world economy. BT is implementing further cutbacks, having slashed costs under a plan launched three years ago. "By the end of the 2020s, BT Group will rely on a much smaller workforce and a significantly reduced cost base," said chief executive Philip Jansen. The company was "naviga...

The Australian arm of Binance , the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, on Thursday said some local customers will be unable to deposit or withdraw money after a third-party payment provider cut off its service. Binance on social media said users are unable to make Australian dollar deposits by bank transfer with immediate effect. Withdrawals will also be cut off, it said, without detailing when. "We are working hard to find an alternative provider to continue offering AUD deposits and withdrawals to our users," Binance said in a statement. The Australian Financial Review reported the provider was Westpac Banking, the country's second-largest retail bank. Westpac was not immediately available to comment when contacted by Reuters. It said in an earlier statement that it had blocked some crypto-currency payments to reduce scam loss. It did not identify exchanges nor provide any further details. The curb is the second blow to Binance's Australian operation...

Google is reportedly working on a feature that will allow phones to be used as dashcams. Usually, a dashcam or a dashboard camera is a compact camera fitted on the dashboard of a car or on the windscreen (behind the rearview mirror). The dashcam records everything in front of the car during a drive and some high-end dashcams enable rearview image capture with the help of a rear-facing lens. Reportedly, a similar feature will be available in Pixel smartphones, as well as, in certain Android handsets, like the Nothing Phone 1 . According to a 9to5Google report , the company mistakenly launched the 'dogfood' apk version of the Personal Safety app. The report added that the app was seen to have a feature called the Dashcam. According to the report, the feature will enable users to use their phones as dashcams. The feature will record videos and optionally audio during a drive, helping capture useful footage in case of an accident or any other uncertain circumstances. The report ...

On-demand convenience platform Swiggy's food delivery business has turned profitable, making it one of the very few global players in the sector to achieve such a feat in less than nine years since inception, company CEO and Co-founder Sriharsha Majety said on Thursday. Bullish on India's journey of eating out and food delivery, Majety, in a blogpos t, said, Swiggy is "very sanguine about the growth potential over the next two decades" and would continue to drive further growth in food delivery. "Our sharp focus on innovation, coupled with strong execution has led to yet another milestone. As of March 2023, Swiggy's food delivery business has turned profitable (after factoring in all corporate costs; excluding employee stock option costs)," he wrote. Further, Majety said, "This is a milestone for food delivery globally, not just for us, as Swiggy has become one of the very few global food delivery platforms to achieve profitability in less than ...

Most investments coming to cryptocurrencies are aimed at diversifying the financial portfolios of individual as well as institutional investors. Tether has become the latest company from the Web3 world to have decided to invest some of its business profits into purchasing cryptocurrencies to strengthen and diversify its reserves. The issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, Tether has decided that it would use 15 percent of its profits to acquire Bitcoin, which is the most expensive crypto asset to exist in the world as of now. “Starting this month, Tether will regularly allocate up to 15 percent of its net realised operating profits towards purchasing Bitcoin (BTC). Tether anticipates that the current and future BTC holdings in its reserves will not exceed the Shareholder Capital Cushion and will further strengthen and diversify the reserves,” the 2014-founded stablecoin company wrote in an official blog post on May 17. At the time of writing, BTC was trading at the price point of $...

OnePlus Nord 3 5G is expected to launch in India soon. There are speculations that the purported phone could be a rebranded version of the OnePlus Ace 2V, which was released in China recently. The Nord 3 5G is expected to succeed the  OnePlus Nord 2  in the country. Recently, the upcoming smartphone was spotted on the company's India website. Now, new leaks suggest several details of the OnePlus Nord 3 5G including its launch timeline, price of the phone in India, and its specifications. Leaked live images also gives us a hint of the design of the handset. Tipster Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) shared in a tweet some key specifications, India launch timeline, and price range of the purported OnePlus Nord 3 5G. In another tweet, user @realMlgmXyysd shared live images of the upcoming smartphone. Expected to be available in 12GB and 16GB RAM variants with an inbuilt storage of 256GB, the OnePlus Nord 3 5G is tipped to launch in India in June. The phone is sa...