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Elon Musk Seeks To Delay Twitter Trial Citing Whistleblower’s Testimony
Elon Musk is trying to buy more time from the court to kick off the Twitter trial, set for October 17, citing the upcoming testimony by whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko. Musk’s legal team has proposed a new timeline that would push the week-long trial to...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2022
1 min read
NASA Aims Sep 3 As Next Artemis Moon Mission Launch Attempt
The US space agency will now target September 3 as the new launch date for the Artemis I Moon mission that was scrubbed last Monday owing to a technical glitch with one of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s engines. NASA Mission managers met to...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2022
2 min read
Tesla Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over ‘Phantom Braking’ Issue
Tesla has been hit by a class-action lawsuit in the US over a phantom braking problem that the lawsuit alleged turned “a safety feature into a frightening and dangerous nightmare”. The lawsuit, filed by Tesla owner Jose Alvarez Toledo in federal court in the Northern...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2022
2 min read
Twitter Planned To Make Money Via Monetising Porn On Its Platform
Twitter reportedly planned to monetize adult content on its platform this year, by allowing adult creators to sell subscriptions on the micro-blogging platform, and become profitable in a jiffy. According to The Verge, Twitter was set to become a competitor to adult creator website OnlyFans...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2022
2 min read
Google Launches Open-Source Software Bug Bounty Program
Tech giant Google will now pay security researchers to find and report bugs in the latest versions of Google-released open-source software (Google OSS). The company’s newly announced Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) focuses on Google software and repository settings (like GitHub actions, application configurations, and access...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
Truecaller Revamps Its iOS App For Better Protection Against Spam & Scam
Truecaller on Tuesday announced that it has revamped its app for iOS users to offer better protection against spam and scam. The company said that the iOS app has been completely rewritten from the ground up to be lighter, more efficient, and offers 10 times...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
TSMC To Soon Start 3-nm Chip Production Amid Delivery Delays
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) on Tuesday said that it will soon produce an ultra-advanced 3-nanometer (nm) chip, as the leading contract chipmaker struggles with supply-chain woes and other constraints. According to South China Morning Post, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei acknowledged the company is dealing...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
2 min read
NASA Engineers Assess Data After Artemis Moon Mission ScruB
NASA engineers were evaluating data gathered during the Artemis I launch attempt, which was scrubbed owing to a technical glitch in one of the rocket engines. The space agency said that a mission management team was set to convene on Tuesday to discuss the data...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
Meta Allows Users To Link Instagram NFT Posts To Facebook
Meta has announced to give users the ability to link non-fungible tokens (NFTs) posts on Instagram to Facebook. The company said that as it continues to roll out digital collectibles on Facebook and Instagram, “we’ve started giving people the ability to post digital collectibles that...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
Now Insert Emojis In Google Docs As You Type
Google has allowed users to insert emojis while writing in Google Docs, as they will not need to pull up emoji icons from other places anymore into their documents. Google recently added emoji reactions to Docs, and now the users can add them to actual...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
SpaceX Launches 54 Starlink Satellites, Lands Rocket At Sea
SpaceX has launched 54 more of its Starlink broadband satellites in orbit and landed a rocket on a ship at sea on Saturday night. According to space.com, a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 54 Starlink spacecraft, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 29, 2022
1 min read
Netflix Likely Testing Multiplayer Feature In Select Mobile Titles
Netflix is working on features that will let customers play its mobile games against one another and rank themselves on gaming leaderboards. According to TechCrunch, starting last month, Netflix quietly launched the ability for users to create unique “game handles” in a subset of its...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 28, 2022
1 min read
US Likely To Probe Apple Over Anti-Market Practices
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly drafting an antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the company “abused its market power to stifle smaller tech companies, including app developers and competing hardware makers”. According to a report in Politico citing sources, the Justice Department...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 28, 2022
2 min read
Samsung Launches New Foldable Smartphones In 40 Countries
Samsung Electronics launched its latest foldable smartphones in some 40 countries on Friday, hoping the new products could jump-start the lackluster global smartphone sales amid high inflation. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4, along with the Galaxy...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 27, 2022
2 min read
Tesla Cars To Soon Connect To 2nd Gen Starlink Satellites
Your Tesla car will soon connect to the upcoming second-generation Starlink internet satellites, as the Elon Musk-run company installs Starlink antennas at some charging stations in the US. A Twitter user on Friday asked Musk: “Will tesla be getting this service as well with the...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 27, 2022
1 min read
Twitter Brings Podcasts To Its Platform For Audio Creators
Twitter has announced to bring podcasts on its platform, integrating them as part of its newly redesigned Spaces Tab for audio creators. The reimagined Spaces Tab, including the addition of podcasts, will now be visible to a group of English-speaking audiences on iOS and Android,...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2022
1 min read
NASA Detects Carbon Dioxide In Exoplanet Atmosphere In 1st Clear Evidence
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. The finding, to be published in the journal Nature, offers hope that in the future, Webb may be able to detect...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2022
2 min read
Mobile Phones In Remote Areas Will Connect To Starlink Internet Next Year
Mobile phones will connect to SpaceX‘s new Starlink satellites next year, providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have announced. To provide this service, the companies will create...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2022
2 min read
US Judge Rejects Musk’s ‘Absurd’ Demand To Give All Twitter Users’ Data
A US judge has rejected Elon Musk‘s absurd demand to ask Twitter to hand over all data for approximately 200 million user accounts for the last three years. Judge Kathaleen McCormick said no to Musk’s legal team’s “absurdly broad” request, saying that Twitter must hand...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2022
1 min read
Instagram Tightens Default Content Settings For Teens
Meta-owned American photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram announced the platform is rolling out a feature that defaults accounts for new users under 16 years old to “Less,” the most restrictive setting for Sensitive Content Control. Teenagers already on Instagram will get push...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2022
1 min read
