Tech Updates
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🚨 iQOO Z9X 5G chipset, Battery details, and Colour Variants :
➡ iQOO Z9X 5G Smartphone teased to feature large battery life, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset.
➡ iQOO Z9X 5G Smartphone available in green and black colour variants.
🚨 Nintendo Switch 2 is coming soon :
➡ The first Nintendo Switch was unveiled in 2015, sold from 2017.
➡ The Nintendo Direct event in June 2024 won't feature Switch 2.
➡ Nintendo announced the Switch 2 console before April 2025.
🚨 YouTube Music could soon get its own Gemini Extension :
Google is reportedly working on a YouTube Music extension for Gemini that may allow users to quickly search and play their favourite music and discover new songs.
🚨 Microsoft readies a new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI :
Microsoft develops a large AI model (MAI-1) to compete with Google and OpenAI.
🚨 India's tablet market growth in Q1 2024 :
➡ India's tablet market has shown remarkable performance in the first quarter of 2024, with a significant rise in 5G-enabled devices.
➡ CMR reports a massive 130% quarter-on-quarter increase in 5G tablet shipments.
🚨 Tata Electronics starts exporting semiconductor chip samples from Bengaluru centre :
Tata Electronics' packaged chips are being shipped to the company’s partners in Japan, the US, and Europe.
🚨 RBI Governor Says Permanent Deletion of Transactions Would Make CBDCs Like Cash Notes :
In recent months, banks like ICICI have increased promotions of the digital rupee.
➡ RBI is making E Rupee ready with offline features.
➡ India’s CBDC is being circulated in the retail ecosystem for use.
➡ E Rupee fetched over Rs. 5 crore during the initial retail trial phase.
🚨 Bitcoin Crosses One Billion Transactions Milestone First Time :
The first Bitcoin block was mined on January 3, 2009, by its anonymous creator, pseudo named Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin completed one billion transactions on May 5 at block number 842,241, shows Clark Moody's Bitcoin dashboard. As of Tuesday, May 7, the total number of BTC transactions stand at 1,000,701,505.
➡ Bitcoin white paper was published in 2008.
➡ Bitcoin has now existed for over 5,600 days.
➡ Bitcoin is currently priced at around $63,582.
🚨 BSNL 4G services :
BSNL will launch 4G services across India in August, using completely indigenous technology.
BSNL officials claimed to have recorded a peak speed of 40-45 megabit per second on the 4G network.
🚨 Shocking new IIIT Delhi survey finds: UPI users are overspending :
➡ A survey showed that 74% respondents believe they are overspending due to UPI.
➡ The tangibility of cash makes us conscious about how much we are spending.
➡ As cash from UPI transfers is reaching their banks, a segment of Indians is saving.
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