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Sunday, May 9, 2021

Dogecoin Price Dives After Elon Musk Calls it a 'Hustle' on SNL

Dogecoin price dropped after its top promotor Elon Musk called it a hustle during his hotly anticipated turn as the host of Saturday Night Live. He promoted the cryptocurrency during a segment... https://ift.tt/3tzmcTl

Asus ZenFone 8 Full Specifications Leak Ahead of Launch

Asus ZenFone 8 is expected to run on Android 11-based ZenUI 8 software and feature a 5.9-inch full-HD+ Samsung E4 AMOLED display with 120Hz screen refresh rate and Gorilla Glass protection. The phone... https://ift.tt/3xZUdQb

Samsung Galaxy M51 price slashed in India

The first Samsung smartphone with 7000mAh battery -- Galaxy M51 — has received its second price drop. Launched last year, the company has reduced the price of Galaxy M51 for the second time. https://ift.tt/3xYOs5l

Flagship Fest on Flipkart: Discount on iPhone 12, Asus ROG Phone 5, Motorola Razr, Google Pixel 4a and other smartphones

Flipkart is running a smartphone sale called the Flagship Fest. The sale started today and will continue till May 14. As part of the sale, buyers will get a 10% instant discount on Citibank credit and debit cards. There is also an extra Rs 500 off on EMI transactions above Rs 20,000 made using the bank’s card https://ift.tt/3hf07qL

Vivo promises three years of Android OS upgrades to these smartphones

Vivo, the BBK-owned smartphone brand, has announced that its flagship X series smartphones will be eligible for major Android OS upgrades and security updates for three years. “The premium X series models that are not eligible will continue to receive regular Android security updates,” said Vivo. https://ift.tt/3tyVCtE

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 expected to launch in August Galaxy Unpacked event

Samsung has already confirmed that it will not launch a new Galaxy Note smartphone this year. The company aims to bring its S Pen experience to other high-end smartphones and is focusing a lot on the new foldable Galaxy Z series smartphones https://ift.tt/2R61VYs

SpaceX accepts dogecoin as payment to launch lunar mission next year

"SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year - Mission paid for in Doge - 1st crypto in space - 1st meme in space", Musk said in a tweet. https://ift.tt/3bbaLuM

From Amazon to Tata, Reliance to Vedanta, industry steps up to combat coronavirus

India has reported more than 3,00,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for two weeks, and reached more than 4 lakh new daily cases over the weekend. More than 2.42 lakh people in India have died from the virus infection https://ift.tt/3vZ0D0h

UP police to take action against those spreading rumours that COVID spreads through 5G trials

An audio message claiming that the 5G trials were the reason behind the sudden surge in COVID cases in India has been doing the rounds. In the message, a man can be heard saying that because of 5G testing people are dying in states like UP, Maharashtra and Bihar. https://ift.tt/3vZ0zO5

Chip shortage in focus as Japan automakers ready to report profit drop

Blackouts in Texas where a number of chipmakers have factories and a fire at Renesas Electronics Corp's chip plant in Japan have exacerbated the supply crunch. https://ift.tt/3hid2YW

Is Epic Games' showdown with Apple turning into a mismatch?

If Epic Games hopes to dismantle the fortress surrounding Apple's iPhone and its app store, the video game maker probably will need to roll out some heavier artillery heading into the second week of a trial threatening Apple's $2 trillion empire. So far, at least, Epic has been having trouble proving its allegations that the iPhone maker's 13-year-old app store has turned into an illegal monopoly. https://ift.tt/3uzSD5y