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🔋 Extremely fast charging //

StoreDot, an Israeli developer of extreme fast-charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles, has demonstrated technology that can charge an electric car battery in just 10 minutes.

StoreDot plans to create charging technology that will enable electric vehicles to travel 100 miles (160.93 km) in five minutes of charging by 2024, reducing that time to three minutes by 2028 and to two minutes by 2032.

The demonstration involved a 300×100 mm pouch cell that was charged within 10 minutes, exceeding the 0% to 80% capacity set for the demonstration. The cell maintained a charge rate capable of increasing range by 100 miles (160.93 km) for every five minutes of charging.

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🤷🏻 The Deal Has Been Suspended //

Elon Musk has said that the deal to buy Twitter for $44bn has been put on hold. Apparently, the entrepreneur doubts that the social network gave him correct information about the number of spam/fake accounts on the platform.

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🛰 Starlink for 32 Countries //

The company has released an interactive map of Starlink's satellite coverage, highlighting the regions where it already provides internet services.

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UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies aged 73 //

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has passed away.

The ministry announced 40 days of mourning with flags at half-mast from Friday, with work suspended in the public and private sector for the first three days, starting Saturday.

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📱 iPhones with USB-C Ports //

Apple is currently testing a prototype of a new iPhone that will have a USB Type-C port instead of the usual Lightning charging port for the company's devices, Bloomberg reports.

Apple is also working on an adapter that would allow future iPhone models equipped with a USB-C port to be used with accessories designed for the Lightning connector.

Apple does not plan to make the switch from Lightning to USB-C until 2023 at the earliest, with this year's iPhones continuing to offer a Lightning port.

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🛫 Income from Travel //

Dubai-based travel technology company Alike.io intends to have income from the growing number of travel content creators who share their travel experiences on social media.

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📞 e& Aims to Operate Globally //

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC purchased a 9.8% stake in Vodafone Group for $4.4 billion.

e&, formerly known as Etisalat Group, offered about 130 pence ($1.59) per share for the stake, up about 10% from Vodafone's closing price of 117.82 pence on Friday, according to Bloomberg calculations.

The company becomes one of Vodafone's largest shareholders, ahead of BlackRock Inc, Vanguard Group Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc.

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📄 Elon Musk is in Trouble with the Law Again //

Twitter has accused Elon Musk of breaching a non-disclosure agreement after the businessman revealed details about checking the number of bots on the platform.

Elon Musk's team intends to check a random sample of 100 followers to identify bots because that's what Twitter uses to calculate <5% fake/spam/duplicate.

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🚘 a 'Tank' from Tesla //

After modification, the total weight amounted to 6 tons. It took only one month to modify the electric car.

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😱 Astonishingly Realistic Graphics //

Artist Ostap Gordon recreated a realistic winter town in Unreal Engine 5. We asked him how he managed to do that.

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🍏 Universal Connectivity Standard //

Renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted that AirPods, the MagSafe battery pack and the Magic Keyboard/Mouse/Trackpad trio will also move to USB-C in the "foreseeable future", as will the iPhone.

A switch of Apple devices to the USB-C port will be able to comply with regulatory requirements, as it is widely used in other technical devices.

Kuo also suggested that Apple will not yet release iPhones without ports due to the current limitations of wireless technology and the immaturity of its own MagSafe ecosystem of wireless accessories, which attach to iPhones using magnets.

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⚡️ Russia's Yandex Eyes Moving Headquarters to Israel //

Russian tech giant Yandex plans to move its headquarters to Tel Aviv. According to Israeli media Calcalistech, Arkady Volozh, one of Yandex co-founders, wrote letters to Israeli prime-minister asking for exceptional conditions for the employment of non-Israeli workers. In doing so, the company aims to evade sanctions and at the same time keep its core activity in Russia

In conversation with Durov's Code, Yandex official representative denied plans to move the company's headquarters to Israel.

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🛫 Will Yandex Move its HQ to Tel Aviv? //

According to Israeli media, one of Yandex co-founders Arkady Volozh, wrote letters to Israeli prime-minister and three other ministers in order to obtain exceptional employment conditions for Yandex non-Israeli workers.

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🤖 Elon Musk Comes under Fire for Using Private Aircraft //

Flight tracker bot Sweeney on Twitter, that Musk wanted to buy and shut down, helped track Musk's nine minute flight. He flew 65 km from San José to San Francisco.

Musk, that often talks about environment protection, came under fire from Twitter users who accused Musk of hypocrisy. On the other hand, traffic jams in San Francisco could make his way much longer.

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📱 Tap to Pay //

Apple is already testing the Tap to Pay feature at its Apple Park Visitor Centre in Cupertino, California

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🎼 Spotify May Introduce NFT Galleries //

Some users on Android in the US can now see NFT previews for artists like Steve Aoki and The Wombats, as Spotify is testing a way for artists to display their NFT collections.

According to the company's representative, this is still a test, as Spotify is looking for news ways to improve artist and fan experiences.

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🤨 Elon Musk Counts Twitter Accounts //

Musk believes fake and spam accounts in Twitter can amount to as much as 20 per cent. This is four times more than the social media giant has disclosed. He, thus, suggested he could seek a lower price for his purchase of Twitter.

On Friday, Musk said that the deal was on hold pending information on spam accounts.

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🔐 Hong Kong may block Telegram //

Former British colony authorities consider blocking public access to Telegram, as China’s grip on the territory tightens.

Hong Kong claims Telegram exposes too much sensitive and personal data targeting government officials and private citizens.

The report comes shortly after a new leader who’s a vocal supporter of the China-imposed national security law was appointed.

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💡 Digital Pharaohs //

In a bid to attract foreign investment and transform the economy, Egyptian government introduced five important changes to ease restrictions on startup companies.

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🤖 Israeli Startup Disputes Musk's Fake Accounts Estimates //

According to Tel Aviv startup Cyabra, a software platform that tracks fake users and accounts on social media for disinformation purposes, Twitter’s inauthentic users stand at just 13,7 per cent. The number is almost 7 percentage points lower than Musk's recent estimate of 20 per cent.

According to company's official, researchers looked at numbers for the last 12 months (from May 2021 to May 2022) and checked "millions of accounts” using machine learning algorithms.

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