iPhone November Shipments Said to See 30 Percent Slash Due to COVID-19 Woes in Foxconn China Plant

Apple supplier Foxconn's COVID-19 woes at its vast iPhone manufacturing facility in China's Zhengzhou city could slash the site's November iPhone shipments by up to 30 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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iPhone November Shipments Said to See 30 Percent Slash Due to COVID-19 Woes in Foxconn China Plant

Apple supplier Foxconn's COVID-19 woes at its vast iPhone manufacturing facility in China's Zhengzhou city could slash the site's November iPhone shipments by up to 30 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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Facebook's Meta Rebranding Clocks a Year, FTX CEO Dissects Zuckerberg’s ‘Distracting’ Decision

Facebook’s rebranding to Meta completed a year on October 28. Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the CEO of the FTX crypto exchange, who is also among the biggest investors in Web3 projects, has argued that this rebranding is not fulfilling Mark Zuckerberg’s plan of churning billions.

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Apple Workers in Australia Said to Gear Up for More Strike Action as Employees Rejected a Pay and Benefits Deal

Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia are set to strike again after almost two-thirds of employees rejected a pay and benefits deal, the latest escalation of a fight that has seen weeks of walkouts at stores around the country.

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Realme 10 Pro+ Live Images Leaked Ahead of Launch Next Month

Alleged live images of the Realme 10 Pro+ were leaked recently and showcase the handset with a curved screen. Realme has confirmed that the Realme 10 series will launch in November. Recent rumours have hinted that the Realme 10 4G, Realme 10 5G, and Realme 10 Pro+ could be a part of this upcoming smartphone lineup.

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Twitter Blue to Reportedly Cost $20 a Month as Musk Revises Verification Process

Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world's most influential social media platforms. Separately, a report suggested that Twitter will increase the subscription price for Twitter Blue, which also verifies users, from $4.99 (roughly Rs. 400) a month to $19.99 (roughly Rs. 1,600) ...

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India vs South Africa T20 World Cup Match: How to Watch Live Stream

The India vs South Africa T20 match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Australia. All India matches in the ICC World Cup series will be live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar, alongside a TV broadcast on Star Sports Network.

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General Motors Temporarily Halts Paid Advertising on Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover

General Motors said late on Friday it had temporarily halted paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover of the social media company. The largest US automaker said it was "engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership."

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BSNL Diwali Offer 2022 Introduces New Tariff Plans With Unlimited Talktime, Up to 1 Year Validity

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched new tariff offers for its prepaid users this Diwali. The new plans, applicable to all prepaid users across the country, come with different benefits. BSNL’s Diwali Offer 2022 has introduced two tariff plans worth Rs. 1198 and Rs. 439. While the Rs. 1198 plan brings with it a one-year validity, Rs. 439 plan will be val...

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After Twitter Takeover, Elon Musk Have More Legal Battles to Deal With

Elon Musk was forced through a months-long court battle to buy Twitter on Thursday, but numerous lawsuits remain against the world's richest person and electric carmaker Tesla, where he is the CEO.

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Meta Fixes Issue With Instagram, Facebook and Messenger After Brief Outage

Meta Platforms said on Friday it has fixed the issue that was preventing users from accessing its social media platforms. "Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble accessing our products," a Meta spokesperson said.

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Binance, Elon Musk's Co-Investor, Creating Team to Help Twitter With Blockchain

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange that has invested $500 million into Elon Musk's buyout of Twitter, is creating a team to work on how blockchain and crypto could be helpful to Twitter, the company's spokesperson said on Friday. As one of Elon Musk's equity co-investors to fund his $44 billion (nearly Rs. 3,62,300 crore) deal, Binance said it will brainstor...

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Amazon's Request to Annul EUR 1.13 Billion Fine Suspended by Italian Court

An Italian court has suspended a decision on a request by e-commerce giant Amazon to annul a record EUR 1.13 billion (nearly Rs. 9,300 crore) fine imposed by Italy's antitrust watchdog for alleged abuse of market dominance, a court ruling showed on Friday.

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Apple Reports 8 Percent Boost in Quarterly Revenue, Warns of 'Increasingly Difficult Economic Conditions'

Apple on Thursday reported that the company's quarterly revenue was up by 8 percent, an improvement over the 2 percent increase in revenue for the April-June quarter. The company's iPhone sales accounted for most of its success during the past quarter, even though the company didn't sell quite as many of the devices as analysts had hoped. Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledg...

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Apple Reports 8 Percent Boost in Quarterly Revenue, Warns of 'Increasingly Difficult Economic Conditions'

Apple on Thursday reported that the company's quarterly revenue was up by 8 percent, an improvement over the 2 percent increase in revenue for the April-June quarter. The company's iPhone sales accounted for most of its success during the past quarter, even though the company didn't sell quite as many of the devices as analysts had hoped. Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledg...

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Leak Unearths Neymar, Pogba Operator Skins

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remake might include footballers Paul Pogba and Neymar as operators post-launch. A reliable dataminer has supposedly uncovered operator skins that resemble the athletes. A previous leak included Argentinian star Lionel Messi in the mix, though his skin is yet to be uncovered. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is out now across PC, PS4, PS5,...

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Elon Musk Takes Twitter Ownership, Said to Have Fired CEO Parag Agrawal, Other Top Executives

Elon Musk terminated Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde, according to people familiar with the matter. He had accused them of misleading him and Twitter investors over the number of fake accounts on the social media platform.

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Metaverse May Open Up New World of Cybercrime, Fears Interpol

Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments — the "metaverse" — could create new kinds of cybercrime and allow existing crime to take place on a larger scale. Interpol's member countries have raised concerns about how to prepare for possible metaverse crime, Madan Oberoi, Interpol's executive director for te...

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Government May Set Up Committees to Redress User Grievance Against Social Media Platforms: Officials

The government plans to set up appellate committees to redress grievances that users may have against the way social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other issues, officials said. Amendments may provide for social media platforms to acknowledge within 24 hours user complaints and resolve them within 15 days.

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PlayStation Plus November 2022 Free Games: Nioh 2, Lego Harry Potter Collection, and Heavenly Bodies

PlayStation Plus monthly free games for November 2022 have been revealed. Starting November 1, PS Plus Essential, Extra, Premium, and Deluxe subscribers can add Nioh 2, Lego Harry Potter Collection, and Heavenly Bodies to their game library. Access ends on December 5.

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Microsoft Forecasts Spook Investors as Firm Reports Lowest Revenue in Five Years

Microsoft on Tuesday projected that revenues for the current quarter would be lower than estimates across cloud and PC business units, as the company reported the lowest revenue growth in five years. The company's cloud business, Microsoft Azure, saw growth fall to 35 percent and the firm expects a further drop in the current quarter.

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Redmi K60 Gaming With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC Spotted on IMEI Database: Report

Redmi K60 Gaming is rumoured to be the next flagship smartphone from the Chinese handset maker. Ahead of any official announcement, the upcoming device has reportedly been spotted on the IMEI database with model number 23011310C. It is said to include a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The new smartphone is speculated to be the successor to the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition.

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Walmart to Raise Up to $3 Billion for Flipkart at $40 Billion Valuation to Challenge Rivals: Report

Walmart is reportedly considering raising up to $3 billion (roughly Rs. 25,000 crore) in funding for Flipkart, as the firm looks to expand its product range in the country and challenge rivals. The company is yet to yet to formally mandate investment bankers to look for strategic partners and large global investors for the latest fundraising plan, according to a repor...

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iPhone Models to Switch to USB Type-C Ports to Comply With European Union Law, Apple Executive Says

Apple will comply with a law passed by the European Union requiring all phones to use a USB Type-C port, the company's marketing chief Greg Joswiak has confirmed. The firm, which has been at odds with the EU over changers for a decade, has not specified when it will replace the Lightning port that is currently available on its iPhone models, including the recently rel...

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Google Ordered by CCI to Allow Third-Party Payments, Adopt 8 Remedies in 3 Months

Google on Tuesday was directed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to allow third-party billing or payment processing services in India, as the watchdog fined the firm for the second time in October. The company was also asked to adopt 8 remedies or operations adjustments within three months, including not restricting "app developers from using any third-part...

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Elon Musk Said to Inform Co-Investors That He Plans to Close Twitter Deal by Friday

Elon Musk is said to have informed co-investors that he plans to close the Twitter takeover deal by Friday, the deadline set by the Delaware Court of Chancery. The move is the clearest sign yet that Musk plans to comply with a Delaware court judge's deadline to complete the transaction by Friday, and Twitter shares jumped on the news and were trading up 3 percent at $...

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Bitcoin Hedge Appeal Increases for Investors Hit by British Pound Fiasco as Trading Volumes Skyrocket

A section of investors rapidly moved away from the British pound and towards Bitcoin following the announcement of former Prime Minister Liz Truss' mini-budget on September 23. In bitcoin's infancy, a key selling point was its potential protection against currency depreciation and inflation. Over time, cryptocurrencies began to trade more in lockstep with traditiona...

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Former OpenSea Employee Fails to Drop Indictment in NFT Insider Trading Case

A former employee of NFT marketplace OpenSea failed to convince a judge that charges levied against him should be dismissed, clearing the way for his trial to proceed.

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Henry Cavill Returning as Superman for Upcoming DC Movies

Henry Cavill is back as Superman. The actor confirmed the news on Instagram, following his appearance in a post-credits scene in the Dwayne Johnson-led Black Adam. The update comes after reports from last week suggested that Warner Bros. was looking to create a sequel to Man of Steel, with Henry Cavill donning the red cape.

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Bitcoin, ETH Open With Losses, Most Altcoins Tag Along

The crypto market seemingly saw more losses than gains on Tuesday, October 25. Along with BTC and ETH, Binance Coin, Ripple, and Solana saw losses among majority altcoins. According to CoinMarketCap, the global crypto market cap declined by 0.13 percent in the last 24 hours. Only a few cryptocurrencies saw profits today, including Tether, Binance USD, and USD Coin amo...

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Twitter Deal: Mirae Asset Said to Be in Talks to Fund Elon Musk's $44 Billion Buyout Ahead of Deadline

Elon Musk's deadline to close the Twitter takeover deal is soon approaching, and South Korea's Mirae Asset Financial Group is said to have planned to commit $208 million (roughly Rs. 1,721crore) to finance the buyout. With the deadline set by a US court set for October 28, Musk's deal with Mirae is said to be expected to be finalised in the coming days.

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Japan Pushes Citizens to Sign Up for 'My Number' Digital IDs Amid Privacy Concerns

Japan has begun pushing its citizens to sign up for digital IDs, plastic My Number cards equipped with microchips and photos, or lose access to public health insurance and other services. My number cards will be linked to drivers' licenses and the public health insurance plans. Health insurance cards now in use, which lack photos, will be discontinued in late 2024.

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New Star Wars Movie in Development With Ms. Marvel Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: Report

A new Star Wars film is reportedly in development. As per Deadline, Lucasfilm has a new Star Wars feature film in the works, with Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy attached to direct. Damon Lindelof, best known for Lost and HBO’s Watchmen, will serve as co-writer on the project. The last Star Wars feature film to grace the big screen was 2019’s The Rise of the ...

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Fitbit Sued by Australia's Regulator for Allegedly Making False Claims on Faulty Devices

Australia's competition regulator has begun court proceedings against Fitbit for allegedly making false or misleading claims to consumers about their guarantee rights on faulty devices, it said on Monday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said between May 2020 and February 2022, Fitbit claimed consumers will not be entitled to a refund unless ...

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Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva OTT Release Date Set for November 4 on Disney+ Hotstar

Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva is coming to Disney+ Hotstar. Writer-director Ayan Mukherji confirmed via Instagram that his fantasy adventure film, starring Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor will be available for streaming, starting November 4. It has been less than two months since Brahmāstra was released in theatres — September 9 — with the OTT version featuring so...

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TSMC Said to Have Suspended Work for Chinese Chip Startup Amid US Curbs

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has suspended production of advanced silicon for Chinese startup Biren Technology to ensure compliance with US regulations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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All-New Mac Pro With 'M2 Ultra', 'M2 Extreme' SoC Options Likely to Launch in 2023; MacBook Pro, Mac mini Refresh Expected Next Month

Apple is expected to unveil a new Mac Pro with a much more powerful in-house SoC potentially named M2 Extreme. Before that, the MacBook Pro and Mac mini lineups should be refreshed with more mainstream M2 SoCs.

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Black Adam Box Office: Dwayne Johnson Movie Opens With $140 Million Worldwide

Black Adam has collected an impressive $140 million (about Rs. 1,157 crore) at the global box office on its opening weekend, despite unfavourable reviews. The film marks lead Dwayne Johnson’s career-best opening as the leading man, surpassing its nemesis Shazam! (2017), which opened to $53.5 million (about Rs. 442 crore). Ticket to Paradise starring George Clooney a...

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ISRO's Commercial Arm NSIL Launches 36 OneWeb Broadband Satellites Aboard Heaviest Rocket LVM3

OneWeb on Sunday announced the successful deployment of 36 satellites launched by ISRO's commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Bharti Global is the largest investor in OneWeb, a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company.

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Vivo Tech Day 2022 Roundup: 5G, V1+ Chip, Gimbal Stabilisation, Zeiss Partnership, Design, More Showcased

Vivo showcased several of its achievements in 5G, design, and camera hardware during the first ever Vivo Tech Day held this week in New Delhi, India. The Chinese manufacturer detailed its V1+ chip that improves night video capture, the super cool gimbal stabilisation, and its partnership with Zeiss optics that helps Vivo phones produce sharper images and reduce glare.

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India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Match: How to Watch Live Stream

The India vs. Pakistan T20 match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Australia. All India matches in the ICC World Cup series will be live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar, alongside a TV broadcast on Star Sports Network.

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Snap Forecasts Zero Revenue Growth for Q4 2022; Shares Crash Dragging Meta, Alphabet, Twitter

Snap shares sank 25 percent on Friday as the Snapchat parent firm reported its slowest revenue growth as a public company for the latest quarter and forecast no revenue growth in the typically busy holiday quarter. While Snap's shares fell, its peers Alphabet, Meta, Pinterest and Twitter also saw their shares slide.

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Facebook Threatens to Block News Content in Canada Over Upcoming Compulsory Revenue-Sharing Bill

Facebook on Friday warned that the company could block news sharing on the platform over the upcoming Online News Act, legislation that will force platforms like Meta's Facebook and Alphabet's Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. A similar law was passed in Australia last year, and the bill is currently under consideration at...

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Redmi Pad Review: An Obvious Choice

The Redmi Pad is Xiaomi India’s second tablet after the Xiaomi Pad 5. This budget Android tablet features a 90Hz display, an 8000mAh battery and a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC.

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Apple Only Firm to See Growth in Smartphone Market in Q3 Despite Fall in Sales: Canalys

Global smartphone sales are still dropping, according to the latest Canalys report. In the July-September period, worldwide smartphone shipments saw a 9 percent decline. Despite the fall, Samsung captured a market share of 22 percent, while Apple secured an 18 percent market share. Economic uncertainty has led consumers to trim purchasing electronic hardware. It is ex...

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Redmi Note 12 Series Confirmed to Launch in October: All Details

Redmi Note 12 series will be unveiled this month, the company confirmed on Thursday. The lineup is expected to include the Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 Pro, and Redmi Note 12 Pro+ models.

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Apple’s Industrial Design Chief Evans Hankey to Leave 3 Years After Taking Over the Job

Apple’s head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the iPhone maker three years after taking the job, creating a significant hole at the top of a company famous for its slick-looking products, according to people with knowledge of the matter.  Hankey was named to the post in 2019 to replace Jony Ive.

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Reliance Jio to Launch 5G Services in Rajasthan on October 22 From Nathdwara Temple

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited will announce the launch of 5G services in Rajasthan from the famous Shrinathji temple in Nathdwara town of Rajsamand on Saturday, a company official said. Company chairman Akash Ambani will dedicate the services to Srinathji — the deity of the Ambani family. The commercial launch will take place later. "The launch of 5G services wil...

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Elon Musk Reportedly Plans to Cut Nearly 75 Percent of Twitter's Workforce

Twitter’s workforce is likely to be hit with massive cuts in the coming months, no matter who owns the company, interviews and documents obtained by The Washington Post show. Musk told prospective investors in his deal to buy the company that he planned to get rid of nearly 75 percent of Twitter’s 7,500 workers, whittling the company down to a skeleton staff of ju...

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Bitcoin, Most Cryptocurrencies Register Losses, Total Sector Valuation Also Drops

Less than three days before Diwali, Bitcoin opened with a loss of 1.01 percent in India. Along with BTC and ETH, Tether, USD Coin, and Binance USD opened with losses. The total crypto valuation dropped down by 0.58 percent in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, only a handful of altcoins including Tron and Bitcoin Cash managed to see small profits.

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Samsung A04e With 5,000mAh Battery 50-Megapixel Dual Rear Cameras Listed on Company Website

Samsung A04e is listed on the official company website. The listing has revealed the full specifications of the handset alongside its design. The smartphone gets 50-megapixel dual rear cameras and a 5,000mAh battery. It is powered by an unknown octa-core processor.

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Instagram Announces Upgrades to Protect Users From Abuse, Inappropriate Content

Instagram will enhance features that help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls on the social media platform, the Meta Platforms-owned company said on Thursday. All the Instagram users will now be able to block all existing accounts of a person, expanding a feature launched last year that only allowed the blocking of any new accounts that they may create.

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ISRO to Launch Chandrayaan-3, Its Third Mission to Moon, in June 2023

ISRO plans to launch Chandrayaan-3, its third mission to the moon, in June next year with a more robust lunar rover onboard which is crucial for future inter-planetary explorations. The space agency has also lined up the first test flight of the 'abort mission' for Gaganyaan, the country's first human spaceflight, early next year.

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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Can Now Apply Warning Screens to Moderate Content

Meta Platforms' independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month, it can decide on applying warning screens, marking content as "disturbing" or "sensitive". The board, which already has the ability to review user appeals to remove content, said it would be able to make binding decisions to apply a warning screen when "leaving up or restoring quali...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX to Commission Two ESA Launches to Fill Gap Left by Russia

Europe will commission two rocket launches from Elon Musk's SpaceX after the Ukraine conflict barred access to Russia's Soyuz, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on Thursday. The launches include the Euclid space telescope and the Hera probe, a follow-up mission to NASA's DART spacecraft which last month succeeded in altering the path of a moonlet in the first ...

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Hackers Threaten to Leak Stolen Health Data of 1,000 Australian Celebrities Weeks After Optus Hack

Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data, starting with 1,00...

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Redmi Note 12 Series Confirmed to Launch in October: All Details

Redmi Note 12 series will be unveiled this month, the company confirmed on Thursday. The lineup is expected to include the Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 Pro, and Redmi Note 12 Pro+ models.

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Apple iPhone SE 4 Leaked Renders Hint at iPhone XR Design With Larger Display, Colour Options Tipped

iPhone SE 4, which is rumoured to be Apple's fourth instalment in the entry-level SE series, could feature a design similar to the iPhone XR, according to renders posted by Jon Prosser. The smartphone is shown to feature a 6.1-inch display that comes with a notch. It is tipped featuring in three colour variants - midnight, starlight, and red.

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BTC, ETH Lose Steam, Most Cryptocurrencies Record Losses Days Ahead of Diwali

In the last 24 hours, the global crypto market fell down by 0.62 percent. Along with Bitcoin and Ether, Cardano, Solana, and Polygon slipped down the price ladder. More cryptocurrencies saw losses than gains today, four days before India celebrates Diwali. Only a small number of altcoins managed to see profits today. These include Tether, Binance USD, and Stellar.

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Tesla Expects to Miss Vehicle Delivery Targets for 2022, Q3 Revenues Miss Analyst Estimates

Tesla said on Wednesday that it expected to miss vehicle delivery targets for 2022, while displaying worries of reduced demand. The company's Q3 revenue missed Wall Street estimates, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk told analysts that there was excellent demand for the fourth quarter, while addressing concerns from investors over the weak global economy and Tesla's premium pri...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX Rolls Out In-Flight WiFi Services for Private Jets With Starlink Aviation

Elon Musk's SpaceX is expanding its satellite internet unit's foray into in-flight WiFi services with the rollout on Wednesday of Starlink Aviation, offering customers a $150,000 (nearly Rs. 1.2 crore) airplane antenna amid mounting competition for airborne connectivity. Starlink, SpaceX's growing network of thousands of internet satellites, will charge customers seek...

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Internet Freedom in India Marginally Improved by 2 Points After Four-Year Decline, Freedom House Says

India's Internet freedom score marginally improved to 51 in the global ranking, an increase of 2 points, according to a report by Freedom House, a US government-funded NGO. The increase in the country's score came after efforts to bridge the digital divide in the country, and the reduced frequency and intensity of internet shutdowns. While the government continues to ...

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Apple TV 4K (2022) With HDR10+ Support, Better Performance Launched in India: Details

Apple TV 4K (2022), the company’s latest standalone streaming device, has been launched globally, including in India. Priced at Rs. 14,900 onwards, the new streaming device promises better performance, and support for the HDR10+ format in addition to Dolby Vision for high dynamic range content.

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Jack Dorsey Previews Decentralised ‘Bluesky’ Social Networking Initiative, ‘Authentic Transfer Protocol’ Revealed

Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO and head of Block has shared new updates on the decentralised ‘Bluesky’ social networking initiative. The platform, under development, is testing features like account portability, algorithmic choice, and interoperation. This more developed phase has been named the ‘Authentic Transfer Protocol’ or the AT Protocol.

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Apple TV 4K (2022) With HDR10+ Support, Better Performance Launched in India: Details

Apple TV 4K (2022), the company’s latest standalone streaming device, has been launched globally, including in India. Priced at Rs. 14,900 onwards, the new streaming device promises better performance, and support for the HDR10+ format in addition to Dolby Vision for high dynamic range content.

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Jio Topples BSNL, Becomes Largest Fixed-Line Service Provider in August With 73.52 Lakh Subscribers: Details

Jio, the largest private telecom operator in the country, toppled BSNL in August to bag the top spot in fixed-line services provider in the country. It is the first private operator to take the first spot in the wireline segment since the beginning of telecom services in India. As per Trai's subscriber report for August, Jio's wireline subscriber base reached 73.52 la...

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Space Technology Startups' Ambitions Face Limits as VC Backers Turn to Safer Bets Amid Economic Turmoil

Space technology startups have seen a fall in venture capital investment, as investors evaluating their investment strategies and focussing on companies with viable products in the market. Investments have fallen as VC backers turn to safer bets due to the current economic turmoil caused by decades-high inflation, rapidly rising interest rates and the Ukraine war.

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Vivo X90 Series Tipped to Feature MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoC, More Chipset Details Leaked

Vivo X90 series has been tipped to be powered by the next-generation MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoC. MediaTek is expected to reveal this chipset by early November. Vivo X90 series is expected to launch in December this year.

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Cameron Winklevoss Steps Down From Gemini Europe's Board of Directors Amid Leadership Shakeup

Cameron Winklevoss left his spot on Gemini Europe's board of directors. The investor, billionaire, and co-founder of crypto exchange Gemini officially stopped being the director of its European branch on October 12.

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Assam Government Signs 7 MOUs with Microsoft, Google, Tata Group, More: All Details

The government of Assem on Monday announced it had signed seven agreements with tech giants in the country including Microsoft, Google, Larsen & Toubro and Tata group firms. The MOUs were signed as part of the state government's efforts to train youth in the state and prepare them with digital and business skills, executing greenfield projects in the construction sect...

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OnePlus 11 Pro Tipped to Launch as OnePlus 11: All Details

OnePlus' latest flagship which is expected to be launched early next year will reportedly launch as the OnePlus 11 instead of the OnePlus 11 Pro, as earlier predicted by tipsters. Max Jambor and Steve Hemmerstoffer backtracked on their earlier predictions to reveal that the OnePlus 11 model will shed its Pro tag, at least at launch with no confirmation on whether a On...

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BTC, ETH Among Most Cryptocurrencies to See Gains, Stablecoins Face Minor Dips

In the last 24 hours, the valuation of the crypto market rose by 1.60 percent. From Bitcoin to Ether and Dogecoin as well as Shiba Inu, majority cryptocurrencies saw gains. Meanwhile, only a small bunch of altcoins saw losses. These include Tether and Binance USD among others.

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IT Committee Said to Discuss Indian Telecommunications Bill 2022 Next Week, Ahead of Introduction in Parliament

The Indian Telecommunications Bill 2022 is said to be discussed by the IT Committee next week, well ahead of its introduction in Parliament. The Bill is currently in its draft stage and is in the public domain to seek feedback from people. IT Committee Chairman Pratap Jadhav is said to have requested all the members to discuss this Telecom Bill so that time can be sav...

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Poco F5 5G Surfaces on EEC Certification Website, May Launch Soon: All Details

Poco F5 5G with the model number 23013PC75G was spotted on the EEC certification site by a reliable tipster. This smartphone is tipped to launch as the Redmi K60 in China, before it makes its way to global markets as the Poco F5 5G.

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Foxconn Unveils Pickup, Crossover Models; Wants Customers to 'Sell a Lot of EVs': All Details

Foxconn unveiled two prototypes of its electric vehicles, a Model B sporty crossover hatchback and the Model V, an all-terrain pickup. The company said on Tuesday that it wanted its customers to sell electric vehicles (EVs) in large numbers. The world's largest contract electronics maker's production takes place in Taiwan, Thailand, and the US, and the firm wants to p...

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House of the Dragon Episode 10 Trailer: Rhaenyra Is on a Mission to Claim Her Birthright

House of the Dragon episode 10 trailer is out, teasing the goings-on at Dragonstone, as Rhaneyra spearheads an elaborate plan to lay siege to the Red Keep. Titled “The Black Queen,” episode 10 acts as a prelude to Dance of the Dragons, the civil war between Aegon II and his half-sister Princess Rhaenyra, over the Iron Throne. House of the Dragon episode 10 release...

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5G Services to Be Rolled Out in at Least 4 Odisha Cities by March 2023, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says

At least four cities of Odisha will get 5G network services by March 2023, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday. The minister said that 80 percent of the state will have access to the next-generation network connectivity by the end of 2023. The announcement comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 5G services in India on October 1.

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Android 13 Audio Output Switcher Feature Update to Choose Cast Devices Spotted in Development: Details

Android 13's audio output switcher, which lets users switch the audio output from the phone between paired Bluetooth audio accessories, has been present since Android 11, but has yet to be used to transfer streams between cast devices. Android 13 may finally make the same available after developers enable support for the same.

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Moto X40 Tipped to Feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, My Support 68W Fast Charging: Reports

The Moto X40 has been tipped to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. It may also pack a 50-megapixel main camera. The handset is rumoured to debut in China later this year.

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX to Keep Funding Starlink Internet Access in Ukraine, Cites Need for 'Good Deeds'

Elon Musk on Saturday said SpaceX would continue to fund internet access to Ukraine via its Starlink service. The service has helped civilians and military stay online during the war with Russia. When a Twitter user told Musk "No good deed goes unpunished", he replied "Even so, we should still do good deeds".

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Infinix Note 12 (2023) With 50-Megapixel Camera, MediaTek Helio G99 SoC Launched: Price, Specifications

The Infinix Note 12 (2023) has been launched for the global market. It is a dual-SIM 4G smartphone that is powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC. It also features a 50-megapixel triple rear camera setup and a 16-megapixel selfie camera.

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Apple Said to Halt Use of YTMC Memory Chips for iPhone Models Amid Tighter US Export Rules

Apple is said to have halted its use of memory chips from YMTC, or Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. The Cupertino company has reportedly paused the use of NAND flash memory chips which were expected to be used only for iPhone models sold in China, according to a report by Nikkei.

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Apple Said to Halt Use of YTMC Memory Chips for iPhone Models Amid Tighter US Export Rules

Apple is said to have halted its use of memory chips from YMTC, or Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. The Cupertino company has reportedly paused the use of NAND flash memory chips which were expected to be used only for iPhone models sold in China, according to a report by Nikkei.

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Google Pixel 7 Pro Early Users Report Scrolling Issues

Google Pixel 7 Pro users have complained about facing scrolling issues with their devices. A Reddit user claims that scrolling on Pixel 7 Pro feels inconsistent. Google is yet to acknowledge the issue or provide a fix.

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Apple Mixed Reality Headset Uses Iris Scanning for Payments, Logging In: Report

Apple's mixed-reality (MR) headset will reportedly feature iris scanning to authenticate payments and log into accounts. The iris recognition technology will allow multiple people to use the same device and allow them to quickly make payments from inside the headset as well.

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Apple Mixed Reality Headset Uses Iris Scanning for Payments, Logging In: Report

Apple's mixed-reality (MR) headset will reportedly feature iris scanning to authenticate payments and log into accounts. The iris recognition technology will allow multiple people to use the same device and allow them to quickly make payments from inside the headset as well.

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Aadhaar Enrolment for Newborns With Birth Certificates Said to Be Expanded to All States Soon

Aadhaar enrolment for newborns along with birth certificates is expected to be available in all states in the next few months, expanding beyond 16 states currently offering the facility, according to government sources.

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Google Pixel Fold Tipped to Use Samsung-Made Displays, Inner Screen May Offer 1200 Nits of Peak Brightness

Google Pixel Fold has been in the news for quite some time now. Now, a report has popped up suggesting the specifications of the foldable smartphone. As per the leak, the foldable phone codenamed ‘Felix' from Google will come equipped with Samsung’s in-house displays. It is said to sport triple rear cameras led by a Sony IMX787 primary sensor.

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ISRO's LVM3 Rocket to Launch OneWeb's 36 Broadband Satellites on October 23

ISRO's heaviest rocket LVM3 will launch British start-up OneWeb's 36 broadband satellites from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota on October 23, marking the launcher's entry into the global commercial launch service market.

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Tata Power Said to Have Been Hit by Cyberattack, IT Systems Affected

Tata Power on Friday said that a cyberattack has hit its information technology (IT) infrastructure and affected its systems. All critical operational systems are functioning; however, as a measure of abundant precaution, restricted access and preventive checks have been put in place for employee and customer facing portals and touch points, it added.

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Ukraine, Poland Hit by Novel Ransomware Cyberattack by New Hacking Group, Says Microsoft

A newly discovered hacking group has attacked transportation and logistics companies in Ukraine and Poland with a novel kind of ransomware, Microsoft said in a blog post on Friday. The attackers targeted a wide range of systems within an hour on Tuesday, Microsoft said, adding that it hadn't been able to link the attacks to any known group yet.

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iPhone 14 Pro Review: Islands in the Screen

Apple promises a whole new way to interact with your phone, but the iPhone 14 Pro isn't a revolutionary upgrade.

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Apple Ordered to Pay BRL 100 Million Fine in Brazil, Must Sell iPhone Models With Charger

Apple was fined BRL 100 million (Rs. 150 crore) by a Brazilian court on Thursday, and the Cupertino company was ordered to include chargers with every new iPhone model sold in the country. The court rules against the company in a case filed by an association of borrowers, consumers, and taxpayers. Apple was previously ordered to stop the sales of iPhone units without ...

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Honor X40 GT With 144Hz Refresh Rate Display, 66W Fast Charging Support Launched: Price, Specifications

Honor X40 GT has been launched in China. The handset features a Snapdragon 888 SoC, paired with a maximum of 12GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. The phone has a triple rear camera unit on the back, headlined by a 50-megapixel sensor. The Honor X40 GT packs a 4,800mAh battery with 66W fast charging support.

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TSMC Reports 80 Percent Year-on-Year Surge in Quarterly Profit, Strongest Growth in 2 Years

TSMC on Thursday posted an 80 percent year-on-year surge in profits, as the world's largest contract chipmaker reported its strongest growth in two years. The firm has trimmed its capital spending by 10 percent for the year, saying that it was being more conservative in planning investments for 2023. The company's shares jumped more than 4 percent on Friday morning.

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales PC Release Date Set for November 18, System Requirements Revealed

Spider-Man Miles Morales is coming to PC on November 18. PlayStation blog has revealed the full system requirements and new features coming to their newest port. Miles Morales PC boasts a ton of new features including support for Nvidia’s DLSS 3, unlocked framerates, ray tracing, ultra-wide support, and PS5’s DualSense controller compatibility. Pre-orders are now ...

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5G Technology in India Is Completely Indigenous, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Says

5G technology in India is completely indigenous and is not imported from another country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. The country can now provide 5G technology to other countries that want it, she added. The minister's comments come weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of 5G services in the country on October 1.

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Elon Musk Under Federal Investigations Over Conduct in Takeover Deal, Says Twitter

Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,61,900 crore) takeover deal for Twitter, the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday. While the filing said he was under investigation, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes was and which federal authorities are conducting them...

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Apple Ordered to Pay BRL 100 Million Fine in Brazil, Must Sell iPhone Models With Charger

Apple was fined BRL 100 million (Rs. 150 crore) by a Brazilian court on Thursday, and the Cupertino company was ordered to include chargers with every new iPhone model sold in the country. The court rules against the company in a case filed by an association of borrowers, consumers, and taxpayers. Apple was previously ordered to stop the sales of iPhone units without ...

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Supreme Court Rejects Stay on Amazon Prime's Mirzapur Season 3, Calls Pre-Censorship of Web Series Impermissible

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked how can there be a pre-screening committee for web series, films or other programmes which are directly released on online platforms. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit observed that it always felt pre-censorship is impermissible.

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‘Police Complaint on Blockchain’: Polygon Picked to Assist Law Enforcement in Firozabad

India’s Firozabad police has announced the launch of a new complaint forum, that is built on the Polygon blockchain. All details filed on the blockchain network cannot be altered or edited. This would ensure consistency in details around the cases that would come under investigation.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 Chipset Unveiled, Will Power Meta Quest Pro Headset: All Details

Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 chipset will power the Meta Quest Pro VR/MR headset that was announced earlier this week. The company's VR/MR headset will be also feature controllers that are powered by the Snapdragon 662 platform, according to the company. Qualcomm says multiple OEMs have committed to launching devices powered by the XR2+ by the end of the year.

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Samsung One UI 5 Introduced at SDC 2022, Galaxy S22 Series to Get the Update First

Samsung held the Samsung Developer Conference 2022 on Thursday where it introduced the Android 13-based One UI 5. During the keynote, the company confirmed that the Galaxy S22 series will be the first to receive the stable version of this OS by the end of October.

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India's Digitisation Efforts Helped Boost Financial Inclusion, Targeted Assistance, IMF Chief Economist Says

India's digitisation efforts were lauded by IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas on Wednesday, and termed a game changer for the country. The economist said that digitisation helped improve financial inclusion in the country, especially among unbanked people, as well as providing targeted assistance instead of a more expensive, blanket policy.

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Microsoft, Meta Partner to Persuade Businesses to Use VR; Windows Apps Coming to Meta Quest Headsets

Microsoft and Meta have teamed up to convince businesses to use more virtual reality (VR) technology, and the former will offer better integration of its applications with Meta's Quest devices. These include Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 apps, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and other Microsoft services and apps that will soon be supported on Meta's VR headsets.

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Apple to Move Major Portion of iPhone Production to India, MacBook Assembly to Thailand: Ming-Chi Kuo

Apple intends to shift a majority of iPhone and MacBook production to India and Thailand, respectively, over the next three to five years, with Tata Group included in the Cupertino company's plans for iPhone assembly in India, according to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo. The long-term plan will see Apple fulfilling all non-China device requirements in assembly locations o...

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Apple to Move Major Portion of iPhone Production to India, MacBook Assembly to Thailand: Ming-Chi Kuo

Apple intends to shift a majority of iPhone and MacBook production to India and Thailand, respectively, over the next three to five years, with Tata Group included in the Cupertino company's plans for iPhone assembly in India, according to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo. The long-term plan will see Apple fulfilling all non-China device requirements in assembly locations o...

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House of the Dragon Requires at Least Four Full Seasons, George R.R. Martin Says

House of the Dragon will need four 10-episode seasons to depict the Targaryen’s story. On his personal blog, author George R.R. Martin spoke about the time jumps in the Game of Thrones prequel series, noting co-showrunner Ryan J. Condal has handled it “very well.” He regrets not getting time to explore finer story arcs such as Prince Daemon and Lady Laena Velary...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX to Seek Permit for Starlink Satellite Internet Services in India: Report

Elon Musk's SpaceX will be the third company to seek permission to launch the company's Starlink Internet services in India, according to a report. The company will reportedly seek statutory approvals from the government, on order to obtain landing rights and access to the market. Starlink was asked by the government to refund pre-orders of its satellite services earl...

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid Retains Support from Binance, Sequoia Capital For Web3 Push

Now that Elon Musk’s stance on whether or not to go with the deal is coming closer to confirmation, Binance crypto exchange and tech-focussed Sequoia Capital is backing the completion of this bid. The companies are hoping that the deal comes through so that the Web3 sector could get a major social media push.

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Meta Quest Pro Mixed Reality Headset With Outward Facing Cameras, Eye Tracking Sensors Launched: Details

Meta Platforms unveiled its Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headset on Tuesday, marking a milestone for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's break into the higher-end market for extended reality computing devices.

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PS5 India October 12 Restock: How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5 and PS5 Digital Edition

PS5 India October 12 restock — for Rs. 49,990 Blu-ray PlayStation 5, and Rs. 39,990 PS5 Digital Edition — is available at Amazon, Croma, e2z Store, Flipkart, Game Loot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital, Sony Center ShopAtSC, and Vijay Sales.

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Apple, Google Will Reportedly Bring 5G Update to iPhone, Pixel Devices by December

Apple will reportedly introduce 5G update to iPhone 12 and other compatible smartphones by December. This may come combined with a new iOS update. Moreover, Google Pixel 5G-compatible devices could also receive 5G services by December with a new software update.

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Apple, Google Will Reportedly Bring 5G Update to iPhone, Pixel Devices by December

Apple will reportedly introduce 5G update to iPhone 12 and other compatible smartphones by December. This may come combined with a new iOS update. Moreover, Google Pixel 5G-compatible devices could also receive 5G services by December with a new software update.

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Adani Networks Said to Have Received Licence for Full Fledge Telecom Services

Adani Data Network has been granted unified licence for access services, which enables it to provide all telecom services in the country, according to two official sources. Adani Group entered the telecom sector after buying spectrum in the recent auction. "Adani Data Networks has been granted UL (AS)," an official source said. Another official said that the permit wa...

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Visa, FTX Exchange Team Up to Bring Crypto Debit Cards in Over 40 Nations

Payments giant Visa has now teamed up with FTX crypto exchange to bring crypto debit card services to its users in over 40 nations. Visa intends to keep its services linked to the crypto assets because the company believes that virtual currencies are here to stay and will eventually have a lasting impact on the future of financial services around the world.

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Twitch Attempts to Rebuild Trust With Streamers at TwitchCon Following Controversial Compensation Plans

Twitch attempted to rebuild trust with streamers on the Amazon-owned live streaming platform at its annual TwitchCon convention, weeks after it announced controversial changes to monetisation on the platform. The changes only affect a small percentage of Twitch’s more than 50,000 partnered streamers, those who are the most popular and bring in the most revenue, but ...

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Will Require Phone Number Verification Like Overwatch 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will require mobile number verification for play. The system, coined “SMS Protect,” is aimed at cutting down on toxic behaviour, hackers, and smurf accounts. However, the support page for phone registration demands a postpaid number, which caused several Overwatch 2 players to be locked out of their game, last week. Call of Duty: Mod...

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Bitcoin Mining Surges to New Record, Profit Margins Decline as Ethereum Merge Frees Up Capacity

Bitcoin mining has hit a new record in the aftermath of the Ethereum Merge, the technical upgrade that replaced as many as one million powerful computers with Ether holders to validate transaction data encrypted by the network and reduce its carbon footprint by 99 percent. Meanwhile, mining difficulty, a measure of Bitcoin miners’ computing power for the blockchain,...

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Apple Workers in Australia Set to Strike Over Stalled Pay, Benefits Negotiations on October 18

Apple workers in Australia represented by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) are set to go on a one-hour strike on October 18, due to a lack of progress on wage negotiations. The union said that the strike will restrict most customer services in at least three of the company's 22 stores in the country. The three unions say they want Apple to guarantee wag...

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Coinbase Gains Singapore License Under Payments Services Act, Ahead of Upcoming Crypto Regulation: All Details

Coinbase on Tuesday announced that it had gained approval from the central bank of Singapore, as the crypto exchange received permission to offer its services in the region. The company said it had been building up its presence in Singapore and currently had nearly 100 employees, mostly comprised of product engineers. Singapore plans to roll out new regulations that w...

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Amazon Great Indian Festival Extra Happiness Days Sale: Best Offers on Cameras

Amazon Great Indian Festival Extra Happiness Days Sale is currently underway. Check out our list of some of the best deals currently available on cameras from popular brands like Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fujifilm and others.

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Apple iPhone SE 4 Could Feature a 6.1-Inch LCD Display With a Top Notch: Report

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new iPhone SE model soon. The next generation of iPhone SE is claimed to sport a 6.1-inch LCD display and a notch cutout at the top of the display. The iPhone SE 4 could adopt the design of the iPhone XR.

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Instagram, Twitter Said to Have Restricted Kanye West's Accounts Over Anti-Semitic Posts

Instagram and Twitter said they have restricted the accounts of US rapper Kanye West over posts slammed as anti-Semitic. Instagram has reportedly also restricted his account, which may involve preventing him from posting, commenting or sending private messages, according to a source.

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House of the Dragon Episode 9 Trailer: King Viserys’ Demise Sees Otto Hightower Springing at the Opportunity

House of the Dragon episode 9 trailer is out, teasing a closed-room meeting that puts Queen Alicent’s son Aegon as the successor. Set right after King Viserys’ death, episode 9 sees Otto Hightower setting plans in motion, to take over the Iron Throne. House of the Dragon episode 9 premieres October 17 at 6:30am IST/ October 16 at 9pm ET on Disney+ Hotstar and HBO ...

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Apple AirPods, Other Accessories Could Get USB Type-C Port by 2024: Report

Apple is said to already have a plan in place to adopt USB Type-C charging on its AirPods and other accessories, in addition to iPhones. This comes after a recent ruling that will mandate a single USB Type-C charging standard for smartphones in Europe from 2024 onwards.

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India, Taiwan Should Finalise Free Trade Agreement as Soon as Possible, Says Taiwanese Envoy: Report

India and Taiwan should finalise the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) at the earliest as it will remove all barriers to trade and investment and help create a secure and resilient supply chain, Taipei's de-facto Ambassador Baushuan Ger has reportedly said.​

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Amazon Halts Its Delivery Robot "Scouts" That Created Severe Mishaps: Report

Amazon has halted testing of its home delivery robot "Scouts" which is the latest indication that the e-commerce giant is beginning to pare down experimental initiatives as sales growth slows.

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IND vs SA 2nd ODI: How to Watch Live Stream

The India vs South Africa 2nd ODI will be played at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. The three-match tournament will be live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar, alongside a TV broadcast on Star Sports Network.

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Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter's CLASS Spectrometer Maps Abundance of Sodium for the First Time, ISRO Says

Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) spectrometer has mapped a large amount of sodium on the Moon for the first time, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement on Friday. The moon orbiter's CLASS spectrometer provides clean signatures of the sodium line thanks to its high sensitivity and performance, while a study finds that...

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Tesla Begins Production of Electric Semi Trucks, PepsiCo Confirms First Deliveries to Start in December

Tesla's Semi trucks, the company's much-delayed electric vehicle, will be delivered to PepsiCo in December, the company confirmed on Friday. The announcement came a day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that the company had started production of the Semi truck, which has an 805 km range and are "super fun to drive." PepsiCo is one of many US companies that ha...

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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 Price in India Slashed by Over 30 Percent

Samsung Galaxy Fold 3 is currently available for purchase at a discounted price of Rs. 1,09,999 as part of the reduced pricing on smartphones during the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale. discount of 30 percent, according to the listing on Amazon. The smartphone was launched by the company in August 2021 and is powered by an octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. It spor...

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 SoC Specifications Surface Online, Tipped to Feature Tri-Cluster Design

Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 SoC specifications have surfaced online, ahead of the launch of the company's successor to the first-generation Snapdragon 7 series chipset. The upcoming smartphone chipset is expected to make its debut at the Snapdragon Summit for 2022, which starts in just over a month. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC has been used in only a couple of phones so ...

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Uber, Ola, Rapido Directed to Stop Three-Wheeler Services in Bengaluru Over 'Exorbitant' Pricing

Uber, Ola, and Rapido were directed to stop three-wheeler services in Bengaluru on Thursday, over accusations of overcharging customers and harassment. While, Uber in recent weeks has been running television ads on its autorickshaw service in India, Rapido said its operations in Bengaluru are not illegal and it will respond to the notice. Last month, the Competition C...

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Facebook Warns 1 Million Users About Usernames, Passwords Stolen via 400 Malicious Apps

Facebook on Friday warned 1 million users that their usernames and passwords may have been stolen by malicious apps on the Google Play store and Apple's App Store. Over 400 malicious apps on Android and iOS were users to target Internet users, according to Meta. Apple said 45 of the 400 problematic apps were on its App Store and have been removed, while Google removed...

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iPhone 14 Plus With 6.7-Inch Super Retina XDR Display Goes on Sale in India Today: Price, Specifications

The iPhone 14 Plus has gone on sale in India for the first time. Its pricing starts at Rs. 88,900 for the base 128GB storage model. Apple also offers Blue, Midnight, Purple, Starlight, and (PRODUCT)RED colour options.

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Microsoft's Incentives to Block Rivals After Activision Deal Probed by EU Regulators: Details

Antitrust regulators in the European Union have asked games developers to repsond by October 10 on whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals' access to Activision Blizzard's best-selling games on their platforms. A decision on the acqusition of Activision by Microsoft is expected by November 8.

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iPhone 14 Plus With 6.7-Inch Super Retina XDR Display Goes on Sale in India Today: Price, Specifications

The iPhone 14 Plus has gone on sale in India for the first time. Its pricing starts at Rs. 88,900 for the base 128GB storage model. Apple also offers Blue, Midnight, Purple, Starlight, and (PRODUCT)RED colour options.

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Xiaomi 12T, Xiaomi 12T Pro With 5,000mAH Battery, 120W HyperCharge Unveiled: Details

Xiaomi 12T Series – including the flagship smartphones Xiaomi 12T Pro and Xiaomi 12T — has been unveiled for global markets today. As teased by the smartphone giant earlier, Xiaomi 12T series comes with pro-grade cameras. Both the smartphones sport a 6.67-inch CrystalRes AMOLED display. Xiaomi 12T Series — Xiaomi 12T and Xiaomi 12T Pro — also feature a 5,000mA...

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Reliance Jio 5G Beta Trials Begin in Delhi and Other Cities With Over 1Gbps Download Speed

Reliance Jio on Thursday started beta trials of 5G services in the national capital along with three other cities — Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi — with users getting download speed of over 1Gbps. At Chanakyapuri, in Lutyens' Zone of New Delhi, the users got internet speed of over 1Gbps. During the trial, the company said, "Now 5G services will be available only on...

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Laal Singh Chaddha Now Streaming on Netflix, Two Months After Theatrical Release

Laal Singh Chaddha is now streaming on Netflix, merely two months after its theatrical release. Aamir Khan initially claimed that the film would drop on the streaming platform, at least six months after its release. That timeline now seems to have been moved up, with Netflix finally striking a new deal, likely due to the film's mediocre performance at the box office.

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SpaceX Rocket With Next International Space Station Crew Enters Orbit, Including Russian Cosmonaut: All Details

SpaceX successfully carried the next long-term International Space Station crew, with a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut into orbit on Wednesday. The launch of the rocket carrying Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, is the first spaceflight with a Russian launched from U.S. soil in two decades. Kikina, who had trained in the United States for the f...

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Oppo A77s With 5,000mAh Battery, Snapdragon 680 SoC Launched in India: Price, Specifications

Oppo A77s was launched by the company in India on Friday.

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Infinix Xboy Explorer NFT Collection Launched Alongside Its Flagship Zero Ultra 5G Phone, Details Here

The Infinix Zero Ultra 5G smartphone is set to become Infinix’s first step into the Web3 direction, given its association with the NFT sector. Infinix is looking to pay tributes to humanity’s spirit to explore the space with five NFT characters who represent space explorers from different planets, who rendezvous in our Milky Way solar system. These NFTs have speci...

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Roblox Faces Lawsuit for Enabling Minor's Sexual, Financial Exploitation; Meta, Snap, Discord Also Targeted

Roblox faces a lawsuit accusing it of enabling the sexual and financial exploitation of a minor from California. The lawsuit also targets Discord, Snapchat parent Snap and Instagram parent Meta, platforms that were used to target the girl, who suffered severe mental health problems leading to suicide attempts and hospitalisation as a result of her experience, accordi...

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Call of Duty 2025 Rumoured to Be Advanced Warfare 2: Report

Call of Duty 2025 might reportedly be a sequel to Advanced Warfare. Reliable tipster Ralph Valve claims that Sledgehammer Games is back on board to make Advanced Warfare 2, abandoning its boots-to-the-ground World War setting. The game is rumoured to be built on the unified IW 9.0 engine. Another tipster CharlieINTEL, however, argues the report to be false, adding tha...

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Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro to Launch at Made by Google Event Today: How to Watch, What to Expect

Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will be launched by the tech giant today at the ‘Made By Google’ event scheduled to begin at 10am ET (7.30pm IST). The Google event will launch a number of other products, including the Google Pixel Watch which was first teased by the company in May.

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Xbox Game Pass October 2022: Scorn, Chivalry 2, A Plague Tale: Requiem, and 8 More Games

Xbox Game Pass October 2022 releases include Scorn, Chivalry 2, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Eville, Dyson Sphere Program, Costume Quest, Medieval Dynasty, and two seasons of The Walking Dead.

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The Witcher: Four New Games Announced by CD Projekt Red

The Witcher franchise is expanding with a new set of games in the future. During its Group Strategy Update stream, CD Projekt Red went on an announcement spree, confirming four new additions to the fantasy franchise. They include a new trilogy codenamed project “Polaris” — the first of which was announced earlier this year as The Witcher 4. Then there’s a full...

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Twitch Fined by Russia for Hosting Ukraine Video, TikTok Faces Fine Over 'LGBT Propaganda'

TikTok was fined RUB 3 million (roughly 40 lakh) by Russia on Tuesday, after the platform owned Beijing-based IT company ByteDance did not take down content that violates Russian laws on 'LGBT propaganda'. Meanwhile, video streaming service Twitch was fined RUB 4 million (roughly Rs. 55 lakh) after it hosted a video interview with Ukrainian politician Oleksiy Arestovy...

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Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Codenamed Orion Announced by CD Projekt Red

A Cyberpunk 2077 sequel has been confirmed by CD Projekt Red. Codenamed “Orion,” the title is still in the early stages of development, and will require further growth of the team. CD Projekt Red is expanding into North America, with a new team based in Boston, Massachusetts, US. The Polish studio will partner with the existing Vancouver team to establish the larg...

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Elon Musk Proposes Twitter Takeover at Agreed Price; Calls Deal 'Accelerant' to Creating 'X' App

Elon Musk on Tuesday proposed in a letter to Twitter that he intended to complete his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,58,300 crore) takeover deal for Twitter. Musk's filings called for an end to a lawsuit by the social media company, which could have led to a ruling forcing him to pay a termination fee over his refusal to complete the acquisition of the microblogging serv...

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Redmi Pad With 10.61-Inch Display, MediaTek Helio G99, 8,000mAh Battery Launched in India: All Details

Redmi Pad was officially launched in India on Tuesday. The mid-range tablet comes with a 10.61-inch 2K resolution display that offers a 90Hz refresh rate. It is equipped with a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC, which is coupled with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage.

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Twitter Edit Tweet Feature Now Rolling Out to Blue Subscribers in These Countries

Twitter on Monday said a feature to edit tweets is being rolled out to those subscribing to its Blue service in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The tool will let users edit a tweet up to five times within 30 minutes of initially posting, Twitter said.

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Google Pixel Phones Running Android 13 Get October Update With Several Bug Fixes

Google has rolled out its October update for Pixel devices and it brings plenty of bug fixes. Several connectivity, user-interface, and audio related issues have been fixed. The update will be rolling out to Pixel 4a and 6a that are officially sold in India.

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Government Asks News Sites, TV Channels, OTT Platforms to Refrain From Showing Offshore Betting Site Ads

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued two advisories advising private television channels as well as digital news publishers and OTT platforms to refrain from showing advertisements of offshore online betting sites and surrogate advertisements of these sites. The advisories were supplemented with evidence which contained direct and surrogate ad...

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Majority Tokens Record Profits as Crypto Price Charts Turn Green

The global crypto market cap rose by 1.75 percent in the last 24 hours. Majority cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether, Tether, Ripple, and Polkadot — all saw gains. Only a few cryptocurrencies, like Tron and Bitcoin SV recorded losses on an otherwise profitable day for the crypto sector.

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Enforcement Directorate Begins Money Laundering Probe Into 'Keepsharer' Chinese App That Duped Youth

The Enforcement Directorate said on Monday that it has launched a probe into a Chinese "controlled" mobile app that allegedly duped a number of youngsters in the country. The agency stated that it had seized funds worth Rs. 5.85 crore in raids on least 12 entities in Bengaluru linked to "Chinese controlled" mobile app Keepsharer. The agency claims that "gullible publi...

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The 7 Biggest Web Series and TV Shows in October on Netflix, Hotstar, Apple TV+, and Prime Video

Mismatched season 2, The White Lotus season 2, Derry Girls season 3, Shantaram, The Midnight Club, The Peripheral, and Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — the biggest web series and TV shows in October 2022 on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Apple TV+, and Prime Video.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer Teases New Black Panther, Offers First Glimpse at Ironheart

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever just got a new trailer, ahead of its release on November 11. The Black Panther 2 trailer focuses on a new threat in the face of Wakandan forces, following King T’Challa’s death — Namor, the Sub-Mariner. The Black Panther 2 trailer also offers glimpses of the Ironheart suit, and Shuri (Letitia Wright) as the new incarnation of Black...

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Tecno Pova 4 Renders, Specifications Surface Online; Tip MediaTek Helio G99 SoC, 6,000mAh Battery

Tecno Pova 4 is reportedly making its way to the markets soon. Ahead of the official launch, the renders and key specifications of the handset have surfaced online. The handset is tipped to feature MediaTek Helio G99 SoC. The Tecno Pova 4 could sport dual rear cameras led by a 50-megapixel main sensor.

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Xiaomi Feels Disappointed by ED Order to Seize Assets, Says Will Continue to Protect Reputation

Xiaomi on Sunday said it was "disappointed" with an Indian order that froze $682 million (nearly Rs. 55,800 crore) of its assets and would continue to protect its interests. An Indian appellate authority on Friday confirmed an April order by India's federal financial crime fighting agency, the Enforcement Directorate, to seize Rs. 5,551 crore, saying a probe found Xia...

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Majority Cryptocurrencies Take a Dip; Binance Coin, Polygon Emerge Among Few Gainers

The overall crypto market saw a 0.95 percent decrease over the last day. Majority cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH, Solana, and Cardano among others — saw losses. While these dips are minor, but they did all together pull down the market momentum for the crypto sector. As per Mudrex CEO Edul Patel, market participants are reacting to the rising inflation and flu...

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Xiaomi Feels Disappointed by ED Order to Seize Assets, Says Will Continue to Protect Reputation

Xiaomi on Sunday said it was "disappointed" with an Indian order that froze $682 million (nearly Rs. 55,800 crore) of its assets and would continue to protect its interests. An Indian appellate authority on Friday confirmed an April order by India's federal financial crime fighting agency, the Enforcement Directorate, to seize Rs. 5,551 crore, saying a probe found Xia...

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Vivo Y52 5G (2022) With 48-Megapixel Triple Rear Cameras, 5,000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications

Vivo Y52 5G (2022) has been launched in Taiwan. The handset features 6.58-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,408 pixels) IPS LCD display and packs triple rear cameras led by a 48-megapixel main sensor. The Vivo Y52 5G (2022) is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The phone packs a 5,000mAh battery.

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Reliance Jio Said to Launch Budget Laptop JioBook With Embedded 4G Sim Card

Reliance Jio will launch a budget laptop priced at $184 (Nearly Rs. 15,000) with an embedded 4G sim card, aiming to replicate the success of its low-cost JioPhone in India's highly price-sensitive market, two sources told Reuters. The JioBook will be produced locally by contract manufacturer Flex with Jio aiming to sell "hundreds of thousands" of units by March, one o...

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Moto G72 Design, Specifications Leaked Ahead of Launch in India: All Details

Moto G72 design and specifications have been leaked online, ahead of the launch of the handset in India. The smartphone is tipped to feature a 108-megapixel camera setup, will be powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC, and pack a 5,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging.

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‘Connect Wallets, Share NFTs’: Meta Users in the US Get Feature on Facebook, Instagram

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram users in the US can now connect their digital wallets to the apps and share their NFT holdings with their followers and friends. NFTs supported on Ethereum, Polygon, and Flow blockchains can be shared on Facebook and Instagram for starters.

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Flipkart Big Dussehra Sale 2022 Dates Announced: Everything You Can Expect

Flipkart Big Dussehra Sale 2022 will run from October 5 to October 8 this year. The online marketplace has started teasing upcoming deals and offers ahead of the sale.

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Vi 5G Rollout to Begin Soon, No Launch Date, Coverage Timelines for Now

Vodafone Idea, the country's struggling third telecom player, plans to begin the journey to roll out 5G services, matching rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, but the firm has offered no specific timeline for the launch or coverage of the ultra high-speed internet services.

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Samsung Galaxy S23’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC Configuration Tipped, May Get New Telephoto Camera

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is rumoured to feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Now, a tipster has revealed the CPU core configuration and more details regarding this chipset. This flagship lineup could also feature a telephoto camera with sensor shift stabilization technology.

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Jio 5G Services to Roll Out Across India by December 2023, Says Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Jio, the nation's biggest telecom firm, will expand 5G telephony services offering ultra high-speed internet connectivity to every part of the country by December 2023, its chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Saturday.

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Musk Bid for More Data on Twitter Bot Accounts Denied by Judge

Elon Musk was denied access to additional documents about Twitter’s internal measure of robot and spam accounts after a judge concluded the company already disclosed enough of the information as part of the billionaire’s legal fight over a scuttled takeover.

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Elon Musk Previews Tesla Robot Optimus During AI Day, Says Not Ready

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday showed off a prototype of the humanoid robot 'Optimus', predicting the electric vehicle maker would be able to produce millions of them and sell them for under $20,000. A prototype model that Tesla said was developed in February walked out to wave at the crowd during the event.

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5G Telecom Service Rolls Out in India Today, PM Narendra Modi Announced Launch at India Mobile Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 5G telecom services on today at the inauguration ceremony of the India Mobile Congress which will conclude on October 4. The 5G telecom services aim at providing ultra high-speed internet services on smartphones. The 5G launch event was also joined by three major telecom giants in India — Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Voda...

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ONDC to Get Many More Apps Onboard in Coming Weeks as Beta Testing Begins in Bengaluru

The commerce and industry ministry on Friday said many more applications will join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in the coming weeks to expand both buyers and sellers who can participate in this platform. ONDC — the ministry's initiative to help small retailers and reduce the dominance of e-commerce giants — has opened to the public in certain parts...

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ONDC Network Begins Beta Testing in Bengaluru at Select Locations

Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), has opened its network to consumers in 16 locations across the city of Bengaluru, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Friday. To begin with, consumers can place their orders in two domains — groceries and restaurants — through bu...

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Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro India Pre-Order Date Set to October 6 via Flipkart

The Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will be available to pre-book in India starting from October 6 via Flipkart. The company is yet to reveal the pricing and the first sale date of these flagship smartphones.

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