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The U.S. auto industry is entering one of its biggest factory-building booms in years, a surge of spending largely driven by the shift to electric vehicles and new federal subsidies aimed at boosting U.S. battery manufacturing. Through November, about $33 billion in new auto-factory investment has been pledged in the U.S., including money for the construction of new assembly plants and battery-making facilities, according to the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit organization based in Michigan.  The 11-month…

IANS New Delhi, January 1 Elon Musk-run Twitter banned 45,589 accounts in India between October 26 and November 25, for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under its new owner, also took down 3,035 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. In total, Twitter banned 48,624 accounts in the reporting period in India. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new…

Asus doesn’t make as many phones as it used to but the Taiwanese maker has established itself on two notable fronts in the smartphone world – gaming phones and compact flagships. Zenfone 9 is the mainstream flagship phone from the brand with a focus on one-handed usability, while the ROG Phone 6 lineup is still the benchmark in the gaming phone segment. Let's see what went well and what could be improved. Winner – Zenfone 9 Asus built the best compact phone of the year and it’s not even close. The dimension on the…

NASA pays a unique tribute to late soccer king Pele with a picture of a Spiral Galaxy. Here's how. Pele, the three-time World Cup winner who is widely known as the greatest soccer player of all time, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82. The world is mourning the demise of the soccer King. It also triggered a wave of tributes from the sports world, his fans, and even beyond that. Now, the space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) joined others to pay a heartfelt tribute to the legend. And…

As we look ahead to the tech trends we face in 2023, we should also spare a moment to reflect on the gadgets and software that headed into the sunset in 2022. As we look ahead to the tech trends we face in 2023, we should also spare a moment to reflect on the gadgets and software that headed into the sunset in 2022.…

2022 was a solid year for Apple — the iPhone 14 Pro impressed with its Dynamic Island, the AirPods Pro 2 raised the bar for in-ear noise cancelling headphones, the M2 MacBook Air was a slick and svelte makeover for the line, and iOS and macOS updates breathed new life into older devices.But there were some gaps in the line-up, some MIA features, and some missed opportunities, too.Where’s the big-screen M2 MacBook Pros? Where’s the long-awaited Apple silicon Mac Pro? How about Apple’s classical music app? And what about…

How do I Write SQL Queries from Scratch When There Are No Hints?Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on UnsplashAs a mentor for an online analytics bootcamp, I‘ve had many mentees ask me “how do I come up with SQL queries in the real job world when there are no hints provided like in my coursework?”Many websites and courses will teach you how to use SQL, but they don’t teach you how to think through creating SQL queries from scratch. That is, how do you know what the SQL query should look like in real life when there is no…

Telegram Messenger has launched major updates to its application with features like new drawing and text tools, zero storage use, a profile picture for your contacts, and more.Within the "drawing and text tool", it introduced a new blur tool to redact sensitive data (or photobombers) -- and 5 high-precision ways to choose colours, including the Eyedropper tool.When adding text to photos or videos, users can now change its size, font, and background.To quickly add shapes like rectangles, circles, arrows, stars, and chat…

A Python Guide to Quickly Generate Knowledge GraphsPhoto by DeepMind on Unsplash.Knowledge graphs enable us to comprehend how different points of knowledge relate, giving us an extensive understanding of a field or topic. These graphs help us to discern how individual pieces of knowledge come together to form the larger picture. Clearly, constructing and visualising knowledge graphs can be an effective approach to many fields.In this article, we describe a process to generate new knowledge graphs by leveraging the largest…

BY JOANNA STERN | UPDATED DEC 30, 2022 08:04 AM EST Our tech columnists look ahead to an Apple headset, Netflix password crackdowns, the next DALL-E and more Big layoffs at Meta, Amazon, Snap and others? A global crypto fraud set in the Bahamas? Elon Musk buying and running Twitter? Look, not even Nostradamus could have seen all that coming. Of course, that’s what we love about this annual exercise, where our team sits…