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Hacker who took over Joe Biden, Elon Musk Twitter accounts pleads guilty
Joseph James O'Connor, a.k.a. PlugwalkJoe, 23, was extradited to the US from Spain last month, where he awaited trial for harassing, threatening, and extorting his victims. According to Gizmodo, the first time O'Connor was arrested was in 2021 for attempting to take control of 130 Twitter accounts, including -- US President Joe Biden, American socialite & model Kim Kardashian, and Tesla & Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
Dell launches 2 new Alienware gaming laptops in India
The Alienware m16 and x14 R2 are priced at Rs 1,84,990 and Rs 2,06,990, respectively, and are available to purchase from the company's official website, online and offline stores starting May 12.
Dating app Tinder to remove social handles from bios
As the company explained, Tinder is not a place to promote businesses to try to make money -- members shouldn't advertise, promote, or share social handles or links to gain followers, sell things, fundraise, or campaign. To help combat this, Tinder said, it will remove social handles from public bios. The majority of Tinder's members.
Who is Linda Yaccarino, the possible female CEO of Twitter?
Although Musk is yet to reveal the name of the upcoming female CEO who will take over in six weeks, according to The Washington Post, Yaccarino "could serve to calm advertiser fears while balancing Musk's demand for sweeping changes to Twitter's policies on content moderation".
Canon India announces new video-centric camera 'PowerShot V10'
Priced at Rs 39,995, the new camera will be available to purchase starting June 2023. With its slim, ergonomic form factor and seamless, high-quality footage, the PowerShot V10 brings Canon's imaging technologies in a pocketable design. According to the company, the PowerShot V10 is a 3-in-1 content creation kit essential for anything from.
Elon Musk appoints female CEO to lead Twitter
Musk said he will transition from his role as CEO of Twitter to serving as its executive chair and chief technology officer (CTO). "Excited to announce that I've a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in.6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops," he tweeted on Thursday.
WhatsApp curbs international spam calls in India after govt's tough call
"Our new enforcement will reduce the current calling rate by at least 50 per cent and we expect to be able to control the current incidence effectively. We will continue to work relentlessly towards ensuring a safe experience for our users," a company spokesperson said in a statement.
India will soon have 85K talent pool in semiconductor space: MoS IT
Addressing an event organised by the non-profit Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), the minister said that India's 'Techade' is changing the narrative of the country being a IT/ITES hub. "Our digital economy pie has transitioned from a unipolar prism of IT/ITES to one that consists of almost every activity in the digital economy space that the world is pursuing," he told the audience.
Google releases its text-to-music AI 'MusicLM' to public
"Starting today, you can sign up to try it in AI Test Kitchen on the web, Android or iOS. Just type in a prompt like acesoulful jazz for a dinner party" and MusicLM will create two versions of the song for you. You can listen to both and give a trophy to the track that you like better, which will help improve the model," Google said in a blogpost on Wednesday.
Disney+ loses 4 mn subscribers as fresh layoff round approaches
In its Q2 2023, the company reported 157.8 million subscribers, compared to 161.8 million in the previous quarter. The key reason behind the decline was Disney+Hotstar, which lost 8 per cent of its subscriber base -- from 57.5 million in Q1 2023 to 52.9 million in Q2.
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