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PepsiCo expects to take the delivery of the first Tesla Semi electric trucks before the end of this year. Speaking at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the company’s CEO Ramon Laguarta said he expected the first delivery of the all-electric trucks in the fourth quarter. He cited the truck as part of

Motorola Edge X, an upcoming handset from the Lenovo-owned smartphone brand was recently teased by a company executive and has reportedly been spotted on the China Compulsory Certificate (3C) website with model number XT2201-2. Now, fresh reports suggest that Motorola is working on a flagship called Motorola Edge 30 Ultra and the device is said

Google Pixel 6 Pro debuted in October this year in limited markets with the company’s proprietary Tensor SoC. The handset was recently put through a durability test by YouTube channel JerryRigEverything and it appears to have survived most of it. In the test, the latest Google smartphone is exposed to multiple scratches, and a bend

Ducati has unveiled the Pro-III electric scooter, touting the newest micro-mobility offering is its “most technically advanced.” Ducati Pro-III is equipped with a token that allows the owner to start the vehicle simply by bringing it close to the display. This, Ducati says, ensures the vehicle is only used by the person who has the

Twitter temporarily disabled the Trends feature in Ethiopia to make sure that the platform cannot be used to instigate violence in the conflict-torn country, the social media said on Saturday. On Thursday, the Ethiopian parliament declared a six-month state of emergency throughout the country to protect the population from the rebels of the Popular Front

DJI Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine have been unveiled as the latest drones from the Chinese company. The new Mavic models come as the successors to the Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom that both were launched back in 2018. Both Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine share the same design with omnidirectional

Ant Group-backed fintech firm Paytm said it has allocated shares worth Rs. 8235 crore to more than 100 institutional investors, including the government of Singapore, ahead of what is expected to be India’s largest stock market listing. Paytm’s offer of up to Rs. 18,300 crore, which was increased last month from Rs. 16,600 crore, garnered

Ubisoft has shared a few footnotes on its plans of developing play-to-earn blockchain games. The company, during a Q2 earnings call, picked up on the subject of blockchain games several times, also mentioning it in its earnings report. It is worth noting that Ubisoft is a founding member of the Blockchain Game Alliance and has

NASA has shared a stunning image of a giant eye-shaped nebula that is among the brightest and closest to Earth. The image, captured by the agency’s Spitzer Space telescope, showed a deep vacuum surrounded by a sparkling cloud of dust and gas. The dust and gas are spread over a two-light-year diameter around a central

A Canadian company has been seeing a surge in its stock value over the past few days. Surprisingly, it has Facebook to thank for its recent fortune. Canada’s Meta Material was at the receiving end of some name-related confusion as many rushed to invest in the retail trader after Facebook rebranded itself to Meta. Investors

A US national security panel is investigating Tencent Holdings’ $1.27 billion (roughly Rs. 9,518 crore) takeover of Sumo Group, the British videogame maker said on Friday, in a possible setback to the Chinese internet giant. Sumo, which has studios in the United States and four other countries, said Tencent had agreed to offer undertakings to

OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus 7 are getting an update that brings the October 2021 Android security patch to the flagship smartphone series from 2019. Alongside, the update is also bundled with a couple of bug fixes — including a call interface fix — and improvements for the OnePlus 7 series smartphones. The update

Revenue of China’s Huawei plummeted 38 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period a year earlier, with US sanctions having hobbled its smartphone business and new potential growth areas still in their infancy. The Chinese telecoms giant posted revenue of CNY 455.8 billion (roughly Rs. 5,34,064 crore) for the first three quarters

Dell’s Alienware sub-brand has introduced two new gaming desktops. The Alienware Aurora R13 is powered by Intel’s 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ CPUs while the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 is powered by AMD Ryzen processors. The Aurora R13 is offered with up to 12th Gen Intel Core i9 12900KF processor while the Aurora Ryzen Edition

Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, who remains unknown to this date. At the time Nakamoto minted the first Bitcoin in 2009, it wasn’t clear whether the cryptocurrency could ever be worth anything. However, 13 years later, the tokens held by Nakamoto remain unspent, and are now worth billions of dollars

Redmi Smart Band Pro is reported to launch alongside the Redmi Note 11 series on October 28. Xiaomi is hosting a grand event to launch the new smartphone series, wherein the Redmi Watch 2 unveil is already confirmed. Now, a new report suggests that the Redmi Smart Band Pro may also be introduced. Renders of

NASA has announced that it was now targeting to launch the Artemis 1, an uncrewed mission that will return the American space agency to the Moon after decades, in February 2022. The rescheduling of the launch has delayed the mission by at least three months as the ambitious programme was initially set to take off

Now a critical part of modern computing, data centres help people stream movies on Netflix, conduct transactions on PayPal, post updates on Facebook, store trillions of photos and more. But a single facility can also churn through millions of gallons of water per day to keep hot-running equipment cool. Google wants to build at least

A former Facebook worker reportedly told US authorities Friday the platform has put profits before stopping problematic content, weeks after another whistleblower helped stoke the firm’s latest crisis with similar claims. The unnamed new whistleblower filed a complaint with US financial regulator Securities and Exchange Commission that could add to the company’s distress, said a

Facebook is rolling out a new Group Effects feature on Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms. Group Effects bring new AR filters and effects that can be applied to everyone on a video call, at the same time. These Group Effects will be rolled out soon to Instagram, Facebook says. The social media giant says

Xiaomi SonicCharge 2.0 Cable was launched in India on Wednesday. The cable is not exactly new as it comes bundled with the Mi 33W SonicCharge 2.0 charger, but it is now being sold separately too. The 100cm (1 metre) long cable supports 33W fast charging and fast data transfer. The Xiaomi SonicCharge 2.0 Cable is

Oppo K9s smartphone was launched as the latest entrant in the Oppo K series in China on Wednesday. The Oppo K9s is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC and features a 120Hz hole-punch display. It packs a 5,000mAh battery and weighs 199 grams. The phone has a rectangular-shaped camera module at the back with

Realme Watch T1 was launched alongside Realme GT Neo 2T and Realme Q3s smartphones in China on Tuesday, October 19. The new smartwatch by the Chinese company comes with a round AMOLED display and is built using stainless steel. The Realme Watch T1 also supports 110 sports modes as well as offers heart rate and

Oppo K9 Pro will get a new Neon Silver colour option soon, the company confirmed. The phone was unveiled last month and it was launched in two colour options — Obsidian Black and Glacier Blue. Oppo has confirmed that the new colour option will launch on October 20. Oppo K9 Pro is equipped with a

The Batman trailer is here — in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. At DC FanDome on Saturday, Robert Pattinson the new Batman, Zoë Kravitz the new Catwoman, and The Batman writer-director Matt Reeves unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming standalone reboot of the Dark Knight. “The delineation between when he’s Batman and when he’s

More than 40 Uber food delivery couriers won damages worth EUR 10,000 (roughly Rs. 8.69 lakhs) each in Italy on Friday after their former boss was convicted and sentenced to jail. The CGIL trade union said the Milan court ruling marked “the first conviction” in Italy for crimes related to workers’ exploitation and labour outsourcing

Apple was on a collision course with South Korea on Friday over new requirements that it stop forcing app developers to use its payment systems, with a government official warning of a possible investigation into the iPhone maker’s compliance. The development comes after South Korea amended the Telecommunication Business Act in August to try to

Dell has refreshed its Latitude Rugged laptops portfolio by bringing two new models — Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged and Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme. The latest Dell Latitude Rugged models come with 11th-generation Intel Core processors and run Windows 11 out-of-the-box. Dell has offered optional 5G support on both Latitude 5430 Rugged and Latitude 7330

Realme GT Neo 2 has been launched in India. The new Realme phone is a successor to the Realme GT Neo that didn’t come to India in its original form but was launched as Realme X7 Max in May. Realme GT Neo 2 features a 120Hz AMOLED display and includes triple rear cameras. The phone

Former NSA consultant and whistleblower Edward Snowden has called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) a “cryptofascist currency” primarily designed to deny people the basic ownership of their money. In a tweet, Snowden said the CBDC will put the State at the centre of every transaction, in disagreement with the founding principles and protocols of the