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June, 2021

  • 10 June

    Severe COVID With Oxygen Therapy May Reduce Gray Matter In Brain, Say Neurologists

    COVID is not just a respiratory disease, but affects the brain as well, according to neurologists as per a report in India Today.  A small study in Georgia State University found that there was a reduction in gray matter volume in the frontal lobe of the brain in severe cases. These were the patients that …

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  • 10 June

    Odisha: Father Loses Job In Pandemic, Daughter Joins Zomato Delivery To Support Family

    Most of the families are struggling to make ends meet due to COVID-19 induced lockdown. But many have emerged as heroes in trying to sustain themselves and their families, in these tough times. Her story  Such is the story of this college girl in Odisha’s Cuttack city who has set an example by taking up the work of food delivery …

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  • 10 June

    Chinese Scam That Cheated 5 Lakh Indians Of Rs 150 Crore Busted: What We Know About It

    In a major financial crackdown by Delhi Police, an elaborate money-laundering scam run by China-based entities is busted, as per TNN. Two CAs, a Tibetan woman along with 8 others have been arrested.  Around five lakh Indians have been cheated plus their sensitive data stolen through malicious “quick earning” apps running in the garb of an online multi-level marketing campaign. …

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  • 9 June

    All the new iPadOS 15 features coming to your iPad (including widgets)

    This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The iPad was in need of a big multitasking revamp. Apple on Monday announced new ways to multitask in the next version of iPadOS 15 at this year’s virtual WWDC keynote, along with features like App Library and Widgets that came to the …

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  • 9 June

    Vivaldi browser now runs your email and calendar, too

    Vivaldi has never been afraid to add new options, such as mouse gestures, split-screen tab tiling and customizable keyboard shortcuts, to its web browser. On Wednesday, the Norwegian company unveiled two enormous new features: email and calendar apps.  Vivaldi 4.0 sports an email app that lets you read, write and manage email from multiple accounts. It’s in beta testing for …

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  • 9 June

    MacOS Monterey: What you should know about Apple’s latest Mac software update

    This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple executives unveiled MacOS Monterey, the latest version of the Mac’s operating system, also known as MacOS 12. (Check out everything announced at WWDC 2021 here.)  MacOS Monterey follows last year’s MacOS Big Sur. It includes …

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  • 9 June

    Fastly internet outage explained: How one customer broke Amazon, Reddit and half the web

    Tuesday will be remembered as the day the internet broke — before swiftly being fixed again. Early in the morning, websites including Amazon, Reddit, Spotify, eBay, Twitch, Pinterest and, unfortunately, CNET went offline due to a major outage at a service called Fastly. Everywhere you looked, there were 503 errors and people complaining they couldn’t access key services and news …

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  • 9 June

    How to use Chromecast for playing music in every room of your house

    Streaming music is here to stay, but for a lot of us it’s stuck on our phones or laptops. Google’s Chromecast built-in enables you to liberate your tunes and play them on devices anywhere in your home (or beyond), and even stream audio that follows you from room to room. You can use apps on your phone or simply speak …

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  • 9 June

    Google subsea cable will handle data surge between US, Brazil, Argentina

    Google is building a new subsea cable to shuttle your megabits between between the eastern US, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The fiber optic line, called Firmina after a Brazilian abolitionist, is due to start operations in 2023. “Internet infrastructure is not in the cloud, it’s under the ocean,” said Bikash Koley, vice president of global networking at Google. Firmina is …

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  • 9 June

    Facebook to release a smartwatch next year, report says

    A rumored smartwatch from Facebook could make its debut next summer. The social network plans to release a smartwatch with two cameras for taking photos and video, as well as health features like a heart rate monitor, according to a report Wednesday from The Verge, citing two people familiar with the project.  The first version of the smartwatch is expected to be …

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