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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…

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…

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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…

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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

‘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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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

08

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

15

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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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

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X Marks The Spot: Elon Musk starts Twitter’s makeover into a ‘super app’ with many new upcoming features

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Elon Musk has finally started transforming Twitter into Platform X or X the everything app, a move that tech analysts had predicted he would make when he acquired Twitter. The new rebranded Twitter will have a bunch of features, powered by…

Friday, Jul 21

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Oppo Enco Air3 Pro Review: Among the best all-round TWS earbuds under Rs 5,000 in India

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The Oppo Enco Air3 Pro is probably the most feature-rich pair of TWS earphones in this segment, and also sounds better than most under Rs 5,000

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Why Brits may not be able to use Apple’s iMessage, FaceTime anymore?

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The UK is set to update amendments the Investigatory Powers Act giving the government unbridled snooping powers, and making tech products and their users vulnerable to hacking. Apple has threatened to pull some of its key services out of…

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Blind, leading the blind: Developers are using AI-generated data to train their AI bots

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AI developers are training their models and LLMs on AI generated data, mainly to save costs. Although data on the internet is noisy, it is the most diverse data set that AI developers can ask for. However, because it is expensive, AI…

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Threads by Meta loses its top spot on App Store and Play Store to new viral AI photo app

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Threads by Meta has lost its top position on the app charts on both, Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It had one of the longest runs by any app to occupy the top spot on both the platforms, before losing its crown to Remini, an AI…

08

Giant Asteroid that blindsided NASA, almost hit Earth

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NASA came to know of the giant asteroid two days after it flew past us. The asteroid had entered the Earth's 60,000 mile radius, which means it narrowly missed us. To put it in perspective, the Moon, is about 230,000 miles away from the…

07

Google pays their Software Engineers much more than their Engineering Managers, reveals leak

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At Google, it is quite possible for software engineers to make more money than their supervisors, especially if the Engineering Manager is not from a software engineering background. A leaked document revealed the median pay at Google,…

Thursday, Jul 20

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Sexed Up: AI-powered sex dolls will replace human relationships, says ex-Google top boss

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Human interactions with AI and AI bots will become so seamless that it will be hard to distinguish between what is AI-generated and what is human, says Mohammad "Mo" Gawdat. As a result, relationships with AI-powered sex dolls will be very…

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Netflix says password-sharing crackdowns led to more signups than cancellations

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Netflix's most recent earnings report has revealed that because of their crackdown on password sharing, people are signing up for their own accounts. This is opposite of what experts had claimed when they said that people will leave the…

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Super Tesla, Super Elon Musk: EV maker earned over $25 bn last quarter, despite lowering margins

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Despite falling margins, Tesla had a blast in the last quarter, where it made over $25 billion. Tesla may very well become the most profitable car maker soon, as it is set to meet its projections this year, which will only be boosted by…

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Apple GPT: iPhone-maker working on their own generative AI bot, employees already using it

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Apple is working on its own generative AI, which has been internally named Apple GPT. Apple GPT is based on Ajax, an LLM developed on Jax Google's machine learning framework. Apple's AI bot will be released to the public in the coming…

Wednesday, Jul 19

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Best phones under Rs 10,000 (July 2023): Poco C55, Motorola G12 to Redmi 12C

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Here are the top 5 smartphones under Rs 10,000 in India this month with 128 GB storage and 50MP cameras

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Is AI overhyped and the biggest bubble yet? CEO of a major AI company thinks so

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Stable Diffusion's CEO, Emad Mostaque, has claimed that AI is the biggest bubble ever, even bigger than the Dot Com Bubble, and that all these AI firms with crazy valuations will come crashing down like a house of cards

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FP Special – Seema Haider’s ‘Love Story’ or ‘Spy Saga’: Four ways ATS, IB can crack, recover her digital data

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As fascinating as Seema Haider's case is, it also raises many questions given that the ATS and IB are having so many issues in recovering her digital data. Even though they may not have access to her smartphones anymore, there are ways to…