Monday, 28 February 2022

TikTok Allowing Users to Upload Longer Videos in Challenge to YouTube

TikTok began letting users upload videos as long as 10 minutes, ramping up the platform's challenge to YouTube.

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NFT-Dedicated Marketplace Launched by Rakuten in Japan

Japanese retail giant Rakuten has launched a new online marketplace, dedicated to NFTs. The site will allow people to buy and sell digital collectibles inspired by sports, anime, and entertainment...

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Gran Turismo 7 Set to Release on March 4: All You Need to Know

Gran Turismo 7 - to be released on PS4 and PS5 - is the eighth title in the Gran Turismo franchise. The upcoming game features around 400 cars that include basic family cars to rare and exotic...

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Sunday, 27 February 2022

Samsung Unveils New Galaxy Book 2 Pro Laptops and More at MWC 2022

Samsung at its MWC 2022 event unveiled the Galaxy Book 2 Pro, Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360, Galaxy Book 2 Business, and Galaxy Book 2 360.

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Official Kremlin Website Down Amid Ukraine Crisis

The official website of the Kremlin, the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin, kremlin.ru, was down on Saturday.

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Meta to Bar Russian State Media From Running Ads, Monetising on Platform

Facebook restricted Russian state media's ability to earn money on the social media platform as Moscow's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine reached the streets of Kyiv.

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Elon Musk Says Starlink Internet Service Activated in Ukraine

Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX' Starlink satellite broadband service is available in Ukraine and SpaceX is sending more terminals to the country whose Internet has been disrupted due to the...

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Google Blocks RT, Other Russian Channels From Earning Ad Dollars

Google barred on Saturday Russia's state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps, and YouTube videos, similar to a move by Facebook after the...

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Twitter Says Its Site Is Being Restricted in Russia Amid Ukraine Crisis

Twitter is being restricted for some users in Russia, the social media company said in a tweet on Saturday, February 26.

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Saturday, 26 February 2022

Bridgerton 2, Venom 2, Outlander 6, and More on Netflix in March

Bridgerton season 2, Venom: Let There Be Carnage / Venom 2, Outlander season 6, Ryan Reynolds' The Adam Project, Eternally Confused and Eager for Love, Formula 1: Drive to Survive season 4, Taarak...

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Swiss Crypto-Centric SEBA Bank Enters UAE's Financial Centre

Switzerland's SEBA Bank will be offering crypto-focused investment, trading, and banking services now in UAE as well. The company has expanded to the Abi Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). This expansion...

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Russia-Ukraine War: Taiwan Anticipates Limited Impact on Chip Supply Chain

Taiwan says Russia Ukraine war is likely to have a limited impact on its capacity to produce and supply semiconductor chips.

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Nvidia Says It's Investigating a Potential Cyberattack

Nvidia, the most valuable chipmaker in the world, said on Friday that it is investigating a potential cyberattack.

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Friday, 25 February 2022

Russian Showcase at Mobile World Congress Blocked After Ukraine Invasion

MWC organisers have announced that there will be no Russian showcase at the event this year and some Russian companies and their executives will be banned from attending because of international...

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Russia to Restrict Facebook Access for 'Censoring' Its Media Over Ukraine Invasion

Russia has restricted access to Facebook in the country after Moscow accused the Meta-owned social media platform of censoring the state media over its military operation in Ukraine.

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China Revises Law to Criminalise Fundraising in Cryptocurrency

Residents of China that engage in fundraising activities via cryptocurrencies will now be subject to jail time, if caught. China has banned crypto-based fundraising, making it a criminal offence....

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Motorola Edge+ (2022) With Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, Smart Stylus Launched

Motorola Edge+ (2022) was launched in the US on Thursday, with almost the same specifications as the Motorola Edge 30 Pro that was launched in India on the same day. The Motorola Edge+ (2022) is...

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Thursday, 24 February 2022

Dell Expects PC Backlog to Grow in Q1 2022 Amid Supply Chain Issues

Dell said it expects PC backlog to balloon in the first quarter due to supply chain constraints and reported a quarterly profit miss, sending its shares down seven percent in extended trading.

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Google Ditching Chrome Lite Data Saver Mode on Android

Google is removing a feature of Chrome for Android that for years helped people cut down on their mobile data usage.

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Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Facebook, Twitter Highlight Security Steps for Users

Meta has set up a special operations centre to monitor the conflict in Ukraine, and it launched a feature so users in the country can lock their social media profiles for security, a company official...

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Chandrayaan-2 Detects Solar Proton Events: ISRO

A Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS), a payload on-board Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, has detected solar proton events which significantly increase the radiation exposure to humans in space, ISRO...

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Tether, USD Coin Reap Small Gains Despite BTC, ETH Seeing Losses

Bitcoin and Ether, along with Binance Coin, Polkadot, Shiba Inu, and Dogecoin opened with losses. Stablecoins such as USD Coin and Tether have managed to bag small gains. The geo-political tensions...

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Realme Narzo 50 to Launching in India Today: Watch Live

Realme Narzo 50 is set to debut in India has the third smartphone in the Realme Narzo 50 series. The smartphone is confirmed to launch with a MediaTek Helio G96 SoC under the hood, and will offer...

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Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Twitter Mistakenly Pulled Accounts Monitoring Russian Troops

Twitter acknowledged it suspended in error some accounts relaying information about Russian military movements as the threat builds for an attack on Ukraine.

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Ukraine Websites Hit by More Cyberattacks, Destructive Malware

Ukraine's parliament and other government and banking websites were hit with another punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks Wednesday, and cybersecurity researchers said...

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Meta Lays Out Moves Being Made to Build the Metaverse

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked up his company's efforts to build the metaverse, an immersive virtual world he has billed as the Facebook parent's future.

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Motorola Edge 30 Pro Set to Debut in India on February 24, Flipkart Teases

Motorola Edge 30 Pro India launch date has been teased by Flipkart. The online marketplace has created a dedicated mobile webpage that shows February 24 as the launch date for the new Motorola phone....

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Sony Reveals First Look at PlayStation VR2 Headset, PS VR2 Sense Controller

PlayStation VR2 and PS VR2 Sense controller have been unveiled by Sony, showing gamers what to expect from the company's next-generation VR headset. The new headset features a PS5 inspired design,...

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Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Amazon Still Interfering With Union Election at Alabama Warehouse, Say Workers

Amazon Alabama workers who are prepping for a second round of voting in their bid to unionise have alleged that the e-commerce giant continues to interfere with the election process.

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Facebook Reels Launched Globally in 150 Countries to Rival TikTok

Facebook Reels has been expanded globally to 150 countries in a move by Meta to more effectively rival short video apps like TikTok on all fronts. Meta had introduced Reels on Instagram in 2020.

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Realme 9 Pro 5G to Go on Sale in India for the First Time Today

Realme 9 Pro 5G is set to go on sale in India today. The new Realme smartphone will be available for purchase in three different colour options. It comes with an initial price tag of Rs. 17,999 as...

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Monday, 21 February 2022

BTC, ETH Open With Value Dents; Tether, USD Coin See Small Gains

Along with Bitcoin and Ether, majority altcoins like Cardano, Ripple, Polkadot, and Solana saw substantial losses. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu also saw dips. Binance USD managed to bag very small gain.

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Poco M4 Pro 5G Goes on Sale in India Today: All Details

Poco M4 Pro 5G goes on sale in India today (Tuesday, February 22) for the first time. The Poco phone comes with a 90Hz display and carries dual rear cameras. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek...

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Best TWS: True Wireless Earphones in India

We've tested a bunch of true wireless earphones, and here are the ones we like the most, including options from OnePlus, Apple, Samsung, and more.

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Ukraine Warns of Cyberattacks on Banks, State Agencies, Defence Sector

Ukrainian authorities said they had seen online warnings that hackers were preparing to launch major attacks on government agencies, banks, and the defence sector.

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Donald Trump's Truth Social Tops Downloads in US, Many Waitlisted

Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple's App Store, potentially marking the former president's return to social media after he was banned from several...

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OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G Now on Open Sale in India: Everything You Should Know

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How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5's February 22 India Restock

PS5 India February 22 restock - for Rs. 49,990 Blu-ray PlayStation 5, and Rs. 39,990 PS5 Digital Edition - is available at Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, Game Loot, Games The Shop, Reliance Digital,...

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Sunday, 20 February 2022

Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud: 7 More Held in Nagpur

The number of arrests in a Rs. 40-crore cryptocurrency fraud in Nagpur in which over 2,000 investors were duped reached 11, a day after the main accused, his wife, and two associates were held from...

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OnePlus TV Y1S and OnePlus TV Y1S Edge Bring a Smarter TV Experience: Now on Sale in India

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The Myth of Crypto Decentralisation

In reference to blockchain, decentralisation refers to the transfer of control and decision-making from a centralised entity to a distributed network, but things aren't as black and white in the case...

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Realme 9 Pro+ 5G First Sale in India Begins Today: All Details

Realme 9 Pro+ 5G will go on sale in India for the first time today (February 21) and the company's latest midrange smartphone comes with a MediaTek Dimensity 920 SoC under the hood, paired with up...

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Redmi Note 11S Sale Begins in India Today: All You Need to Know

Redmi Note 11S was launched in India last week and it is now going on sale in the country for the first time today. The handset will be available for purchase in three colour options with an initial...

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Vivo V23e 5G Launching in India Today: How to Watch Livestream

Vivo V23e 5G will launch in India today at 12pm IST (noon). The smartphone's launch event will be livestreamed on Vivo's official Youtube channel. The third smartphone in the Vivo V23 lineup was...

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Saturday, 19 February 2022

How Can You Get a Fancy BSNL Number Online: All Details

In this article, we are providing details on how you can get a BSNL fancy number online. BSNL calls these numbers as vanity numbers that are available on the basis of e-auctions.

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All You Need to Know About Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is a major expansion pack for Destiny 2 - the popular free-to-play online-only multiplayer first-person shooter. The new expansion pack gets new location, maps, weapons,...

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How a Saudi Activist's iPhone Revealed NSO and Hacking Around the World

A software glitch in a Saudi women's rights activist's iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world's most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal...

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Tesla Software Updates Allow Quick Fixes - and Taking Risks: Analysis

Tesla quickly issuing safety patches via remote software updates is an approach other automakers eye enviously, but that also carries risk as cars become more like rolling computers.

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Friday, 18 February 2022

US Securities Regulator Says Not Harassing Elon Musk

US securities regulator has denied allegations that it was harassing Elon Musk and has written in a letter that they're following a judge's instructions in trying to speak with the Tesla CEO's...

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Tencent Opposes US Fake Goods Label for WeChat

WeChat parent Tencent has expressed a strong disagreement with a US Trade Representative (USTR) decision to add WeChat to a list of notorious markets known for trade in counterfeit goods.

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Elon Musk Donates Satellite Gear to Reconnect Tonga After Tsunami

Elon Musk has donated satellite terminals to help Tonga, the volcano-damaged Pacific island, reconnect with the world.

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Mixed Reality a Few Years Away, Meta Tells Advertisers

Facebook parent Meta has told advertising agencies that mixed reality - the technology that merges the physical and digital worlds - could be a few years away.

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Fidelity Launches Its First Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product in Europe

British Investment firm Fidelity International has introduced its first investment product that tracks Bitcoin in Europe called the Fidelity Physical Bitcoin ETP.

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Snapchat Introduces Live Location Sharing for Users Around the Globe

Snapchat on Friday launched Temporary Live Location to let its users share their live locations with friends. The feature is available alongside the existing Snap Map that was introduced in 2017.

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Twitter Now Lets Users Pin Up to Six DM Conversations on Mobile and Web

Twitter has introduced a new pinned conversations feature allowing users to add up to six chats to the top of their Direct Messages inbox for easy access. These conversations will continue to remain...

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Bitcoin, Ether Lead Majority Altcoins into Losses

Along with Bitcoin and Ether, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Ripple, and Cardano also registered losses. Only Tether and Binance USD among a few more coins saw minor gains.

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Stranger Things 4 Release Dates Unveiled, Season 5 Will End Netflix Series

Stranger Things 4 Volume 1 premieres May 27 on Netflix, and Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 follows July 1. Stranger Things will end with a fifth and final season. The Duffer Brothers are already teasing...

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Thursday, 17 February 2022

Amazon Accepts Visa Credit Cards in Global Truce Over Fees

Amazon has agreed to allow visa cards for payments on its sites worldwide without additional fees.

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Crypto Police: FBI Is Forming a Digital Currency Unit for Virtual Asset Seizures

FBI is launching a unit for blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure and the US Justie department has tapped a seasoned computer crimes prosecutor to lead its new national cryptocurrency...

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Google Doodle Honours Creator of the World's First Chickenpox Vaccine

Google has featured a new Doodle in honour of Dr. Michiaki Takahashi, the creator of the world's first vaccine against chickenpox. The vaccine was developed in 1974, and is still in use today to...

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Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Apple CEO Tim Cook's 2021 Compensation Is Being Questioned

Apple CEO Tim Cook's remuneration is being questioned proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which has urged Apple investors to vote against the CEO's bonus citing concerns...

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Spotify Buys Podsights and Chartable to Up Its Podcasting Game

Spotify announced on Thursday that it has acquired Podsights and Chartable, two services that provide greater insights for advertisers and podcasting publishers.

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A OnePlus Double Feature: Tune In to Watch the Livestream

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OnePlus Nord CE 2, TV Y1S Series to Launch in India Today: How to Watch Live

OnePlus is set to launch OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G, the latest addition to the company's code edition (CE) smartphone lineup, alongside the OnePlus TV Y1S, OnePlus TV Y1S Edge smart TV models today....

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Oppo Reno 7 5G Goes on Sale in India: All Details

Oppo Reno 7 5G to go on sale in India for the first time tonight. The flagship smartphone form Oppo was launched in India last week along with the vanilla Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G. The smartphone sports a...

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Chromebook Features Are Coming to PC and Mac Users With Chrome OS Flex

Google has announced a new version of Chrome OS for older PC and Mac users. Chrome OS Flex will allow users to use the same Chrome OS experience including background updates, sandboxing, web apps, and...

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Nothing Phone Teased by Founder Carl Pei in Cryptic Tweets

Nothing phone launch has been teased by founder Carl Pei in a series of cryptic tweets. The tweets received responses from official Android and Snapdragon accounts. The Nothing phone is rumoured to...

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Cyberpunk 2077 PS5, Xbox Series S/X Version Released As a Free Upgrade

Cyberpunk 2077 next-generation upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series S/X consoles has arrived in the form of Patch 1.5 after a long wait, with Polish developer CD Projekt unveiling it during a livestream...

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Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Discord Says 'Rolled Back Problem' After Outage Affects Thousands

Discord announced that it had "rolled back problem" shortly after the service, popular with gamers, went down on Tuesday. Over 44,000 users reported the outage on downdetector.com, a website that...

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Sansad TV Says YouTube Channel Restored, Was Compromised by 'Scamsters'

Sansad TV's YouTube channel was restored on Tuesday after being blocked briefly "for violating YouTube's community guidelines". The channel later said its YouTube account was compromised due to...

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Ukraine Defence Ministry, Largest State Banks Knocked Out With Cyberattacks

Ukraine authorities said on Tuesday that its defence ministry website along with those of its two largest state banks were under cyberattacks, as tensions persisted over the threat of a possible...

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Realme 9 Pro 5G, Realme 9 Pro+ 5G Launch in India Today: Watch Livestream

Realme 9 Pro 5G and Realme 9 Pro+ 5G will launch in India today at 1:30pm IST. The launch event will be livestreamed on Realme's official YouTube channel. Realme 9 Pro+ has been confirmed to be...

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OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G Price, Colours Tipped Ahead of February 17 Launch

OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G is set to launch on February 17 and pricing for the upcoming handset has been shared by a tipster ahead of its debut. OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G is tipped to launch in two RAM and...

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Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes in Final Talks to Host Oscars 2022

Oscars 2022 will be held at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on March 27, and Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall are in final negotiations to host the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.

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Monday, 14 February 2022

Poco M4 Pro 5G Set to Launch in India Today: All Details

Poco M4 Pro 5G India launch is taking place today (Tuesday, February 15) through a livestream. The Poco phone debuted in Europe last year, with features including a 90Hz display and a MediaTek...

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Vedanta and Foxconn Partner to Make Chips in India Amid Global Shortage

Foxconn, a major Apple supplier, has partnered with Indian conglomerate Vedanta to make semiconductors in the in India amid a global chip shortage.

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Asus ROG Phone 5s, ROG Phone 5s Pro to Launch in India Today: Details

Asus ROG Phone 5s and ROG Phone 5s Pro India launch will be held today (Tuesday, February 15).

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Moon Knight Is 'Loud', 'Brutal,' and Will 'Not Pull Back', Kevin Feige Says

Moon Knight - the next Marvel series on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar, premiering March 30 - will be "loud", "brutal," and will "not pull back" from the violence. Marvel Studios president Kevin...

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Pegasus: Lawyers in Netanyahu Trial Say No Illegal Phone Taps Found

Prosecutors in the high-profile corruption case against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that police have found no unlawful use of phone surveillance technology against witnesses in the...

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San Francisco 49ers Hit by Ransomware Attack

The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cybercriminals claiming they stole some of the football team's financial data.

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Sunday, 13 February 2022

Jio Forays Into Satellite Broadband Market in Partnership With SES

Jio announced a joint venture with Luxembourg-based SES to provide satellite-based broadband services in India, a joint statement said.

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Digital Rupee: What the Introduction of CBDC Entails for India

CBDC, or the Central Bank Digital Currency, has emerged as quite the buzzword in India. Earlier this month, Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman announced that India will soon get its CBDC or...

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Dying Light 2 Stay Human Review: When Zombies Meet Parkour

Dying Light 2 Review: a role-playing game that mixes zombies with parkour. Dying Light 2 Stay Human - successor to the original Dying Light that came out in 2015 - introduces some new characters...

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Saturday, 12 February 2022

Redmi Smart Band Pro Review: Best Budget Fitness Tracker?

The Redmi Smart Band Pro is a budget fitness tracker that offers heart rate, SpO2, and workout tracking for a price of Rs. 3,999. It can be paired with Android as well as iOS smartphones and features...

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Telegram is Said to Have Blocked 64 of Its Channels in Germany

Telegram has blocked 64 of its channels in Germany, local newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.

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Apple Said to Raise Salary of Its US Employees Effective This Month

Apple is said to be raising the salary of its US retail employees by up to 10 percent, effective this month.

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Friday, 11 February 2022

James Webb Space Telescope Spots Its First Star - and Takes a Selfie

NASA has shared the first picture sent back by the James Webb Space Telescope - as well as a selfie - that is now up and running. The new space telescope will eventually replace the aging Hubble...

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NFT Marketplace That Sold First-Ever Tweet Shuts Due to Fakes, Wash-Trading

NFT marketplace Cent, which was behind facilitating the sale of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's first tweet on the platform, has shut operations citing rampant fakes, plagiarism, and wash-trading.

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Intel Launches New Chip for Crypto Mining and Making NFTs

Intel has launched a new chip it says has been specially designed for blockchain activities such as Bitcoin mining and minting NFTs.

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Twitter Went Down in May Countries Due to Software Glitch

Twitter was not accessible for thousands of users around the world on Friday. The issue was acknowledged by the social network and fixed shortly after.

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The Best PC Games to Play Right Now

The best PC games to play right now are Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassins Creed Valhalla, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Age of Empires...

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Gehraiyaan movie review: Nuanced Drama Dooms Itself With Odd Choices

Gehraiyaan movie review: Shakun Batra's new film - with Deepika Padukone, Ananya Panday, and Siddhant Chaturvedi - sets itself up as one thing before transforming into something unexpected and...

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Thursday, 10 February 2022

OnlyFans to Now Allow Users to Put Up NFT Profile Pictures

OnlyFans, an online subscription platform known for adult content, has launched a feature for users to display verified NFTs as profile pictures, it said.

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MX TakaTak to Merge With ShareChat's Moj Short Video Platform

MX TakaTak will merge with ShareChat's Moj platform to create a community of 100 million content creators with access to 300 million monthly active users, a joint statement said.

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Oppo Reno 7 5G Pre-Orders Begin in India Today

Oppo Reno 7 5G was launched in India earlier this month and it is now going on pre-orders in the country for the first time today, February 11. Users interested in buying Oppo's latest Reno 7-series...

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Apple Aims to Thwart Unwanted AirTag Tracking With Tweaks

Apple announced updates to AirTag tracking devices to prevent them from being used to secretly track people instead of just finding lost keys, wallets, or other items.

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Tesla Recalls Nearly 579,000 Vehicles in US: Find Out Why

Tesla is recalling nearly 579,000 vehicles in the US because a "Boombox" function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.

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Twitter Misses Advertising Revenue and User Growth Estimates

Twitter reported weaker-than-expected quarterly advertising revenue and user growth and forecast revenue short of Wall Street targets, indicating that its turnaround plan has yet to bear fruit.

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Uber Sees Recovery in Ride Demand, Reports Quarterly Profit

Uber reported its second quarterly operating profit as demand for its ride-hailing service approached pre-pandemic levels and its food delivery business turned profitable for the first time.

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OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G Set to Launch in India on February 17

OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G launch date has been set for February 17, the company announced on Thursday. The upcoming smartphone has been teased by the company in a short video on Twitter, showing the design...

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Wednesday, 9 February 2022

NASA Raises Concerns About SpaceX Satellite Deployment Plan

NASA raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink, as have some major companies.

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Airtel Says Tariff Hike Expected in 2022

Airtel may take lead in hiking mobile call and services rates this year as it looks to increase average revenue per user to Rs. 200, a top official of the company said.

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Samsung Ends Galaxy Note, Bets Big on Foldables to Tackle iPhone

Samsung is making the biggest change to its smartphone strategy in years by reorganising around its big-selling Galaxy S and foldable Galaxy Z series. The company plans to discontinue its Note lineup...

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Bitcoin, Ether Price Surge Hits a Blip as Bears Fight Back

Bitcoin bulls have successfully returned the world's most popular digital currency's price to the $44,000 (roughly Rs. 33 lakh) support level, boosted by encouraging occurrences although a run...

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Instagram Rolls Out Bulk Delete Options, Multiple New Account Controls

Instagram has unveiled a host of new features, making it easier to remove content and review other user activity on the platform. These features were rolled out as a part of the Safer Internet Day...

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Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Vivo T1 5G Launching in India Today: Livestream Details, Specifications

Vivo T1 5G will launch in India today at 12pm. The smartphone launched in China last year alongside Vivo T1x 5G. The Indian variant seems to be different from the Chinese variant, as both get...

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Chip Production: EU Looks to Ease Dependency on Asia

The European Union announced a $48-billion (roughly Rs. 3,58,520 crore) plan to become a major semiconductor producer, seeking to curb its dependency on Asian markets for the component that powers...

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iPhone Handsets to Get Tap-to-Pay Feature in Apple's Fintech Push

Apple is introducing a new feature that will allow businesses to accept credit card and digital payments with just a tap on their iPhone handsets, bypassing hardware systems such as Block's Square...

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Call of Duty: Warzone, Vanguard Season Two to Land on February 14: All Details

Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Vanguard Season Two is set to debut on February 14, publisher Activision has announced on Tuesday. The latest update to both titles will feature new armoured...

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Majority of Cryptos See Gains Challenging Fears of Crypto Winter

Along with Bitcoin and Ether other cryptocurrencies like Tether, Binance, and Ripple also scored gains. Only a few altcoins like Solana and Binance USD brought reds to the crypto price charts on...

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Monday, 7 February 2022

Honor 60 SE With iPhone 13 Pro-Like Camera Module Goes Official

Honor 60 SE was launched on Tuesday (February 8) as a successor to Honor 50 SE. The new Honor phone comes with triple rear cameras and a 120Hz curved display.

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Motorola Edge-Series Smartphone India Launch Date Revealed

A Motorola Edge-series smartphone has been teased to launch in India later this month. It is being speculated to be Motorola Edge 30 Pro, essentially a rebranded version of Moto Edge X30 that launched...

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Tesla Receives Subpoena From US SEC Over 2018 Settlement

Tesla said it received a subpoena from the US securities regulator related to a settlement that required CEO Elon Musk's tweets on material information about the company to be vetted.

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Former Trump Advisor Peter Thiel Leaving Meta's Board of Directors

Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former US President Donald Trump, is leaving the board of directors of Facebook-parent Meta.

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Meta Says It Has No Plans to Quit Europe Over Data Transfer Spat

Facebook-parent Meta said it has no plans to pull its services from Europe, after raising the possibility amid an ongoing row over transferring European data to the United States.

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Nvidia May Scrap $40-Billion Acquisition of Arm: Here's Why

US firm Nvidia is scrapping its $40 billion (roughly Rs. 2,98,600 crore) bid to buy UK mobile chip technology powerhouse Arm from SoftBank after persistent objections from regulators.

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Apple Music Free Trial Slashed Down From Three to One Month: Report

Apple Music's three-month free trial for new users has been reduced to one month in some countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, and the UK, among others.

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Joe Rogan Podcast Episode Gets Deleted From Spotify

Joe Rogan apologised Saturday for his past use of racist language including the "N word" and said at least one offensive episode of his show has been deleted from streaming giant Spotify.

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Sunday, 6 February 2022

Airtel to Spend Rs. 1,17,000 Crore on Subsidiary Businesses Over 5 Years

Bharti Airtel has plans to spend about Rs. 1,17,000 crore through business transactions with its subsidiaries like Indus Towers, Nxtra, and Bharti Hexacom, according to a regulatory filing.

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Google Chrome Is Getting a New Logo After Eight Years

Chrome is changing its logo for the first time since 2014 though the changes are quite subtle.

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How Will Your Crypto Be Taxed?

Indian exchanges are rejoicing over a recently announced crypto tax, but investors aren't necessarily happy and most of it is because of uncertainty on how their income from crypto will be taxed.

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Saturday, 5 February 2022

Next Grand Theft Auto Title in Development, Confirms Rockstar Games

GTA 6, or the next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series, is in 'active development', its developer Rockstar Games' subsidiary Take Two Interactive announced via a tweet on Friday.

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Amazon Workers Try New Tactics in Second Attempt to Unionise in Alabama

Amazon workers in Alabama are trying new tactics to gather support in favour of unionising in a do-over election after Amazon was determined to have unfairly influenced the first election last year.

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Friday, 4 February 2022

Meta Adds 'Personal Boundary' After Sexual Harassment Reports in Metaverse

Meta introduced a new 'personal boundary' on Friday after reports of sexual harassment in the Horizon Worlds metaverse raised questions about the VR experience.

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Amazon Gains $190 Billion in Value in Greatest Single-Day Surge

Amazon gained a whopping $190 Billion on Friday, recording the company's biggest single-day gain of 13.5 percent, following a blockbuster quarterly earnings report.

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Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Says Journalists' Data Stolen in Hack

Wall Street Journal and New York Post owner News Corp said on Friday that it has been the victim of a major hack attack that targeted journalists and stole their data including draft articles.

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Apple Said to Launch iPhone SE 3, Updated iPad in March

Apple plans to launch iPhone SE 3 with 5G capabilities and a new iPad at an event on or near March 8, Bloomberg has reported citing people familiar with the matter.

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Thursday, 3 February 2022

Bitcoin, Ether Usher Crypto Price Charts on Gain Trail

After weeks of losses, Bitcoin value finally touched the mark of $40,000 (roughly Rs. 30 lakh) on Indian exchange CoinSwitch Kuber. Ether, Cardano, Solana, and Ripple also registered gains. Some...

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Amazon Overcomes Supply Chain Snags to Report Nearly Double Profits in Q4

Amazon reported that its profits nearly doubled in the final three months of last year, even as it contended with surging costs tied to a snarled supply chain and labour shortages.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Wealth Plunges by $31 Billion After Meta Shock

Mark Zuckerberg's wealth dropped as much as $31 billion (roughly Rs. 2,31,600 crore), among the biggest one-day drops in wealth ever, after Meta's fourth-quarter results fell short of analysts'...

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Facebook-Parent Meta Faces Historic Drop as Stock Tanks

Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs - and billions of dollars - into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is pretty anxious about it.

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India's 1st Metaverse Wedding Drops NFT Collection Ahead of Virtual Event

NFTs based on India's first metaverse wedding were dropped on the Beyondlife.Club and witnessed rapid sales. The collection was launched by GuardianLink.io and was sponsored by Indian exchange...

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Cardano Block Size Increased by 11 Percent to Accommodate More Transactions

Cardano developer Input Output has proposed increasing the network's block size by 11 percent from 72KB to 80KB after network load surged above 90 percent with the launch of a number of...

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Rocket Boys Review: India Comes of Age in SonyLIV's Terrific New Series

Rocket Boys review: SonyLIV web series about Homi Bhabha (Jim Sarbh) and Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh) is an exacting portrait of their friendship, privilege, and ambitions in pre- and...

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Pune Police Officer Arrested Over Crypto Kidnap Plot

An Indian cryptocurrency trader who amassed a $40-million (roughly Rs. 299 crore) fortune was kidnapped by a police officer and seven others who demanded he transfer his Bitcoin wallet to them,...

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Realme 9 Pro Series Set to Launch in India on February 16

Realme 9 Pro and Realme 9 Pro+ India launch date is set for February 16, the Chinese company confirmed on Thursday. Realme Vice President Madhav Sheth separately indicated the Realme 9 Pro series...

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Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Pegasus: FBI Confirms It Bought Spyware From Israel's NSO Group

The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group's powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents. and human rights activists has long been established. It suggested...

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PayPal, Hit by eBay Loss, Reports Major Loss in Q4 Revenue

PayPal shares slumped nearly 17 percent as investors questioned the company's growth prospects after it disclosed a big hit to revenue from the impending loss of marquee client eBay.

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Spotify Reports 180 Million Premium Subscribers Amid Joe Rogan Row

Spotify shares tumbled after the music streaming service - roiled in controversy over its star podcaster Joe Rogan - projected lower profit margins in the coming earnings period as subscriber...

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Meta's Profit Slips as Facebook Loses Users

Facebook-parent Meta delivered a gloomy mix of a sharper-than-expected drop in profit, a decrease in users and threats to its advertisement business that plunged shares some 22 percent in after-hours...

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Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Google Messages Spotted Testing iMessage Reactions on Android App

Google Messages is expected to soon get iMessage reactions, with the feature currently available in the beta version of the Android app.

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Thailand Backtracks Plan to Levy 15 Percent Tax on Crypto Gains: Report

Thailand has reportedly scrapped plans to impose a 15 percent withholding tax on crypto transactions following a surge in backlash led by the country's youth.

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Telegram Update Brings Video Stickers, Better Message Reactions, More

Telegram has announced an update that brings video stickers, improved message reactions, new interactive emojis, new navigation options, along with some bug fixes and improvements.

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Xiaomi India Teases MIUI 13 Update Days After Global Rollout Begins

Xiaomi has teased the release of its MIUI 13 operating system in India, a few days after the company had announced the update was rolling out to its global models. The smartphone manufacturer is set...

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iMac Pro with Mini-LED Backlighting to Launch in 'Summer': Report

iMac Pro is reportedly going to be unveiled in the summer. iMac Pro is tipped to feature Mini-LED backlighting.

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BOE Showcases 27-Inch Gaming Monitor With 500Hz Refresh Rate: Report

BOE Technology has reportedly showcased a 27-inch gaming monitor that offers a 500Hz refresh rate at full-HD resolution. The monitor uses a oxide semiconductor display technology developed by BOE.

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Microsoft's $68.7-Billion Activision Deal to Be Reviewed by US FTC: Report

The US antitrust review of Microsoft's $68.7-billion (roughly Rs. 5,10,990 crore) proposed acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard will reportedly be handled by the US Federal Trade...

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Redmi K50 Gaming Edition With Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Expected to Launch Soon

Redmi K50 Gaming Edition is tipped to release ahead of the Redmi K50 Pro+. The alleged tip comes from a post shared on Weibo by Redmi General Manager Lu Weibing.

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Infinix Zero 5G India Launch Tipped for February 8

Infinix Zero 5G India launch will take place on February 8, as per a tipster. He also claims that the phone will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 900 SoC, which will be paired with an LPDDR5 RAM...

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