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The US Federal Trade Commission and seven US states reached a settlement with Alphabet Inc’s Google and iHeartMedia Inc over allegations of deceptive ads promoting Google’s Pixel 4 smartphone, the FTC said.

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said, the latest industry casualty after the firm was hurt by exposure to the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month.

The TENAA listing has revealed all the key specs of the upcoming phone. As per the report, iQoo has also released a poster to share the key features of the handset. The report also claims that the company is now accepting pre-orders for the device on its official website in China.

Oneplus 11 launch date: OnePlus 11 is said to be in the works. The flagship smartphone will succeed the OnePlus 10 series launched earlier this year. The company is yet to announce the launch date of the phone, but ahead of the rumoured launch, the colour variants of the smartphone have surfaced online.

After a few users reported that they were not able to block accounts, Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday claimed that a “slight degradation of service” on the micro-blogging platform was caused due to an old “3rd party tool” which has now been fixed.

According to researchers from AI-driven cyber-security firm CloudSEK, several Telegram channels were found selling Hayya cards for prices ranging from $50 to $150.

Pinder said that the Bahamas Securities Commission, Financial Intelligence Unit and the police’s Financial Crimes Unit would “continue to investigate the facts and circumstances regarding FTX’s insolvency crisis, and any potential violations of Bahamian law.”

While Microsoft did not disclose its renewable energy suppliers, other sources identified Statkraft and Ireland’s Energia Group as two that are involved, with a mix of wind and solar projects, according to the report.

South Korean and Chinese companies are securing metaverse hardware patents, with LG and Huawei rising in the ranks with the most Metaverse patents as the electronics industry looks beyond smartphones, the media reported.

US Senator Ed Markey, who warned Elon Musk for mocking him on Twitter, has again slammed the new Twitter owner, saying he could respond to my tweets but failed to respond to his letter as deadline passed.