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  • Samsung ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ receives over 50K registrations; Rs 1.5 crore reward awaits [details]

    Samsung launches 2023 Neo QLED 8K TVs; here is a have a look at “wow” components







    Samsung India on Tuesday introduced that its nationwide training and innovation competitors ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ has seen overwhelming participation from youth with over 50,000 registrations coming in from throughout the nation.

    According to the corporate, the highest three groups within the competitors stand an opportunity to win Rs 1.5 crore to show their concepts into motion.

    Youth, particularly from smaller cities and districts of the nation, similar to Begusarai, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Jalpaiguri, Khurda, North 24 Parganas, Madhubani and Pathanamthitta have despatched of their concepts.

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    Youth from all over the nation have despatched of their concepts to resolve real-world issues round e-waste administration, recycling of marine plastic waste, round economic system, local weather change, offering clear water, healthcare prices, psychological well being, and extra.

    Moreover, the corporate will choose the highest 30 groups (people or groups of as much as three members) from among the many functions obtained, which can be educated and mentored by Samsung and its companions — Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at IIT Delhi and MeitY Startup Hub — at a residential bootcamp at IIT Delhi, serving to contributors improve their concepts.

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    Samsung IndiaIANS

    Youth can apply for ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ by May 31 on the company’s official web site.

    First launched within the US in 2010, ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ is at present operational in 63 nations globally and has seen over 2.3 million younger folks take part worldwide.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference to kick off on June 5; here’s what to expect [details]

    Apple Event: Tim Cook left amused after seeing 1984 Mac pc at Mumbai retail retailer







    Apple on Tuesday unveiled the lineup for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, that may assist builders be taught concerning the newest applied sciences, instruments, and frameworks coming to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

    Free for all builders, WWDC23 will happen in a web based format from June 5 via 9, with a possibility for builders and college students to rejoice in individual at a particular expertise at Apple Park on opening day.

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    WWDC 2023Apple

    Where to watch?

    The keynote handle can be out there through apple.com, the Apple Developer app, the Apple TV app, and YouTube, with on-demand playback out there after the conclusion of the stream. The keynote begins June 5, 10 a.m. PDT.

    What to expect?

    Throughout the week, builders can be ready to join immediately with Apple engineers and consultants via one-on-one labs and actions in Slack for steerage on constructing modern and platform-differentiating apps and video games, mentioned Apple.

    Developers will find out how they will take their apps to the subsequent degree with a deeper dive into the brand new instruments, applied sciences, and advances throughout Apple platforms.

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    Apple CEO Tim Cook

    “Featuring 175 in-depth session movies, WWDC23 brings collectively the newest instruments and applied sciences to give builders the possibility to find out how they will create the subsequent technology of apps and video games,” Apple added.

    In addition to session movies and one-on-one labs, Apple engineers and designers will host actions all week on-line in Slack to assist builders interact in technical discussions, get solutions to their questions, and join with one another.

  • ‘Over my dead body’: Musk tells investor on paying Twitter office rent [details]

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    Elon Musk apparently informed a Twitter investor throughout a 4 a.m. name that he would pay the corporate’s office rent “over my dead physique”.

    According to a brand new lawsuit filed by six former Twitter workers towards Twitter, Pablo Mendoza, a enterprise capitalist who invested in Twitter 2.0, had a chat with Musk within the wee hours, stories Business Insider.

    Musk bluntly informed Mendoza that not paying rent was non-negotiable with ‘over his dead physique’ comment.

    Elon Musk

    Elon MuskIANS

    The lawsuit stated that Joseph Killian, a plaintiff who labored at Twitter for 12 years and oversaw office design, was conscious that Musk determined to cease paying office rent.

    “Killian tried to persuade Musk, through Mendoza, of the hazard of Musk’s new place that no rent could be paid in anyway, mentioning that any try and renegotiate the phrases of Twitter’s many leases could be doomed to failure,” the lawsuit alleged.

    “Elon informed me he would solely pay rent over his dead physique,” Mendoza responded throughout the dialog that happened at 4 a.m, in line with the lawsuit.

    Elon Musk

    Elon MuskIANS

    According to the lawsuit, Musk’s legal professional Alex Spiro “loudly opined” it was unreasonable for Twitter’s landlords to count on it to pay rent as a result of San Francisco was a “shithole.”

    Twitter’s landlord in San Francisco had sued the micro-blogging platform over not paying rent.

    Meanwhile, San Francisco officers are opening an investigation into Twitter following a lawsuit from former workers who claimed that Elon Musk’s transition staff intentionally deliberate to breach contracts and never pay promised severance, amongst different issues.

    The lawsuit from six workers alleged that Musk’s staff “knowingly broke native and federal legal guidelines,” stories San Francisco Chronicle.

    They are searching for severance and punitive damages for “flagrant unhealthy religion”.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • BGMI returns to India under strict conditions; close watch on user harm, addiction [details]

    PUBG Mobile banned in India







    South Korean big Krafton on Friday introduced that it has secured the approval from the Indian authorities to resume operations of the online game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI).

    The firm plans to make the title accessible for obtain within the South Asian market “quickly”.

    “We are extremely grateful to the Indian authorities for permitting us to resume operations of Battlegrounds Mobile India. We would really like to prolong our gratitude to our Indian gaming group for his or her help and persistence over the previous few months,” Sean Hyunil Sohn, CEO of Krafton India, mentioned in an announcement.

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    “We are excited to announce that Battlegrounds Mobile India will probably be accessible for obtain quickly and we can’t wait to welcome you again to our platform. We are dedicated to delivering distinctive services to our customers in India and past, and we glance ahead to persevering with our journey with you,” he added.

    BGMI under close watch in India

    Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday clarified that the ultimate determination to permit online game Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) to return to the nation will solely be taken after three months of a strict trial of the sport.

    The minister mentioned that the federal government will hold a close watch on different problems with “user hurt, addiction, and so forth in subsequent three months earlier than a last determination is taken”.

    “This is a three-month trial approval of BGMI after it has complied with problems with server places and information safety, and so forth,” he mentioned in a tweet.

    Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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    Krafton later introduced the launch of the BGMI recreation in May 2021.

    BGMI in India

    The transfer comes lower than two years after the Indian authorities banned Krafton’s marquee providing PUBG within the nation. PUBG then had almost 33 million customers within the nation and was rising quick.

    In November 2020, it was revealed for the primary time that PUBG Mobile could be relaunched in India under the brand new entity ‘PUBG Mobile India’.

    In the identical month, PUBG Studios and South Korea’s online game firm Krafton registered PUBG India Private Ltd under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs so as to relaunch PUBG Mobile within the nation.

    Battlegrounds is now free to play on PC, consoles.

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    Krafton introduced the launch of the BGMI recreation in May 2021. The recreation was lastly launched on July 2 for Android units and August 18 for iOS units.

    In a span of 1 yr, BGMI surpassed 100 million registered customers.

    Later, the Indian authorities ordered Google and Apple to block the BGMI gaming app from their respective on-line shops.

    Google and Apple pulled the favored battle royale recreation BGMI from their respective app shops.

    The ban was under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

    Non-profit organisation Prahar claimed that BGMI was no completely different from erstwhile PUBG, because it “poses a menace to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, safety of the state, and public order”.

    (With inputs from company)

  • Samsung Galaxy F54 with super steady OIS, Nightography coming to India this month [details]

    Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus first look and impressions







    Samsung is equipped to launch a premium Galaxy F collection smartphone referred to as Galaxy F54 later this month that can provide flagship digicam options, making it probably the most premium F collection smartphone launch by the South Korean big within the nation.

    Industry sources informed IANS on Thursday that Galaxy F54 will come with super-steady OIS in addition to a brand new ‘Astrolapse’ characteristic for pictures fans.

    Galaxy F54 is tipped to get Samsung’s flagship Nightography characteristic, enabling customers to take nice photos in low-light situations.

    Samsung

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    The system will add to Samsung’s portfolio of premium 5G smartphones and can assist the corporate consolidate its 5G management within the nation.

    Galaxy F54 is probably going to come with Super AMOLED+ show and Android 13 OS out of the field, in accordance to sources.

    Samsung launched the F collection smartphones in 2020 to goal younger Indian customers. The F collection smartphones promote on Flipkart, Samsung.com and choose retail channels.

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    In March, the corporate launched Galaxy F14 5G with a segment-only 6000mAh battery in India at a beginning worth of Rs 12,990.

    Galaxy F14 5G helps 13 bands for super-fast 5G connectivity. It includes a 6.6-inch Full HD+ 90Hz show offering customers with an immersive viewing expertise. The show comes protected with Gorilla Glass 5, which lets customers keep worry-free.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Apple’s App Store is a fortress; over $2 bn in fraudulent transactions in 2022 [details]

    Apple gave $320 billion to builders on App Store since 2008







    Apple has introduced that its App Store prevented over $2.09 billion in probably fraudulent transactions in 2022, blocking practically 3.9 million stolen bank cards from getting used to make purchases, and banned 7,14,000 accounts from transacting once more.

    “Today, Apple introduced that in 2022, the App Store prevented over $2 billion in probably fraudulent transactions, and rejected practically 1.7 million app submissions for failing to satisfy the App Store’s excessive requirements for privateness, safety, and content material,” Apple stated on Tuesday.

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    Among these 1.7 million apps, 4,00,000 have been rejected for violating privateness, 1,53,000 have been rejected for spam and copying current apps, and 29,000 have been rejected for together with hidden or undocumented options.

    Nearly 24,000 apps have been blocked or faraway from the App Store for bait-and-switch violations similar to these in 2022.

    Apple's App Store stopped over $2 bn in fraudulent transactions in 2022

    Apple’s App Store stopped over $2 bn in fraudulent transactions in 2022Apple

    Moreover, the tech large stated about 4,28,000 developer accounts have been terminated for probably fraudulent exercise, and 105 million fraudulent developer account creations have been blocked.

    Apple additionally deactivated 282 million fraudulent buyer accounts and prevented the creation of one other 198 million.

    Apple's App Store stopped over $2 bn in fraudulent transactions in 2022

    Apple’s App Store stopped over $2 bn in fraudulent transactions in 2022Apple

    Last 12 months, App Review took motion to stop practically 84,000 probably fraudulent apps from reaching customers on the App Store.

    In 2022, with over 1 billion scores and evaluations processed, Apple blocked and eliminated greater than 147 million scores and evaluations for failing to satisfy moderation requirements, the corporate talked about.

  • Hacker who took over Biden, Musk Twitter accounts pleads guilty [details]

    Hackers targeting govt officials with tailored clickbaits for phishing attacks







    A UK citizen accused of hacking Twitter accounts as part of a Bitcoin scheme has pleaded guilty to his role in cyber stalking and computer hacking that targeted numerous high-profile social media accounts, including the July 2020 Twitter hack.

    Joseph James O’Connor, a.k.a. PlugwalkJoe, 23, was extradited to the US from Spain last month, where he awaited trial for harassing, threatening, and extorting his victims.

    According to Gizmodo, the first time O’Connor was arrested was in 2021 for attempting to take control of 130 Twitter accounts, including — US President Joe Biden, American socialite & model Kim Kardashian, and Tesla & Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

    Fraudsters get creative, come up with newer ways to dupe people

    IANS

    O’Connor, in July 2020, wrote on Biden’s account, “All Bitcoin sent to the address below will be sent back double! If you send $1,000, I will send back $2,000. Only doing this for 30 minutes. Enjoy!”

    Twitter then responded at that time by deactivating all verified accounts and disabling the tweet feature in an attempt to target the hackers.

    “We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools,” Twitter’s support team wrote in July 2020.

    According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), an FBI investigation found that O’Connor and his co-conspirators were able to transfer control of some Twitter accounts to unauthorised users for a fee.

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    Moreover, the investigation uncovered that in certain instances, the group exploited the control they had over certain Twitter accounts for personal gain, and engaged in fraudulent activities that impacted other users of the platform.

    As part of this, it was discovered that O’Connor had made an agreement to purchase access to a specific account for a sum of $10,000.

    “Like many criminal actors, O’Connor tried to stay anonymous by using a computer to hide behind stealth accounts and aliases from outside the US. But this plea shows that our investigators and prosecutors will identify, locate, and bring to justice such criminals to ensure they face the consequences for their crimes,” Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A Polite, Jr of the DOJ’s Criminal Division said in a statement.

    As part of his guilty plea, O’Connor has agreed to pay restitution to all of the victims and forfeit just over $7,94,000. His sentencing is scheduled for June 23 in a district court in New York.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Apple introduces Watch Pride Edition Sport Band; celebrates LGBTQ+ communities [details]

    Apple gave $320 billion to developers on App Store since 2008







    Apple has introduced a new Pride Edition Sport Band accompanied by a matching watch face and iOS wallpaper, as the company celebrates the ongoing movement to protect and advance equality for the LGBTQ+ communities around the world.

    The Pride Edition Sport Band will be available for Rs 4,500 from May 23 on apple.com and at Apple Store locations beginning May 24.

    The Pride Edition Sport Band is available in 41 mm and 45 mm sizes, and is compatible with Apple Watch Series 3 and later.

    Apple introduces Watch Pride Edition Sport Band

    Apple introduces Watch Pride Edition Sport BandApple

    The new Pride Celebration watch face and iPhone wallpaper will be available next week, and requires watchOS 9.5 and iOS 16.5.

    The new Sport Band design showcases the original pride flag rainbow colours and five others � black and brown symbolise Black and Latin communities, in addition to those who have passed away from or are living with HIV/AIDS, while light blue, pink, and white represent transgender and nonbinary individuals.

    Apple introduces Watch Pride Edition Sport Band

    Apple introduces Watch Pride Edition Sport BandApple

    This year’s design integrates a joyful rainbow of geometric shapes on a white base, which are compression-moulded into the final band.

    In the forming process, the base material flows around each individual shape, creating small variations in their layout.

    No two bands are exactly alike, reflecting the individuality of all members of the LGBTQ+ community, said the company.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Cisco CEO meets PM Modi; doubles down on local manufacturing [details]

    Cisco starts laying off over 4,000 employees; affects 5% workforce







    Global networking giant Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and discussed how the company has doubled down on manufacturing to boost exports from the country.

    Cisco has announced strategic investments in Indian manufacturing capabilities as the next step in delivering cutting-edge technologies to our customers in India and across the globe.

    “Thank you for your leadership, Honorable PM of India, @narendramodi! Thrilled to announce @Cisco is investing in manufacturing in India, with an aim to drive over $1B in combined domestic production and exports,” Robbins tweeted.

    Cisco CEO meets PM Modi, doubles down on local manufacturing

    Cisco CEO meets PM Modi, doubles down on local manufacturingIANS

    On his part, PM Modi tweeted: “Delighted to meet you @ChuckRobbins and good to see @Cisco harnessing the wide range of opportunities available in India”.

    Cisco has announced it will start manufacturing in India, with an aim to drive more than $1 billion in combined domestic production and exports in the coming years via offering a robust and secure device ecosystem.

    India is a key market for Cisco and its second largest R&D centre outside the US.

    Earlier in the day, Robbins also met government’s think tank NITI Aayog’s CEO, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, with whom he discussed Cisco’s plan to manufacture products for Indian and global markets.

    “Great to meet B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, CEO, @NITIAayog to discuss @cisco_in’s plans to manufacture products for Indian and global markets as well as our commitment to #cybersecurity, #skilling & promoting #entrepreneurship in India,” he tweeted after the meeting.

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    A sign marking a Cisco office is pictured in San Diego, California November 12, 2012.Reuters

    He also had a meeting with Telecom Secretary K. Rajaraman, during which both the officials discussed the company’s future plans.

    “Great meeting with India’s Telecom Secretary K Rajaraman on @cisco_in’s plans to manufacture in India for India and the world. Hearing about India’s efforts in #5G, rural broadband across the country was inspiring!” Robbins tweeted.

    Since commencing operations in India in 1995, Cisco has focused on helping the country digitise at scale and speed, including accelerating the transformation of critical sectors like transport, agriculture, including through the Country Digitisation Acceleration programme, and building a skilled workforce through the Cisco Networking Academy programme.

    “Fuelled by a rapidly developing digital economy, India is a focal point of innovation and business for Cisco, and we remain deeply committed to our partnerships here,” according to Robbins.

    (With inputs from IANS)