💥 Daily Tech News May 2022

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2022-04-30T18:30:00Z

:eight_pointed_black_star: World’s First NFT Museum in Seattle Aims to ‘Pull Back the Curtain’ on Blockchain Art

:eight_pointed_black_star: India to Offer More Incentives to Lure Companies in Semiconductors Push: IT Minister

:eight_pointed_black_star: Microsoft Edge Secure Network VPN Service Powered by Cloudflare Spotted in Support Post

:eight_pointed_black_star: DoT Exempts Handsets, Smartwatches from Mandatory Testing Regime; Addresses Regulatory Overlap

:eight_pointed_black_star: Google Chrome for Android May Soon Let You Restore All Recently Closed Tabs

:eight_pointed_black_star: Twitter-Musk Deal: Nothing That Is Said Now Matters, Says Jack Dorsey About Controversies

:eight_pointed_black_star: ED Seizes Rs. 5,551 Crore of Xiaomi India in Alleged Foreign Exchange Violation Case

:eight_pointed_black_star: Google Will Now Show Warning Banners When Opening Potentially Malicious Docs, Sheets, Slides Files on the Web

:eight_pointed_black_star: Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Faces Employee Anger Over Musk Attacks at Company-Wide Meeting

:eight_pointed_black_star: Punjab Suspends Mobile Internet Services in Patiala

:eight_pointed_black_star: UAE to Send Astronaut on 6-Month Mission to Space Station

:eight_pointed_black_star: Elon Musk Sells Tesla Shares Worth $8.5 Billion Ahead of Twitter Takeover

:eight_pointed_black_star: Indian government has issued new guidelines that make it mandatory for service providers, intermediaries, data centers, and government agencies to report cybersecurity incidents to CERT-In within 6 hours.

:eight_pointed_black_star: A pair of security issues have been reported in the Microsoft Azure database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server that could have allowed unauthorized cross-account access to databases.

:eight_pointed_black_star: Russia has launched over 200 “destructive and relentless” cyberattacks on Ukraine since the war started, Microsoft says.

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2022-05-01T18:30:00Z

:eight_pointed_black_star: ISMC Said to Invest $3 Billion in India’s Karnataka to Set Up Chip-Making Plant

:eight_pointed_black_star: TWIRL 63: SpaceX plans to launch two Starlink batches just three days apart

:eight_pointed_black_star: Telegram may be working on a paid subscription service

:eight_pointed_black_star: Microsoft Defender apparently causing high memory usage issue, black screen, and more

:eight_pointed_black_star: Amazon decides to put employees’ health on the line so it can return to business as usual

:eight_pointed_black_star: Mozilla’s open-source speech data project, Common Voice, now has 20,000 hours of content

:eight_pointed_black_star: Apple extends deadline for developers to update their apps before App Store removal

:eight_pointed_black_star: AMD’s RX 7900 XT could be more than four times faster than the current flagship RX 6900 XT

:eight_pointed_black_star: Sony is blocking subscription extensions before expiry due to ‘Stacking’ loophole abuse

:eight_pointed_black_star: OpenSSF project has released a tool that scans popular open-source repositories for malicious packages. Named “Package Analysis,” the tool identified more than 200 malicious packages in just one month of analysis.

:eight_pointed_black_star: Elon Musk could fire Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde who makes $17 million a year

:eight_pointed_black_star: Intel sharing will be our cybersecurity focus in 2022, says Cyware CTO

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#4

2022-05-02T18:30:00Z

:small_blue_diamond: Mental Health, Prayer Apps Have Serious Privacy, Security Issues: Mozilla Researchers – Talkspace, Better Health, Calm, and Pray.com — all are found to have worse privacy protection for their users.

:small_blue_diamond: Apple Watch Series 8 May Sense Body Temperature, if Algorithm Supports: Ming-Chi Kuo

:small_blue_diamond: NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Gives Aerial Perspective on the Perseverance Landing Gear on Mars Surface

:small_blue_diamond: Sony Bravia X75K Smart TV Series With 4K HDR, Dolby Audio Support Launched in India - Sony Bravia X75K Smart TV series pricing starts at Rs. 55,990.

:small_blue_diamond: Crypto Players Need to Register With Belgium’s Finance Regulator to Set Shop in Nation

:small_blue_diamond: Samsung Galaxy S21 Gets May 2022 Android Security Patch in Italy: Report - This update for the Galaxy S21 series bears the firmware version G991BXXU5CVDD.

:small_blue_diamond: Crossbeats Ignite Lyt Smartwatch With 1.69-Inch Display Launched in India: Here Are the Details

:small_blue_diamond: Global Tablet, Chromebook Shipments Decline in Q1 2022: IDC

:small_blue_diamond: Google Asks Court to Dismiss $1.6 Billion Fine Imposed by EU

:small_blue_diamond: NFT Marketplace OpenSea Quietly Adds ApeCoin as Official Payment Method

:small_blue_diamond: Coinbase Hires Former Snap India Head Durgesh Kaushik to Lead Market Expansion Plans

:small_blue_diamond: Pegasus Spyware Detected on Mobile Phones of Spanish Prime Minister, Defence Minister

:small_blue_diamond: Square Enix Sells Off Development Studios and IPs for Tomb Raider, Deus Ex to Embracer

:small_blue_diamond: Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale Starts Tomorrow: Top Deals, Discounts on Phones, Electronics

:small_blue_diamond: India Mandates Five-Year Data Saving for Crypto Exchanges, Concerned Experts Foresee Corporate Upheaval

:small_blue_diamond: Apple Hit with EU Antitrust Charge Over Its NFC Payment Technology

:small_blue_diamond: WhatsApp Says It Banned 1.85 Million Accounts in India in March, Received 407 Ban Appeals

:small_blue_diamond: Wikipedia Developer Stops Accepting Donations in Crypto After Community Votes Strongly Against It

:small_blue_diamond: Amazon Summer Sale 2022 Starts May 4 With Deals, Discounts on iPhone 13, More – Amazon is offering 10 percent discounts on ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, and RBL Bank card and EMI transactions.

:small_blue_diamond: Razer Co-Founder Robert ‘Razerguy’ Krakoff — Known as Gaming Mouse Pioneer — Dies at 81 – Born on October 4, 1940, Krakoff became popular in the gaming world by formally launching the Razer Boomslang in 1999.

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#5

2022-05-03T18:30:00Z

:small_blue_diamond: Square Enix Sells Tomb Raider, Other Major Franchises to Help Fund Blockchain Projects

:small_blue_diamond: Samsung Develops UFS 4.0 Storage for Future Phones, Unveils Pro Endurance MicroSD Card

:small_blue_diamond: Warcraft Arclight Rumble Mobile Game Announced, Cinematic Trailer Out

:small_blue_diamond: Twitter Says It’s Testing New Circle Feature That Will Let Users Handpick Audience for Tweets

:small_blue_diamond: Razer Blade 15 (2022) With 240Hz OLED Display, 12th Gen Intel Core i9 CPU, Nvidia Graphics Launched – Razer Blade 15 (2022) is priced at $3,499.99 (roughly Rs. 2,67,800).

:small_blue_diamond: NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge: Two Indian Student Groups Win Awards

:small_blue_diamond: Swiggy to Begin Drone Delivery Trial in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Says Garuda Aerospace

:small_blue_diamond: Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulator to Set Metaverse Headquarters, Partners The Sandbox

:small_blue_diamond: Facebook-Owner Meta Opens Access to Large Language Model for AI Research

:small_blue_diamond: Vitalik Buterin Believes Ethereum Layer 2 Transaction Fees Should Be as Low as 5 Cents

:small_blue_diamond: Paramount+ India Launch Set for 2023, No Word if It’ll Merge With Voot

:small_blue_diamond: Apple Watch SE (2nd Generation) Could Feature S7 Chip, Always-On Display, ECG Sensor: Report – Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) pricing could start at $299 (roughly Rs. 22,900).

:small_blue_diamond: LinkedIn Agrees to Settle Gender Pay Discrimination Complaint for $1.8 Million in Back Wages

:small_blue_diamond: Facebook to Shut Down Podcast Platform in Less Than a Year of Its Launch

:small_blue_diamond: Samsung Reportedly Signs Multi-Year Deal With Dish to Provide 5G Network Equipment

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#6

2022-05-04T18:30:00Z

:small_blue_diamond: Google Play System Update for May 2022 Adds Self-Sharing to Nearby Share Option

:small_blue_diamond: Autism-Linked Gene Mutation Reversed Using Lab-Grown Brain Experiment – Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS) stems from a mutation in a DNA-management gene called transcription factor 4 (TCF4).

:small_blue_diamond: This Robot Chef Is Being Taught to ‘Taste’ Food as It Cooks, Just Like a Human, to Determine if It Is Properly Seasoned

:small_blue_diamond: Play Date Between Bolivian River Dolphins and Anaconda Leaves Trail of Questions

:small_blue_diamond: NASA Begins Investigating Lunar Surface Samples 50 Years After They Were Brought Home by Apollo 17 Astronauts

:small_blue_diamond: Marshall Willen, Emberton II Portable Speakers with Stack Mode Launched: Price, Specifications – Marshall Willen and Emberton II feature Bluetooth v5.1 connectivity.

:small_blue_diamond: Machine Learning Program for Games Helps Develop Algorithm for Molecular Modelling

:small_blue_diamond: Routers, Network Cameras from Netgear, Linksys, and Others Affected Due to DNS Poisoning Flaw

:small_blue_diamond: Google Pixel Buds Pro Tipped to Launch Soon, Colour Variants Leaked

:small_blue_diamond: Sophos: 78 Percent of Indian Organisations Faced Ransomware Attacks in Last Year – The average ransom paid by Indian organiSations to get their data encrypted was $1,198,475 (roughly Rs. 9,155 crore).

:small_blue_diamond: Mozilla Firefox 100 Brings Picture-in-Picture Subtitle Support, More Features to Desktop and Android – Mozilla Firefox 100 brings HDR streaming support for macOS 11+ users.

:small_blue_diamond: Samsung Galaxy S22 Camera Features Rolling Out to Galaxy Z Series, Older Galaxy S Series Models

:small_blue_diamond: Nothing Phone 1 Specifications Surface Online, Tipped to Sport Snapdragon 778G SoC, 90Hz AMOLED Display

:small_blue_diamond: Facebook-Owner Meta Agrees to Comply with Strict Rules Imposed by German Regulator

:small_blue_diamond: Elon Musk Slams Apple for App Store Commission, Says It’s ‘Definitely Not Ok’

:small_blue_diamond: Samsung Jet Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaners Launched in India, Start at Rs. 36,990 – Samsung Jet Cordless stick vacuum cleaners are priced between Rs. 36,990 and Rs. 52,990.

:small_blue_diamond: Obi-Wan Kenobi Trailer to Arrive on Star Wars Day Ahead of May 27 Release

:small_blue_diamond: Sennheiser Sport True Wireless Earbuds with Up to 27 Hours Battery, IP55 Rating Launched in India

:small_blue_diamond: ISRO Says It Plans a Venus Orbiter Mission with a Launch in December 2024

:small_blue_diamond: Amazon Expects Cumulative Exports from India to Hit $20 Billion by 2025: Amit Agarwal

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#7

2022-05-05T18:30:00Z

:eight_pointed_black_star: MIT Researchers May Have Detected Rare ‘Black Widow’ System 3,000 Light-Years From Earth

:eight_pointed_black_star: NASA and Star Wars: These Fictional Worlds From the Franchise Bear an Uncanny Resemblance to the Real World

:eight_pointed_black_star: Apple, Google, Microsoft Bringing FIDO’s New Passwordless Sign-Ins Capabilities to Their Platforms

:eight_pointed_black_star: Bill Gates Questions Elon Musk’s Move to Buy Twitter, Says Could ‘Make It Worse’

:eight_pointed_black_star: Lenovo Yoga Slim Laptop Lineup Refreshed With Updated Intel, AMD Processors

:eight_pointed_black_star: Spanish Intelligence Agency Accused of Gross Negligence After Spyware Hacked Phones of Top Officials

:eight_pointed_black_star: Aviation Ministry Invites Applications for PLI Scheme for Drones, Drone Components

:eight_pointed_black_star: Avatar: The Way of Water to Release in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
– The second Avatar movie will hit cinemas in India on December 16.

:eight_pointed_black_star: IMF Warns Central African Republic Against Bitcoin Adoption – The government claims that allowing Bitcoin to be used as legal tender will help the Central African Republic’s economic recovery.

:eight_pointed_black_star: Dish 5G Wireless Service Launched for Consumers in Las Vegas, Costs $30 a Month – Dish’s 5G service dubbed ‘Project Genesis’ was initially supposed to launch in the city in September and help cut dependence on the T-Mobile network.

:eight_pointed_black_star: Didi and Lenovo Founder Clear Weibo Accounts, Raise Questions on Possible Danger in Public Speaking

:eight_pointed_black_star: EU Antitrust Chief Appeals for Global Approach Towards Big Tech to Avoid Misuse of Enforcement Gaps

:eight_pointed_black_star: Elon Musk Said to Have Secured $7 Billion in Funding From Investors for Twitter Deal

:eight_pointed_black_star: Paytm Says Will Purge 28 Million Tokenised Visa, Mastercard, Rupay Cards by June 30

:eight_pointed_black_star: Netflix Hit by Shareholder Lawsuit Over Missed Subscriber Growth Estimates, Drop in Share Price
– Netflix’s shareholder, in the lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday, seeks damages for declines in the platform’s share price this year after the company missed its subscriber growth estimates.

:eight_pointed_black_star: Telecom Groups Dismiss Case Against California Net Neutrality Law

:eight_pointed_black_star: Apple Stops Accepting Debit, Credit Cards for Subscriptions, App Purchases in India – Apple users in India can, though, still make purchases using UPI or netbanking.

:eight_pointed_black_star: Coinbase Crypto Exchange Emerges as Receiver of First BTC-Backed Loan from Goldman Sachs

:eight_pointed_black_star: Google India Onboards former NITI Aayog Joint Secretary as its New Public Policy Head – A Google India spokesperson confirmed the development to Reuters, but did not elaborate. The source declined to be named as the hiring decision was not public.

#8

This is just the beginning. Just wait and see, eventually he will take over other big companies too.

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#9

2022-05-05T18:30:00Z

:small_blue_diamond: 13% of U.S. Netflix subs would cancel if charged extra for password sharing
:small_blue_diamond: New Food and Drug Administration head says Misinformation is now our leading cause of death
:small_blue_diamond: Elon Musk Will Fund Twitter Deal With Money From Countries That Suppress Free Speech
:small_blue_diamond: ‘Buy now, pay later’ is sending the TikTok generation spiraling into debt, popularized by San Francisco tech firms
:small_blue_diamond: Internet providers end challenge to California net neutrality law
:small_blue_diamond: iPod inventor says ‘the metaverse is wrong’ because you can’t actually connect with people face-to-face
:small_blue_diamond: Meta, TikTok and YouTube may finally have to start sharing data with researchers A Senate hearing this week and a new law in Europe show how ?transparency? advocates are winning
:small_blue_diamond: China Using US Media to Spread Propaganda, Misinformation: Blinken
:small_blue_diamond: Teen hacker turns millionaire after exposing security flaw that could have triggered stock market crashes, sparked accusations of international spying
:small_blue_diamond: Stung by 3 court losses, ISPs stop fighting California net neutrality law
:small_blue_diamond: Watch a swarm of drones autonomously track a human through a dense forest
:small_blue_diamond: NordVPN may pull servers from India following IT Ministry order
:small_blue_diamond: Frontier lied about Internet speeds and ?ripped off customers,? FTC says. Settlement requires accurate speed claims and payment of nearly $9 million.
:small_blue_diamond: Japan’s First Flying Car, Powered by Suzuki, Closer to Certification
:small_blue_diamond: Celebrating Firefox: How we got to 100
:small_blue_diamond: Apple, Google, and Microsoft will soon implement passwordless sign-in on all major platforms
:small_blue_diamond: Europe’s New Law Will Force Secretive TikTok to Open Up
:small_blue_diamond: What Your Period Tracker App Knows About You - These apps are popular, but they raise concerns about what happens to the very personal data they collect
:small_blue_diamond: AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 C-Series: First 8-Core x86 CPUs for Chromebooks
:small_blue_diamond: Shopify acquires shipping logistics startup Deliverr for $2.1B

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#10

2022-05-06T18:30:00Z

:small_blue_diamond: Swiggy Agent in Bengaluru Uses Dunzo to Deliver Order Assigned to Him, Twitter Reacts

:small_blue_diamond: Lunar Soil Can Produce Oxygen, Fuel For Long-Term Human Bases On Moon, Say Scientists

:small_blue_diamond: Noise Leads as India Smartwatch Market Grows 173 Percent YoY in Q1 2022: Counterpoint Research

:small_blue_diamond: VPN Service Providers Raise Concerns Over Government’s Order, Set to Leave Country If No Options Given

:small_blue_diamond: Intelligent Metasurfaces Can Revolutionise Lives, Help Develop 6G Wireless, Green IoT, More: Researchers

:small_blue_diamond: India, US Researchers Collaborate to Develop Optogenetic Tool to Understand Brain Disorders

:small_blue_diamond: Tesla Said to Increase Shanghai Plant Output to 2,600 Cars a Day Starting May 16

:small_blue_diamond: Pinterest TV Studio Livestreaming App Launched for Select Creators

:small_blue_diamond: Decentralised Twitter ‘Bluesky’ Outlines Code, Content Moderation Plans for Its Platform

:small_blue_diamond: Facebook Parent Meta Says Doesn’t Discharge Public Function in Response to Petition in Delhi High Court

:small_blue_diamond: Facebook Said to Discontinue Nearby Friends Feature, Weather Alerts, More
– Facebook’s Nearby Friends functionality will no longer be available starting May 31, 2022.

:small_blue_diamond: Fortnite Adds Scarlet Witch Skin in Time for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

:small_blue_diamond: ED’s Seizure of Xiaomi India Assets Worth $725 Million Said to Be Put on Hold by Indian Court

:small_blue_diamond: Opera’s Web3-Focussed Crypto Browser Now Supports BNB Chain to Enable Asset Trading, dApps

:small_blue_diamond: Amazon Union Head, Others Meet US President Joe Biden to Discuss Unionisation Campaigns

:small_blue_diamond: Airtel Rs. 399, Rs. 839 Prepaid Recharge Plans With 3-Month Disney+ Hotstar Mobile Subscription Launched

:small_blue_diamond: Twitter for Android Is Reportedly Working on Mixed Media Tweets; Multiple New Features

:small_blue_diamond: Big Tech Data Collection Under Scrutiny After World Central Bank Group Demands More Control

:small_blue_diamond: Germany Wants to Invite Chip Makers for Local Production, Offers EUR 14 Billion as State Aid
– In March, Intel picked the German town of Magdeburg as the site for a huge new EUR 17 billion (roughly Rs. 1,42,337 crore) chipmaking complex.

:small_blue_diamond: Prey, Jotun: Valhalla Edition to Go Free on Epic Games Store Starting May 12

:small_blue_diamond: Formula 1: Drive to Survive Renewed for Season 5 and 6, Netflix and Formula 1 Announce

:small_blue_diamond: Elon Musk Said to Become Temporary Twitter CEO After Takeover

:small_blue_diamond: Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Twitter Buyout Reportedly Faces US Antitrust Review

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