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Apple CEO ignores questions on protests in China
Fox Business asked Cook several questions as he arrived on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet lawmakers late on Thursday. Cook refused to comment on whether he supported the Chinese people's right to protest and his thoughts on the factory workers beaten by authorities. The Apple CEO also remained silent on whether he stood by his company's business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party.
Tesla launches electric Semi trucks
Tesla claims that its Semi trucks have thrice "the power of any diesel truck on the road, with the efficiency to go 500 miles" and engineers have tested the vehicles in a "variety of harsh conditions to maximize reliability and durability". "Semi has a tri-motor system & carbon-sleeved rotors just like Plaid. One unit for efficiency, two acceleration units for torque," Tesla said in a tweet.
Twitter suspends account of Pranay Pathole, a Elon Musk buddy from India
The micro-blogging platform also suspended the account of Twitter Owners Silicon Valley account for violating its policies. Digging into this now," tweeted Musk. Pathole's account was also suspended for violating Twitter rules. In August, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk met his Twitter buddie from Pune at his Gigafactory in Texas.
Wagner Group mercenary videos top 1 billion views on TikTok
Wagner has sent mercenaries into Ukraine in big numbers. US-based NewsGuard, which focuses on online misinformation, says some of the videos appear to show the execution of a former Russian mercenary. TikTok has said it will act against any content violating its policies.
Nearly 5,000 new cryptocurrencies emerged in 2022 despite harsh winter
The research was based on the total number of crypto coins tracked by CoinMarketCap.com on the first day of each month. "On January 1, 2022, there were 16,238 cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap.com, whereas November 1 saw 21,159 crypto coins featured on the crypto data authority," the report mentioned.
Apple rolls out iOS 16.1.2 update with security fixes, improved crash detection
According to TechCrunch, the tech giant has not yet disclosed the nature of the security updates, as the company does not reveal security issues until they have been investigated or patched. The update also includes improved compatibility with wireless carriers.
Apple App Store policies present 'conflict of interest': Mark Zuckerberg
Addressing the New York Times DealBook conference, Zuckerberg said that "it is problematic for one company to be able to control what app experiences end up on a device". He said that the "vast majority of profits in the mobile ecosystem go toward Apple". On Musk being the new Twitter owner, the Meta CEO said "it'll be very interesting to see how this plays out".
WhatsApp to let users connect to 2 Android devices with same account
Currently, the feature is only available to WhatsApp's beta testers. According to Android Authority, the new feature will let users link their WhatsApp account from their smartphone to the platform's Android tablet app, which means there will be no need to create a separate WhatsApp account on the secondary Android device.
Google begins Stadia hardware refunds
According to an email sent to customers, the hardware refunds will be processed within two weeks, reports The Verge. As per the tech giant's Stadia shutdown FAQ page, purchases of the Stadia controller, the Founder's Edition, the Premiere Edition, and Play and Watch with Google TV packages are all eligible for refunds.
Meta purges 32 mn pieces of bad content on FB, Instagram in India in Oct
"Of the other 187 reports where specialised review was needed, we reviewed content as per our policies, and we took action on 120 reports in total," the social network said in its monthly compliance report under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The remaining 67 reports were reviewed but may not have been actioned, said Meta.
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