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Pranay Pathole's Twitter account restored after Elon Musk intervenes
Pathole, a 24-year-old IT professional from India, has been a friend of Elon Musk for years on Twitter. Pranay Pathole's account was suspended for violating Twitter rules. In August, the billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla met his Twitter buddy from Pune at his Gigafactory in Texas.
WhatsApp rolls out disappearing messages shortcut on Android beta
After downloading the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.25.11 update, some users were able to access the new feature, reports WABetaInfo. The new shortcut is placed within the 'Manage Storage' section and is marked as a tool to save space. This shortcut will roll out to more users over the coming days.
Samsung offer 20-year warranty on some of its products in India
The company will offer a long-term warranty on the Digital Inverter Motor used in its washing machines and Digital Inverter Compressor used in its refrigerators. "With our vision to offer sustainable solutions to our consumers, we have introduced 20-year warranty on Digital Inverter Motor & Compressor used in our washing machines and refrigerators," Mohandeep Singh, Senior Vice President, Consumer Electronics Business, Samsung India, said in a statement.
Epic Games releases RealityScan app for iOS users
RealityScan is a 3D scanning app for mobile devices that easily turns photos into high-fidelity 3D models, with no experience necessary to get started. With this app, the users simply need to take a picture of an object using their smartphone, and the app will use cloud processing to convert it into a 3D model, which can then be exported to Sketchfab and shared with the world, according to the company.
Coinbase accuses Apple of forcing it to remove NFT wallet function
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Coinbase Wallet: "You might have noticed you can't send NFTs on Coinbase Wallet iOS anymore. This is because Apple blocked our last app release until we disabled the feature. "Simply put, Apple has introduced new policies to protect their profits at the expense of consumer investment in NFTs and developer innovation across the crypto ecosystem.
Homegrown smart TV brands capture record 22% market share in India
Global brands led India's smart TV segment with a 40 per cent share, followed by Chinese brands with a 38 per cent share, according to the latest research from Counterpoint's IoT Service. Smart TVs are coming with better features, such as Dolby Audio, higher refresh rates and higher sound output, in the sub-Rs 30,000 ($400) price range.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy again defends massive layoffs at company
Jassy justified the mass layoffs at the New York Times DealBook Summit, citing economic uncertainty. Amazon's retail business grew faster during the early days of the pandemic and "it forced us to make decisions at that time to spend a lot more money and to go much faster in building infrastructure than we ever imagined we would," Jassy said during the event in the US, reports Fortune.
Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for violating rules
West went on an antisemitic tirade during an appearance on American far-right radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' 'Infowars' talk show in which the controversial rapper praised Hitler. "I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended," Musk responded to a Twitter follower who asked him to "fix" West.
Discord expands subscription service programme across US
Creators and community leaders will now be able to offer subscription plans in exchange for unique roles, perks, and benefits, the platform said in a blogpost on Thursday.
Telegram's next step is to let users securely trade, store cryptos: CEO
Pavel Durov said that this can fix the wrongs caused by the excessive centralisation, "which let down hundreds of thousands of cryptocurrency users". "The Blockchain industry was built on the promise of decentralisation, but ended up being concentrated in the hands of a few who began to abuse their power. As a result, a lot of people lost their money when FTX, one of the largest exchanges, went bankrupt," said Durov.
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