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Musk admits Tesla's Cybertruck could be a flop
"To be frank, there is always some chance that Cybertruck will flop, because it is so unlike anything else. I don't care. I love it so much even if others don't," Musk wrote on Twitter. "Other trucks look like copies of the same thing, but Cybertruck looks like it was made by aliens from the future," he added in a tweet. The CEO had been talking about Tesla updating the Cybertruck's adaptive air suspension.
Facebook rolls out new emojis with sound
"Every day, people send more than 2.4 billion messages with emojis on Messenger. Emojis add colour and vibrancy to Messenger chats all over the world and we rely on them to say what words can't," Loredana Crisan, VP of Messaging Products, Messenger, said in a statement. "Now imagine if your emojis could talk, what sound would they make? Introducing Messenger's latest expression tool -- Soundmojis," Crisan added.
POCO F3 GT set for launch on July 23
In a bid to capture more users in India, smartphone brand POCO on Friday announced that it will launch a new phone -- POCO F3 GTA -- for Indian consumers on July 23. The upcoming smartphone is said to be powered by Mediatek Dimensity 1200 chipset and is likely to come in gunmetal silver and predator black colour options.
Twitter adds captions for voice tweets
According to The Verge, now, when users make a voice tweet, currently available on the iOS app right now, captions will be automatically generated in supported languages. "As part of our ongoing work to make Twitter accessible for everyone, we're rolling out automated captions for Voice Tweets to iOS," said Gurpreet Kaur, Twitter's head of global accessibility
Lava announces Android 11 update for its smartphones
The update will be first rolled out for Z4, Z6, and MyZ models from July 25 onwards while Z2 users will receive the update in the subsequent months. Lava Z2, Z4, Z6 and My Z were launched together in January this year with stock Android 10 OS, the company said in a statement. The new software update will be released as an OTA to the users, who will receive a notification once it reaches them.
Facebook Pay arrives on third-party online shopping platforms
Currently, the Facebook Pay system is available for users on its main platform, as well as on WhatsApp and Instagram. "Starting this August, businesses in the US who use participating platforms will have the ability to enable Facebook Pay as a payment option directly on their websites, giving their customers the ability to speed through checkout without having to re-enter their payment information," the company said in a statement
Apple dominates global refurbished smartphone market: Report
In addition, Apple's secondary market ASPs (average selling prices) are almost three times higher than the average of all its competitors, said a Counterpoint Research report. "In fact, over the past year, Apple's share has increased compared to its competitors. Even with the rollout of 5G by over 150 mobile operators in over 70 countries, the demand and ASPs for Apple's refurbished LTE portfolio remain elevated," said Research Director Jeff Fieldhack.
Intel in 'talks' to acquire GlobalFoundries for $30 bn: Report
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing sources, "It isn't guaranteed one (the deal) will come together, and GlobalFoundries could proceed with a planned initial public offering". bBoth GlobalFoundries and Intel (which have a market value of nearly $225 billion) have denied any suck talks. "We will decline to comment on rumour and speculation," an Intel spokesperson told The Verge.
Xiaomi grabs 2nd spot in global smartphone shipments for 1st time
Showing a stunning growth in the pandemic, Chinese company Xiaomi has become the second largest smartphone vendor globally for the first time ever (in terms of unit shipments) in the April-June quarter, a new report has showed. Samsung was still the leading vendor with a 19 per cent share of smartphones shipped and Xiaomi took second place for the first time ever, with a 17 per cent share, according to market research firm Canalys.
2000% increase in cyber security breaches during pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic and rising digitisation has led to a surge in cybercrimes. India saw the number of breaches increased by 2,000 per cent during the pandemic, said experts at Pursuit 2021 -- an event on cybersecurity organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India. There has been a rise in targeted attacks, during the pandemic and "cyberwar has started",
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