TECHNOLOGY
$1.6 billion worth Ethereum cryptocurrency lost forever since its 'presale'
According to new research from CryptoAssetRecovery.com, the largest of these lost wallets holds over $60 million worth of Ethereum. Ethereum is currently priced at about $2,000 amid the current crypto mayhem. In 2014, when it was first offered for 'presale', it cost around 30 cents.
Why Donald Trump can't join back Twitter despite Musk's efforts
According to a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), when Trump posts anything on 'Truth Social', he cannot repost it to any other social network for six hours. These restrictions are likely intended to drive traffic to 'Truth Social', reports TechCrunch.
Google-led internet giants behind 'biggest data breach ever recorded'
Real-Time Bidding (RTB) operates behind the scenes on websites and apps. It tracks what you are looking at, no matter how private or sensitive, and it records where you go. Every day, it broadcasts this data about you to a host of companies continuously, enabling them to profile you. "RTB is the biggest data breach ever recorded. It tracks and shares what people view online and their real-world location 294 billion times in the US and 197 billion times in Europe every day," the Irish watchdog said in its report.
Dell introduces G15 series laptops in India
The Dell G15 5520 starts at Rs 85,990 and The Dell G15 5521 SE will start from Rs 1,18,990. The 5520 comes in Dark Shadow Grey while the 5521 SE is available in Obsidian Black colours. The series features the latest 12th Gen Intel Core Alderlake-H CPUs and NVIDIA's RTX30 series GPUs.
'I'm a bot & so's my wife', says Musk amid Twitter takeover drama
Annoyed at the presence of fake users and bots on Twitter, Musk last week put the $44 billion Takeover takeover deal on hold. Reacting to a user who asked if you are also a bot, Musk chuckled: "I'm a bot & so's my wife." Musk on Sunday said that microblogging site Twitter's algorithm might be manipulating users and also suggested a solution for that.
This smartphone app helps locate mosquitoes, eradicate malaria
The smartphone app, created by a public health researcher at University of South Florida, pairs an algorithm with a drone and satellite images to identify locations of previously unknown mosquito breeding habitats. The system works by identifying specific environments and organisms by their unique "fingerprint" - a red-green-blue value associated exclusively with a species or habitat.
Netflix is likely exploring live streaming feature
According to Deadline, Netflix plans to roll out the capability, which it confirmed was in the early stages of development, for its swathe of unscripted shows and stand-up specials. It would mean that Netflix would be able to use it for live voting for competition series and talent contests such as its upcoming dance competition series Dance 100 from The Circle producer Studio Lambert, the report said.
Microsoft announces voting for best Windows apps
The company said there are three categories of apps to vote for, which are, file management, utility and open platform. "We would like to recognise apps which are amazing, beautiful, and useful -- the apps which make your day better, more productive, or more enjoyable. This vote is about you and the apps you love to use," Microsoft said on the voting form.
Elon Musk now gets busy counting fake, spammy accounts on Twitter
Musk on Friday stunned the world by saying that he was putting the Twitetr take over on hold because he does not believe in Twitter findings which say that false or spam accounts represent fewer than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (229 million). He tweeted: "To find out, my team will do a random sample of 100 followers of @twitter. I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they discover".
Twitter likely tests 'Liked by Author' label for tweets
A spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company has been testing different labels to help give people context about the tweets they see, but said the social media giant does not have more to share on this specific label. It looks like, once the author of a tweet likes a reply, it is marked with a badge that is visible to both the person who left the reply and to others viewing it, the report said.
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