$2.9 Million First Tweet NFT Receives Highest Bid of $280! Iran-born crypto investor Sina Estavi, back in March 2021, bought the NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, which is also the world’s first-ever post on the now-popular microblogging platform Twitter, for a sum of $2.9 million. Dorsey put up the tweet as an NFT back in December 2020 when the NFT market was thriving. Although initial bids for the NFT ranged in the thousand dollar bracket, when the NFT market saw a boom in early 2021, Estavi swept in and paid the whopping amount of $2....

World’s First Solar Car Announced According to the company, Lightyear 0 equips five square meters of patented double-curved solar arrays. This allows the vehicle to charge itself when you’re commuting or have parked the vehicle outdoors in the sunlight. The company says that the car is capable of powering itself with 70 kilometers of range per day in addition to its 625 kilometers WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure) range....

“From the world’s first standalone 5G data call to collaborating on their first 5G chipset in America, T-Mobile and MediaTek have partnered to move 5G innovation forward,” said Ryan Sullivan, VP of Product Development at T-Mobile. The octa-core Dimensity 1000C is built on a 7nm process. The chipset uses four ARM Cortex-A77 at 2GHz and four ARM Cortex-A55 high efficiency cores clocked at 2GHz. It also features the ARM Mali-G57 MC5 GPU for graphics....

Price Comparison in Microsoft Edge As the name suggests, you can compare the prices across other retailers within Edge without any additional third-party tools. The feature lives inside Collections and fetches prices when you click on the ‘compare price to other retailers’ button. Image: Microsoft Edge’s new price comparison tool is now available for users in the U.S. Microsoft has plans to add more features like coupons and proactive price comparison, which could include showing the price history....

So, in a recent turn of events for a Twitter user, Aaron (@itsExtreme_), a stray bullet came through the floor of his apartment, went through his bed, and finally stopped when it hit the Surface Book laying on the bed. The user shared a tweet (below) about this unusual incident, thanking Microsoft for “literally” saving his life. Shoutout to the surface book @Microsoft @MicrosoftHelps pic.twitter.com/cQYwtTY9hb — Aaron (@itsExtreme_) October 10, 2020 Aaron’s tweet suggests that he might have been in close proximity to the bullet when it hit the laptop....

Netflix Ad Plan: Price and Details The Netflix Basic with Ads plan will launch on November 3 in the US at 9 am PT and is priced at $6.99 (~ Rs 575) a month. It will be available in 11 other countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, and the UK. However, there’s no word on its availability in India yet. And whenever this happens, it will be priced more competitively, possibly lesser than the Rs 149 mobile plan in the country....

10th Gen iPad: Specs and Features The new iPad gets a 10.9-inch LED-backlit IPS Liquid Retina display with a screen resolution of 2360×1640 pixels, 500 nits of brightness, and True Tone technology. It comes in blue, pink, yellow, and silver color variants. It is powered by the A14 Bionic chipset, which is said to deliver a 20% increase in CPU and a 10% improvement in GPU performance. There’s up to 256GB of storage support....

Noise i1 Smart Glass: Specs and Features The Noise i1 comes in two variants, namely, the i1 Round and the i1 Square, and offers various smart features like hands-free calling, music, voice assistants, and more. It is developed by Noise Labs, which was set up by the company earlier this year. The Noise i1 leverages Bluetooth version 5.1 technology to connect with smartphones. The smart frames support both iOS and Android, and thanks to the company’s Hyper Sync technology, it automatically connects to a device as soon as its temples are open and turn off when they are closed....

Nothing Launcher Now Available for More Users Nothing has announced that anyone using a smartphone with Android 11 and above can get access to the Nothing Launcher beta. If you are interested, you can head to the Google Play Store link to get it on your phone. The wider availability of the Nothing Launcher also brings in a few new changes and those who already have access to the launcher can simply update it to see those changes....

All About Nothing phone (1)’s Glyph Interface As revealed previously, the Nothing phone (1) has a transparent back, which neatly gives us a glimpse of its internals like the wireless charging coil while taking inspiration from the iPhone 12. What appears even more attractive is the mouse-like shape (comprising a small C around the camera setup, a larger C around the charging coil, an exclamation mark at the bottom, and a dash in the top right corner) formed by over 900 LED lights....

New OnePlus 10 Pro Leak Surfaces Popular leakster Digital Chat Station, via a recent Weibo post, revealed that the OnePlus 10 Pro will come with support for 80W fast charging. While it is less than the previously rumored 125W fast charging capability, it certainly is faster than the 65W Warp charging offered on its predecessor right now. The phone is also expected to support 50W wireless fast charging. However, it remains to be seen if the phone is launched in India with this capability, considering the OnePlus 9 phones didn’t....

According to the report, the company will stick to a flat display on the OnePlus 8T. The device has a punch-hole cutout in the top left corner for accommodating the selfie camera. You can also see the new rear camera design and the aquamarine color of the device here. Take a look at the renders below: The OnePlus 8T will reportedly feature a 6.55-inch Full HD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate....

The report suggests that the Indian version of the game will carry over all the player IDs and achievements from the global version. This means you will not have to restart from square one when PUBG Mobile India finally launches. The game will migrate your old ID to the new game and all your achievements, purchases, and unlocked items will come with it as well. However, the report also claims that banned IDs will not be migrated....

The company did not reveal much about the investment from Qualcomm. However, as per reports, the amount of investment is speculated to be Rs 50 crores (~$6.7 million). boAt plans to utilize this funding to develop next-gen audio and lifestyle products for the Indian market. “As boAt enters the next phase of growth and innovation, we look forward to building a relationship with Qualcomm to deepen our R&D capabilities and further augment our efforts to manufacture products in India,” said Sameer Mehta, the co-founder of boAt....

Realme VP Xu Qi Chase took to Weibo earlier this morning to share the image of the company’s phone with an under-display selfie camera. We do not see any notches or punch-holes in the image above. So, you may think, what if this phone has a pop-up camera? There’s no way to tell from this angle anyway. Well, in the comments of the original post, Chase confirmed that there’s no pop-up camera aboard the smartphone pictured above....

Realme’s Version of MagSafe? Initially spotted by reputable tipster Mukul Sharma, the trademark application was filed at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Furthermore, a report from MySmartPrice states that Realme has also filed the MagDart trademark application at India’s CGPDTM (Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks) website. Image Credits: MySmartPrice Now, for those unaware, Apple re-introduced its MagSafe charging system with the launch of the iPhone 12 series last year....

Redmi Pad 5G Tipped to Launch in India The recent tip about the Redmi Pad 5G launch in India comes from known Indian leaker Mukul Sharma (aka Stufflistings). The tipster recently took to Twitter to hint at the Indian launch of the Redmi Pad 5 tablet. Although Sharma did not give out any other details regarding the device. You can check out his tweet attached right below. Redmi Pad 5G 🇮🇳— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) May 2, 2022...

Describing it as ‘compact and lightweight’, Ring said that the flying indoor camera works with Ring Alarm and flies to pre-selected locations across any property to enable the homeowner to check on their home even while they’re away. In an official press release, the company said: “This autonomous indoor security camera flies your chosen, personalized paths so that you can easily check in on your home for peace of mind — like whether someone left a window open or forgot to turn the stove off”....

Galaxy F12 and F02s: Key Specs and Features Galaxy F12 Starting with the new Galaxy F12, we saw reports about the device back in 2020. It is essentially a rebranded Galaxy M12 that Samsung launched recently in India. The Galaxy F12 comes with a 6.5-inch HD+ LCD panel with a waterdrop notch design which Samsung calls an Infinity-V display. It supports a 90Hz screen refresh rate and Gorilla Glass protection on top....

This Is When the Galaxy Fold 4 and Flip 4 Could Launch Renowned tipster Jon Prosser has revealed that the Galaxy Fold 4 and the Galaxy Flip 4 will launch on August 10. This is also when these phones will be up for pre-order. The devices are said to be available from August 26. While this isn’t an official word, given that Samsung usually launches its foldable phones in August, this feels like a possibility....