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Twitter threatens legal action against “copy cat” Meta for launching Threads

In a letter to Mark Zuckerburg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app




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Meta's 'friendly' Threads collides with unfriendly internet

Mark Zuckerberg’s idealistic vision for Threads has been challenged from Day 1 by news junkies, politicians and other fans of rhetorical combat




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Twitter may face difficulties showing Meta stole trade secrets

Legal experts say while many companies have accused competitors that hired former employees and have a similar product of stealing trade secrets, the cases are difficult to prove




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Meta’s Threads App ‘positive’ vibe tested by users known for false claims

Threads has started with some built-in defense mechanisms for harmful content, as its user policies are the same as Instagram’s




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Meta's Twitter rival Threads overtakes ChatGPT as fastest-growing platform

Threads bears a strong resemblance to Twitter, as do numerous other social media sites that have cropped up in recent months as users have chafed at Musk's management of the service




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Meta's social media apps back up after brief outage - Downdetector.com

At the peak of the outage, lasting over an hour, over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 7,000 and 2,700 users faced issues with Facebook and WhatsApp, respectively




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Meta’s Threads unveils ‘Following’ feature and more updates

This move comes shortly after Threads gained over 100 million sign-ups in just five days




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X to ask for users’ biometric data, job and school history

X’s updated privacy policy seeks to collect biometric data, job history of users




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TRAI red flags concerns around Metaverse

Must take proper steps to save the next generation from predators, says TRAI




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World trade growth to slow down in end-2022 and into 2023: WTO Barometer

Reflects cooling demand for traded goods; is in line with WTO’s trade growth forecast of 3.5% for 2022, 1% for 2023




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PFRDA wants Govt depts to fully adopt e-NPS method for onboarding new employees

Adopting ‘e-NPS Government’ method is necessary to align with goals of Centre’s Digital India program, PFRDA tells govt departments




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India’s coal bed methane output expected at 759 MSCM in FY23

India’s coal bed methane production is estimated to grow to 1,072 MSCM in FY24 and 1,508 MSCM in FY25




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Baseball. Something Like a War [electronic resource (video)] / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c1994




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'I Did Something Very Stupid'

'I did not listen to my body. I had a spasm, kept pushing it and it turned into a major injury.'




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Understated and Sometimes Contentious: A Perspective on the US-Australia Alliance in Southeast Asia

Understated and Sometimes Contentious: A Perspective on the US-Australia Alliance in Southeast Asia Understated and Sometimes Contentious: A Perspective on the US-Australia Alliance in Southeast Asia

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Russia birth rate plummets to lowest in 25 years

A new law will fine authors of “child-free propaganda” to up to 400,000 roubles for individuals and up to 5 million roubles for legal entities




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Towards net zero via the reduction of methane emissions

Remediation of landfills and scientific waste management could make a considerable difference in India




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Researchers discover alternate method to study changes during DNA replication process




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Meta's 'Build with AI Summit' in Bengaluru: Unlocking India's ecosystem through open-source innovation




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Indian scientists develop method to create hydrogels to boost drug delivery




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IIT Guwahati researchers develop new method to remove ammonium from wastewater




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In rare bonhomie, Shivakumar & Tejasvi Surya inspect trial metro service in K'taka




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Kashmir Marathon: '42 kilometres in a paradise!'

Around 2000 runners, including 59 internationals athletes, took part in the inaugural Kashmir Marathon in Srinagar.




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C-DOT, IIT-Roorkee tie-up to develop millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity

The project focuses on the development of millimeter wave backhaul technology in which only a small number of small cell-based stations are connected to the gateway through fibre




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He met his Waterloo

In a bid to regain his power, Napoleon waged one last war. That was his final defeat. On July 15, 1815, he surrendered.




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Catalytic asymmetric construction of helicenes via transformation of biaryls

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00012A, Review Article
Peiling Fan, Lun Li, Deyun Qian
Chiral helicenes can be built by catalytic asymmetric transformation of pre-existing, easily accessible biaryl precursors using conceptually novel strategies such as olefin metathesis, alkyne hydroarylation, C–X coupling, and C–H functionalization.
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Metal- and light-free decarboxylative direct C–H alkylation of heteroarenes at room temperature

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00187G, Paper
Tong-Bo Zhang, Xi-Dong Guan, Yan Gao, Shi-Chao Lu, Bing-Long Li
This study reports a metal- and light-free decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes at room temperature.
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Rapid in situ generation of 2-(halomethyl)-5-phenylfuran and nucleophilic addition in a microflow reactor

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00358F, Paper
Open Access
Yuma Matsuura, Shinichiro Fuse
Various 2,5-disubstituted furans were synthesized via 5-substituted 2-halomethylfurans using microflow technology.
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A copper-catalyzed asymmetric Friedel–Crafts hydroxyalkylation of pyrazole-4,5-diones with 5-aminoisoxazoles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00322E, Communication
Siyu Gao, Xiang Sun, Sijie Peng, Zhenggen Zha, Qi Sun, Zhiyong Wang
An asymmetric Friede-Crafts hydroxyalkylation reaction was developed under the catalysis of chiral copper complexes. A variety of pyrazolone derivatives were obtained with excellent yields and enantioselectivities.
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Synthesis of fluorescent 5-heteroarylpyrimidine-containing oligonucleotides via post-synthetic trifluoromethyl conversion

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00402G, Paper
Yuta Ito, Hisato Tanaka, Ayana Murakami, Yasufumi Fuchi, Yoshiyuki Hari
5-(Benzimidazol-2-yl)- and 5-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-pyrimidine bases-modified oligonucleotides were prepared by post-synthetic trifluoromethyl conversion and their fluorescence properties were measured.
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Asymmetric total synthesis of humulane sesquiterpenoids alashanoids B, C, E, and F and 2,9-humuladien-6-ol-8-one

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00393D, Paper
Rasmita Barik, Samik Nanda
Naturally occurring sesquiterpenes having humulane frameworks are structurally intriguing and possess significant biological profiles.
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Catalyst- and base-free visible light-enabled radical relay trihalomethylation/functional group-migration/carbonylation with CX3SO2Cl

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00292J, Paper
Jinkai Hu, Chenglei Yang, Xiaotao Qin, Hui Liu, Tongtong Ma, Ao-tong Shi, Qing-Long Lv, Xingman Liu, Jinhui Yang, Dianjun Li
A visible light-enabled photocatalyst-free radical trihalomethylation/cyano (or benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl) 1,4-migration/carbonylation reaction of 2-hydroxy-2-hex-5-enenitrile (or (benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-pent-4-enol) with CX3SO2Cl (X = F, Cl) is reported.
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Asymmetric synthesis of the fully functionalized six-membered A-ring of siphonol A

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2958-2962
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00104D, Communication
Ying Sun, Shaomin Fu, Bo Liu
The asymmetric synthesis of the fully functionalized six-membered A-ring of siphonol A is presented.
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Recent advances in spirocyclization of maleimides via transition-metal catalyzed C–H activation

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2916-2947
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01904G, Review Article
Swadhin Swaraj Acharya, Sagarika Patra, Rojalini Maharana, Manaswini Dash, Liza Mama Barad, Bibhuti Bhusan Parida
In recent years, the maleimide scaffold has received a great deal of attention in C–H activation.
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Stereoselective synthesis of (R)- and (S)-1,2-diazetidine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives for peptidomimetics

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2974-2977
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00278D, Communication
Open Access
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Matthew Nutter, Henry Stone, Michael Shipman, Stefan Roesner
Stereoselective synthesis of both enantiomers of orthogonally protected 1,2-diazetidine-3-carboxylic acid (aAze) from homochiral glycidol and its application in peptidomimetics.
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Synthesis of Deuteriodifluoromethylthiolated Isocoumarins-1- imines and Isocoumarins Enabled by Multi-Component Reagents System (MCRS)

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00328D, Communication
Xuemin Li, Haofeng Shi, Jiaxin He, Jialiang Wu, Fengxia Sun, Yunfei Du
The combining use of BnSCF2D, mCPBA and Tf2O serves as an efficient multi-component reagents system (MCRS) for the synthesis of deuteriodifluoromethylthiolated isocoumarins-1-imines/isocoumarins via intramolecular cyclization/ deuteriodifluoromethylthiolation of 2-alkynylbenzamide/2-alkynylbenzoates. The approach...
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Airlines’ performance metrics may need an overhaul

It may be time to revisit RASK, CASK metrics; benchmarking based on cost drivers can boost an airline’s performance




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Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance, the Information reports

The Facebook-owner currently relies on Google and Bing search engines to give users answers on news, stocks and sports




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Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Amazon, and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower

Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower




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Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama

ChatBIT was fine-tuned and "optimised for dialogue and question-answering tasks in the military field", the paper said




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'Sometimes Sanjay Sir Would Be On Fire'

'Before every scene, Sanjay Leela Bhansali would play two or three songs over and over again, especially when Sharmin and I would shoot, because it invoked his emotion. One of the songs was from The Last Samurai. Everything is in rhythm for him. If he doesn't have that rhythm in place, then something is off.'




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'Oh My God! We've Done Something Great'

'The real change will happen when more powerful roles come to me.''I am looking forward to that change.'




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25 Billion Kilometers and Broken Voice: The Voyager 1 Saga

NASA's Voyager 1 Faces Technical Glitch in Deep Space, says Girish Linganna




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The Krishna metaphor

Natyarangam’s annual thematic fest for young dancers opens today. Chitra Swaminathan on its multi-disciplinary approach.




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Always something good…

Bharatanatyam exponent Zakir Hussain discusses his inspirations and inclinations.




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Mango arrivals in Salem market increase to 40 metric tonnes per day




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The metacognitive preschooler [electronic resource] : how to teach academic, social, and emotional intelligence to your youngest students / Richard K. Cohen, Michele A. Herold, Emily R. Peluso, Katie Upshaw, Kelsee G. Young ; foreword by Martin Blank.

Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree Press, [2024]




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Alice Birch’s adaptation of David Cronenberg’s ‘Dead Ringers’ converts the anarchic physicality of childbirth into something laboratory-like

The Mantle twins want to “change the way women give birth” — the body horror subgenre has always been nimble and alert to the red-button political issues of the day




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Meandering : art, ecology, and metaphysics / edited by Sofia Lemos.

London : Sternberg Press ; Madrid : Fundación TBA21, [2024]




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Antwerp in the age of Reformation : underground Protestantism in a commercial metropolis, 1550-1577 / Guido Marnef ; translated [from the Dutch] by J.C. Grayson.

Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.