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NASA doesn’t want Apollo 11 moon dust, cockroaches auctioned
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Space agency says materials are government property; RR Auction pulled them off auction block fro…
How to pass on your passwords when you die
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Tech companies let you set up digital-legacy contacts who can, upon your demise, gain access to you…
ISRO’s new mission sets precedent for public-private alliance
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PSLV-C53 rocket carried two instruments belonging to private Indian space startups, Digantara, Dhru…
Studios battle for players of ‘hypercasual’ videogames, the latest mobile distraction
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Mobile games that require little brainpower to play are becoming more sophisticated as their publis…
Gennova’s mRNA shot for covid-19 approved
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Gemcovac-19 is the first mRNA vaccine developed in India, and only the world’s third mRNA vaccine t…
Better disease surveillance on cards with planned NCDC laboratories
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NCDC has held consultations with states and UTs to identify the locations for these facilities as p…
More Indians talk to appliances as smart home adoption grows
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Around 92% of all consumers who own a connected device use voice features to ‘talk’ to these gadget…
We’ve started work on building semicon ecosystem in India: Nivruti Rai
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In an interview, Nivruti Rai, country head for Intel India said the company aims to make new smart …
Deadline extended for VPN, security rules
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This comes after several VPN providers removed their servers from India from mint - Technology ht…
Elon Musk has Twitter’s data, but getting answers on spam accounts may be tougher
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Billionaire has access to the company’s fire hose of tweets, but data specialists say analyzing it …
Meta, TikTok could face civil liability for addicting children in California
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Social-media platforms are lobbying to stop first-in-the-nation proposal allowing government attorn…
Google’s Earth observation data now available for companies, govts worldwide
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The Google Earth Engine is one of the world’s largest, publicly available collections of Earth obse…
Study highlights need for booster dose
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After two weeks of booster dose, the concentration of neutralizing antibody increased substantially…
Indian researchers develop N95 mask with nanoparticle coating using 3D printing technology: Centre
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The four-layer mask whose outer layer is made up of silicon has a shelf life of more than 5 years d…
Safe Security launches predictive security tool for CISOs
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Safe Security has developed a predictive research model that will enable organizations to manage cy…
For treatment of some breast cancers, 2 drugs approved by European Union
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Enhertu is a specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) being jointly deve…
Highest tax slab on online gaming may stunt growth
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The move may reduce prize pools offered by such platforms, which could drive users away from mint…
Indian scientists studying long-term memory of covid-19 vaccination
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The research outcome will have a bearing on future vaccine dosage strategies from mint - Science …
Monkeypox: Roche develops 3 PCR test kits to detect the virus. 10 points
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Roche Holding has developed three PCR test kits to help scientists trace the monkeypox virus, addin…
WhatsApp to roll out pause and resume voice notes feature for Windows beta app
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This feature is available after installing the 2.2223.11.70 update from the Microsoft Store and it …
Twitter closed caption toggle is now available for iOS, Android users
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‘The choice is now yours: the closed caption toggle is now available for everyone on iOS and Androi…
Scientists discover world's largest bacterium that can be seen with naked eye | See photos
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According to a biologist, the thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is &#…
India AI investments set to reach$881 mn
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The industrial and automotive manufacturing sector has been the highest adopter of AI and automatio…
Zika is creeping up, this time in more states
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Scientists screened around 1,520 patients’ samples, out of which 67 were found to be positive for z…
Instagram tests child age verification, but falls short of full ID checks
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Meta’s new policy will make it tougher for teens to update to adult accounts. But they can still li…
Instagram tests new tools for age verification
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Instagram on Thursday said it is testing new methods for users to verify their age on the platform,…
Twitter says working on long-form text feature called Notes; check details here
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User can now share essay-like write-ups as a link both on and off the social media platform, it sai…
ASI taps IIT Jodhpur to build digital museum using AR, VR
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The AR and VR experiences being developed by IIT Jodhpur will be more advanced. T…
Haptic gloves are allowing users to touch and feel in VR
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Meta’s gloves use sensors to read signals the human brain sends to our hands, and relay the same to…
Apple isn’t priced for a recession
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The battered stock has still outperformed many tech peers even as consumer spending looks poised to…
Facebook, US settle lawsuit over discrimination in housing advertising tool
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Meta will use artificial intelligence to make sure ads cross demographics to reach people regardles…
AI seeks to analyze trader behaviour, but experts urge caution
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There are no laws in India that tell what would happen if the platforms give wrong investment advic…
Homegrown Noise launches its first smart eyewear at ₹5,999
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The product is identical to what audio brand Bose had introduced in December 2018 with Bose Frames …
Adani Group's open offer to launch from July 6-19: ACC
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Gautam Adani-led Adani Group agreed to buy Holcim Ltd’s India assets Ambuja Cements and ACC from …
Cloudflare outage causes downtime in popular apps; Zerodha, NordVPN, Discord hit
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About an hour after the outage was reported, Cloudflare announced that the issue has been fixed f…
Zerodha, Upstox resumes service after Cloudflare issue
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Major websites across the globe were showing 500 error due to issues at Cloudflare, an internet inf…
Google tax to stay post-2023 as global deal faces hurdles
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Revenue receipts from taxation rights under global tax reform are likely to be less than what Delhi…
AIIMS develops anti-gravity body suit for yoga in space
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The anti-gravity gear will help astronauts strengthen muscles and prevent loss of bone de…
Cyber attackers spent median of 15 days inside victim networks last year: Sophos
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Sophos claimed the mass exploitation of the ProxyLogon and ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft …
ICMR calls a high-level meeting as covid-19 surges, driven by Omicron
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India has been reporting around 13,000 new cases every day from mint - Science https://ift.tt/2wy…
YouTube Shorts is huge in India, now it’s going after TikTok in the US
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Google unit’s short-form video service builds on success in India, where TikTok is banned from mi…
US opens Covid-19 vaccine to little kids; shots begin this week
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Roughly 18 million kids will be eligible, but it remains to be seen how many will ultimately get th…
WhatsApp to roll out pause and resume voice notes feature for Windows beta app
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This feature is available after installing the 2.2223.11.70 update from the Microsoft Store and it …
Focus on expanding coverage of PM-NDP to all districts in all states: health min
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The Centre informed States/UTs on the status of implementation of programs and disbursal of funds u…
Aster Healthcare to open a 550-bed super-specialty hospital in Kerala’s Trivandrum
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The hospital will offer OPD, IPD, ICU including high dependency units, NICU, PICU and transplant IC…
Intex to use blockchain in operations, metaverse store in the pipeline
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Intex is one of the first electronics companies in India to leverage blockchain and metaverse. fr…
Pandemic-driven surge of contactless payments set to continue
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The biggest driver is ease and the biggest stumbling block is people's fear of security of paym…
Made in India smartphone shipments grow 7% in Q1 2022
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Counterpoint Research attributed the growth of phones made in India to an increasing demand for sma…
India’s tech sector likely to remain resilient to global recession
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While a recession in the US may not have far-reaching outcomes on IT budgets, most companies are in…
What VPN server closures in India mean for users?
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The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team’s (CERT-In’s) directive to virtual private network (VPN…
Covaxin booster dose can enhance efficacy against Delta, Omicron variants: ICMR Study
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According to the research paper published by NIV Pune, Covaxin is the first vaccine in India to rep…
Wordle 361 for June 15 will test your proficiency in Italian language. Check hints and answer here
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Wordle 361 for June 15: Those who are still having trouble finding today's answer have landed o…
Solitaire during meetings? Microsoft Teams to feature online games: Report
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Microsoft is now just testing casual games from its Casual Games portfolio internally. from mint …
Is there a cause for worry if AI turns sentient?
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When Google engineer Blake Lemoine said its AI model LaMDA had turned sentient or was self-aware, G…
Wordle on June 14 celebrates its 360th day! Check here for today's hints, answer
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Wordle 360 for June 14: Biggest hint would be that today's word is often used as part of Christ…
Firms ramp up compliance, premiums for cyber insurance post covid
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Insurers have seen record increases in the number of cyber insurance claims made by companies hit b…
Google starts accelerator for women-led startups in India
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Its aim is to help women-led startups scale by connecting them to the right mentors and network of …
Your switched off iPhone can be hacked, claims research paper. Find out more
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The researchers carried out analysis of the Find My service in Low Power Mode, and discovered vulne…
Spotify targets one billion listeners by 2030 amid profitability concerns
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CEO Daniel Ek addresses investors’ fears that the audio market holds limited opportunity from min…
Underworld Gang Wars receives over 20 lakh pre-registration
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UGW’s locations, icons, and lead characters of the gangs represent an Indian context in a AAA game …
Amazon Pay reaches to over 85 lakh SMBs in India
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Amazon Pay aim is to empower offline merchants, provide them with opportunities to expand their bus…
Demand for larger screens, premium features boost average Indian TV prices by 27% in Q1 2022
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Average price of ‘premium’ televisions, priced above ₹30,000, also saw a 10.7% YoY increase in Q1 2…
Malaysian hacker group targets Indian govt with cyber attacks
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Dragon Force calls upon hackers around the world to target the Indian government’s IT infrastructur…
Cert-In cyber rules could cause more data breaches in India: Surfshark study
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Under the new rules, any company operating in India has been asked to notify the government about f…
Tech giants gear up to tackle cybersecurity threats in hybrid work model
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Experts believe the hybrid mode of working has led to increased adoption of digital operations whic…
Solved Wordle 359 for June 13 yet? Check here for hints, clues and solution
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Wordle 359 hint for June 13: This word is often used in chemistry to denote an atom or molecule tha…
Experts wary of govt plan on social media panel structure
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The setting up of GAC was proposed in amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 on 6 June from mint - Tech…
Apple wants to end passwords for everything. Here’s how it would work.
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Goodbye, complex, hard-to-remember passwords. Hello, logging in with your face and fingerprints. …
WhatsApp to alert users for the missed calls. Know who’s getting it first and when
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Previously, WhatsApp allowed users to rename their linked devices from mint - Technology https://…
What's Wordle 358 answer for June 12? Check here for hints, clues and solution
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As far as the hints are concerned Wordle 358 word of the day for June 12 is both a noun and a verb …
Covid-19 in babies: What experts have to say if your baby tests Covid-19 positive
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Covid-19 in babies: Babies are considered vulnerable due to immature immune systems, and are also n…
Adani Group's open offer to launch from July 6-19: ACC
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Gautam Adani-led Adani Group agreed to buy Holcim Ltd’s India assets Ambuja Cements and ACC from …
Earth picked up an alien ‘wow’ signal 45 years ago. Source? Read here to know
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Did humanity’s first contact with aliens already happen back in 1977? What was the source of the si…
Monkeypox: What vaccines, treatments do we have to combat the virus. Read here
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WHO has said the first generation of smallpox vaccines appear up to 85% effective in preventing mon…
Monkeypox outbreak: Tecovirimat or Brincidofovir? Which drug is beneficial? What scientists say
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Monkeypox outbreak: The scientists said more work is needed to reach any conclusions but their stud…
Apple iPhone 13 price drops on Amazon and Flipkart. Check the offers here
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Apple iPhone 13 has a 6.1 inch display from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/e3bzUan https://ift…
Tecno to launch Pova 3 with a 7,000mAh battery. Check features and launch details
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Tecno Pova 3 will get support from a 33W charger from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/N8I2iUn h…
WhatsApp rolling out feature to add more than 500 people in a group. Details
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WhatsApp’s new feature is available only to the latest version of the app from mint - Technology …
Wordle 357 for June 11 may be vowel-heavy. Check here for hints and answer
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For those who are still having trouble finding today's Wordle answer, you have landed on the ri…
Laundry Jet: This mechanism may change the way how clothes are being washed. Watch Video
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Unlike a traditional laundry chute, the Laundry Jet can be used regardless of if a home is multi-le…
How AI could predict sports injuries, improve performance
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Computer vision, the technology behind facial recognition, will change the game in real-time analys…
Noise to double local mfg, headcount
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Noise shipped approximately 1.4 million wearables, including watches and headphones, in the quarter…
Beam me up, scotty into the metaverse
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How it eventually pans out is uncertain, but companies are paying attention to its business opportu…
Russian attacks on Kharkiv shatter recent calm, pose dilemma for Ukraine
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Ukrainian officials say shelling of the region comes from inside Russia, but Kyiv faces restriction…
Demand for larger screens, premium features boost average Indian TV prices by 27% in Q1 2022
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Average price of ‘premium’ televisions, priced above ₹30,000, also saw a 10.7% YoY increase in Q1 2…
Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G first sale commences tomorrow. Check offers and features
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Realme Narzo 50 Pro 5G is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity processor from mint - Technology http…
Equinix invests $86 million to build its third data centre in Mumbai
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Globally, Equinix operates more than 240 data centres across 70 metros, providing digital infrastru…
Is Dostarlimab the magic cure for rectal cancer?
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Doctors in the West claim that Dostarlimab is a wonder drug for the treatment of rectal cancer with…
Meta hit with 8 suits claiming its algorithms hook youth and ruin their lives
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Eight lawsuits filed in courthouses across the US over the last week allege that excessive exposure…
Xiaomi to offer free YouTube Premium subscription for these devices. Details
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Offer available for devices purchased Feb onwards.The offer is valid for Redmi products as well f…
Nothing Phone 1 launch date announced. Check the expected features and target
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Nothing Phone 1 will be made available through Flipkart from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/Xp5…
Noise launches Colorfit Pulse Buzz smartwatch with IP68 rating. Know features, price
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Noise Colorfit Pulse Buzz is available in five colours from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/qURP…
Oppo brings the 5G variant of Oppo K10 with MediaTek SoC. Check price, features
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Oppo K10 5G supports reverse charging from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/O692C5l https://ift.…
Surfshark to shut VPN servers in India in response to new rules
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Surfshark assured its users that after the new rules come into effect, it will introduce virtual In…
Can you guess Wordle 353 word of the day for June 7? Check hints, answer here
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As far as the hints are concerned Wordle 353 word of the day is a noun and the Wordle answer today …
Apple launches pay-later service, iPhone, Watch updates
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The new payment feature, called Apple Pay Later, is a highly anticipated addition to the Wallet app…
Elon Musk threatens to end deal with Twitter
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Tesla CEO accuses Twitter of not complying with his request for data on spam and fake accounts on s…
Mint Explainer: Why Apple's production shifting out of China not heading to India
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Apple has decided to shift some production of iPads also to Vietnam. The question is, why not to In…
Ransomware attacks on healthcare firms rise 94% in 2021, says study
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In 2021, 66% of healthcare organizations were hit, while 34% were hit the previous year. from min…
What is Covid-19 brain fog and why it is in rise in Bengaluru
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Brain fog: A healthy diet including olive oil, fruits and vegetables, nuts and beans, and whole gra…
Wordle 352 for June 6 will help you beat the Monday blues! Check hints and answer here
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The absolute beauty of Wordle is that it’s easy and social and players share their solving patterns…
Apple WWDC 2022 kicks off tomorrow. Expected announcements at the event
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Apple WWDC 2022 will showcase the future roadmap of Apple and its related ecosystem from mint - T…
WhatsApp to allow business users to rename linked devices
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The ability to rename a linked device is a free feature from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/OCn…
‘No longer sure bets’: Tech giants decades-long golden era coming to an end
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The malaise is damaging employee morale, affecting the industry’s ability to attract talent, and ha…
Top 10 energy efficiency apps: Save the planet with these power-saving smartphone tools
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These top 10 energy efficiency apps promise to help you save energy. from mint - Technology https…
Wordle 351 for June 5 is an interesting one. Check here for hints and answer
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Those who are having trouble finding today's answer, you have landed on the right page for clue…
What can people do to avoid sudden heart attacks?
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A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, happens when a part of the heart muscle doesn’…
Samsung starts pre-reserve for smart monitor M8. Check its features
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Samsung smart monitor M8 offers video calling and IoT features from mint - Technology https://ift…
Battery, memory, and audio still relevant ask for smartphone buyers
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The key attributes have a defining impact on the positive ratings smartphones get on the popular ec…
SquirrelVerse announces Metascreen, to showcase Maithili film using NFT ticket
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Metascreen is a platform for users to buy NFTs and watch movies as well from mint - Technology ht…
WhatsApp plans double verification code to secure login and prevent misuse
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Any successful attempt to log into our WhatsApp account from another device requires an additional …
Wordle on June 4 celebrates its 350th day! Check here for hints and solution
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Those who are still having trouble finding today's answer, you have landed on the right page fo…
Reality check for AI before serving on climate change frontlines
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Tilda, a designer, will be presenting a handmade collection of 30 fashionwear created entirely from…
Entry into Google's top 10 downloaded app list in India is toughest in the world
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The Sensor Tower report found that India, China, and the US have the highest entry barriers for app…
Instagram extends Reels time limit to 90 seconds along with other new features
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You can import your own audio directly within Instagram Reels from mint - Technology https://ift.…
Animal-testing calls threaten to derail ‘cruelty-free’ cosmetics
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One regulator says animal testing for some products may be needed to ensure worker safety, but comp…
Apple with iPadOS 16 plans to make the iPad more a laptop than a phone. Read here
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The Apple Inc. is planning to announces some software changes in their iPad at the Worldwide Develo…
ExpressVPN to shut down servers in India; rejects govt’s new rule to collect use
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Moving out of India will have no impact on customers from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/d9lvM0…
Delhi records 373 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours, positivity rate at 4.95%
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Delhi on Thursday registered 373 new Covid-19 cases, two deaths, and 448 recoveries in a span of 24…
WhatsApp desktop users to get chat filtration feature
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WhatsApp chat filter is already available to the Business from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/2…
Chip shortages might finally ease. For Asia, that’s a mixed bag
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Chip makers and other hardware suppliers have had a banner two years. But the darkening global econ…
Kiya.ai launches India’s first banking metaverse Kiyaverse
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In the first phase, banks will be allowed to roll-out their own metaverse for clients, partners and…
Motorola launches budget segment phone Moto e2s with 5,000mAh battery
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Moto e2s has 90Hz refresh rate from mint - Technology https://ift.tt/Z2lqEDp https://ift.tt/6Jwg…
Flipkart’s SuperCoin customers hail from T2 and T3 regions in India
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SuperCoins can be redeemed while buying any product from the participating sellers on Flipkart fr…
Super-earth found near ‘habitable zone’ of its star. But is it really habitable?
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The exoplanet goes by the Ross 508b, and is about 36.5 light-years away from us. It is about four t…
ISRO aims to harness space technology for the nation’s development: Chairman
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India has earned worldwide recognition for their space programmes and we feel that collaboration be…
What Indians eat and drink, in five charts
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Fried foods appear to be going out, and meat is in. But fruits are still far from ubiquitous. Alcoh…