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Thursday, Jul 27

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Elon Musk, X, stole the handle ‘@X’ from a photographer to rebrand Twitter, gave no compensation

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Elon Musk and his team forcibly took away the handle '@x' from a photographer, who had set up the account in 2007, without informing or paying them. Once he made some noise about it, he was given some 'X' branded merchandise after a…

07

‘US Govt. knew about aliens since 1930s, has been trying to reverse engineer their tech’: Army, intel veterans

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A former Air Force intelligence officer and two other veterans of the US armed forces suggested people have been murdered by the US government as part of the conspiracy to keep UFOs a secret in a hearing held by the US Congress

Wednesday, Jul 26

15

Samsung launches the Galaxy Fold 5, Galaxy Flip 5: Check Indian prices, other details

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Samsung has officially launched their flagship series for this year, the Galaxy Fold 5 and the Galaxy Flip 5. At the Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung also launched the all new Galaxy Watch 6, and the Galaxy Tab 9. We take a look at their…

14

Reel To Real: Scientists recreate Nolan’s ‘Inception’ concept, implant fake memories using deepfakes

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In a development that seems to be straight out of Christopher Nolan's Inception, scientists and researchers have discovered that false memories can be implanted by showing people deepfaked clips of movie remakes that were never actually…

Recycling is a ‘scam’, did more harm than good to the planet, say scientists

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Scientists at the University of Virginia claim that recycling is big scam that did more harm to the planet than any good. They claim that because recycling was marketed as a simple solution to a complex problem, people ignored the idea of…

13

Supercharged: EU kills range anxiety, passes law to set up EV charging stations at every 60km

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The EU has passed a new law that lays down some pretty comprehensive rules about EVs and the EV charging industry. By end of 2025 EV drivers will find an EV charger at every 60 kilometres. The law also specifies what fast charging solution…

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Riding the AI wave, Microsoft reports record-breaking profits, made $20.1 billion last quarter

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Microsoft made some serious money last quarter. Although CEO Satya Nadella believes that AI hasn't had that big a factor to play on these earnings, Microsoft, has been capitalizing on its investments in OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT, to launch…

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India’s Love For Apple: Edges out Germany, France to enter iPhone’s top 5 market for the first time

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India has become one of Apple iPhone's top 5 market for the first time this year, edging out Germany and France. During Q2 2023, India accounted for 4 per cent of Apple's iPhone sales. There was a 50 per cent YOY growth in iPhone sales in…

10

NASA steps in to help Brazil fight Amazon deforestation

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Brazil is facing a lot of challenges in its bid to stop or even slow down the rapid deforestation of the Amazon forest, To help combat the situation, NASA has decided to step in and share feeds from satellites flying over the Amazon forest

Australia slaps Meta with $14 million fine for illegally collecting user data, not disclosing it

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Meta has been slapped with a fine of $14 million dollars for using a VPN to illegally collect user data to target them with ads, all without disclosing the data collection part of the app

09

Scammers Love ‘Barbenheimer’: India saw massive jump in malware because of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’

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Scammers apparently have a new way of targeting people. Scammers are pulling all sorts of scams and malware attacks using Barbenheimer. Barbie, in particular is very popular among scammers as more people are trying to download the movie…

‘S3Xy’, ‘eXposure,’ ‘eXult’: Elon Musk renames conference rooms to match Twitter’s new X branding

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Being the eternal troll and marketing genius that he is, Elon Musk, soon after renaming and rebranding Twitter in to X, has renamed all the conference rooms in Twitter's head office. The new names, all play around the alphabet X

07

Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked: What to expect from the launch of Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5, where to watch live

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Samsung is expected to announce a bunch of new devices at this year's Galaxy Unpacked event. Apart from the Galaxy Flip 5 and the Galaxy Fold 5, Samsung will also launch the all new Galaxy Watch 6 series, as well as the Galaxy Tab S9 lineup

Tuesday, Jul 25

15

Best phones under Rs 15,000 (July 2023): Realme Narzo N55, Poco M5 to Samsung Galaxy M13

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Here are your best smartphone options to choose from under Rs 15,000 in India this month

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China ‘strongly urges’ Japan not to be influenced by the US and disrupt global tech industry

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With Japan set to impose hard restrictions on exports of Japanese chip-making technology, China, who depends on expertise from Japan, Netherlands and Taiwan, has urged Japan not to get influenced by the US' propaganda and end up disrupting…

After Meta’s Threads, TikTok now wants to launch a ‘Twitter Killer,’ gears up for a major overhaul

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After Meta's Threads tried taking down Twitter and failed spectacularly, TikTok has now announced that it will be taking on the all new X platform and launch a new feature that will make TikTok the new Twitter

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Apple’s $1 Billion Headache: Tech giant to get sued by app developers over App Store fees in UK

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Apple is set to get sued for $1 billion in the UK by over 1500 app developers over the 30% commission it charges on payments made through the App Store. Apple has had to face legal challenges on this issue several times, including the much…

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Samsung’s Galaxy Flip 4 was a cracker of a foldable smartphone that still holds its value pretty well

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Samsung is all set to launch the Galaxy Flip 5 and the Galaxy Fold 5. The outgoing Galaxy Flip 4 however, still holds its value pretty well, and was a solid performer and soldier for foldable devices, across smartphone makers

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‘Semicon India result of PM Modi’s vision, happy that 2023 exhibition is taking place in Gandhinagar’: IT Minister

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The Semicon India 2023 exhibition will start on July 28, and will be inaugurated by PM Modi. IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar revealed that he is happy that the exhibition is taking place in Gandhinagar, and that Semicon India is the…

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Elon Musk’s Twitter rebranding may not work out, Microsoft, Meta own several trademarks of ‘X’

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Elon Musk's plans to rebrand Twitter as X may not go as he and CEO Linda Yaccarino may have planned. As it turns out, several tech companies in the US, including Microsoft and Meta, own several trademarks on the letter, and may sue Musk…

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‘Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi committed tax evasion of around Rs 9,000 cr’: Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Parliament

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Oppo Mobile, Vivo India, and Xiaomi Technology have collectively evaded tax worth Rs 9,000 crore, by dodging custom duties and GST, said IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. So far, the government has successfully recovered Rs 1,630 crore…

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Twitter staff trying to remove the older logo from their building get detained by the police

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Soon after Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X some employees at the San Francisco office tried to take the Twitter Logo down, and got a crane to do so. However, because of a misunderstanding, the San Francisco police had to get involved, and…

07

Around The World In 2 hours: NASA’s new aircraft can soon take you to any point on Earth in a jiffy

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NASA's experimental supersonic aircraft, the X-59 can travel between any two points on the Earth in about 2 hours. Also called the 'Son of Concorde,' NASA's X59 can complete a normal 15 hour flight in 39 minutes. A 22 hour flight, could be…

Monday, Jul 24

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tears a new hole in the Earth’s ionosphere

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A rocket launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX caused a temporary hole in the ionosphere surrounding Earth. Photos from the July 19 launch revealed a faint red glow, which caught the attention of space physicist Jeff Baumgardner from Boston…

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Internet’s Underbelly: 8 YO buys AK-47 from the dark web using money he made working as a hacker

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The 8 year old boy from Netherlands started making some pretty good money while working with cyber criminals as a hacker. He made enough to buy an AK-47 and ammunition. The boy's mother only came to know of all this, because the gun was…

AI Salesman: China’s e-commerce platforms set to get AI-hosts for announcing deals during sale livestreams

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Livestreaming during massive sale seasons is a huge aspect in China's e-commerce industry. Now, instead of influencers, e-commerce platforms are turning towards AI-generated videos, to host the streams

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It’s Official: Elon Musk completes Twitter’s rebranding to X, tweets will be called ‘sending an X’

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Elon Musk has officially completed Twitter's rebranding to X. The social media platform's page now reads that it is now called X. The UI also shows that the bird logo has been dropped from a number of places

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Unholy Union: Scientists are now trying to power AI using human brain cells

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Scientists are trying to give AI human brains, quite literally. A team of researchers in Australia has won a grant to research how to get AI models operate on human brain cells and other non-silicon based processors

ChatGPT’s Sam Altman creates new cryptocurrency called Worldcoin, meant ‘only for humans’

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OpenAI's Sam Altman, who, over the last couple of months has become the unofficial face for ChatGPT and AI has now launched a new crypto project called Worldcoin, which is designed "only to be used by humans in an AI dominated internet"

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Christopher Nolan insists people watch ‘Oppenheimer’ in IMAX and here’s why they should

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Although the film has been digitized to be compatible with all screens, Oppenheimer is best experienced in specific IMAX theatres, thanks to IMAX 65mm’s aspect ratio and a native resolution of 16K