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Amazon Pay Adds Support for Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments in India
Amazon Pay has introduced the new biometric authentication feature for UPI transactions. However, the company will only allow users to make payments of up to Rs. 5,000 using the new feature. The tech giant claims that people will no longer have to enter their UPI pins to complete a transaction, as they can directly validate them using their fingerp...
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Instagram for TV Launched With Support for Reels, Multiple Accounts on Amazon's Fire TV Devices
Instagram for TV app was launched by Amazon in collaboration with Meta on Tuesday. Currently available in the US, the app can be downloaded via the Amazon AppStore. However, only select Fire TV devices support the new Instagram for TV app. It allows users to watch, like, and share Reels from their TVs. Moreover, multiple accounts can be logged in, ...
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Amazon Introduces Ask This Book AI Feature for the Kindle App, Provides Spoiler-Free Answers
Amazon has introduced an AI feature called Ask this Book to the Kindle app on iOS. It lets readers ask questions about their current or past books and get spoiler-free answers. Users can query plot points, characters or highlighted passages without breaking their reading flow. The feature is currently limited to English books in the US, with Androi...
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Meta India Appoints Amazon Executive Aman Jain as New Head of Public Policy in 2026
Meta India announced the appointment of Aman Jain as its new head of Public Policy on Friday. As per the company, Jain will take charge early next year and report directly to Simon Milner, Vice President of Policy for Asia Pacific (APAC) at Meta. The new executive will also join Meta’s India leadership team, which oversees the company’s strateg...
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Amazon’s Rufus AI Chatbot Helps Drive Black Friday Sales and Engagement, Data Shows
New data suggests Amazon’s AI shopping assistant Rufus helped boost both engagement and sales during Black Friday. According to Sensor Tower, shopping sessions with Rufus rose 86 percent compared to a recent non-sale day, while purchases from Rufus-assisted sessions were 75 percent higher than non-Rufus ones. Adoption is still limited, but the tr...
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How to Return an Item on Amazon India: Step-by-Step Guide With Pickup and Refund
If you want to return a product that you ordered from Amazon, there are multiple ways you can do it. The option to return an Amazon item via the Amazon India website and the mobile app. However, there are certain goods that are deemed unreturnable by the e-commerce giant, like intimate items and consumables. Additionally, Amazon only allows custome...
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Amazon Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps Feature For Select Shows
Amazon Video Recaps was launched on Wednesday to offer AI-generated video summaries of previous seasons of select Amazon Originals shows. The feature is said to help users catch up before they start streaming a new season. With the generative AI, the feature recognises and combines major plot points, pivotal moments, character arcs, and dialogues t...
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Snapchat Announces Topic Chats for Facilitating Community-Driven Conversations
Snapchat has announced a new feature that enables conversations on trending topics and events in its community. Dubbed Topic Chats, it is claimed to bring the social media app’s popular features to public conversations, where Snaps are clustered about the topics being talked about in the community. Topic Chats appear in several places in the Snap...
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Amazon Prime Video's Ad-Supported Audience Hits 315 Million Monthly Viewers Globally
Amazon has announced that Prime Video reached over 315 million monthly ad-supported viewers globally, marking a significant jump from last year. The platform introduced ads before and during content playback in 16 countries last year. Netflix earlier this month revealed it has 190 million monthly active viewers. Prime Video started showing limited ...
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How to Use Xbox Cloud Gaming on Mobiles, Laptops, Smart TVs, and More: A Step-by-Step Guide
Microsoft launched the Xbox Cloud Gaming feature in India on Tuesday. It allows users to play various games, like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Detective Dotson, The Palace on the Hill, Raji: An Ancient Epic, Overwatch 2, and more, from their iOS and Android phones, Samsung and LG smart TVs, Mac, PC, and Amazon Fire TV Stick. ...
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Airtel vs Jio vs Vi: Cheapest Prepaid Plans with 84 Days Validity Compared
Airtel, Jio, and Vi each offer competitive 84-day prepaid plans combining long-term value with diverse benefits. Airtel’s options focus on entertainment and productivity, with packs including Amazon Prime, Hotstar, and Xstream Play. Jio’s plans cater to both streaming and lifestyle needs, offering perks like Netflix, JioHotstar, and Swiggy One ...
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Amazon vs Perplexity: 5 Things to Know About the Agentic AI Browser War
Amazon has issued a cease-and-desist notice to Perplexity, alleging its Comet AI browser disguises itself as Chrome to bypass safeguards and access the Amazon Store on users’ behalf, creating security and trust risks. Perplexity rejected the claims, accusing Amazon of blocking innovation. The dispute highlights growing tension between major platf...
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Global Reddit Outage: Thousands Unable To Access Platform, Investigation Underway
The company has acknowledged the issue, identified the cause, implemented a fix, and is now monitoring the situation.
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'Told Them Not To Put Me': Indian Techie's Diwali 'Mayhem' Amid Amazon Outage Viral
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, the same day as Diwali in India, leading to a techie sharing their experience.
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Diwali Blackout: How the AWS Outage Crippled Major Apps Across the World
Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a widespread outage on October 20, disrupting several major platforms, including Apple TV, Reddit, and Snapchat. The outage, lasting nearly 12 hours, coincided with Diwali celebrations in India and affected online businesses running festive campaigns. AWS later attributed the issue to a DNS error in its US-East-1 reg...
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Amazon Pay Adds Support for Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments in India
Amazon Pay has introduced the new biometric authentication feature for UPI transactions. However, the company will only allow users to make payments of up to Rs. 5,000 using the new feature. The tech giant claims that people will no longer have to enter their UPI pins to complete a transaction, as they can directly validate them using their fingerp...
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Instagram for TV Launched With Support for Reels, Multiple Accounts on Amazon's Fire TV Devices
Instagram for TV app was launched by Amazon in collaboration with Meta on Tuesday. Currently available in the US, the app can be downloaded via the Amazon AppStore. However, only select Fire TV devices support the new Instagram for TV app. It allows users to watch, like, and share Reels from their TVs. Moreover, multiple accounts can be logged in, ...
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Amazon Introduces Ask This Book AI Feature for the Kindle App, Provides Spoiler-Free Answers
Amazon has introduced an AI feature called Ask this Book to the Kindle app on iOS. It lets readers ask questions about their current or past books and get spoiler-free answers. Users can query plot points, characters or highlighted passages without breaking their reading flow. The feature is currently limited to English books in the US, with Androi...
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Meta India Appoints Amazon Executive Aman Jain as New Head of Public Policy in 2026
Meta India announced the appointment of Aman Jain as its new head of Public Policy on Friday. As per the company, Jain will take charge early next year and report directly to Simon Milner, Vice President of Policy for Asia Pacific (APAC) at Meta. The new executive will also join Meta’s India leadership team, which oversees the company’s strateg...
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Amazon’s Rufus AI Chatbot Helps Drive Black Friday Sales and Engagement, Data Shows
New data suggests Amazon’s AI shopping assistant Rufus helped boost both engagement and sales during Black Friday. According to Sensor Tower, shopping sessions with Rufus rose 86 percent compared to a recent non-sale day, while purchases from Rufus-assisted sessions were 75 percent higher than non-Rufus ones. Adoption is still limited, but the tr...
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How to Return an Item on Amazon India: Step-by-Step Guide With Pickup and Refund
If you want to return a product that you ordered from Amazon, there are multiple ways you can do it. The option to return an Amazon item via the Amazon India website and the mobile app. However, there are certain goods that are deemed unreturnable by the e-commerce giant, like intimate items and consumables. Additionally, Amazon only allows custome...
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Amazon Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps Feature For Select Shows
Amazon Video Recaps was launched on Wednesday to offer AI-generated video summaries of previous seasons of select Amazon Originals shows. The feature is said to help users catch up before they start streaming a new season. With the generative AI, the feature recognises and combines major plot points, pivotal moments, character arcs, and dialogues t...
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Snapchat Announces Topic Chats for Facilitating Community-Driven Conversations
Snapchat has announced a new feature that enables conversations on trending topics and events in its community. Dubbed Topic Chats, it is claimed to bring the social media app’s popular features to public conversations, where Snaps are clustered about the topics being talked about in the community. Topic Chats appear in several places in the Snap...
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Amazon Prime Video's Ad-Supported Audience Hits 315 Million Monthly Viewers Globally
Amazon has announced that Prime Video reached over 315 million monthly ad-supported viewers globally, marking a significant jump from last year. The platform introduced ads before and during content playback in 16 countries last year. Netflix earlier this month revealed it has 190 million monthly active viewers. Prime Video started showing limited ...
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How to Use Xbox Cloud Gaming on Mobiles, Laptops, Smart TVs, and More: A Step-by-Step Guide
Microsoft launched the Xbox Cloud Gaming feature in India on Tuesday. It allows users to play various games, like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Detective Dotson, The Palace on the Hill, Raji: An Ancient Epic, Overwatch 2, and more, from their iOS and Android phones, Samsung and LG smart TVs, Mac, PC, and Amazon Fire TV Stick. ...
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Airtel vs Jio vs Vi: Cheapest Prepaid Plans with 84 Days Validity Compared
Airtel, Jio, and Vi each offer competitive 84-day prepaid plans combining long-term value with diverse benefits. Airtel’s options focus on entertainment and productivity, with packs including Amazon Prime, Hotstar, and Xstream Play. Jio’s plans cater to both streaming and lifestyle needs, offering perks like Netflix, JioHotstar, and Swiggy One ...
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Amazon vs Perplexity: 5 Things to Know About the Agentic AI Browser War
Amazon has issued a cease-and-desist notice to Perplexity, alleging its Comet AI browser disguises itself as Chrome to bypass safeguards and access the Amazon Store on users’ behalf, creating security and trust risks. Perplexity rejected the claims, accusing Amazon of blocking innovation. The dispute highlights growing tension between major platf...
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Global Reddit Outage: Thousands Unable To Access Platform, Investigation Underway
The company has acknowledged the issue, identified the cause, implemented a fix, and is now monitoring the situation.
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'Told Them Not To Put Me': Indian Techie's Diwali 'Mayhem' Amid Amazon Outage Viral
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, the same day as Diwali in India, leading to a techie sharing their experience.
-
Diwali Blackout: How the AWS Outage Crippled Major Apps Across the World
Amazon Web Services (AWS) faced a widespread outage on October 20, disrupting several major platforms, including Apple TV, Reddit, and Snapchat. The outage, lasting nearly 12 hours, coincided with Diwali celebrations in India and affected online businesses running festive campaigns. AWS later attributed the issue to a DNS error in its US-East-1 reg...
