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Non-game apps now dominate Apple App Store for 1st time
According to Sensor Tower, spending in non-games has grown at more than twice the rate as games on App Store in the US, with a compound annual growth rate of 40 per cent since June 2014. The total revenue generated by non-game apps was higher for the quarter, reaching nearly $3.4 billion on the US App Store, compared with $3.3 billion spent on mobile games.
Blockchain platform 5ire raises $100 million, becomes 105th unicorn in India
The company said that the funds raised will be utilised for business expansion and extending 5ire's footprint across Asia, North America and Europe, with India as the hub of operations and core area of focus. "Becoming the world's first and only sustainable unicorn born out of India, in just 11 months, is testimony that we are on the right path.
Facebook tests way to add up to 5 profiles via single account
The platform said the test allows users to dedicate different profiles to specific groups they want to connect with, such as one dedicated Facebook feed exclusive to their friends and another one just for their coworkers, reports TechCrunch. Users, who are part of the test, will be able to switch between their different profiles in a few taps.
Musk's dad confirms secret second child with his stepdaughter
The Tesla CEO was reported to have gone "berserk" when he found out his South African engineer dad was having a child with Bezuidenhout, who lived with him while growing up. Errol was married to Bezuidenhout's mother, Heide for 18 years and had two children together. Now Errol has told his purported second child with Bezuidenhout was "unplanned" but that he was living with her after the birth of their son.
Twitter suffers outage as users get error messages across web, app
While 65 per cent were unable to log in to Twitter website, 34 per cent had issues with the app, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector. Several users also faced "over capacity" error messages across Twitter web, mobile and the TweetDeck app. "Twitter went down for a few minutes and you almost has a heart attack cos not matter you try to deny it, you really love this app," posted on affected user.
Scammers using SMS forwarding apps to con bank customers in India
The phishing site collects victim's banking credentials and personal identifiable information (PII), post which an Android SMS forwarding malware is downloaded to their devices, according to AI cyber-security firm CloudSEK. "The banks should also take responsibility in raising awareness about such scams and educate their customers to prevent monetary as well as reputation loss," said Anshuman Das, Cyber Threat Researcher at CloudSEK.
Next-gen Qualcomm flagship chips to be manufactured by TSMC
Qualcomm gave the contract to manufacture the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips to Samsung Foundry but an order for the upgraded version of the processor, dubbed Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 was given to TSMC, GizmoChina reported on Thursday, citing a new report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. While details about the next-generation flagship smartphone processor remain unknown, the company will likely stick to the 4nm node process for the upcoming chips, which is the same used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 series, the report said.
Twitter begins testing new custom-built timelines
"Today we launched a new custom Timeline experiment, just one of the many things we are working on over at @TwitterDev. There is a lot of potential for the developer community to build features like this in the future, and we are just getting started. Congrats to the team!" Amir Shevat, Twitter's head of Product for its developer platform tweeted.
Govt should not allow backdoor entry to Big Tech for 5G: COAI
"If the independent entities set up private captive networks with direct 5G spectrum allotment by Department of Telecommunications (DoT), it will diminish the revenue so much that there will be no viable business case left for the telecom service providers (TSPs) and there will not remain any need for 5G networks rollout by TSPs," said Lt. Gen. Dr S.P. Kochhar, Director General, COAI.
Tesla's Autopilot AI director quits amid widespread layoffs
In a tweet, Karpathy said he has no concrete plans for what's next but looks to spend more time revisiting his long-term passions around technical work in AI, open source and education. Karpathy joined Elon Musk-run Tesla five years ago. He was on a four-month leave of absence, fuelling speculations about his return.
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