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Croma has introduced the Good Life Fest, a monsoon campaign offering discounts on various home appliances. The aim is to provide comfort and convenience during the monsoon season. Customers can avail discounts of up to 50% on a wide range of home appliances, including washing machines, water purifiers, air fryers, OTGs, microwaves, kettles, and more. The Good Life Fest features gadgets that aim to simplify daily routines, especially during the rainy days of the monsoon season. Croma has curated a list of home appliances that are suggested as useful purchases or upgrades for this period. Some highlights of the Good Life Fest include: 1) Morphy OTG: Customers can explore up to 50% off on Morphy OTG for baking and roasting purposes. 2) Havells Kettle: The Havells Kettle is available at a discount of 48% for those who enjoy hot beverages during the monsoon. 3) Snacking Essentials: Various snacking essentials are available with discounts of up to 50%. Additionally, customers can take...

The ultra-modern messaging app, Telegram, isn't really easy to understand at times. But the messaging app is growing really fast with updates and changes being launched every now and then. You might have been using it for a long time now but do you know it inside out? If not then let me introduce them to you Here are five such Telegram features that you should know about and use: 1. Telegram Premium The cloud-based messaging app is now offering a subscription based ‘Premium’ model to its users. This is a paid model and will allow you to access a lot more features. This might come in handy for professionals looking to expand through Telegram. Also read: WhatsApp to roll out Telegram-like broadcasting 'channels' soon: Report 2. You can create up to 5 Telegram accounts: Yes, you heard that right. Telegram allows users to have five accounts. However, there’s a catch, you will have to purchase the premium version and pay for this feature. This feature seems more reasonable...

Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to X, including the domain X.com now redirecting to Twitter.com and an interim new X logo. This may seem abrupt to some onlookers but it’s been more than 20 years in the making. Here’s the history of Musk and X and what this rebranding could mean for the future of Twitter.  The future of Twitter now is in the history of X pic.twitter.com/IwcbqMnQtA — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023 X.com was an online bank and Musk’s second startup venture he founded in 1999. This later merged with a competing software company called Confinity and became Paypal in 2000. He was no longer a chief executive of X.com by this point. However, years passed and in 2017, he bought the X.com domain from Paypal.  He has time and again expressed his fondness for the letter X. He has even nick-named one of his kids X.  Also Read: Threads isn’t threading enough and here is why we think it is so Buying Twitter has also apparently been a long-term plan t...

Instagram Threads has arrived. Users are posting funny memes and reactions to the new Twitter alternative. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg has posted his first tweet in over a decade and also announced the astounding growth of the app in a matter of hours since its launch. Even his tweet is a meme throwing shade at Twitter. And one person not enjoying these memes must be the memelord himself — Elon Musk, Twitter owner, CTO and ex-CEO.    Post by @zuck View on Threads Take a look at these memes and see why wouldn’t he be annoyed: Twitter vs Threads memes Before we begin, note that not all memes are a diss on Twitter. Some are mocking Mark Zuckerberg and his new app too. However, Mark doesn't seem to be bothered by such remarks as he reveals in the above video. pic.twitter.com/UUxr894u0p — Bearly (@early_2) July 6, 2023   Post by @pubity View on Threads   Post by @naughty.nations View on Threads   Post by @yourbongguy View on Threads   Post by ...

Apple AirTag might just have a new competitor in the market. Jio has introduced the JioTag which is not only an alternative but also a much cheaper option. The JioTag has been listed on Jio's official website and has revealed all the details for the same. Let's have a look at its key features. Key features of the JioTag JioTag is Bluetooth enabled and works in a range of up to 20 metres indoors and 50 metres outdoors.  The device doesn’t have any colour variants except for white.  The JioTag can be used to track down lost or misplaced items like keys, wallets and so on.  You can also find your phone using JioTag when you are not able to track it and also help your phone ring when it's on silent. In case if you have misplaced the JioTag, then you can mark it as lost on the JioThings app and the Jio Community. It will help search and report the location of the JioTag. Also read: Apple’s AirTag Could See A Second-Gen Version Claims Ming-Chi Kuo How to order a JioTag? V...

Google search engine is the default search engine for most of us and is therefore the biggest player in the market. Its dominance can’t be easily contested by competitors like Bing and Neeva. The latter learned that the hard way. Here’s what happened: Neeva Search Engine closes shop Neeva has announced its closing down its search engine on June 2.  Before we learn about why Neeva had this unfortunate end, you should know the search engine came across a promising alternative to Google search engine because it was ad-free and more privacy-friendly. Also, showed visual elements and human-created information over the top 10 blue links that you see on the Google Search Engine Results Page. Now, it offered this service behind a paywall. Well, there was a 3-month trial period after which users had to pay $4.95 (~₹410) a month. Even with the promise of a better search engine UX, it had to convince people to try it. That was possible only if people knew or cared about changing the def...

AI has been the focus of Google IO 2023 and the company has opened up Google Bard to the public in 180+ countries without a waitlist. We have tried various cool things on Bard and compared the results with ChatGPT. So, is the new Bard better than ChatGPT? Is it really the ChatGPT killer or the next-gen generative AI chatbot that Google wants it to be? Let’s find out. How to get Google Bard in India : 1. Go to bard.google.com 2. Sign in with your personal Google account. 3. Read and accept the terms and conditions. Start using Bard. But before you do, here are some things to know. 3 things about Google Bard that it wants you to know 1. Bard keeps a record of your past conversations and frames its following responses accordingly. So, you are advised against sharing sensitive information with Bard. 2. Bard admits that it is in an experimental state and may give inaccurate or inappropriate information. Google assumes no responsibility or liability for Bard’s views. 3. It warns you...

Oppo has been launching attractive phones this season and now it’s coming up with the latest phone of the F-series, Oppo F23 5G. Oppo then announced the India launch date of the smartphone as May 15, 2023.  Oppo has launched an official trailer of this phone from which the design and some key features were revealed. But, this new smartphone, which will be the successor of the Oppo F21S 5G, is expected to be just a rebranded version of Oppo A98 5G. Now, let's have a look at the design and specifications of the phone that the official trailer has offered us with. Also read: 5 key expected details of Oppo Find X6 series that gets us hyped for its launch Design of the Oppo F23 5G The Oppo smartphone will have a flat frame probably of plastic, if it isn't aluminium. It has a punch-hole cutout right at the centre for the front camera of the phone. At the back of the phone, the panel has dual rings with triple camera sensors and the flash. The rings have the Oppo specific glow de...

Apple is currently paying around $20 billion per year to Google for its search engine. The Cupertino-giant might hence want to come up with an in-house alternative to save that cost. Well, The Information reports that the company is working on its own search engine with help of IPs from Laserlike, a startup the company had bought a while back. So, it’s a product that’s been a long time coming. But, as you’d guess, the road to a Google-rivaling search engine may not be that smooth.  Here’s what the report tells us about Apple's search engine efforts: Apple Search Engine with “capabilities that might compete for head-on with Google” Search engines play a vital role in the way people use the internet and if you control that (to whatever extent possible), that’s a lot of data insights into user behavior, ad revenue, and power, of course. So, why would Apple miss out on that, with the money and might it has?  Well, it wouldn’t. The only problem is that this is going to be a ma...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk says his rocket firm SpaceX will continue funding its Starlink Internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. On the microblogging site Twitter, Musk wrote that "the hell with it... Even though Starlink is still losing money and other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free". According to the BBC, Starlink has been vital for Ukraine's military and people to stay online. Ukraine says it helped to reboot key infrastructure after Russian attacks. Energy installations were among the facilities targeted by more than 100 Russian missiles this week. Starlink consists of thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit and ground terminals. Last month, Musk asked the Pentagon to fund the Starlink programme instead of him, according to the US media. And on Friday, he tweeted: "SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system inde...

Facing a massive controversy over the proliferation of child pornography on its platform in India, Twitter said on Saturday that it banned 57,643 accounts in the country for promoting child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity and allied content between July 26 and August 25. Earlier this week, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal had said the replies received from Twitter in the child pornography complaints were incomplete and the Commission was not satisfied with them. Maliwal had on September 20 summoned Twitter India Policy Head and Delhi Police over tweets depicting child pornography and rape videos of women and children on the micro-blogging platform. Taking suo moto cognisance of several tweets openly depicting videos and photographs of sexual acts involving children, the Commission said that most of the tweets portrayed children completely naked and many of them also depicted brutal rape and other non-consensual sexual activities with children and women...

Google Chrome Extensions are very useful tools to enhance the browsing experience and hence, many of the popular options are downloaded and used by many. Now even though Google scans these extensions for security and privacy holes, still, some sketchy ones occasionally get away from Google’s sieve. We will learn why this happens. But more crucially, there are 5 such Google Chrome Extensions that you should delete right away (if you have them installed) as they are allegedly malware infected. Malicious Google Chrome Extensions that you should uninstall In a recent McAfee security report, 5 Google Chrome Extensions are named which are apparently infected by Malware. Here are their names: Netflix Party (netflixparty1.com) Netflix Party (Yes, two extensions that allow you to watch Netflix together with your friends are flagged) FlipShope — Price Tracker Extension Full Page Screenshot Capture — Screenshotting AutoBuy Flash Sales  Interestingly enough, these have over 1,400,000 combine...

Former Twitter security head Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has alleged that the Indian government forced the micro-blogging platform to hire a "government agent" and allow him access to users' sensitive data, a claim that has been trashed by Twitter. Zatko's whistleblower disclosure in a 84-page page, submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was obtained by CNN and The Washington Post on Tuesday. In a section titled 'Penetration by Foreign Intelligence & Threats to Democracy', Zatko claimed that "the Indian government forced Twitter to hire specific individual(s) who were government agents, who (because of Twitter's basic architectural flaws) would have access to vast amounts of Twitter sensitive data". "By knowingly permitting an Indian government agent direct unsupervised access to the company's systems and user data, Twitter executives violated the company's commitments to its users," he claimed. Zat...

Twitter's former head of security, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, has claimed that the Parag Agrawal-led platform lied about the actual number of bots on its platform and misled federal regulators about users' safety, media reports said on Tuesday. According to his disclosure obtained by CNN and The Washington Post, Zatko said that Twitter has "major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy". Zatko, who reported directly to the CEO, was fired by Twitter in January this year over "poor performance". Last month, he filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing Twitter of deceiving shareholders and violating an agreement it made with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to uphold certain security standards. In his disclosure as a whistleblower, Zatko alleged that Twitter's leadership "has misled its own board and gov...

Tech giant Google's artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly flagged parents' accounts for potential abuse over nude photos of their sick kids. The father said that after using his Android smartphone to take photos of an infection on his toddler's groin, the tech giant flagged the images as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), citing the NYT, The Verge reported. The company closed his accounts and filed a report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and spurred a police investigation. It highlights the complications of trying to tell the difference between potential abuse and an innocent photo once it becomes part of a user's digital library, whether on their personal device or in cloud storage. The incident occurred in February 2021, when some doctor's offices were still closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As per the report, Mark (whose last name was not revealed) noticed swelling in his child's genital region and, at the reques...

The Indian smartphone users are spending 30 minutes a day on consuming memes and 80 per cent have increased meme consumption in the last year, a new report showed on Monday. While most users enjoy memes as a good way to release stress, 50 per cent expect their meme consumption to increase, according to the report by strategy consulting firm Redseer. "The shareability of memes makes them popular among groups with the same interest or even globally because most people find them relatable. Thus, it comes as no surprise that in just the last year, close to 80 per cent have increased meme consumption," said Mrigank Gutgutia, Partner at Redseer. Memes are now at the peak of the entertainment sector. To keep up with this rising demand, meme creation platforms are crowding the market, indicating that monumental growth is on the cards for this industry. "Ninety per cent of consumers are open to creating memes themselves, indicating large latent demand for meme creation apps,...

A poll by Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that nearly 65 per cent of his followers do not believe in Twitter's claim that less than 5 per cent of daily users are fake/spam on the platform. Musk, who is fighting a bitter legal battle with Twitter over the cancellation of the $44 billion takeover deal, last week began a Twitter poll among his 102.8 million followers on whether Twitter's claim of less than 5 per cent of daily users are fake/spam. While 35 per cent said Twitter is telling the truth, nearly 65 per cent said this is not the case and the number of fake accounts are much higher. "Twitter has spoken," Musk said on Monday. The Tesla CEO has said that if Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal can prove the actual number of fake accounts, then the terminated deal can still move forward. "If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they're confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms," Musk tweeted. "However, ...

Amid the ongoing legal dispute over the $44 billion takeover deal to buy Twitter, tech mogul Elon Musk has challenged the platform's CEO Parag Agrawal to have a public debate on fake accounts and spam.  While replying to a user who summarised his accusations, which included Twitter stonewalling Musk and giving him "outdated data" about the microblogging platform, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote a "good summary of the problem". "If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they are confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms. However, if it turns out that their Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings are materially false, then it should not," Musk said in a series of tweets. "I hereby challenge Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the Twitter bot percentage. Let him prove to the public that Twitter has lesser than per cent fake or spam daily users!"  The tech billionaire also posted a p...

Elon Musk is terminating the $44 billion Twitter payout deal over fake mDAUs (Monetized Daily Active Users) data provided by Twitter. Musk filed the decision on Friday, July 8, 2022. In response, the social media company has warned of legal action against Musk. Let’s go through the SEC (the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) filing and also what Twitter representatives have to say about the turn of events. Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal: SEC Filing According to Musk’s SEC filing, he has made repeated requests to Twitter over the last two months for information regarding — Twitter’s process for auditing the inclusion of spam and fake accounts in mDAU.  Twitter’s process for identifying and suspending spam and fake accounts. ​​Daily measures of mDAU for the past 8 quarters.  Board materials related to Twitter’s mDAU calculations.  Materials related to Twitter’s financial condition. The filing mentions what Twitter claims about mDAU and fake account calculation. The compa...

Bharti Airtel on June 13, 2022 announced that their paid video streaming service, Airtel Xstream, has hit the 2 million paid subscribers milestone within a span of 100 days. For this reason, it is reportedly the fastest growing OTT aggregator platform in India. Airtel Xstream offers the largest bouquet of OTT platforms across TV and mobile formats in India. Subscribers can subscribe to a single OTT provider from the selection for a minimum price of Rs 148. The Airtel Xstream Premium large screen format launched earlier in the year, and for Rs 149 enables access to over 10,500 movies, shows and Live TV from Airtel's OTT partners, including Sony LIV, Eros Now, Lionsgate Play, Hoichoi, ManoramaMax, Shemaroo, Ultra, HungamaPlay, EPICon, Ducobay, DicoTV and more. Top 5 movies and web shows on Airtel Xstream in the last month Movies  Web shows James (Kanda) on SonyLiv   Gullak (Hindi) on SonyLiv Haathi Mere Saathi (Hindi) on ErosNow Flesh (Hindi) on ErosNow Spartacus (English...