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  Nothing Phone 3a Series Update Adds Privacy Space, Support for 4K Recording on Telephoto Cameras

  Nothing Phone 3a series was launched in India in March. Both the Nothing Phone 3a and the Phone 3a Pro models are promised to get three years of Android updates and six years of security upgrades. The company has released a software update for both phones in the lineup. It introduces the Privacy Space feature and support for 4K video recording...

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  CMF Buds 2a, Buds 2 and Buds 2 Plus With Up to 14 Hours Battery Life Launched in India: Price, Features

  CMF Buds 2a, CMF Buds 2 and CMF Buds 2 Plus TWS earphones have been launched in India. They support up to 50dB of active noise cancellation (ANC) and are claimed to offer a total battery life of more than 61 hours, together with their respective cases. The new headsets are compatible with the Nothing X app and support dual-device connectivity.

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  Meta Opens Threads to Advertisers Globally

  Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it is expanding advertising on its social network Threads to all eligible advertisers globally. A growing user base on Threads—exceeding 320 million monthly users—and uncertainty surrounding a potential TikTok ban in the US could bolster Meta's ability to attract advertisers.

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  OpenAI Reportedly Working on an AI-Powered Social Media Platform

  OpenAI is reportedly working on a social media platform. As per the report, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm is planning to integrate AI capabilities into the social app, although details around the integration are currently not known. The platform is said to compete with the likes of Elon Musk’s X (formerly known as Twit...

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  HP OmniBook AI PCs Refreshed With Intel Lunar Lake, AMD Krackan Point CPUs: Price, Specifications

  HP has opened pre-orders for its latest generation of OmniBook AI PCs in India, with prices starting at Rs. 78,999. The new OmniBook series includes four models — OmniBook Ultra 14, OmniBook X Flip 14, OmniBook 7 and OmniBook 5. All models are equipped with Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Strix Point and Krackan Point processors.

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  Threads Reportedly Testing New Feature for Importing Social Graph, Finding Creators Followed on X

  Threads is said to be testing a new feature which aims to make it easier to import the social graph from other microblogging platforms. According to a tipster, it is currently in beta and not available to all users. The feature is expected to introduce a way through which users can easily follow the same accounts on Threads as they do on X (formerl...

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  Google NotebookLM App Is Coming Soon, Company Confirms

  Google’s NotebookLM platform will soon be available as an app, the company confirmed on Monday. The artificial intelligence (AI) research and writing assistant was first introduced as Project Tailwind in 2023. It was then rolled out the next year, with India getting access to the platform in June 2024. Users can add information in a notebook acro...

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  Elon Musk's Social Media Firm X Bought by His AI Company, Valued at $33 Billion

  Elon Musk's xAI has acquired X in a deal that values the social media platform at $33 billion (roughly Rs. 2,82,447 crore). Much of the deal's specifics remain unclear, such as how X's leaders would be integrated in the new firm or whether there would be regulatory scrutiny.

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  Signal Head Defends Messaging App's Security After US War Plan Leak

  Signal's president defended the app's security after US officials mistakenly added a journalist to an encrypted chatroom discussing US military action in Yemen. While not addressing the error, Meredith Whittaker called Signal the "gold standard in private comms" on X, highlighting its security benefits over WhatsApp amid claims of a national securi...

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  Elon Musk Blames X Outage on Cyberattack

  Elon Musk has claimed that the reason why X went down intermittently on Monday was a strong cyberattack. His comments drew skepticism from cybersecurity specialists, who pointed out that attacks of this nature — called denials of service — have repeatedly been executed by small groups or individuals.

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  Grok AI Chatbot Can Now Be Accessed in the Replies of Posts on X

  Grok can now be summoned in the top level replies on posts on X (formerly known as Twitter), and the chatbot will respond to users. When the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot is tagged in the reply to a post, it already comes with the contextual understanding of the content, and can answer queries to even the vaguely worded prompts.

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  Deepinder Goyal Suggests "Match Scores" Instead Of Restaurant Ratings On Zomato App, Users React

  Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal wrote on X, "We all have different tastes in food, so why rely on the same restaurant ratings?"

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  Zepto Cafe Crosses 1 Lakh Daily Orders Soon After Launch, X User Shares Delivery Experience

  Launched in December 2024, Zepto Cafe claims to deliver coffee, snacks, and ready-to-eat meals within 10 minutes.

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  Video Shows Blinkit Agent Driving On Bengaluru Footpath, Company And Traffic Police Respond

  An X post about a Blinkit delivery agent riding his bike on a footpath in Bengaluru has ignited a debate about traffic violations.

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  X Premium+ Subscription Price Reportedly Hiked Hours After Grok 3 AI Model Launch

  X Premium+ subscription, the highest subscription tier on X (formerly known as Twitter), has reportedly witnessed a price hike. As per the report, the price increase was rolled out just hours after Elon Musk’s xAI introduced the Grok 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models. The new prices are said to be doubled to what they previously use...