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Here’s a far-fetched rumor for you - Samsung will reportedly design its own custom chipset for the 2025 Galaxy S-series. While the Exynos line of chipsets may seem to fill that description - it’s not actually custom made for the S-series as Samsung sells some of its in-house chipsets to other smartphone makers like Motorola and vivo. The new rumor cited by South Korean publication Inews24 and reliable tipster IceUniverse suggest that Samsung officials are not pleased with the backlash over the Galaxy S22 series GOS…

Two minutes after the world’s biggest tectonic plate shuddered off the coast of Japan, the country’s meteorological agency issued its final warning to about 50 million residents: A magnitude 8.1 earthquake had generated a tsunami that was headed for shore. But it wasn’t until hours after the waves arrived that experts gauged the true size of the 11 March 2011 Tohoku quake. Ultimately, it rang in at a magnitude 9—releasing more than 22 times the energy experts predicted and leaving…

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Like Earth, planetary bodies such as the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and comets contain substantial deposits of valuable resources. This has caught the attention of both researchers and industry, with hopes of one day mining them to support a space economy. But setting up any kind of off-Earth mining industry will be no small feat. Let’s look at what we’re up against. In-situ resource utilization When you think of off-Earth mining, you might imagine extracting materials from various bodies in space…

Friends, some excellent news: recent reports suggest Apple will ditch the Lightning port and embrace USB-C on its gadgets from next year. There’s a problem though. If this news is excellent (which I’m certain it is), then why do I feel so sad? Before we try and unpack that mess, let’s suckle on a little slice of context. For the past several years, the writing has been on the wall for Apple’s proprietary Lightning standard. Arguably, the biggest driver behind…

Amazon Prime Video launched a movie rental service in India on Thursday, starting with the likes of The Batman, Scream, Moonfall, The Matrix Resurrections, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. At prices ranging from Rs. 99 to Rs. 499, Prime members can rent movies in high-definition (HD) or Ultra HD 4K.Alongside, Prime Video promised to release more than 40 original series, and movies over the next two years.The world's second-most populous nation with a population of nearly 1.4 billion, India is a valuable market for Amazon and…

WhatsApp has announced that it is introducing cashback promotion of up to Rs. 33 for selected users of the app. Those who will be eligible for the promotion might see a banner within the app, or a gift icon when they are sending money to an eligible receiver. The news comes a few days after Meta Platforms-owned instant messaging app won the regulatory approval to extend its payments service from 40 million to 100 million users in India. The service will compete with Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe, among others in the…

Snap on Thursday hosted its fourth annual Snap Partner Summit to announce new augmented reality (AR) features that are aimed to help users in their daily lives and go beyond merely sharing interactive content on Snapchat. The AR adoption by the company has helped it grow against the likes of Meta and YouTube. Some of the recent advancements in giving interactive experiences have also enabled Snapchat as a distinct offering in the app world.At Snap Partner Summit 2022, Snap announced its plans to help clothing brands and…

Twitter on Thursday reported revenue and advertisement sales that fell short of expectations and were depressed by the ongoing war in Ukraine, laying out the challenges billionaire Elon Musk will face if he takes over the social media company.The company also reported 12 million new users in the quarter, its highest rise in users since the height of the pandemic, and the mixed news left the shares up 0.6 percent in late morning trade.The report could be Twitter's last as a public company, although the stock price, which…

Elon Musk told banks that agreed to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc that he could crack down on executive and board pay at the social media company in a push to slash costs, and would develop new ways to monetise tweets, three people familiar with the matter said.Musk made the pitch to the lenders as he tried to secure debt for the buyout days after submitting his offer to Twitter on April 14, the sources said. His submission of bank commitments on April 21 were key to Twitter's board accepting his…