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Bitcoin on Monday, September 11, slipped by 0.57 percent on the price chart. At the time of writing, the value of Bitcoin stood at the price point of $25,732 (roughly Rs. 21.3 lakh). Over the weekend, the most expensive cryptocurrency, did record a small drop in its value. Between last Friday and today, the value of cryptocurrency tumbled by $498 (roughly Rs. 41,305). As per Industry analysts, Bitcoin's current resistance is at $26,500 (roughly Rs. 21.9 lakh), If the price falls from the current level, then the immediate support level would be at $25,300 (roughly Rs. 21.8 lakh). “BTC temporarily surpassed the $26,000 (roughly Rs. 21.5 lakh) level on Friday, but the bulls could not sustain the climb amid bearish market sentiments. This indicates a tussle between the bulls and bears,” Edul Patel, Co-Founder and CEO, Mudrex told Gadgets 360. Ether reflected a dip of 1.24 percent to trade at the price point of $1,612 (roughly Rs. 1.33 lakh). Ether lost $35 (roughly Rs. 2,902) over t...

Meta Platforms is working on a new artificial-intelligence system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI , the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Facebook parent is aiming for its new AI model to be ready next year, the Journal said, adding it will be several times more powerful than its commercial version dubbed Llama 2. Llama 2 is Meta's open source AI language model launched in July, and distributed by Microsoft's cloud Azure services to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard . The planned system, details of which could still change, would help other companies build services that produce sophisticated text, analysis and other output, the newspaper reported. Meta expects to start training the new AI system, known as a large language model, in early 2024, the report added. Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Businesses and enterprises have ...

China's tech giant Ant Group has launched a sub-brand called Zan, that will help blockchain developers bring out solutions for Web3. While China has maintained a stringent anti-crypto stance for two years now, some tech giants there have taken gradual steps to explore the use-cases of blockchain, which also makes for the underlaying technology that supports cryptocurrencies. Zan comes with a suite of blockchain application development products and services to help Web3 developers. One of the first solution this brand brings along is a solution to help Web3 firms, managing or issuing manage real-world assets (RWAs), comply with local regulatory requirements. Its suite of products also comes along with systems and tools around electronic Know Your Customer (KYC) , Anti-Money Laundering as well as Know Your Transaction checks for developers to use for their projects. Hui Zhang, an individual whose previous work history or association details with the Ant Group are unclear, has bee...

India will play its second match against Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 on Sunday, September 10. The two teams earlier played against each other on September 2, however the match was called off due to rains. The upcoming Super 4 match between the two teams will be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The match will also have a reserve day as there is a possibility of rain. This means, if the match gets cancelled or abandoned today due to rain, it will continue on September 11. It has become the only Super 4 match to get the reserve day. After a break from India's match against Nepal, Jasprit Bumrah will be back for the upcoming game. KL Rahul could also play Sunday's match after missing first two matches from the Indian side in the tournament. India is yet to announce the playing XI for the game. India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 Match: When and where to watch The two neighbours will be playing the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 ...

Pixel Watch 2 is all set to launch globally on October 4 at the Made by Google launch event on October 4. Now, Google India has confirmed that the smartwatch will make its debut in India a day later, on October 5. The company has also revealed that the smartwatch will be available for purchase exclusively on e-commerce platform, Flipkart. The Pixel Watch 2 will be released on October 4 alongside Pixel 8 series and the news Buds, which could be Pixel Buds Pro. Google announced the launch of the Pixel 8 series in India on Friday, revealing that the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will be available for pre-order in the country starting from October 5 exclusively on Flipkart. Now, the California-based tech giant has also confirmed the launch of the Pixel Watch 2 in India, which will be available for sale in India starting October 5. The pricing details and the specifications of the Pixel Watch 2 have not been revealed by the company yet. However, it has teased the design of the smartwatch i...

A new series of smartphones launched by China's Huawei Technologies has drawn global attention for containing technology that indicates the company has managed to overcome US sanctions and could come back as a rival to Apple . In late August, the company unveiled the Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro , and on Friday launched two more smartphones, the Mate X5 which is a new version of its foldable phones, and the Mate 60 Pro+ . The Mate 60 is priced from CYN 5,999 (nearly Rs. 67,800), the same as Apple's iPhone 14 in China. Here are some key things to know about Huawei's new phones, their suppliers, and what they could mean for the world's largest smartphone market: What is the Mate 60 series capable of? Huawei has mainly advertised the smartphones' ability to support satellite communications which allow users to place calls or send messages even in areas where there are no mobile signals or internet , such as on mountains or at sea. It has not disclosed details of t...

US chip firm Nvidia and telecom-to-retail giant Reliance on Friday announced an AI partnership to create language models, generative apps and a cloud infrastructure platform for AI development in the South Asian nation. Nvidia will provide the computing power required for the efforts, while Reliance unit Jio will manage and maintain the AI infrastructure and oversee customer engagement, the companies said. "Reliance will create AI applications and services for their 450 million Jio (telecom) customers and provide energy-efficient AI infrastructure to scientists, developers and startups across India," Nvidia said. Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire chairman of Reliance, has previously talked up the need of "digital infrastructure in India that can handle AI's immense computational demands".  Nvidia globally has a near-monopoly on the computing systems used to power services like ChatGPT , OpenAI 's blockbuster generative AI chatbot. The AI powering such ap...