TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft brings back Task Manager shortcut to Windows 11 taskbar
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The update includes a handful of new features that specific users will welcome. After installing the build, right-clicking the taskbar will now show a link to the Task Manager, reports Windows Central. The Snipping Tool will automatically save screenshots as well, the report said.
Elon Musk reveals fasting is his secret to peak fitness at age 51
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Responding to a follower on Twitter who asked if lifting weights and eating healthy is his script to look "awesome, fit, ripped and healthy". To which, Musk who addressed the gathering during Tesla's AI Day 2022 event, replied with just one word: 'Fasting'. Musk actually referred to intermittent fasting that he has adopted on the advice of a "good friend".
People still don't know what metaverse is all about: Tim Cook
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In a conversation with Dutch news outlet Bright, Cook who is on a Europe tour said virtual reality has specific uses but the technology shouldn't make up a person's entire life. "I always think it's important that people understand what something is. And I'm really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is," Cook was quoted as saying.
iPhone 14's 'Crash Detection' feature may not always detect collision
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In a video from the Wall Street Journal, a demolition derby driver repeatedly rammed two distinct cars. He had a Google Pixel in the vehicle, which can also detect crashes, and an Apple Watch Ultra with an iPhone 14 model, reports AppleInsider. Next, an iPhone 14 and Google Pixel were also placed side-by-side in each vehicle.
Twitter bans over 57K accounts for promoting child porn, nudity in India
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Earlier this week, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal had said the replies received from Twitter in the child pornography complaints were incomplete and the Commission was not satisfied with them. Maliwal had on September 20 summoned Twitter India Policy Head and Delhi Police over tweets depicting child pornography and rape videos of women and children on the micro-blogging platform.
Why most Twitter users don't follow political 'elites' but celebrities
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Despite the prominence and impact of presidents, congressmen, journalists, pundits and the news media, researchers found that only 40 per cent of Twitter users follow one or more political "elites" and the remaining 60 per cent follow no political actors at all, according to the study published in the journal Science Advances.
Tesla now has 160,000 customers running FSD software: Elon Musk
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Tesla has so far released 35 software updates of FSD, that has generated regulatory scrutiny after several crashes were reported. At Tesla AI Day 2022, Musk said the FSD technology will be ready for a global roll-out by the end of this year. FSD is currently available to around 160,000 drivers in the US and Canada.
PM launches 5G services, calls it 'historic day' for 21st century India
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Launching the service at the four-day India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022 at Pragati Maidan in the national capital, Modi spoke about the benefits of 5G in India and how the service will help the country's technological revolution. He also spoke about key pillars that will support the Digital India movement, including the need for affordable technology and a widespread network. The Prime Minister stressed on manufacturing of smart phones in India and said how it will ensure a reduction in device costs.
Smartphone firms hail 5G launch, prepare bundled offers with telcos
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India is home to more than 500 million smartphone users and more than 100 million users with 5G-ready smartphones wish to upgrade to a 5G subscription in 2023, according to a latest Ericsson report. Madhav Sheth, CEO realme India, VP, realme and President, realme International Business Group, told IANS that as the first brand to launch a 5G-enabled phone, "we believe that 5G has the potential to bring together the entire ecosystem".
Jio to bring 5G to every Indian by Dec 2023: Mukesh Ambani
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Addressing the sixth edition of Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ambani said that Jio will ensure that "every village will enjoy 5G services by December 2023, as Jio sets to begin the roll out of 5G. Reliance Jio will roll out standalone 5G services in select cities in the country by Diwali. To build pan-India true 5G network, Jio has committed a total investment of Rs 2 lakh crore.
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