In another distressing incident of an online scam, an 83-year-old retired government official from Kolkata fell victim, losing Rs 2.5 lakh. The victim, named S.P. Sinha, residing in Thakurpukur, had diligently visited his bank branch for all transactions and information until one day when an apparent call from the bank made him lose his life …

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The scammers would buy a product off of Amazon, buying it legitimately. They would then raise a return and refund request which would get approved by some “insiders.” They would then keep the refund and sell the product on their local listings In a bizarre development, e-commerce giant Amazon has fallen victim to online fraudsters, …

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ISRO is inviting students to share their ideas and designs for prospective rovers and robotics that can be used in space-based missions. For this, ISRO is organising a challenge, and will award Rs 10 lakhs to students who win The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO has initiated a Robotics Challenge, inviting ideas and designs …

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While Chinese EV companies have grown massively popular for being a lot more affordable than their American and European counterparts, a recent spat of recalls, especially in Australia New Zealand has raised some serious questions around safety and quality control As Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brands gear up to enter the global market, concerns are …

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iPhone SE 4 has been in the leaks for a long time now and there is still no strong confirmation of when it will arrive. We might finally get to see the successor to the third-generation iPhone SE in 2024, something that the leaks are suggesting. The old model didn’t get as popular as one …

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Elon Musk’s answer to ChatGPT, GrokAI is here and X Premium subscribers have started getting access to the AI chatbot. In a tweet, Musk announced that GrokAI is now being made available to users with the new app update. The chatbot’s arrival was announced last month, and the XAI team had said that it will …

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Google has removed 17 apps from the Play Store that were targeting Indian users with predatory loans and data harvesting. These apps, dubbed “SpyLoan” apps by researchers, were designed to exploit the trust that users place in legitimate loan providers. According to a report by ESET Research these malicious apps tricked users into granting them …

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he year 2023 has been quite stressful for thousands of techies across the globe, who lost their jobs as part of the layoffs carried out at various companies. From Amazon and Google to Microsoft and Accenture, some of the biggest tech giants laid off thousands of their employees abruptly this year. LinkedIn was flooded by …

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Google has officially launched its AI note-taking app, NotebookLM, which brings new features and harnesses the power of its Gemini Pro large language model (LLM). NotebookLM is an experimental AI-powered app designed to assist users with taking notes, summarising them, searching for specific information about them, and even creating outlines and suggestions based on the …

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Earlier this year, Spotify announced trimming its workforce by 17 percent. As a result, 1,500 employees were impacted and many of them also shared their stories on LinkedIn. And now, the company has announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Paul Vogel will also be stepping down in March 2024. In a press release, Spotify …

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