TECHNOLOGY

Metaverse, Web3 market to reach $200 bn in India by 2035: Report
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Metaverse is projected to become a $13 trillion opportunity globally by 2030. It is estimated that about 8 per cent of the $160 trillion global GDP by 2030 will come from Web3 and Metaverse, according to the international management consulting firm Arthur D. Little.
Amid tech sanctions war, China sponsors global tech session
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The call still awaits a response from the West and it may take its time coming, considering both China and the US are currently locked in a new sanctions war over tech, with China taking the sanctions initiative this time. The six-day meeting, which has a theme of "open cooperation for a shared future", will focus on the "frontiers of science and technology development", including AI, Beijing vice-mayor Yu Yingjie said last week.
Apple to mark original 12-inch MacBook as obsolete product
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The laptop will no longer be eligible for repairs or services at Apple Stores and Apple Authorised Service Providers once it has been declared obsolete because parts will no longer be available, reports MacRumors.
Twitter bans record over 25L accounts for policy violations in India
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In total, Twitter banned 25,53,881 accounts in the reporting period in India. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received just 158 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI nears record 1bn unique users monthly: Report
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According to the US-based SaaS Webflow design and performance marketing agency VezaDigital, OpenAI's website openai.com grew by 54.21 per cent in traffic volume within a month. The agency analysed traffic statistics for the top 50 websites with the highest total number of visits in March, based on data from Similarweb (an Israel-based software & data company).
WhatsApp bans record over 74 lakh bad accounts in India in April
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Between April 1 and April 30, "7,452,500 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 2,469,700 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users", WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report. The most popular messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received another record 4,377 complaint reports in April in the country, and the records "actioned" were 234.
Foxconn to start manufacturing iPhones at Karnataka plant by next April: Minister
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Patil said this after the representatives of the company led by George Chu met him as part of a courtesy visit in which Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge was also present. The Rs 13,600 crore project which is expected to create 50,000 jobs.
Lenovo launches new 'Legion Pro' series of gaming laptops in India
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The Legion Pro series laptops will be available for purchase at a starting price of Rs 1,72,990. The new laptop series comes with high-performing Intel 13th Gen and AMD Ryzen 7000 series mobile processors and the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Laptop GPUs.
Samsung's new OLED TV range with Neural Quantum Processor 4K now in India
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Samsung on Thursday announced the launch of its new OLED TV range which comes with Neural Quantum Processor 4K in India. "We are pushing the boundaries of innovation with our new range of OLED TVs.
Samsung's new OLED TV range with Neural Quantum Processor 4K now in India
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Samsung on Thursday announced the launch of its new OLED TV range which comes with Neural Quantum Processor 4K in India. "We are pushing the boundaries of innovation with our new range of OLED TVs.
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