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Ola Electric users complain of vehicle's front suspension on Twitter
A user Samkit Parmar tweeted that his wife suffered an accident as her Ola scooter's front wheel broke out of the suspension. "Yesterday a horrific incident took place with my wife. She was riding her @OlaElectric at 9:15 p.m. at a speed of about 35kmph when her front wheel just broke out of the suspension. She was thrown away in front and is in the ICU facing severe injuries.
Source codes of 'League of Legends', 'TFT' stolen after cyber attack: Riot Games
"Over the weekend, our analysis confirmed source code for League, TFT, and a legacy anticheat platform were exfiltrated by the attackers," the company tweeted. Earlier this week, Riot disclosed the breach as a "social engineering attack" on Twitter, assuring players that an update would be provided after an investigation.
US govt sues Google over its monopoly on digital advertising market
Filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the complaint alleged that Google monopolises key digital advertising technologies, collectively referred to as the "ad tech stack", that website publishers depend on to sell ads and that advertisers rely on to buy ads and reach potential customers.
Microsoft may bring split-screen feature to Edge
The feature was discovered by a Reddit user named Leopeva64-2 and is now available in the beta, dev, and canary versions of Microsoft Edge with an experimental flag, reports The Verge. Once the feature becomes enabled, a new button will appear alongside the address bar, letting users split an Edge window into two separate tabs side-by-side.
Apple brings OS updates to older iPhones
For those users who are still using older hardware and operating systems (OS), the new upgrades fix similar bugs and include security patches which are available in the most recent versions of iOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura, reports AppleInsider. The new update versions are-- iOS 12.5.7, iOS 15.7.3, iPadOS 15.7.3, macOS Big Sur 11.7.3 and macOS Monterey 12.6.3.
Cut 20% jobs at Alphabet, key investor tells Sundar Pichai
Google's parent company Alphabet has eliminated 12,000 jobs or 6 per cent of its workforce. In a letter that has gone viral on social media, Hohn told Pichai that the decision to cut 12,000 jobs is a "step in the right direction", but it "does not even reverse the very strong headcount growth of 2022".
Microsoft infuses billions of dollars in ChatGPT developer OpenAI
"We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratise AI as a new technology platform," said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. "In this next phase of our partnership, developers and organisations across industries will have access to the best AI infrastructure, models, and toolchain with Azure to build and run their applications," Nadella added.
ChatGPT's paid version available for $42 a month for some early users
OpenAI, the Microsoft-owned AI company that developed the sensational chatbot, was yet to confirm the pricing. AI developer Zahid Khawaja posted the screenshot of ChatGPT pricing, showing $42 per month. He said that paid system responds faster than the free version.
Twitter expands Community Notes to 4 more countries
The company shared the information on Twitter via the Community Notes account, saying: "We are now admitting contributors from the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand -- welcome to Community Notes!" "We admit new contributors in batches, growing the contributor base by 10 per cent per week," it added,
Apple's new patent reveals crack-resistant foldable display tech
This might help with the fragility of foldable devices, which is one of the key issues. The display made by the new technology features multiple layers, including a flexible substrate, a thin-film transistor layer and a protective layer. The protective layer aims to prevent cracks from forming in the flexible substrate, which is the part of the display that is most prone to damage.
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