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Dell introduces G15 series laptops in India
The Dell G15 5520 starts at Rs 85,990 and The Dell G15 5521 SE will start from Rs 1,18,990. The 5520 comes in Dark Shadow Grey while the 5521 SE is available in Obsidian Black colours. The series features the latest 12th Gen Intel Core Alderlake-H CPUs and NVIDIA's RTX30 series GPUs.
'I'm a bot & so's my wife', says Musk amid Twitter takeover drama
Annoyed at the presence of fake users and bots on Twitter, Musk last week put the $44 billion Takeover takeover deal on hold. Reacting to a user who asked if you are also a bot, Musk chuckled: "I'm a bot & so's my wife." Musk on Sunday said that microblogging site Twitter's algorithm might be manipulating users and also suggested a solution for that.
This smartphone app helps locate mosquitoes, eradicate malaria
The smartphone app, created by a public health researcher at University of South Florida, pairs an algorithm with a drone and satellite images to identify locations of previously unknown mosquito breeding habitats. The system works by identifying specific environments and organisms by their unique "fingerprint" - a red-green-blue value associated exclusively with a species or habitat.
Netflix is likely exploring live streaming feature
According to Deadline, Netflix plans to roll out the capability, which it confirmed was in the early stages of development, for its swathe of unscripted shows and stand-up specials. It would mean that Netflix would be able to use it for live voting for competition series and talent contests such as its upcoming dance competition series Dance 100 from The Circle producer Studio Lambert, the report said.
Microsoft announces voting for best Windows apps
The company said there are three categories of apps to vote for, which are, file management, utility and open platform. "We would like to recognise apps which are amazing, beautiful, and useful -- the apps which make your day better, more productive, or more enjoyable. This vote is about you and the apps you love to use," Microsoft said on the voting form.
Elon Musk now gets busy counting fake, spammy accounts on Twitter
Musk on Friday stunned the world by saying that he was putting the Twitetr take over on hold because he does not believe in Twitter findings which say that false or spam accounts represent fewer than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (229 million). He tweeted: "To find out, my team will do a random sample of 100 followers of @twitter. I invite others to repeat the same process and see what they discover".
Twitter likely tests 'Liked by Author' label for tweets
A spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company has been testing different labels to help give people context about the tweets they see, but said the social media giant does not have more to share on this specific label. It looks like, once the author of a tweet likes a reply, it is marked with a badge that is visible to both the person who left the reply and to others viewing it, the report said.
Parag Agrawal explains why a 'lame-duck' CEO will keep changing Twitter
Stressing that "no one at Twitter is working just to keep the lights on," he said that a lot has happened over the past several weeks. "I've been focused on the company and haven't said much publicly during this time, but I will now," he said in a tweet thread. Agrawal has fired consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour and head of revenue product Bruce Falck to "take the team in a different direction".
iPhone app Yik Yak exposes millions of user locations
David Teather, a computer science student, last month, found that the iPhone app's flaw let attackers obtain both the precise location for posts and users' unique IDs. "I was able to access the precise GPS coordinates (accurate to within 10-15ft) of all posts and comments on the Yik Yak platform, this leaves at least 2 million users at risk. This number is likely higher, as this user count is six months old," he wrote in a blog post.
Zoom acquires conversational AI platform Solvvy
The company, which recently launched Zoom Contact Centre, said the acquisition will help them redefine contact centre category with unified communications. "With the addition of Solvvy's differentiated AI and machine learning technology, we'll be able to accelerate our contact center roadmap to create a concierge-level experience for customers worldwide," said Velchamy Sankarlingam, President of Product and Engineering, Zoom Video Communications.
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