TECHNOLOGY
Over 947mn cyberattacks blocked in India out of 1.1bn worldwide in Q2: Report
According to the Tata Capital-funded company Indusface, this figure reflects a sharp escalation of 90 per cent in the frequency of cyberattacks on Indian websites during Q2, as compared to Q1, which recorded 500 million attacks.
MMA fighters offer to train Musk for cage fight as they 'don't like Zuckerberg'
About eight UFC fighters, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champions, and more, led by former MMA champ Chad Robichaux have offered to train Musk because they "don't like Zuckerberg", reports New York Post.
Sony PS5 standard disc edition to be available at Rs 47,490 for limited time
This promotional price will be available for customers from August 24 through September 2, the company said in a statement.
Pioneered by India, QR payments to grow 590% in Southeast Asia by 2028
According to Juniper Research, the volume of QR code payments in the Southeast Asian market will increase from 13 billion in 2023 to 90 billion in 2028.
Apple shipped 1 bn units less than Samsung in last decade, now leads the race
However, Samsung’s annual shipments have dropped by 18 per cent in 10 years while Apple’s shipments surged by 46 per cent, the report noted.
Most of Musk's 153 mn X followers fake, just 453K subscribe to X Premium
Of the 153,209,283 X accounts following Musk, around 42 per cent of his followers, or more than 65.3 million users, have zero followers on their own account, reports tech website Mashable which reviewed the data collected by third-party researcher Travis Brown.
Apple Watch, Fitbit hotspot' for harmful bacteria: Study
Researchers from the US-based Florida Atlantic University (FAU) tested plastic, rubber, cloth, leather and metal (gold and silver) wristbands in search of a correlation between the material of the wristband and bacteria build-up. They discovered that 95 per cent of the wristbands were contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria.
Elon Musk’s X removes most pictures, links tweeted before December 2014
Several users complained their tweets published prior to December 2014 were not visible anymore.“Twitter has now removed all media posted before 2014. Thats -- so far -- almost a decade of pictures and videos from the early 2000s removed from the service,” Tom Coates posted on X.com.
40% of workers will have to reskill in next 3 years due to AI: Study
According to tech major IBM, about 87 per cent of executives said that job roles to be augmented, rather than replaced, by generative AI. That figure is closer to three-quarters in marketing (73 per cent) and customer service (77 per cent) -- and more than 90 per cent in procurement (97 per cent), risk and compliance (93 per cent), and finance (93 per cent).
YouTube introduces live chat, key plays features to NFL Sunday Ticket
Now, viewers will start seeing a monthly payment plan option when signing up for NFL Sunday Ticket, which will enable them to pay for their NFL Sunday Ticket subscription over time, versus all at once. "We will be rolling this out over the next week on both YouTube and YouTube TV," YouTube said in a blogpost.
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