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Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A

Microsoft is currently experimenting with a new audio control feature on Windows 11 that allows users to control the volume of multiple apps from Quick Settings. © Provided by Te

When COVID-19 hit, locked-down consumers sent Wayfair’s growth into overdrive as they snapped up furniture for their homes and home offices. But the “new normal” didn’t stick.

Apple has suspended work on a pair of lightweight augmented reality (AR) glasses due to technical challenges, a new report claims.

US storage giant Western Digital already covers SSD, memory cards, RAM and hard disk drives and has dipped its toes in DNA data storage (it is a founding member of the DNA Data Storage Alliance). Now,

Twitter is auctioning off a bunch of stuff from its headquarters in San Francisco, including a statue of its iconic bird motif.

In the summer of 2021, conservatives aggrieved over Big Tech censorship saw a new smartphone as their savior. Dubbed the “Freedom Phone,” the $500 device was the creation of Bitcoin mogul Erik Finman,