TECHNOLOGY

Telegram founder aims to add Web3.0 to his platform
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Durov was impressed by an independent TON auction for their domain/wallet names. While Wallet.ton was sold for $260,000, casino.ton fetched $244,000. "If TON has been able to achieve these results, imagine how successful Telegram with its 700 million users could be if we put reserved @ usernames, group and channel links for auction," said Durov in a message on Monday.
Skullcandy unveils new earbuds 'Mod' in India
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"In today's work-from-anywhere world, multi-tasking is more commonplace than ever and Mod was engineered to keep up with it all. Our latest solution makes seamlessly toggling between work and play a breeze, while also ensuring users can personalize their audio experience to best suit their listening styles," the company said in a statement.
Apple expands self repair programme to Mac notebooks for customers
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Self Service Repair for iPhone was launched earlier this year and the programme will now expand to additional countries -- beginning in Europe -- as well as additional Mac models later this year, Apple said in a statement late on Monday.
Elon Musk subpoenas ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey amid legal battle
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The microblogging platform and Musk are preparing for their October 17 trial date at the Delaware Court of Chancery to argue over his attempt to break their acquisition agreement, reports The Verge. Dorsey stepped down as Twitter CEO for the second time last November and handed control of the company he helped create to Parag Agrawal. He is running Square and Block and, reportedly, egging on Musk's attempt to buy Twitter in private messages. As per the report, it is tough to say what information Dorsey has that Musk couldn't obtain by just texting him.
Big Tech to testify on anti-competitive practices before govt panel on Tue
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According to official sources, the panel, which is headed by BJP MP and former Union minister Jayant Sinha, will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the matter, which has garnered a lot of attention in recent times. The committee has also summoned representatives of e-commerce entities like Flipkart and even cab and hotel aggregators like Ola and Oyo, respectively, to discuss the matter.
73% of Indians don't want non-personal data to be part of new PDP Bill
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As the government withdrew the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 73 per cent of Indians don't want non-personal data to come under the purview of the new bill, a new report showed on Monday. While 45 per cent of Indians think that data localisation should be flexible, 55 per cent say that data transfer regulations should be flexible, according to the report by data privacy and cybersecurity services provider Tsaaro.
Online searches for 5G smartphones up 2 times in India
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According to platform sales trends, the demand for 5G smartphones in the Rs 10,000-15,000 has seen nearly a four times growth in the first half of 2022 as against the same period last year. Among the top five states where customers are looking for 5G smartphones are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
Lazarus hackers targeting Apple Mac users with fake job posts
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Researchers at cyber-security firm ESET posted a screenshot on Twitter that showed fake job listings from leading crypto exchange Coinbase by Lazarus, famous for spreading the WannaCry ransomware globally in 2017.
WhatsApp plans to bring Stories-like feature to chat list for iOS
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According to WABetaInfo, the beta version 22.18.0.70 is bringing the ability to view Status updates within the chat list. It has been released to certain beta testers, and therefore, it is still not available to everyone. Using this feature, which is similar to Stories, users can publish pictures and videos that disappear after 24 hours.
Microsoft reveals why playing Janet Jackson's mega-hit song crashes laptops
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According to Raymond Chen, Senior Software Engineer, they discovered something bizarre. Playing the music video on one laptop caused a laptop sitting nearby to crash, even though that other laptop was not playing the video. "It turns out that the song contained one of the natural resonant frequencies for the model of 5400 rpm laptop hard drives that they and other manufacturers used," Chen said.
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