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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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China plans 450 GW Solar and Wind power on Gobi desert

He Lifeng, director of the National Development and Reform Commision (NDRC) has said that China will build the largest scale of solar and wind power generation at 450GW in Gobi...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Is Apple putting Mac hardware inside Magic Keyboard?

Latest Apple patent shows Apple's idea of putting the Mac hardware right inside the Magic Keyboard. The patent filed back in Aug 2020 shows all the essential hardware component including...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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YY8: Maruti Suzuki + Toyota's Electric Car Will Have 500 Km Range

Maruti Suzuki and Toyota have joined hands to launch a 500 Km range electric car. Codenamed YY8, the EV is said to pack ~59kWh, "Made in India" battery to move...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Exynos 2200 - Console-like Gaming Experience on Mobile

Samsung's latest Exynos 2200 processor integrates AMD RDNA 2 GPU; with a promise to offer console-like gaming experience on mobile phones. The new architecture has hardware-based ray tracing as one...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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World's Smallest Camera Captures Full-Color Images

Researchers at Princeton University have developed an ultracompact camera, the size of a grain of salt that can produce full-color images. Just about 0.5 mm wide, the camera uses new...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 27, 2024

Oct 27, 2024

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New Internet Speed Record - 319 Tbps

Japanese engineers have achieved 319 Tb/s data transfer speed. For reference, it'd download 80,000 movies in a second. Researchers developed a 4-core experimental optical fiber and fired laser pulses at...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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GoodFellows Lets Elderly Rent A Friendly Grandkid

How about paying a monthly fee to rent a grandkid who'll treat you as their own grandpa or grandma? Let's call it GaaS; and it's a reality. GoodFellows, a startup...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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SpinLaunch Will Launch Satellites Without Rockets

SpinLaunch is designing a novel mechanism of launching satellites into space without rockets. SpinLaunch's Orbital Accelerator spins up the satellites inside a vacuum chamber to about 5000 mph prior to...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Tesla's Director of Autopilot Software Joins Apple

Apple's just made a key hire - Christopher "CJ" Moore, the director of Autopilot Software at Tesla since 2019. Moore will report to Stuart Bowers - who was the head...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 27, 2024

Oct 27, 2024

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Gmail Login To Get Difficult As Google Makes 2FA Compulsory

Google is making 2FA compulsory to login to Google accounts. Don't worry if you have no clue what 2FA means. 2FA is "Two-factor Authentication" - a more secure way to...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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150 Nuclear Plants In 15 Years - China's Mega Energy Plan

China is planning to build 150 new nuclear reactors in the next 15 years with $440 billion investment. By 2025, China will surpass USA as the largest producer of nuclear...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 27, 2024

Oct 27, 2024

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Microsoft Loop - The New MS Office App for Collaboration

Microsoft Loop is latest addition the MS Office App suite for collaborative work. Let me explain. Let's say you've embedded a table in Outlook email; and your colleague updates it...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Mesh for Teams is Microsoft's Mixed Reality Platform for Office Meetings

Microsoft's announced "Mesh for Teams" - a new way of meeting with your colleagues in virtual, mixed-reality environments. Instead of video calls, Mesh builds up your virtual avatar that interacts...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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"Little Giant" Sets New EV Land Speed Record - 568 km/h

Team Vesco and ReVolt System's 444 Little Giant has set a new land-speed record for EVs with 568 kmph top speed. The vehicle deploys two heavily modified Tesla motors powered...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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ZeroAvia Is Readying Its Hydrogen Powered Airplan For First Commercial Flight

Hydrogen aviation pioneer, ZeroAvia is readying its zero-emission hydrogen powered airplane to carry 19 passengers from London to Rotterdam in 2024. The aircraft will fly entirely on hydrogen - and...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Project Kuiper : Amazon's Grand Plan To Offer Satellite Internet

Amazon's planning to put 3236 communication satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) in order to offer satellite Internet. The company's planning to put KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 in space by end of...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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5D Optical Storage Allows Storing 500 TB Data On CD-Sized Disc

New 5D storage mechanism now allows storing 500TB of data on a CD-sized glass disc. Researchers used near-field enhancement which allows creation of nanostructures using weak light pulses to store...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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US Army's 300 kW Laser Weapon Will Melt Missiles, Helicopters and Airplanes

General Atomics and Boeing have prototyped a badass 300 kW laser weapon. The prototype will produce a lethal output greater than anything fielded to date. Back in 2014, US Navy...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Making Rocket Fuel On Mars Using Microbes

The trips to Mars are currently one-way; because the size of the rockets required to ferry back the astronauts would be too big. In order to make reusable rockets, we'll...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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Facebook < > Meta : Zuck Rebrands Company

Facebook Inc. is now Meta Inc. - and it's a short for "Metaverse" or multiple universe. Zuck informed that the new branding exercise is in-line with company's vision to go...

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