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WhatsApp working normally after outage in India:Downdetector reports disruption until 11:26 a.m., with users flagging issues

WhatsApp is back up and working for users in India after a temporary outage affected the messaging platform on August 10. Several users had earlier reported difficulties while sending photos, videos, stickers, GIFs and other media files through the Meta-owned app. The disruption appeared to mainly affect media-sharing features. Users reported that photos and videos […]

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NASA finds new way to keep 50-year-old spacecraft alive:In a surprising move, Voyager 2, launched in 1977, still sending scientific data

Imagine sending a machine into space in 1977 and, almost five decades later, still receiving scientific data from it. That is the incredible journey of NASA’s Voyager 2. But the spacecraft is now facing a major problem: it is slowly running out of power. Voyager 2 is billions of miles from Earth, travelling through interstellar

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De-streaming music

[[{“value”:” The greatest thing about a smartphone is also its biggest problem, it does everything. You can take pictures, watch movies, listen to music, answer emails and, unfortunately, unlock your phone to change a song only to emerge three hours later wondering why you are watching a man restore a rusty axe. Maybe the solution

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Fraud in the name of mobile tower:Don’t fall for the lure of big earnings, understand from experts how to avoid this scam

Imagine, you have a field, an empty plot, or a large rooftop. One day, you suddenly receive a call or message offering you to install a mobile tower there and earn 30-50 thousand rupees rent every month. Many people trust this attractive offer without any investigation. Taking advantage of this trust, fraudsters are committing scams.

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Enable backups in Photos; otherwise you’ll lose all your pictures:Google Drive to end photo backup on August 10; tips to secure your memories

If you use Google Drive on your computer to automatically back up photos, there’s an important change you need to know about. From August 10, 2026, Google will stop supporting automatic photo backup from Google Drive for desktop to Google Photos. But the relaxing part is that your existing photos will not suddenly disappear. However,

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‘Meta must follow Indian law, not just global rules’:Govt sources say Meta needs to ‘understand our culture’ to monitor content properly

Meta’s platforms must be governed by Indian law, not merely by the company’s global policies, news agency ANI reported on Sunday, citing government sources. Govt didn’t instruct Meta to completely change algorithm The officials noted that it would be factually inaccurate to say that the government had ‘directed Meta to completely overhaul its algorithm.’ While

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Google event on 12 August:Pixel 11 series may bring 120x zoom and up to 1TB storage; here’s what else to expect

Google will host its biggest hardware event of the year, “Made by Google”, on 12 August in San Francisco and 13 August in India. The company is expected to unveil four smartphones in the Pixel 11 series, the Pixel Watch 5, and the Pixel Tag, a smart tracker designed to compete with Apple’s AirTag. Beyond

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First store with ‘AI boss’ flops:Boss let employees take leave freely, faces ₹60 lakh loss

The scene at ‘Andon Market’ on Union Street in San Francisco, USA, is completely different from any ordinary retail store. It is claimed to be the world’s first venture run not by humans, but by the AI bot ‘Luna’. If you are thinking that this AI boss is acting like a harsh or strict dictator

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First store with ‘AI boss’ flops:Boss let employees take leave freely, faces ₹60 lakh loss

The scene at ‘Andon Market’ on Union Street in San Francisco, USA, is completely different from any ordinary retail store. It is claimed to be the world’s first venture run not by humans, but by the AI bot ‘Luna’. If you are thinking that this AI boss is acting like a harsh or strict dictator

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Mark Zuckerberg apologises to Indian govt over child sexual material:Meta admits spending ‘a lot of money’ to promote certain content, say sources

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for the presence of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), deepfake content and operational lapses on the company’s platforms, according to government sources. The apology came after Meta’s global leadership met Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and senior officials in New Delhi on Wednesday. The meeting follows the Centre’s recent

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