TECHNOLOGY

Elon Musk, mother remember Taj Mahal as people want Tesla in India
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Maye even shared an interesting anecdote along with pictures about Elon's grandparents who flew to the World Heritage Site in Agra on their way to Australia from South Africa in 1954. "In 1954, your grandparents flew to the Taj Mahal from South Africa, on their way to Australia. The only people to ever do this trip in a single-engine propeller plane, without a radio or GPS. Their motto 'Live dangerously'. carefully,'" she tweeted late on Monday.
Instagram testing NFTs this week, Facebook soon: Zuckerberg
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Zuckerberg confirmed that the social network is testing NFTs on Instagram, with "similar functionality" coming soon to Facebook. "Similar functionality is coming to Facebook soon, along with augmented reality NFTs on Instagram Stories via Spark AR so you can place digital art into physical spaces," he announced.
Samsung captures Rs 1 lakh and above smartphone market in India
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The success of Galaxy S22 series also helped Samsung India emerge as the top smartphone maker in the overall premium segment (Rs 30,000 and above) with 38 per cent market share (by volume), according to Counterpoint Research.
Nothing OS now available for all devices with Android 11, higher
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The company said that the Launcher app icon is now available on the home screen and a new �How to Set Up' page when you open Launcher for the first time has been added.. "For easy access, the Dropbox link to download bonus wallpapers and ringtones now sits in Launcher settings," said the company.
EU to enforce new regulation to tame Big Tech in spring 2023
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Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission's executive vice president, earlier said the antitrust legislation could be implemented as early as October of this year. According to TechCrunch, Vestager announced at the International Competition Network (ICN) conference that the DMA will enter into force next spring and "we are getting ready for enforcement as soon as the first notifications come in".
Microsoft Xbox Live gaming suffers massive outage, fixed now
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Some players were unable to even access streaming apps including Netflix and Disney Plus. Some users reported that Xbox prompted them to sign in to play their own games. "No I still can't get on with my games, keep saying check my connection but it's fine," a Xbox user tweeted.
Musk tweets on death under 'mysterious circumstances', mother says not funny
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"If I die under mysterious circumstances, it's been nice knowin ya," tweeted Elon Musk. His mother replied: "That's not funny". Elon then said: "Sorry! I will do my best to stay alive." The tweet sparked buzz over social media among his over 91 million followers. "No, you will not die. The world needs you to reform," posted one user.
Samsung Galaxy Book Go targets students, office goers in hybrid normal
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With a starting price of Rs 38,990, the Galaxy Book Go comes in silver colour and features a 14-inch display. It is powered by a Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 processor and comes with 4GB RAM. Let us find out how the new Galaxy Book Go performed in our review. In terms of design, the Samsung Galaxy Book Go has an all-plastic build, but it still feels robust, and the silver colour scheme makes it appear more premium than it is with a sleek design.
iOS 15.5 to reintroduce Apple Music API for 3rd-party apps
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The word comes from Apple developer Joe Kun, who took to the Apple Developer Forums to announce that Apple re-evaluated their "previous decision to disable changing the playback rate for subscription content from Apple Music in third-party applications" and concluded that they "could safely enable that functionality again, just like before the release of iOS 15.4", reports GSMArena.
Some BMWs shipping without Android Auto, CarPlay amid chip shortage
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Starting in 2019 and expanding in 2020, nearly every model of BMW has included full support for Android Auto. However, some customers have found that their newly purchased BMW does not support Android Auto or Carla, citing media reports, 9To5Google reported.
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