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Despite Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that “10s of millions of people come back daily” on Threads, the number of daily active users on Threads dropped for the second week down to 13 million, “a 70 per cent decline from a July 7 high point,” reports The Wall Street Journal.By comparison, Twitter’s daily active users are around 200 million.”User engagement on Threads has continued to fall after an initial surge in sign-ups, putting pressure on parent Meta Platforms,” the report noted, citing Sensor Tower data.Data show user engagement has fallen 70 per cent as “executives focus on options…

Taber, who played 16 Test matches for Australia between 1966/70, passed away on Friday aged 83. Widely regarded as one of the best wicketkeepers to represent Australia, Taber was renowned for his impeccable glovework and calm demeanour behind the stumps.On Test debut against South Africa in Johannesburg, Taber took seven catches and a stumping. He went on to accumulate 56 catches and four stumpings and made 353 runs at 16.04 with a top score of 48.Raised in Wollongong, Taber was a stalwart of the NSW team from 1964/65 to 1973/74 playing 129 first-class games. He captained his state on several…

Lakes, tanks and other water bodies were overflowing due to incessant rains in some districts in north coastal Andhra.With irrigation projects receiving huge inflows from upstream, authorities opened flood gates to release the flood water. Three persons were killed in rain-related incidents in the state on Friday.In view of the incessant rains, the state government extended holidays for educational institutions by another day (Saturday).Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who reviewed the situation, directed officials to remain alert to prevent loss of life. Heavy rains were lashing the united Adilabad district, inundating low-lying areas.Rain water entered a few colonies in Adilabad…

Under constant medical care, the 78-year-old veteran at times flies to Chennai and has been to the US a few times for checkups.Soon after he returned from the US, he remained indoors followed by a basic ayurvedic rejuvenation therapy at his official residence.After his foreign trip, he has drastically cut down on his public functions, but regularly visits the state party headquarters and chairs the weekly cabinet meetings.Incidentally, the first time he appeared before the media after a five months absence was when he went to pay his last respects to his predecessor- Oommen Chandy who passed away on Monday.Prior…

Barker, 47, took to the comments section of an Instagram post to share his thoughts, reports People magazine.”I just wanted to say meeting you changed my life forever,” Barker wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post announcing the death of 13-year-old Alex Etheridge.”When my daughter Alabama told me about you and your story I couldn’t wait to hang. You’re one of the nicest people I’ve met. You are so talented in so many ways. You’re a great songwriter, drummer and musician. I loved jamming with you playing paradiddles and herta’s. I could’ve hung out with you for days…

The weatherman has predicted generally cloudy sky with possibility of light rain or drizzle in the national capital during the day with the maximum temperature expected to hover around 38 degrees Celsius.Moreover, the relative humidity at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday was recorded at 59 per cent.Over the next few days, the maximum temperature is likely to be above 33 degrees and below 38 degrees, and the minimum temperature to be less than 30 degrees but above 25.Meanwhile, the weather forecast agency said that isolated extremely heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue over Konkan, Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra and…

Harare, July 22 (IANS) Joburg Buffaloes opened their campaign at the inaugural edition of the Zim Afro T10 with a thumping win as captain Mohammad Hafeez picked six wickets to derail the Bulawayo Braves, here.The Buffaloes won the contest by 10 runs in what was a tightly fought contest.Batting first, the Joburg Buffaloes lost wickets at regular intervals from the initial stages. Will Smeed (4), skipper Mohammad Hafeez (1), Ravi Bopara (1) and Delano Potgieter (0) were all back in the hut within the first three overs, with Taskin Ahmed picking three of the first four wickets.Tom Banton at the…

San Francisco, July 22 (IANS) Amazon has announced it is building a $120 million facility for its Project Kuiper satellites in the US, as it aims to catch up with its arch rival SpaceX Starlink run by Elon Musk.The company said that Project Kuiper is moving one step closer to deploying its full satellite constellation, with construction underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.The space will be used to prepare and integrate Kuiper satellites with rockets from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) ahead of launches.”We have…

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Sam Altman-run OpenAI on Saturday announced it will finally launch its hugely-popular AI chatbot called ChatGPT for Android users next week. The ChatGPT for Android app is being launched a few months after the free iOS app brought the chatbot to iPhones.”Announcing ChatGPT for Android! The app will be rolling out to users next week, and you can pre-order in the Google Play Store starting today,” the company said in a tweet.The ChatGPT app on Android is more or less identical to the iOS app. The users can sync conversations and preferences across devices too.The…

A total number of 1,870 dancers came together to jointly perform hip-hop dance for over five minutes.The previous record for the largest hip-hop performance was achieved in 2014, by 1,658 dancers in Alabama, US.The event was held at Filmcity in Mumbai in the presence of Hip Hop India’s judges Remo D’Souza and Nora Fatehi.The Guinness World Records official adjudicators announced the record-breaking moment.Choreographer Remo said: “Witnessing these amazing urban dancers from all across the nation in their true form is itself an achievement for me. And being a part of a team that set a world record in the field…