Coinbase Launched Unusual Legal Offense Months Before US SEC Crackdown

Coinbase Launched Unusual Legal Offense Months Before US SEC Crackdown

Months before cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase became the biggest target of the US crackdown on digital assets, the company launched an unusual legal offensive, enlisting top lawyers to try to shape court decisions in other cases. Before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Coinbase on June 6, the company had assessed two other crypto-related lawsuits … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Series Suggested Price; SmartTag 2, Smart Ring, XR Surface Online headset details

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Series Suggested Price;  SmartTag 2, Smart Ring, XR Surface Online headset details

Samsung is confirmed to host the second Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event in July. The South Korean tech giant is set to launch a slew of new devices including the Galaxy Watch 6 series, SmartTag 2, Smart Ring and the XR headset. The Watch 6 series is expected to include a base model and a classic, … Read more

Amazon tricked millions of customers into signing up for Prime, says US regulator in lawsuit

Amazon tricked millions of customers into signing up for Prime, says US regulator in lawsuit

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of signing up millions of consumers to its Amazon Prime subscription service without their consent and making it difficult for them to cancel, the agency’s latest move against the e-commerce giant in recent weeks. The FTC sued Amazon in federal court in Seattle, alleging that the … Read more

Twitter becomes X: How Elon Musk is working towards his 1999 dream of creating an ‘app for everything’

Twitter becomes X: How Elon Musk is working towards his 1999 dream of creating an ‘app for everything’

Elon Musk, since acquiring Twitter for US$44 billion (approximately Rs. 3,59,100 crore), has been introducing changes and updates to the microblogging site. The latest twist is a complete change of his brand name and logo from Twitter to X. The billionaire too announced in a tweet that the X.com domain now redirects users to Twitter. … Read more

Elon Musk’s Starlink high-speed internet service eyes India, faces resistance from Reliance Jio at auction

Elon Musk’s Starlink high-speed internet service eyes India, faces resistance from Reliance Jio at auction

Elon Musk is eager to bring his Starlink satellite broadband to India, but the world’s richest man faces stiff resistance from Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, who runs Indian telecoms giant Reliance Jio.After a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United States on Tuesday, Musk said he was looking forward to launching … Read more

Xiaomi Pad 6 review: Doubling the value

Xiaomi Pad 6 review: Doubling the value

The Xiaomi Pad 6 has been launched as a new Android tablet for Rs. 30,000 in India, replacing the Pad 5 (Review) that debuted last year. The Pad 6 has some big boots to fill, as its predecessor got most things right, offering good value for money hardware at an attractive price point. The new … Read more

Kia Seltos (2023) First impressions: Technology makes this car safer, smarter and more fun

Kia Seltos (2023) First impressions: Technology makes this car safer, smarter and more fun

The Kia Seltos has been among the most popular cars in its category in India since its launch in 2019. The mid-size city SUV is just as suited to driving in the city as it is on the highway, but what has really worked for the car in India is its feature-heavy approach to the … Read more

AI and crypto are becoming regulatory enemies

AI and crypto are becoming regulatory enemies

In 1865, Great Britain passed its infamous ‘Red Flag’ Act – copied in many other places – to regulate motor vehicles. A crew of three was required for each vehicle, one of which had to walk 60 meters ahead with a red flag to warn horses and riders of the vehicle’s approach. It also imposed … Read more

Topics may attract advertisers from Elon Musk’s Twitter, but it’s still early days, analysts say

Topics may attract advertisers from Elon Musk’s Twitter, but it’s still early days, analysts say

Threads, the Meta Platform side of Twitter, is seen by some advertisers as less contentious and more predictable than Elon Musk’s platform, and analysts say it could pull in marketing budgets — eventually. Launched on July 5, Threads has become the fastest growing social media platform, reaching 100 million users, the first apparent serious threat … Read more

For EV batteries, lithium iron phosphate becomes the material of choice

For EV batteries, lithium iron phosphate becomes the material of choice

As the auto industry struggles to produce more affordable electric vehicles whose most expensive components are batteries, lithium iron phosphate is gaining traction as the material of choice for electric vehicle batteries. The popularity of the chemical compound known as LFP is due in part to environmental and geopolitical concerns. But technological advances have also … Read more