Science and technology current affairs-Dec 22, 2022
1- Agritech firm Carnot Technologies is enabling farmers to make data-driven decisions and earn up to 30% more as the Indian agriculture sector utilises new-age technologies and telematics to boost crop productivity.
2- Elon Musk’s run Tesla, whose stock has fallen more than 60% this year, has informed staff that there will be another round of layoffs early in 2019 coupled with a complete hiring embargo.
3- After more than four years of collecting unique scientific data on Mars, the US space agency has officially decommissioned the InSight Mars lander.
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4-The well-known social media site Snapchat is introducing three new features, including expanded customizability options, to its paid membership service “Snapchat+.”
5-According to rumours, Samsung will introduce the Galaxy S23, its newest line of flagship smartphones, on February 1st, 2023.
6- Meta said that, in order to improve application performance on virtual reality (VR) headsets, it is providing developers with 7% extra graphics processing unit (GPU) computational power to work with on Meta Quest 2 devices.
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7-Leading UK daily The Guardian revealed on Wednesday that a “major IT problem,” which looks to be a ransomware attack, had affected its systems.
8-A recent study has found that the common food colour “Allura Red AC” may contribute to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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9-On Wednesday, WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, announced that it had banned more than 37 lakh “bad” accounts in India during the month of November in accordance with the updated IT Rules 2021, which would place greater obligations on social media sites.
10-According to a recent estimate, about 9% of Netflix members in the US have chosen the streaming service’s new “Basic with advertising” tier.
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