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Bhutan is shifting its national digital identity system from Polygon to Ethereum, covering nearly 800,000 citizens. Ethereum integration is fully operational, enabling residents to verify credentials, access government services, and receive Verifiable Credentials (VCs). The move strengthens decentralisation, transparency, and resilience while demonstrating Bhutan’s leadership in blockchain adoption. The nation also maintains the fifth-largest Bitcoin holdings, using renewable hydropower for mining and strategic wallet management to reduce risk exposure.

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2025 is now in its fourth week. It started on September 23 for everyone, giving discounts on various electronics like phones, smartwatches, true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets, home appliances, washing machines, refrigerators, PCs, laptops, and smart TVs. The company has partnered with the HDFC Bank to offer an instant 10 percent discount on the credit and debit cards of the bank. However, buyers can get cashback on cards of other banks, too, on select products. People looking to buy a new ink tank printer can save up to Rs. 7,000 during the sale event.

Nvidia has announced the DGX Spark, touted as the world’s smallest AI supercomputer, which will start shipping on October 15. Priced at $3,999 (roughly Rs. 3.5 lakh), it offers one petaflop of AI performance and 128GB of unified memory. Despite its compact size, Nvidia says it can train and fine-tune large AI models efficiently.

Key details of the upcoming OnePlus 15 have leaked online. The phone is said to feature a dual-cell 7,150mAh rated battery, which may have a typical value of 7,300mAh, with 100W or 120W wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging support. It may sport a 1.5K+ flat BOE display with a 165Hz refresh rate and launch in black, purple, and titanium colours. The OnePlus Ace 6 and Turbo models could feature 7,600mAh and 7,800mAh batteries, respectively.

Instagram is going to follow the guidelines of PG-13 movie ratings when it comes to showing content to teen accounts. On Tuesday, the Meta-owned platform announced that teenagers under the age of 18 will be automatically placed into an updated 13+ setting, which they will not be able to opt out of without the permission of one of their parents.