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Explained: How Elon Musk is trying to avoid paying $122 million severance to Parag & other fired Twitter execs

Elon Musk is also planning to lay off more people by November 1 so that Twitter can avoid giving stock grants that are due to all employees of Twitter, on November 1, end of business hours.

Explained: How the US Govt. may kill Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, and why Musk may be secretly hoping for it

The US Govt. is not comfortable with the idea that Elon Musk may have to finance his Twitter deal with funding from entities not based in the US. Therefore, they may stop the Musk-Twitter acquisition from going through.

Explained: How scientists discovered proof of the world’s 6th ocean by examining a diamond

A team of scientists have discovered the proof of the existence of a 6th ocean beneath the Earth's surface, buy studying the composition of a diamond from Botswana.

Explained: What spacecraft is NASA using for its DART mission and how is it going to save the planet from Asteroids

The spacecraft being used in the DART mission by NASA is a basic satellite with very sparse equipment which consists of one single colour camera, an ion engine and a few basic solar panels.

Explained: Why Russia’s withdrawal from the ISS is a big deal and how it may affect space exploration

Russia’s Roscomos has announced that they will be withdrawing from the ISS after 2024, once the current contract between ISS members expires. We see why this may turn out to be a huge blow to the ISS, as well as space exploration in general.

Explained: How Elon Musk's Twitter bid may have been a smokescreen to liquidate Tesla stocks

Elon Musk recently announced that he won’t be buying Twitter anymore. While his team says that this is because of the bot and spam account issues, a theory is doing the rounds which says Musk orchestrated the whole thing to liquidate some of his expiring stocks worth $8.5 Billion.

Explained: What is ARYABHAT-1, Developed-In-India chipsets that help AI apps run better and faster

A group of researchers at the IISc have developed a new framework for analogue chipsets that would allow AI and ML-based applications to run much faster and in an efficient manner. The researchers have named the new framework ARYABHAT.

Explained: What is Hermit, the new Pegasus-like spyware and how to protect yourself from it

Hermit is a new spyware which is more invasive and malicious than Pegasus. It is believed that it has been used to target iPhone and Android devices in Italy and Kazakhstan by government agencies. However, there are reports that certain malicious actors also have access to it.

Explained: Gmail now works without an internet connection, albeit with limited functionalities. Here's how

Google now allows Gmail users to use the service without a proper internet connection. It is a lot similar to how the app works, but now will also be supported on the desktop version of the service.

Explained: 5 Reasons why Bitcoin and other massive cryptocurrencies are crashing so badly

The crash that major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have seen in the month of June has been worrisome even for long-term investors. The global crypto-market has shrunk from $1.02 trillion to $983.72 billion, an 11 per cent decrease. We see why the crypto markets have crashed this badly.