Last week, fact-checking site Alt News’ Pooja Chaudhari wrote a detailed post debunking Prathap’s claims about his self-made drones and awards. Last year, Indiatimes published an article saying that Prathap, a 22-year-old independent tinkerer, has built over 600 drones from scratch, reclaiming parts from e-waste. The science grad reportedly started building drones since he was 16. The report also claims that Prathap won the Albert Einstein Innovation Gold Medal at CEBIT expo held in Hannover Germany in 2018....

Intel claims the new processor can yield 10 percent more FPS than the already-zippy 9900K in PUBG, and is 18 percent faster at editing 4K video. It’s also 63 and 35 percent faster than the i7 7700K from 2017, respectively (there were no i9’s at the time). Of course, not everyone can afford a $500 processor, so it’s nice to see Intel is finally giving its cheap i3 models support for hyperthreading, for instance, enabling better performance when multi-tasking....

When the sheet of carbon was first isolated in 2004 at Manchester University, the breakthrough rocked the scientific world. Countless applications for the “miracle substance” were envisioned, from storing solar power to stitching batteries into bodies. At the EU, plans to capitalize on the material’s promise were drawn up. In 2013, the bloc launched the Graphene Flagship, an initiative to commercialize the material. Backed by a €1 billion budget and nearly 170 academic and industrial partners spanning 22 countries, the project raised hopes of Europe becoming a graphene powerhouse....

The logic of drone delivery is to provide a sustainable option for last-mile shipping. Rather than a singledriver dropping off packages at dozens of homes, separate drones can simultaneously transport goods. But has the trend evolved beyond the hype? And when can we expect actual drone delivery? It promised packages delivered to your doorstep by a drone that lands, drops your parcel, and flies away — meaning no judgemental looks from the delivery drivers for ordering M&Ms and gin again....

Why, Google, why? Earlier this week, Android Police spotted code in the Android app that hinted at its impending doom; subsequently, ZDNet reported that the company noted in a support page that Trips will no longer work after August 5. That’s a bummer, not only because of how useful Trips had already become, but also because of its immense potential. I spent the past month away from home, in Europe, and I extensively relied on it to follow my itinerary and what I could do at each of my destinations....

The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is now available #BlackLivesMatterhttps://t.co/JCCnqMF6yz — itch.io (@itchio) June 6, 2020 The bundle originally had just over 700 games and now has over 1,000. All proceeds from the bundle will be split equally between the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Community Bail Fund, the latter being a common pool hosted by the Democratic ActBlue platform that splits donations between dozens of bail funds....

Not all of the latter were necessarily Trump supporters either; German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the move “problematic,” a sentiment shared by some who worry about the power held by major social media companies. The fact that Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat implemented restrictions of their own only added fuel to the fire. Today Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to his platform to elaborate on the reasoning behind the move, as well as reflect on its potential implications....

Just to recap, this is part of the delightful Epic Games vs Apple (and, to a lesser extent, Google) war, which began when Epic activated a payment option on the mobile Fortnite app which bypassed Apple’s built-in payment system. Apple banned Fortnite from the App Store, then promptly set about blocking Epic’s access to developer tools, including those that would allow it to update the Unreal Engine on iOS. Epic, which has been using the ban to call for a change to Apple’s 30% standard paycut, filed an injunction to stop Apple from cutting it off....

If Rihanna is involved in a copyright infringement lawsuit, it would be easy to assume that some eager YouTuber used “Umbrella” on one of their videos or a blogger created a post and illegally swiped her likeness. Nope. Turns out, Rihanna is the one being sued. According to the suit, the pop star used the work of father-daughter musicians King Khan and Saba Lou without permission in an Instagram video promoting her beauty brand — and now, they’re seeking unspecified damages....

I’m not all that active on social media. I barely tweet, and I’m rarely serious when I do. I still use a fake Facebook profile, practically to stay in touch with some old acqaintances. I do post on Instagram every once in a while, but I think of it as an exercise in aesthetics more than anything else (yes, there’s something very pretentious and hipsterish about my captions, but I’m not ashamed of it)....

Discord has become the go-to service for gamers and non-gamers alike for text and voice chat servers. It’s a versatile way to keep in touch with large groups of people, considering each server supports multiple different “rooms.” It’s not just for gaming groups or large political debates, either. You can start a server just for your friends, to keep in touch in the time of social distancing. Here’s how to start up and manage your own Discord server....

Taking to Twitter, the exchange said “a test of an unreleased advanced order type encountered a bug, which resulted in the order’s prices being matched against the wrong side of the book.” — Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) September 14, 2019 The exchange explained that as a result of the bug, orders had been executed on either side of the $8,000-$12,000 spread, without actually clearing the intervening liquidity. Despite this, Kraken says stop orders were triggered and correctly filled at market price....

In response, some law enforcement agencies deploy undercover officers to enter these spaces posing as offenders to gather intelligence. But we don’t hear much about these communities. When it comes to online child abuse, it is largely stories of online grooming that dominate the press. As part of my recent PhD research, however, I offer an insight into dark web communities of sexual offenders by analysing their language. Interactions between offenders have a devastating impact on victims....

The PredPol system has been accused of magnifying racial bias, but the LAPD said its ditching it to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic. “That is a hard decision,” said Police Chief Michel Moore, according to the LA Times. “It’s a strategy we used, but the cost projections of hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on that right now versus finding that money and directing that money to other more central activities is what I have to do....

And oh yeah, it still has a headphone jack. Credit: Evan Blass The source of the leaks is once again Evan Blass of @evleaks fame. Screengrabs from an LG promotional video show off a few of the phone’s highlights, including the massive battery. For reference, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus ‘only’ has a 4,300 mAh battery, while the Huawei Mate 10 Pro includes a 4,5000 mAh one; these two phones have some of the best battery life on the market....

Evan Blass has spoiled Facebook’s launch surprise a little bit by tweeting out pictures of the upcoming product. So what do we get to know from these? The glasses could be called Ray-Ban Stories and could feature some camera functions. — Ev (@evleaks) September 9, 2021 Blass’ images also reveal that these smart glasses could come in three frame styles: Wayfarer, Round, and Meteor. So if you’re thinking of buying one, you’d have multiple options to choose from....

NFTs are gaining traction in the art industry, where digital artwork is being sold for thousands of dollars to collectors worldwide. There’s no question: there’s money to be made in NFTs, but only if you know how it all works. The Complete NFT and Cryptocurrency Wealth Building Masterclass Bundle can give you a primer to the exciting world of NFTs. For a limited time, you can get it on sale for 97 percent off....

If you only looked at the current market share for computer operating systems, it would be easy to completely overlook Linux. Windows is at 75.55 percent, OS stands at 16.5 percent, all while Linux only holds a small 1.97 percent. So Linux really isn’t all that important, right? Well, while its impact on operating systems has always been small, but influential, the true power of the open-sourced Linux is rooted in its versatility and ability to adapt without conforming to the guidelines of its proprietarily-owned competitors....

It’s a very kumbaya, new-agey, John-Lennon-singing-Imagine kind of thought…but what would the world be like if we weren’t separated by language? What if the greatest barrier to understanding across our many and varied Earth cultures was suddenly wiped away? With the very real hurdles of language swept aside, could it help bring together the brotherhood of man, solve divides, end spotlight the interconnectedness of all people? That’s obviously a mighty tall order, but with developments like the LingvaNex Translator ($79....

Thanks to its vast trove of data, Mailchimp is in a unique position to discover common patterns of successful marketing campaigns. Content Optimizer taps into that data and uses machine learning models and business rules to predict the quality of email campaigns and provide suggestions on how to improve content, layout, and imagery. This is not Mailchimp’s first foray into using AI for content marketing, but it might be its most impactful effort in the field....