Tech News Today: X/Twitter restored after outage, Lava Storm 5G, and more | Technology News

Elon Musk-owned X, previously known as Twitter was restored after a massive outage, which lasted over an hour. When the platform was down, users weren’t able to see any posts, but they were able to search profiles and see ads in the timeline. Over 70,000 users reported the outage on the Downdetector.

https://twitter.com/ExpressTechie/status/1737730793819283830

Lava officially launches the Storm 5G smartphone, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC with a large 6.78-inch FHD+ resolution screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. The smartphone offers up to 8 GB RAM with support for memory swap technology, allowing users to expand it up to 16 GB and the device also offers 128 GB of internal storage. The smartphone is priced at Rs 11,999 and will be available on Amazon starting December 28.

https://twitter.com/LavaMobile/status/1737729709629149199

ITC has denied Apple’s request to delay the import ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Watch Ultra 2. This means, Apple has to stop the sale of both smartwatches starting December 26 in the US, while there is still a presidential review for the same.

According to the latest leaks, Samsung will host its next Galaxy Unpacked launch event on January 18, where, the company is expected to announce the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones. According to the leaked countdown timer, Samsung is also teasing Galaxy AI and is expected to offer several generative AI capabilities on the upcoming flagship smartphones.

https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1737637446089949533