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Here’s how many billions the 2-hour-long outage of Facebook and Instagram cost Mark Zuckerberg |

Social media platforms owned by Metanamely Facebook and Instagram, experienced a significant outage recently. This outage affected numerous users worldwide and lasted for nearly two hours. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Indexthis latest disruption has resulted in a decrease of approximately 2.2% in the net worth of the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerbergamounting to nearly $3 billion.
Following the outage, the index showed that the 39-year-old tech mogul was worth $176 billion. However, Zuckerberg was able to retain his position as the world’s fourth richest person after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Louis Vuitton chief Bernard Arnault and
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Transparent laptop, power bank with Android phone, Barbie phone and other cool gadgets showcased at MWC 2024 |

At the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2024), we saw a variety of new products, concepts and prototypes that could become a reality someday. Among all that have been showcased, we’ve put together six cool products that caught our attention.
Lenovo’s transparent laptop concept
Lenovo has showcased its innovation in the laptop space featuring a transparent display along with a keyboard deck that’s also a touch panel featuring a virtual keyboard, which seems inspired by an augmented reality setup.It features a 17.3-inch microLED display with 55 per cent transparency when it’s off. Once the display is on, it becomes less transparent
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All the Top New Gadgets at MWC 2024

Mobile World Congress—or just MWC—isn’t one of our favorite shows just because it’s situated in the beautiful city of Barcelona during a seasonally appropriate time of year. (Cheap cava and tapas don’t have it anything to do with it either.) No, this show is a favorite because it’s one of the easiest to navigate, and there’s always plenty of interesting, fun, or just plain crazy tech to scavenge through.

This year, such bounties include transparent laptops, bendable phones, a Barbie flip phone, and more. Here are the highlights.

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