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In a tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk solved a mystery involving a 27-year-old Russian, an insider at an unnamed corporation and an alleged million-dollar payment offered to help trigger a ransomware extortion attack on the firm. Prosecutors declined to name the target, but Musk was happy to oblige. According to the billionaire, the scheme took aim at the electric car company's 1.9 million-square-foot factory in Sparks, Nevada, which makes batteries for Tesla vehicles and energy storage units. This was a serious attack, Musk tweeted Thursday night, responding to a Tesla blog post that detailed the brazen scheme. Defendant Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov tried to recruit a fellow Russian speaker who worked at the plant, according to a criminal complaint filed in US District Court in Nevada. Reaching out to the unnamed worker via WhatsApp in July, Kriuchkov allegedly flew to the United States with a Russian passport on a tourist visa and sought to entice the worker to betray Tesla. Kriuchko

India's COVID-19 tally raced past 34 lakh with a single-day spike of 76,472 cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 26,48,998, pushing the recovery rate to 76.47 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry. The total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 34,63,972, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 62,550 with 1,021 people succumbing to it in a span of 24 hours, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.81 per cent in the country. There are 7,52,424 active coronavirus cases in the country currently, which account for 21.72 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and the 30-lakh mark on August 23.

A life insurance policy is an essential tool that helps you protect your loved ones financially. However, it can sometimes be confusing to choose a suitable policy. Two of the most common plans are traditional and term life insurance poli cies . A traditional policy offers the financial cover for the policyholder’s entire lifetime. If you are asking what is term plan , it is a life policy that stays active for a fixed period as per your choice. Both plans have their advantages. Here,we will help you understand the differences between the two life insurance policies and choose the right one. Term insurance vs . traditional life insurance Below is a list of features found in both life policies and how they differ: 1. Death benefit The death benefit is the financial cover that the insurer offers in case of an unfortunate event leading to the policyholder’s absence. Both the policies provide a death benefit, but term insurance offers a more extensive cover compared to a traditiona

Chinese tech Huawei is reportedly planning to unveil the latest Kirin 9000 flagship chipset along with Mate40 series flagship smartphones during the IFA 2020 in Berlin on September 3.The Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 9000 is manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) using the 5nm node process. It could become the world's first 5nm chipset, launching ahead of the similar chipset from Qualcomm and Apple, reports GizmoChina.Recently, the US imposed restrictions on Huawei and put around 70 of its affiliates on the Entity List, requiring them to have special permission from the government to carry out business. Due to the restrictions, Huawei's contract chipset manufacturer TSMC has been prevented from taking new orders from the Chinese company and now Huawei is taking matters into its own hands.As per the report, the company is expected to start its chip manufacturing process, at least partly, by the year-end and compete with industry giants like Samsung, TSMC, Int

Taking on Apple Watch and Fitbit in the wearable space in a big way, Amazon on Thursday introduced a wristband called Halo for health and fitness tracking, body fat and emotions, along with a subscription service and a smartphone app.The device offers battery life up to seven days, and fully charges from 0 per cent in less than 90 minutes. It is water resistant to 50 meters. The wearable is available in the US for $64.99 for a limited period and will cost $99.99 once the early access period is over.Halo bands are available in Black/Onyx, Winter/Silver, and Blush/Rose Gold colours. It is Bluetooth 5.0 compatible for both Android and iOS devices.Members can access a suite of AI-powered features through the Amazon Halo app, powered by the comfortable, innovative Amazon Halo Band. “Monitor activity and sleep, analyze your body composition and tone of voice, and discover healthy habits that work for you. Halo is available via early access for US customers,” the company said in a statement.T

The South Korean giant captured 37 per cent market share in H1 2020, Apple continued its impressive run in the premium segment, growing by 14 per cent (year-on-year) with 26 per cent market share in the country, according to the 'CMR India Mobile Handset Review Report'.OnePlus was a distant third with 15 per cent market share in the premium segment in H1 2020. “Owing to the pandemic, H1 2020 was a tough period for the overall smartphone industry in general, with multiple challenges. However, the premium smartphone segment was one of the least affected segments. In fact, the segment grew owing to strong consumer demand and good supply-side dynamics,” said Anand Priya Singh, Analyst, Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CMR.Overall, the smartphone shipments in the premium segment grew 18 per cent (YoY) in the country in H1 2020. This segment accounted for 5 per cent of the total smartphone shipments in the January-June period. Samsung's domination of the overall premium smartph

Sony is all set to launch its next-generation gaming console PlayStation 5 (PS5) and a report has claimed that the console will come with support for the latest Wi-Fi 6 as well as Bluetooth 5.1.The support for Wi-Fi 6 is definitely an upgrade given that the PS4 supports Wi-Fi 4 while the PS4 Pro supports Wi-Fi 5, reports GizmoChina. The sixth-generation of Wi-Fi is capable of a maximum throughput of 9.6 Gbps across multiple channels, which is around nearly 32 times faster than the Wi-Fi 4 support present in the PlayStation 4.Bluetooth 5.1 is also a great improvement over Bluetooth 2.1 in PS4 and Bluetooth 4.0 in PS4 Pro. The PS5 will feature a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz and a custom GPU based on AMD's RDNA 2 architecture hardware that promises 10.28 teraflops and 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz.It will also have 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and a custom 825GB SSD. The PS5 will also feature 4K Blu-ray drive and will still support discs, but those games will still req