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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...
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Telegram achieves one billion milestone on Google Play Store

WhatsApp rival Telegram managed to achieve 70 million active users recently following the massive global outage of the popular networking service. Interestingly, the encrypted app has now achieved the one billion milestone on Google Play Store.

The surge has been caused due to the recent Facebook server outage, taking down apps like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp for nearly six hours.

According to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the messaging app had more than 500 million active monthly users at the start of 2021. As a result of the recent issues with WhatsApp and the outage of Facebook, Durov said more than 70 million new users have joined Telegram.

“The daily growth rate of Telegram exceeded the norm by an order of magnitude, and we welcomed more than 70 million refugees from other platforms in one day,” Durov said in a statement.

“I am proud of how our team handled the unprecedented growth because Telegram continued to work flawlessly for the vast majority of our users,” he added.

However, one billion downloads do not mean there are one billion people who are currently using the app to chat. The download figure also does not reflect the people who have sideloaded the APK from the official website either.

Telegram has also started rolling out an update that brings with it several new features, including interactive emoji and read receipts in groups. Users can select from eight themes that apply to the chat for both users. The themes gradient message bubbles have animated backgrounds and unique background patterns.

(With IANS inputs)

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