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• Motion capture becomes more accessible as Rokoko raises at $80M valuation

  17-08-2022 23:15
  
  South Korean company Naver Z is the brain behind the popular 3D-avatar app Zepeto. Today, the company announced it made a strategic investment in the Danish animation and motion capture company Rokoko. The mocap (motion capture) company has more than 50,000 users all over the world, including some of the biggest names in the biz, but the majority of its customers are emerging indie creators who, until Rokoko came along, had no affordable way to use high-end motion capture and animation tools.
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• Department of Telecom Said to Receive Rs. 17,876 Crore From Operators as Upfront Payment for 5G Spectrum

  17-08-2022 22:49
  
  The Department of Telecom (DoT) is said to have received an upfront payment of Rs. 17,876 crore from telecom operators and Adani Data Networks, ahead of the rollout of 5G services in the country. Operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have paid their dues based on the bids placed at the recently concluded 5G spectrum auction.
  
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• RBI Seeks Public Opinion on Fees, Charges in Payments Systems: All Details

  17-08-2022 22:07
  
  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is seeking public opinion on fees and charges on payment systems including Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system, Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), and debit and credit cards. The central bank wants to make such transactions affordable as well as econ...
  
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• European Central Bank Steps in as Banks Test Crypto Waters Ahead of Pan-EU Licensing Rules

  17-08-2022 21:44
  
  The European Central Bank (ECB) on Wednesday announced that it was taking steps to harmonise the assessment of licensing requests. The ECB, which directly regulates top euro zone lenders such as Deutsche Bank, UniCredit and BNP Paribas, said it would examine if crypto activities were in line with a bank's risk "profile", which determines how much capital to hold.
  
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• Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12 Pro Android 13-Based MIUI Beta Update Announced: Details

  17-08-2022 21:24
  
  Xiaomi announced that it is rolling out MIUI Beta for Android 13. Only Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro users can register to be a part of the first wave of updates.
  
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• iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max Could Get $100 Price Hike, Analyst Says

  17-08-2022 21:05
  
  Apple could increase the price of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max by $100 (roughly Rs. 8,000), as per Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives. These smartphones could also offer increased storage for the base model, compare to their predecessors.
  
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• Genesis Announces New Interim Chief, Cuts Jobs by 20 Percent Amid Ongoing Crypto Winter

  17-08-2022 21:04
  
  Genesis announced on Wednesday that it was cutting 20 percent of its workforce. The crypto broker also announced that it was naming COO Derar Islim as the interim head, who will replace outgoing CEO Michael Moro. The New York-based company is the latest in the cryptocurrency space to be hit by the so-called "crypto winter"
  
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• Delhi High Court Grants Time for Government to Reveal Plans to Regulate De-Platforming of Social Media Users

  17-08-2022 20:41
  
  The Delhi High Court has granted time to the government to inform the court whether it is working on regulation related to the de-platforming of users on social media, after hearing a batch of petitions related to suspension and deletion of accounts of users, including Twitter users. The Cenre will have to state its stand on September, when the matter will be heard by...
  
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• iPhone 14 Series Launch Date Said to be Targeted for September 7 Ahead of Busy Fall Product Season

  17-08-2022 19:09
  
  Apple is said to be looking at a September 7 launch date for its upcoming iPhone 14 lineup. The company's upcoming iPhone models are expected to kick off a busy fall product season, with new Mac models, low-end and high-end iPad models, and three Apple Watch models.
  
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• 34 Best Back-to-School Deals on Laptops, Headphones, and More

  17-08-2022 18:37 via wired.com
  
  Gearing up for the new school year? We’ve found plenty of savings on all the essential gadgets and supplies.
  
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• Coinbase Insider Trading Could Be More Widespread Than First US Case, Study Claims

  17-08-2022 18:26
  
  Coinbase may have more instances of insider trading at the cryptocurrency exchange, beyond the first US case involving a former employee, according to a new study. Researchers looked at how tokens also available on decentralized exchanges traded during the 300 hours before Coinbase announced they were going to be added to the platform. Some traders appear to have snap...
  
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• Jio Leads Race in Adding Mobile Subscribers in June; Airtel, Vodafone Idea Significantly Behind: TRAI

  17-08-2022 18:04
  
  Jio reportedly experienced a net growth of 4.2 million wireless users in June 2022, according to the latest data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). It is said to have the largest userbase of wireless users in India. Airtel comes second with 362.97 million wireless users in the country.
  
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• Samsung Says No Impact of Inflation on Phone Sales; Records 50,000 Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4 Bookings

  17-08-2022 17:45
  
  Samsung feels that ongoing inflation concerns have not affected demand for its phones in the country, a company exectuve said on Wednesday. The company saw 50,000 customers pro-booking its newly launched Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 phones, which are priced between Rs. 90,000 and Rs. 1.5 lakh, according to Aditya Babbar, its head of product marketing.
  
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• NTPC Lowers Carbon Footprint; Plans Projects to Light Up 2 Lakh Households, Reduce CO2 Emissions

  17-08-2022 17:14
  
  NTPC Limited announced on Wednesday that it had achieved 69454 MW of group installed and commercial capacity. The country's largest integrated energy company commissioned its 56 MW Kawas Solar PV Project at NTPC Kawas, Gujarat on Monday. The Ministry of Power in a statement said that NTPC is steadily lowering its carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions t...
  
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• Vivo X Fold S Could Arrive in September; iQoo Neo 7 Launch Timeline Tipped

  17-08-2022 16:53
  
  Vivo is purportedly gearing up to launch the Vivo X Fold S foldable smartphone as well as a new flagship lineup this year. In addition, iQoo is also tipped to unveil a new iQoo Z6 variant in August; iQoo Neo 7 could also arrive this year, according to a tipster.
  
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• Spotify Offering 3-Month Free Subscription to New Premium Members Under Select Plans; Reportedly Testing Audio Reactions

  17-08-2022 16:15
  
  Spotify is offering 3 months of free subscription to new Premium members. The deal is available to individual and student users only. Family and Duo users can get a month of free subscription under this offer.
  
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• Social Media Firms Introduce Few Changes Ahead of Upcoming US Midterm Elections

  17-08-2022 16:10
  
  Social networking platforms are preparing for the upcoming US midterm elections, but offering few details on plans to protect the election. Facebook and Twitter have announced policies in line with the 2020 election season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. TikTok, like Twitter, will not allow political...
  
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• Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Files Application for Creditor Protection in Singapore

  17-08-2022 16:07
  
  Cryptocurrency lending platform Hodlnaut has filed an application with the Singapore High Court, days after the company froze withdrawals, to be put under judicial management which is a form of protection from creditors.
  
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• Noise, Other Homegrown Brands Lead Wearables Shipments in India During H1 2022: IDC

  17-08-2022 16:02
  
  Noise led the smartwatches segment in India. The wearables market saw 65.8 percent growth on year-over-year (YoY) basis in the first half of 2022 (1H22), as per a new report by International Data Corporation (IDC).
  
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• Motorola Moto Tab G62 gets official

  17-08-2022 16:01 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  The new Motorola Moto Tab G62 tablet is now official and the device comes with a 10.6-inch LCD display. The display features a Full HD+ resolution of 2,000 x 1200 pixels and it comes with and the tablet is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 mobile processor. The tablet also comes with 4GB of RAM […]
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• Samsung, Apple, Others Found to Have Misrepresented Their Smartwatches’ Dimensions, but Did They Really?

  17-08-2022 15:43
  
  Samsung and Apple might have given flawed information about the thickness of smartwatches, as per a YouTuber. However, their criteria of measuring a smartwatch’s thickness is not what we think it is.
  
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• Samsung, Apple Among Others Might Have Misrepresented Their Smartwatches' Dimensions, but Did They?

  17-08-2022 15:43
  
  Samsung and Apple might have given flawed information about the thickness of smartwatches, as per a YouTuber. However, their criteria of measuring a smartwatch’s thickness is not what we think it is.
  
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• Celsius Gets Clearance From Court to Sell Newly Mined Bitcoin Despite DOJ Objection

  17-08-2022 15:42
  
  Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, which disclosed earlier this week that it was running low on cash reserves, said it has received several proposals to inject cash into the company and won approval from a US judge to sell Bitcoin that it mines.
  
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• OxygenOS 13 Open Beta 2 released for the OnePlus 10 Pro

  17-08-2022 15:30 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  OnePlus has released OxygenOS 13 Open Beta 2 for the OnePlus 10 Pro smartphone, the new beta comes a week after the previous release. The new OxygenOS 13 Open Beta 2 brings a range of new features to the OnePlus 10 Pro smartphones, more details on this are below. OxygenOS 13 Open Beta (OB) 2 […]
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• Huawei Mate 50 Series Reportedly Spotted on Multiple Certifications Websites, Launch Expected Soon

  17-08-2022 15:30
  
  Huawei Mate 50 has reportedly been spotted on three certification websites, according to a tipster. This suggests that the smartphone could be launched soon. The series is said to include the Huawei Mate 50, Mate 50 Pro, and Mate 50 RS. As per a report, the three handsets could be powered by a Kirin 9000S SoC. It is also said to run on HarmonyOS 3.0.
  
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• Tencent Cuts 5,500 Jobs in First Quarterly Workforce Decline Since 2014 as Revenue Falls

  17-08-2022 15:09
  
  Tencent on Wednesday reported a drop in revenue to CNY 134 billion (roughly Rs. 1,57,000 crore) in the second quarter, compared to the year before. In the first drio in revenue since the company went public, the firm said profits plunged by 56 percent to CNY 18.6 billion (roughly Rs. 21,800 crore). Tencent also cut around 5,500 jobs down to 110,715 employees by the e...
  
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• MSI Prestige 16 and 16 EVO mini LED laptops launch

  17-08-2022 15:03 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  MSI has introduced two new additions to its range of laptops this week in the form of the new Prestige 16 and Prestige 16 EVO, both of which are powered by Intel 12th Gen Core i7 processors. The Prestige 16 laptop is equipped with a QHD+ mini LED display supporting HDR and 100% DCI-P3 color […]
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• BMW M EV Concept car unveiled

  17-08-2022 15:01 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  BMW has unveiled its new BMW M EV concept car that will be used to test out the company’s EV technology for its new vehicles. The carmaker has already unveiled some innovative EVs and concepts including the color-changing IX Flow and more. BMW M GmbH is opening the next chapter in its transformation towards electric […]
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• Kerala Savari Online Taxi Service Launched by State Government: All Details

  17-08-2022 14:49
  
  Kerala Savari was launched on Wednesday as the state government's online taxi service which links existing autorickshaw-taxi networks in Kerala with an aim to ensure safe and dispute-free travel for the public at affordable rates prevailing in the state. The service will levy an eight percent service charge in addition to the rate fixed by the government, which was 20...
  
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• Sniper Rogue Mission film first 7 minutes released by Sony

  17-08-2022 14:47 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the first seven minutes of the recently premiered movie Sniper Rogue Mission to celebrate its release on Blu-ray and digital streaming services. The film stars Chad Michael Collins, Ryan Robbins, Sayaka Akimoto, Brendan Sexton III, Josh Brener and Dennis Haysbert and has been directed by Oliver Thompson and produced by […]
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• Government to Set Up Expert Groups for Exploring Adoption of Common Chargers for Mobiles, Electronic Devices

  17-08-2022 14:38
  
  The government will set up expert groups to explore the adoption of common chargers for mobile and all portable electronic devices and submit a detailed report in two months, said Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh after the meeting with industry stakeholders. India can initially think of exploring shifting to two types of chargers, including a C-Type port.
  
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• How to show Apple Mac hidden files

  17-08-2022 14:36 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  Apple Mac users searching for a file that cannot be found might be interested to know that by default Apple makes certain files and folders invisible when searching in the macOS file manager. If you are looking for a folder or file on your Apple Mac computer it may be hidden by the operating system […]
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• OEPLAY Bluetooth speaker fitted with custom AMT tweeters

  17-08-2022 14:33 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  OEPLAY is a new Bluetooth speaker equipped with custom-designed AMT tweeters offering a sound area of approximately 44 cm². “The world’s top audio brands have favored the AMT pneumatic tweeter since its birth, such as the Hi-End audio brand German Berliner, Yili, Denmark Guifeng, etc., known as “the top tweeter,” received by Popular with music […]
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• watchOS 9 beta 6 in action (Video)

  17-08-2022 14:30 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  Apple released watchOS 9 beta 6 to developers earlier this week, they also release a new public beta of the software as well. Now we get to find out more details on what is included in the latest betas of Apple’s watchOS 9 software in a new video from Half Man Half Tech. Apple also […]
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• TikTok Bans Paid Political Influencer Posts Ahead of Upcoming US Midterm Elections

  17-08-2022 14:30
  
  TikTok on Wednesday announced that it would clamp down on paid political posts by influencers ahead of the upcoming US midterm elections. While political ads have been banned since 2019, the short video sharing platform said that it will prevent content creators from posting paid political messages on the app ahead of the elections coming in November.
  
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• New Phase of Matter Created in Quantum Computer, Could Act as Long-Term Quantum Information Storage

  17-08-2022 14:26
  
  The researchers used 10 atomic ions of an element called ytterbium, that were pulsed with laser sequence based on Fibonacci numbers to create a new phase of matter that acts like it has two dimensions. The research could help in the development of quantum computers that are capable of holding data for a long time without distortion.
  
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• Colombia to Soon Get Digital Currency Aimed at Slashing Tax Evasion Crimes

  17-08-2022 14:18
  
  Tax evasion in Colombia is a major issue and is estimated to account for up to eight percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) so far. Under the newly officiated Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the government of Colombia is banking on the development and use of a national digital currency to prevent financial crimes thriving in the country.
  
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• Amazon Claims ‘Overly Broad and Burdensome’ FTC Probe of Amazon Prime Service Hounding Jeff Bezos, Others

  17-08-2022 14:15
  
  Amazon has petitioned the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to cancel, or extend the deadline for answering, subpoenas sent to former CEO Jeff Bezos and current CEO Andy Jassy. The e-commerce giant is facing an FTC probe into its Amazon Prime service, which is investigating the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime starting in March 2021. Amazon...
  
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• Vivo India Money Laundering Probe: Firms Permitted to Operate Frozen Bank Accounts by Delhi High Court

  17-08-2022 14:06
  
  The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to permit 12 companies to access their frozen bank accounts and operate them, allowing a batch of petitions seeking de-freezing of the accounts. The ED is probing money laundering offences against Vivo India. The relief granted by the Delhi High Court is subject to conditions, including mainta...
  
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• Android 13 in action, top features revealed (Video)

  17-08-2022 14:01 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  Yesterday Google released Android 13 for their Pixel range of smartphones and now we get to find out more details about the update. The video below from Marques Brownlee gives us a look at the latest version of Google’s Android OS and some of its new features.  Here are some details on what is […]
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• The Best Laptops and Tablets for College Students

  17-08-2022 14:00 via wired.com
  
  Whatever your higher-ed goals, these campus-ready computers will help you crush them.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 Wide-Angle Camera Doesn’t Support Recording 4K Video at 60fps: Report

  17-08-2022 13:59
  
  Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 doesn’t support recording 4K video at 60fps with its 12-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera, according to a report. The foldable handset could reportedly get the feature with a software update. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 was launched on August 10 during the Galaxy Unpacked 2022 event.
  
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• All Wei 2000 Pro 2,264Wh portable power station

  17-08-2022 13:58 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  The All Wei 2000 Pro is one of the latest portable power station solutions to hit the market and features a 2,264w capacity together with 13 different ports together with a variety of different safety features including short-circuit protection, overcurrent protection, overvoltage protection, under voltage protection and more. Early bird pledges are now available for […]
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• Noise ColorFit Ultra 2 Buzz With AMOLED Display, Bluetooth Calling Launched in India: Price, Specifications

  17-08-2022 13:49
  
  The Noise ColorFit Ultra 2 has been launched in India on August 17. This smartwatch features a 1.78-inch AMOLED display and Bluetooth calling functionality.
  
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• Mathematical Model to Determine if Astronauts Can Safely Land on Mars Developed by Researchers

  17-08-2022 13:40
  
  A team of space medicine experts investigating the possibility of a human landing on Mars, have proposed a mathematical model that could be used to predict if an astronaut can safely reach Mars and carry out missions. The researchers simulated the impact of prolonged exposure to zero gravity on the cardiovascular system through the model.to study whether a human body ...
  
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• Instagram Reels Crossposting to Facebook, New Tools for Content Creators Announced: All Details

  17-08-2022 13:28
  
  Meta has announced six features including the cross-posting of Instagram Reels on Facebook. These tools are said to help content creators increase their reach and monetise content on the company’s social networking platform.
  
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• Amazon to Hike Third-Party Sellers Charges Again by Adding Holiday Fee

  17-08-2022 13:27
  
  Amazon has hiked charges on third-party sellers again, this time adding a holiday fee for merchants who use the company’s fulfilment services to pack and ship items to customers. With the new charges being applicable, sellers will be hit with an average fee of $0.35 (nearly Rs. 20) per item sold using Amazon's fulfilment services in the US and Canada from October 15...
  
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• Audi RS 4 Avant competition starts at £84,600

  17-08-2022 13:10 via geeky-gadgets.com
  
  Audi has revealed that they are launching a limited edition RS4 in the UK, the Audi RS 4 Avant competition and the car starts at £84,600 on the road. There will be just 75 cars available and it is designed to be a track-focused version of the RS4, it comes with a top speed of […]
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• Airtel Pays Rs. 8,312 Crore to DoT as Advance Instalment for Recently Purchased 5G Spectrum

  17-08-2022 13:09
  
  Airtel has paid Rs. 8,3 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions. With the payment, Airtel has paid four years of 2022 spectrum dues upfront. The company had an option to pay Rs. 3.8 crore upfront and the rest in 19 annual instalments.
  
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• Airtel Pays Rs. 8.3 Crore to DoT as Advance Instalment for Recently Purchased 5G Spectrum

  17-08-2022 13:09
  
  Airtel has paid Rs. 8,3 crore to the Department of Telecom (DoT) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions. With the payment, Airtel has paid four years of 2022 spectrum dues upfront. The company had an option to pay Rs. 3.8 crore upfront and the rest in 19 annual instalments.
  
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