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Amazon India on Thursday announced its first-ever floating store on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, as part of its last-mile delivery programme "I Have Space".  Murtaza Khan Kashi, owner of houseboat Selec Town, will deliver packages every day to customers at the doorstep of their houseboats as part of the onboarding. Amazon Logistics, India, Director Karuna Shankar Pande said this will provide faster and reliable deliveries to customers across Srinagar, opportunities for small businesses and strengthen Amazon's delivery network. Launched in 2015, the 'I Have Space' programme has 28,000 neighbourhood and kirana partners in about 420 towns and cities in India. It partners with local stores and small businesses for delivering products within a 2 to 4 kilometres radius. Amazon's flagship programme ‘I Have Space' facilitates the delivery of parcels and couriers. Once enrolled, the IHS partner receives packages on store location, which they need to deliver t...

A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed concern over mushrooming of cyber crimes and increasing data vulnerability, and suggested that the government should come out with a framework to deal with such risks.  The Standing Committee on Finance recommended setting up of Cyber Protection Authority (CPA) and advocated that the CPA engage ethical hackers to test ecosystem participants. To enhance the prevention and detection of fraud in the banking sector, the committee headed by Jayant Sinha strongly suggested the establishment of a Central Negative Registry and that the CPA should maintain this registry. Noting that current compensatory mechanism for victims of cybercrime in the financial sector has limited scope and coverage, the panel said financial institutions must play a supportive role as there is a fiduciary relationship between financial institutions and their customers. The process of filing a compensation claim is complex and time-consuming, placing the burden of pr...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 were launched alongside the Galaxy Watch 6 series and the Galaxy Tab S9 series on Wednesday. The Watch 6 series includes a base and a Classic model. The tablet lineup came with a base, a plus and an ultra model. All the devices were introduced during the Galaxy Unpacked event held in Seoul. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 succeed the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 , respectively. Both the recently launched handsets are powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and run Android 13-based OneUI 5.1.1 The Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Galaxy Z Flip 5 share some similarities and also have a few differences. Here we compare the price, specifications and features of the two newly-launched Samsung foldable smartphones. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 price in India The Galaxy Z Fold 5 price starts at Rs. 1,54,999 for the 12GB + 256GB variant. The 12GB + 512GB and 12GB + 1TB variant...

Elon Musk recently initiated a rapid campaign to rename and rebrand Twitter, as “X” on Monday. Accompanying the rebranding, the platform introduced a new logo, a black-and-white version of the letter “X.” As part of this transition, the official Twitter handle was changed to @X, rendering the original @Twitter handle inactive. Musk’s fiefdom – doing whatever he wants However, it has come to light that Musk acquired the @X account on Twitter from someone without compensating its owner, as reported by Telegraph. The account belonged to Gene X Hwang, co-founder of Orange Photography, an event photo company, who had been contemplating selling the @X account, which was registered in 2007. Instead, Hwang received an official email on Tuesday, informing him that his Twitter account would be now taken over by the company. After receiving the email acknowledging that his Twitter account now belonged to “X,” Gene X Hwang shared his experience with The Telegraph, expressing his disappointmen...

A Foxconn subsidiary is in talks with India's Tamil Nadu state to invest up to $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,638 crore) to build a new plant for electronic components in the southern region, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters on Wednesday. Brand Cheng, CEO of Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), and other company representatives  last week met Tamil Nadu officials including its chief minister to discuss investments in the state, the government said in a statement after the meeting, without elaborating. FII, which makes communication, mobile network and cloud computing equipment, has shared a plan with state officials to initially invest $180 million (roughly Rs. 1,475 crore) to $200 million in the facility, said one of the sources. Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, and a spokesperson for Tamil Nadu's industries department declined to comment. Foxconn already has a sprawling campus near Chennai city in Tamil Nadu where it assembles...

The House Oversight Committee is currently conducting a hearing on highly contentious allegations suggesting that the US government is concealing evidence of extraterrestrial life, and there are even suspicions of attempts to reverse-engineer alien artefacts. During the hearing, David Grusch, Ryan Graves (a former pilot), and Navy veteran fighter pilot Commander David Fravor, who witnessed the 2004 ‘Tic Tac’ UFO incident, were all sworn in as witnesses. David Grusch, an Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has reiterated these claims, stating that the government has not only retrieved unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) over the years but has actively worked to keep this information hidden from the public. The purpose of the hearing The central question at the heart of this hearing is whether any meaningful insights into the matter will be revealed. Congressman Tim Burchett, who is co-leading the UAP investigation, emphasised the impo...

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series was launched in Seoul on July 26 at the Galaxy Unpacked event. The lineup includes the Galaxy Watch 6 and the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic . The wearables are available in different colours and sizes, and can be pre-ordered on Samsung's official website, or Samsung offline stores. Both the smartwatches — the Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic — can be connected with devices running Android 10 or higher. A day after the wearable's official launch, the South Korean giant has now revealed the Indian prices for the Galaxy Watch 6 series. Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic price, availability in India In India, the Galaxy Watch 6 comes at a starting price of Rs. 19,999 for the 40mm dial with Bluetooth/WiFi connectivity. Meanwhile the 40mm Galaxy Watch 6 with LTE connectivity costs Rs. 33,999. On the other hand, the 44m Galaxy Watch 6 with Bluetooth/WiFi support is marked at Rs. 32,999, whereas the LTE variant in 44mm will be ava...