TECHNOLOGY

'Captain Sully' quits Twitter as Elon Musk makes drastic changes
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"To my friends on Twitter, I will be taking a step back from the platform for now," Sully tweeted. In a 2013 CNBC video, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey called the 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 landing on the water in the Hudson River a moment that "changed everything."
Amazon unveils design of new Prime Air delivery drone
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The new 'MK30' drone will enter into service in 2024 and is expected to be 25 per cent quieter than current ones, the company said in a blogpost. "The purpose and objectives of the new drone are the same as its predecessor's designs: transport packages weighing up to five pounds while flying hundreds of feet in the air," it added.
Fired by Twitter, prankster Rahul Ligma now sacked by crypto exchange FTX
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In a new video, Ligma is seen standing at a beach with an office box, posing as a laid-off worker of FTX, a crypto company which is in deep trouble after leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance backed out of its acquisition deal.
JJIT Fintech powering Indian cooperative banks on their cloud journey
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JJIT Fintech Pvt Ltd, a leading banking solution provider with latest emerging technologies, is already helping more than 81 co-operative banks across the country in their digital transformation.
Amazon puts Alexa biz under major cost-cutting review: Report
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon's entire devices unit has had an operating loss exceeding $5 billion in some recent years. Amazon is now looking into whether it should "focus on trying to add new capabilities to Alexa," according to the report.
I will remove all legacy Blue badges in coming months: Elon Musk
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The new Twitter CEO also said that going forward, accounts engaged in parody must include "parody" in their name, not just in bio. "To be more precise, accounts doing parody impersonations. Basically, tricking people is not ok," he tweeted.
YouTube rolls out 'Live Q&A' feature for live creators
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The new feature makes the live streams more interactive, the company said in a blogpost. The feature allows users to create and manage Q&A sessions in live chat during their streams and premieres by using Live Control Room' (LCR). With 'Live Q&A', users can easily build a community while responding to a number of important questions asked by their viewers.
AMD is committed to India, I was there six weeks ago: Lisa Su
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Lisa Su said, "There are as many as 6000 engineers in India and it is a very important design centre. We are constantly scaling up our design pools, I was in India six weeks ago and we have a terrific team assisting and working there in our designs. We are totally committed to India, I met top government officials during my recent visit." Su is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of AMD.
Defunc partners with Salora to launch Wi-Fi home speakers, earbuds in India
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Defunc launched 2 versions of Wi-Fi Home Speakers, i.e. one in small and one in large, and 5 models of Earbuds in India. The small Defunc smart home speakers come at Rs 21,999, and the large Defunc smart home speakers cost Rs 36,999, also the price of TWS earbuds starts at Rs 2,499 and goes up to Rs 5,499, according to an official report.
Google Pixel 8 to feature Tensor G3 chip, 12GB RAM
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The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are expected to pack 12GB of RAM, reports AndroidPolice. The Pro model is likely to offer display resolution of 2822 x 1344 pixels, whereas, Pixel 8 is expected to offer standard 2268 x 1080 resolution. Both the phones are expected to feature a new Tensor chip 'G3'.
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