Twitter CEO Issues Ultimatum; Tells Employees to Honour Work Culture

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In Brief

It seems like things don’t seem to be improving in the Twitter-Elon Musk war, which has intensified following a massive courtroom battle between the two parties and even now, after Musk has taken over as Twitter CEO, no mending of relations is in sight.

The Musk-Twitter war began nearly a year back when the Tesla CEO expressed his desire to purchase Twitter for a whopping $44 billion, only to go back on his word later on citing that the company had employees with a nefarious reputation.

Twitter, not to take things lying down, asked Musk to go ahead with the deal, only to be rebuked by the latter, thereby leaving the social media giant with no choice but to knock on the doors of justice.

Now with Musk having taken over as Twitter CEO, he has fired more than 90% employees of Indian origin in order to ‘clean’ up the place as he feels that the Twitter app has gone slow in many countries, especially India and Indonesia, for which he has resolved to take drastic measures.

Musk has been so focused on making things better for Twitter that it has left Tesla investors in a state of alarm as they feel that he is neglecting is duties as CEO of their company, which they have clarified with him.

Furthermore, he has issued an ultimatum to the leftover employees to pull up their socks and start working for 40 hours a week as he wants them to commit to a ‘hardcore’ culture at the company, for which they need to sign an online form committing to ‘long hours with high intensity’ in the office.

If any employee fails to sign the form, then he/she will have no choice but to leave with a severance pay of three months because, in his email to the employees, Musk has made it clear that he prefers engineers to designers, along with project designers as he envisions Twitter to become a software and servers company.

Immediately after taking over as Twitter CEO, Elon Musk has fired many a top executive, along with nearly 3,800 employees as also those who’ve criticized him publicly, prompting those holding key positions on Twitter like legal compliance team, cybersecurity unit, etc. to resign in protest.

Conclusion

It remains to be seen as to what will be the employees’ response to their new boss’ email and how many of them will comply to work for so many hours, and how many will prefer resigning.

OPPO Reno 9 Series Launches on November 24; Details Revealed

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Highlights

OPPO Reno 9 series includes three smartphones
They are seen with a hole-punch display
OPPO Reno 9 Pro+ will carry 4,700mAh battery

In Brief

2022 will go down in tech world history as one of the best years in a long time because it was the time period when all the tech giants like Samsung, Apple, Infinix, Xiaomi, OPPO, and many others launching the best they can offer as of late.

OPPO, like its counterparts, has much more to offer this year as it is all set to launch its new Reno 9 series on November 24, 2022, which has left OPPO users excited as they now have an official date of release to look forward to where they can try out a newly launched device.

The company wasted no time in announcing via its social media websites that the Reno 9 series will soon see light of the day in China, following which it will witness a global launch for millions of OPPO users worldwide.

Its features and specifics have been leaked online by reliable tipsters, which is a usual scenario prior to the launch of any device because these tipsters have strong connections with inside sources who reveal info about the device to them.

The released teasers have been receiving highly positive reviews as it is apparent that OPPO Reno 9 series will come with a dual rear camera setup and hole-punch display design, while also including the MariSilicon X imaging neural processing unit (NPU).

Also Read: Oppo Reno 8 Series with Dimensity SoCs, 80W Fast Charging Launched in India

Features & Specifications of OPPO Reno 9 Series

To begin with, OPPO Reno 9 will be a vanilla model that will weigh 174g and will have a single storage variant- 8GB RAM/256GB internal configuration, while OPPO Reno 9 Pro will come with a 16GB RAM/256GB onboard storage configuration and finally, OPPO Reno 9 Pro will have a 7.19mm thickness and battery capacity of 4,500mAh units.

OPPO Reno 9

OPPO Reno 9 Pro+ will also come in a single storage variant viz. 16GB RAM/256GB internal configuration, along with a 7.99mm thickness and battery capacity of 4,700mAh units, which is slightly different from the aforementioned models.

Also, all three smartphone models will come in three different colour options that are yet to be revealed by official sources, which might come out a few days prior or will be known to general public on the day of the devices’ launch.

Also Read: OPPO Reno 9 Gets Bluetooth SIG Certification

Vivo TWS 3 Series Earbuds Leaked; Design Leaves Viewer Stunned

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Brief Summary

Vivo has had a rocking 2022 with a slew of devices that have been released while another slew in the pipelines ready to be launched. In fact, 2022 can be termed as the year of devices as not just Vivo but even other tech giants like Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO etc. have launched their best this year.

Vivo V25 Pro was launched in India on September 15, 2022, and the Chinese tech giant will soon be launching Vivo X90 series of smartphones in December of the same year.

If you think that’s all, then think again because Vivo TWS 3 series earbuds will also see the light of the day very soon as its images and certain details have been leaked to the general public, which has left them stunned.

There are two models, Vivo TWS 3 and Vivo TWS 3 Pro, in the TWS series that have surfaced online as leaked renders whose design looks unique and exquisite, which is why it has received numerous positive reviews.

Whenever a new device is ready for launch, certain information or details regarding its image or design is somehow leaked online for which tipsters can claim credit as they have many inside sources that reveal info to them, which they, in turn, leak to the public.

Also Read: Vivo X80 series with 6.78-inch AMOLED display debuted globally, India launch next week

Leaked Details of Vivo TWS 3

For the uninitiated, the Vivo TWS 2 was launched in 2021, while TWS 2 ANC and TWS 2E models were brought in India around the same time but the upcoming TWS 3 will be available in two colour options viz. Blue and White, where the former has a matte design and the latter has a glossy design.

It also comes with a carry case that also acts as a charger because the makers are going for an ear-style design with a green LED light on the front, which indicates the battery life.

Vivo TWS 3 Pro comes in White but users can alternately get a Black and Blue mix with a glossy finish, while the buds themselves come in an in-ear style and both models appear same on the outside but will come with different features and specifications, which are yet to be revealed.

Also Read: Vivo TWS ANC and TWS 2E to go on sale on May 25

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Worth $4.1 Billion in TSMC; Details Inside

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Highlights

TSMC makes chips for the likes of Apple, Qulacomm and Nvidia
Berkshire also disclosed new stakes in Louisiana-Pacific
TSMC posted an 80 percent jump in quarterly profit last month

Brief Summary

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is one of the biggest conglomerates in America that owns many companies like Dairy Queen, GEICO, Duracell, BNSF Railway, Fruit of the Loom, Lubrizol, Pampered Chef, etc. to name a few.

The company has now acquired more than $4.1 billion of stock in the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), which is one of the rare forays of the company into the tech sector, owned by Warren Buffett, a renowned business magnate.

Also Read: Apple and Other Big Tech Stocks are Sinking Continuously & Why It Could Get Worse

The news has boosted investment for TSMC and it witnessed a massive 7.9% upsurge, which has revived the fortunes of the largest contract chipmaker in the world, as the company’s shares had plunged a two year low in October 2022 as global chip demand had plummeted to an abysmal level.

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TSMC has many foreign investors like BlackRock and Vanguard Group, US asset managers both, and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC. It is not in Berkshire’s nature to make bets in the technology field as it normally goes for companies that has an advantage in competitiveness, at least in terms of size.

TSMC, being peerless in manufacturing chipsets, whose clients include the likes of Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, Qualcomm, among others, which had also jumped in the quarterly last month by a whopping 80%, although owing to surging demand, it had to strike cautiously.

Warren Buffett is the founder/CEO of Berkshire and has managed the massive conglomerate since 1965, which is nearly six decades, while the man himself is a ripe 92 years in age.

Berkshire has disclosed new stakes of $297 million Louisiana Pacific, which deals in building materials while in Jefferson Financial Group it has nearly $14 million in stakes.

Apart from these, it has also come out of an investment in Store Capital, which has just recently gone private from being a real estate company, which is a whole new story.

Conclusion

All in all, Berkshire Hathaway has had mixed success in the technological field, even though it had a six-year wager in IBM in the last 10 years but it didn’t do much for the company it seems, while it also has a whopping $126.5 billion stake of unrealized gains in Apple.

Also Read: Elon Musk Searches for New Leader to Manage Twitter

Elon Musk Confirms No Free Lunches on Twitter; Move to Save $13 Million

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In Brief

It seems that things are going to be drastically different on Twitter ever since Elon Musk has taken over the social media platform for a whopping $44 million. However, the path hasn’t been easy either for Musk or Twitter as they’ve both had to deal with rough troughs to reach this destination.

Elon Musk, newly anointed Twitter CEO, has declared that he will be applying new cost-cutting measures so that things are managed easily, like, for example, recently issuing a notice that there will be no free lunches at the San Francisco headquarters of Twitter.

Musk has made it clear that he will be cutting down costs wherever necessary in order to save funds, which is why he has declared that from now on, Twitter employees will pay their lunch expenses from their own pockets in the firm’s cafeteria.

He has done this because each lunch’s cost has exceeded $400 in the past year, thereby shooting the annual food service cost at San Francisco headquarters to a whopping $13 million.

It seems that disagreements have erupted between the Twitter CEO and Tracy Hawkins, a former employee, in employee occupancy, where the former has claimed that peak occupancy rate for employees was 25%, while 10% was the average occupancy rate.

Also Read: Elon Musk Twitter Takeover: Users Quit Platform

These numbers have been vehemently disputed by Hawkins, who has claimed that office occupancy rate has always been between 20% and 50%, which prompted other employees to also jump into the argument, where many of them accused Musk of destroying the company’s work culture.

There are many others who also criticized the free lunch program by claiming that it was not a normal right but a privilege. With Elon Musk sending a letter to all Twitter employees, issuing an ultimatum to work in office for 40 hours a week, it seems things are only going from bad to worse.

Conclusion

With the situation escalating out of control, it seems that Musk has a lot more to live up to in the eyes of Twitter employees, most of whom are none too pleased with the Tesla CEO’s takeover of the platform and would rather look for a new and better alternative to manage their organization.

Also Read: Elon Musk Disables Twitter SMS 2FA Microservice; Details Inside

Elon Musk Searches for New Leader to Manage Twitter

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New Leader to Manage Twitter — Elon Musk

Brief Summary

Elon Musk has now become the owner of Twitter by purchasing the social media platform for a whopping $44 million and after engaging in a year-long courtroom battle with Twitter after he went back on his claim to purchase, prompting Twitter investors to file a case against him to reconsider.

The Tesla CEO has become completely involved with Twitter by bringing up drastic changes in the company’s working policies and firing nearly 90% of Indian employees.

He had further claimed that the Twitter app was running slow in many countries, especially India and Indonesia, for which he has asked the leftover employees to manage things out quickly.

However, it seems that Musk’s dedication to Twitter has put Tesla investors in a state of agitation as they feel that their CEO is concentrating more on his newly acquired platform and neglecting Tesla completely.

This is why Musk has decided to find someone new to lead Twitter as he wants to reduce his time here and focus on Tesla for some time, which is why he wants the organizational restructuring of the company to be completed in the earliest possible time.

It was only after Tesla shares plunged by 3% did the investors became alarmed and asked Musk to shift his focus back on the company, thereby prompting Musk to oblige given the serious situation.

Musk further clarified that Tesla engineers have also assisted in evaluating Twitter’s team of engineers, although he added that it was on a ‘voluntary basis’ and ‘after hours’.

It has been barely two weeks since Elon Musk took over Twitter, which has been a period of change and chaos, where he lost no time in firing the previous chief executive of the company, along with many senior leaders, whilst laying off nearly half of the staff in October 2022.

Conclusion

Musk has issued an ultimatum to Twitter employees to clarify whether they want to continue in the company to work for 40 hours a week with high intensity or take a massive severance package of three months of pay, which they will reply to very soon.

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Tech News Wrap: Indian Twitter Employees Shown the Door…and more

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Indian Twitter Employees Shown the Door

The Twitter-Elon Musk war has been going on for nearly a year now ever since the Tesla CEO proposed to purchase the social media giant for a jaw dropping $44 million, only to back out of the deal later, leaving Twitter with no choice but to go the legal route.

Now things seem to have eased up after Musk reconsidered his decision and purchased Twitter, following which he and the leftover employees are burning midnight oil to give the best possible experience to their users.

In the midst of it all, Musk has fired nearly 90% of Indian Twitter employees as he believes that the Twitter app has become slow in many countries, including India and Indonesia, for which he has profusely apologized and promised to work diligently to sort the matter out so as to avoid giving users a chance to complain.

It appears that Elon Musk has even bigger updates in the pipeline for Twitter in the coming days for which he has asked all the employees to return to office and work 40 hours a week, which is what he did for Tesla as well, and ended Twitter’s work from home policy, with a few exceptions like a family emergency.

Twitter Users Can Get Blue Checkmark from November 29

Elon Musk is the newly anointed owner of Twitter and being the CEO, it is now his duty to cater to the needs of his users after taking over from Jack Dorsey. He had fired nearly 90% of Indian Twitter employees soon after taking over, which was met with outrage.

After taking over as the new Twitter CEO, Musk immediately sprang into action by resolving to make the social media platform a much better place by reducing toxic and hateful elements and giving people of all ideologies a fair and equal chance to speak.

Musk has just announced that the Twitter Blue subscription will be relaunched from November 29, 2022, where users will have to pay $7.99 per month to get the blue tick/checkmark apart from other additional features so as to make it, in his words, ‘rock solid’.

After engaging in a long courtroom battle with Twitter, Musk, owner of Tesla, immediately unleashed a series of drastic changes on the structure and policy of Twitter after acquiring it, one of which was the Twitter Blue subscription that will make the blue checkmark available for all subscribers.

The subscription service has been available for a long time with the blue checkmark being the latest addition after Musk took over, given the fact that there were many verified accounts that were fake but still had a blue checkmark, which is why he came up with this feature.

Department of Telecom (DoT) Issues New SMS Rule to Tackle Fraud

Even though the era of SMS is long gone, it doesn’t meant that people don’t rely on this old school way of sending messages where even today, you can find many people continue to use Short Message Service (SMS) for nostalgic reasons.

For any person with a mobile phone, it is the mobile number that acts as a significant identity tool for customers so that they can avail the variety of services provided to them, which specifically includes banking and financing.

To make financial transactions, you need to One Time Password (OTP), Security passcode, data like transaction messages, NetSecure Code, etc. are all linked to the mobile number for which these codes are needed to make transactions, track bank transactions, and use mobile SMS as a two-factor authentication mode for transactional services.

Frauds and scammers always try a way to swindle money from unsuspecting victims where, in this case, they just need to access their potential victims’ OTP number, for which they get a duplicate SIM card on the same mobile number.

For this, they contact mobile operators on the pretext of lost SIM card and take a new one with the same number, following which it is activated, and they take control of the victim’s mobile number to gain access to their confidential info.

To tackle this issue, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued a new SMS rule under which telecom companies like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone, and others have been ordered to stop SIM facility (incoming and outgoing) during SMS exchange/upgrade, due to which services will be halted for 24 hours after the new SIM card is activated.

Global Innovative Index Sees India Jump to 40^th Rank; Asserts PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a virtual meeting at the Bengaluru Tech Summit, claimed that India had jumped to 40^th Rank in the Global Innovative Index, after languishing at the 81^stspot in 2015, which was, he furthered, due to India’s talent pool.

This meeting was for inaugurating the 25^th edition of Asia’s largest technology event, for which the 3-day summit was organized, while the theme of the silver jubilee function was ‘Tech4NexGen’, which attracted more than 575 exhibitors, while 9 MOUs were signed and 20 products were launched.

Modi called Bengaluru as the tech hub of India and one of the most inclusive cities in the country, where he claimed that the mobile and data revolution had empowered the youth, while also noticing that rural areas experienced a faster growth than urban ones.

He also claimed that technology is a force of quality and empowerment in India, as it has played a vital role in helping small time businesses to recover in the post-Covid era, while also reviving many bigger ones, also citing Ayushman Bharat Yojana as one of the biggest policies of the central government that is going on a digital platform.

Modi also asserted that poor children were able to study more easily due to low data tariffs as many free courses were accessible to them and were free of cost on the internet without any issue.

Bose Smart Soundbar 600 Review

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With a compact design, some extraordinary Dolby Atmos sound and an affordable price tag, Bose Smart Soundbar 600 has everything going in its favour to position itself as the perfect choice in the soundbar lineup. The Bose Smart Soundbar 600 price in India currently starts at Rs 39,999, which makes it one of the most affordable products in the market segment. Read on for a more detailed Bose Smart Soundbar 600 review while we try to dissect what really makes this the best choice and what are its shortcomings if there are any. But before the in-depth review, let’s take a glance at some of the immediately noticeable pros and cons.

Pros

It has a compact and attractive design
The Dolby Atmos along with two upward-firing speakers delivered great sound quality
It provides extensive streaming options
It is easy to use and has a perfect app-based setup
This soundbar supports voice assistant access (Google and Alexa)
It comes with TrueSpace upscales 5.1-channel and stereo content
It is easily expandable via additional speakers

Cons

It comes with a single HDMI port, which could be an issue for some
The limited bass in sound might not be appreciated by many users
The design has a very basic front-panel display
It does not have DTS:X support
The quality of sound is highly dependent on the listening position of the user, which can hamper the listening experience in some cases
Wallmount brackets need to be purchased separately

Bose, a well-known American audio equipment manufacturing company, has designed and developed this single-unit setup soundbar clearly to take on some of the competing products in the soundbar lineup. The aggressive pricing, unexpected premium features and perfectly alluring device design tell the story of manufacturers’ will to disrupt the market a bit.

Soundbar 600 has two upward-firing speakers and these are exactly what distinguishes this product from all its contemporaries competing at the same price point. The design of these soundbars targets the sound to bounce down from the ceiling before reaching back to you. This makes the sound truly feel as if it is coming from overhead. This is where Dolby Atmos works convincingly. Other products that are priced more aggressively than this usually compromise on the technical front and rely completely on virtualisation in order to simulate height factors.

The soundbar also has two side-firing apart from the upward-firing speakers, racetrack-shaped transducers, and also a centre speaker. It further has a five-transducer system (3.0.2 channels). For connectivity purposes, Bose Smart Soundbar 600 further comes with a TV via HDMI eARC or optical input. It also has a USB port, wired subwoofer output and also an optional wired IR blaster connection.

Those who wish to expand this soundbar can do so by pairing it with any other speakers such as Bose Surround Speakers, the Bose Bass Module 500, Bose Surround Speakers 700, or the Bose Bass Module 700 subwoofers. In case users do not have the money or space to purchase new speakers to explore the expandability feature, they can simply use the Bose Music app on their Android or iOS devices. Through the Bose SimpleSync feature in the Bose Music app, you can easily connect the Bose Smart Soundbar 600 with your own wireless headphones and speakers.

Snapdragon 8 GEN 2: New king is here with Ray-Tracing and Wifi 7

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The world is thriving to be better with rapid technological development, and Qualcomm is living by the fact of ‘survival of the fittest. Hence, frequently coming up with different semiconductors, software, and services that can prove to be the best addition to various electronic devices and technologies. Currently, Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. People are already talking and speculating about its ability and how credible the functioning will be under the new processor. The answer that we are getting from the right, left, and center is all positive. Qualcomm was trying and testing to develop a long due new Snapdragon chip for the upcoming flagship segment. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is here to do great advancements on all fronts. Moreover, it is here to deal as a replacement for the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and somewhat makes up for the abundance of annoyance created by Samsung with the vanilla. As mentioned before, the new chipset is a major set-up as the company has made some major improvements in almost all aspects and brings cutting-edge ARMv9 architecture. In line with this, Qualcomm tried to take that extra one mile of innovation by introducing Wi-Fi 7.0 and ray-tracing to the market.

The brilliant design and development of the flagship processor have just made it all possible with efficiency. Before analyzing and reviewing the addition to the new chipset, we need to recall the compromises that came with the former flagship called Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 lacked energy efficiency and had major thermal issues that led to the frailed performance of the processor. The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 tried to solve the power efficiency issue and succeeded at some level. However, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is claiming better efficiency than the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and we are here to see that magic happening. The new chip will have a new 3 x Kryo CPU that will boost the performance by 35% and will provide 40% power efficiency. Additionally, it can be noticed that the new chip has kept the clock speeds of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 with the changed and rectified configuration. Besides this, the new chip ensures support for newer memory technologies.

Ray-tracing and Wi-Fi 7

The introduction of ray tracing and the Wi-fi 7.0 version is just the cherry on top. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is arriving with major improvements in the Wi-fi front, by bringing an upgraded Wi-fi version. The Wi-Fi 7 is fast approaching and the Qualcomm’s flagship processor is just ready for it. It will top out at 5.8 Gbps and also have lower latency.

The mobile game developers are stoked with the new chip as it can support ray tracing to give the graphics a more realistic look. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will provide the power required to develop improved graphics for mobile games.

Conclusion

In the big picture, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is a great innovation and soon many tech giants will also develop smartphones supporting the processor. It can conquer the market owing to its manifold efficiency and accuracy in performance.

Google Play Store Encourages Subscription Purchase in India

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Highlights

UPI Autopay will help people make recurring payments using any UPI application that supports the feature.
This feature is introduced under UPI 2.0 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
The UPI payment option was introduced on Google Play Store back in 2019

Brief Summary

There was a time when we were entirely dependent on cash and credit/debit cards for making payments. But with PM Modi’s ‘Digital India’ vision, everything has gone online, including payment methods.

It is the Modi government that encouraged digital payments via Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which is why you can may payments through UPI platforms like Google Pay, BHIM App, Phone Pe, PayTM, etc.

Google Play Store has now jumped onto the bandwagon by adding a UPI Autopay option for payment in a bid to encourage subscription based purchases in India, which has already been announced to the users.

For those who’re unaware, the UPI Payment option was introduced on Google Play in 2019, where users could make a transaction via UPI but with UPI Autopay, users will get the liberty to set their settings for UPI Autopay to make subscription-based purchases easier.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) has introduced UPI Autopay under UPI 2.0 that will encourage users to make recurring payments via any UPI app of their choice, as long as it supports this feature.

Google hopes to help more and more people get accessed to subscription based services that will prove to be helpful for them, while local developers can grow their business through a subscription-based format on Google Play.

Conclusion

It was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that announced the recurring payment guidelines in 2021 that disrupted the subscription based payments for online services for which UPI Autopay will be an excellent alternative.

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