PUBG Lite has crossed 200,000 pre-registrations in India PUBG Lite pre-registrations for beta testing are set to close today. For those who pre-registered for it, the wait finally comes to an end as the PUBG Lite beta servers will go online later today. Additionally, the game can now be downloaded (aka preloaded) by players who
Month: July 2019
After many delays, the Nokia 9 PureView was launched at MWC Barcelona earlier this year. Ever since then, the phone has been rumoured to come to India on many occasions, but the phone hasn’t been made available in the country yet. Now, the Nokia India Mobile Twitter handle has rolled out its first teaser of
Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man, has enabled tens of millions of people — if not more — to come online for the first time with his disruptive telecom network. He has changed how many Indians, once thrifty about each megabyte they spent browsing the internet, consume mobile data today. But many of these first time
Photo Credit: Bertrand Guay/ AFP The French subsidiary of Samsung Electronics is facing charges of deceptive marketing over its corporate ethics pledges after local activists complained that the smartphone giant’s practices in its factories, including the use of underage labour, violated human rights, two NGOs said Wednesday. The preliminary charges were lodged in April against
Samsung Galaxy S10+ is the most popular smartphone in the series Samsung launched the flagship Galaxy S10 series in India in March this year. The series consists of three smartphones, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10e. These smartphones replaced the last generation’s Samsung Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+. It seems that the Galaxy
If you’re driving your car from Portland to Merced, you probably rely on GPS to see where you are. But what if you’re driving your Moon rover from Oceanus Procellarum to the Sea of Tranquility? Actually, GPS should be fine — if this NASA research pans out. Knowing exactly where you are in space, relative
App store spending is continuing to grow, although not as quickly as in years past. According to a new report from Sensor Tower, the iOS App Store and Google Play combined brought in $39.7 billion in worldwide app revenue in the first half of 2019 — that’s up 15.4% over the $34.4 billion seen during
Android creator Andy Rubin, who was paid $90 million by Google as a severance package after being accused of sexual harassment, concealed the payments from his estranged wife for years, a lawsuit alleges, as per media reports. In a civil complaint filed in San Mateo, California, Rubin’s estranged wife Rie Hirabaru Rubin alleged that he
What is Amazon Prime Day, and why are they making it two days long? What is TikTok, and why have your kids got it installed? And what motherboard is inside your PC? Really Useful Podcast Season 3 Episode 5 Shownotes This week’s Really Useful Podcast looks at Amazon Prime Day 2019, and learns about the
President Donald Trump’s decision to allow US companies to continue selling to Huawei followed an extensive lobbying campaign by the US semiconductor industry that argued the ban could hurt America’s economic and national security. In multiple high-level meetings and a letter to the Commerce Department, the companies argued for targeted action against Huawei Technologies instead of
The Panasonic Lumix S1H poses stiff competition to cameras such as the Sony A7S II Panasonic has confirmed that its working on a video-focused version of its full-frame mirrorless camera called the Lumix S1H. This will be the third addition to the company’s new S1 series of full-frame mirrorless cameras. The S1H is currently in
Apex Legends Season 2 is now live, introducing a tonne of new content such as a new legend, improved battle pass, better rewards, new map, and a lot more. But there is one more Season 2 change that will prove to be a great addition for loyal players – Ranked Leagues. It is a new
Hot on the heels of Nvidia’s launch of its GeForce RTX Super series GPUs and its own graphics cards based on them yesterday, the company’s partner brands have begun announcing their own versions with custom coolers and factory overclocking in some cases. Listings for new graphics cards based on the GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce
Apple has added a feature called ‘FaceTime Attention Correction’ to the latest iOS 13 Developer beta, and it looks like it could make a big difference when it comes to actually making FaceTime calls feel even more like talking to someone in person. The feature, spotted in the third beta of the new software update
In a recent interview, Samsung CEO DJ Koh noted that the company was hard at work on Galaxy Fold fixes (he also said people won’t be using smartphones in five years, so who knows?). And now, a report from Bloomberg confirms that the company has put the finishing touches on those fixes two months after
CBSE Results website can be accessed via cbseresults.nic.in and other sources CBSE Class 12 board exam 2019 results are out and like always, the results can be accessed on the education board’s website – cbseresults.nic.in. However, in an effort to make things easier for the students, Google is also offering a quick tool on its
Apple CEO Tim Cook has rubbished reports claiming that chief design officer Jony Ive quit the company after “being frustrated with Cook’s alleged lack of interest in design”. In a rare email sent to an NBC News reporter after the Wall Street Journal reported that “Ive had grown frustrated with Cook’s leadership and alleged lack
New Instagram sticker can be tapped to start a group conversation Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram has launched a new ‘Join Chat’ sticker for Stories that would let users ask their followers to join a new group chat. “Introducing the new chat sticker in Stories. Now, there’s an easy way to start conversations with a group
Photo Credit: Twitter / @FortnitesNews Netflix teased a collaboration with Epic Games at E3 2019. Fortnite is no stranger to crossover events with big names and franchises in the entertainment biz. Remember the Wick’s Bounty mode that brought John Wick to the game? Well, this time, Epic Games looks set to add a dash of supernatural
Motorola launched the company’s first phone with a hole-punch camera, the Motorola One Vision, in India last month. The company is now planning to launch the phone in other markets as well, starting with China, but under a different name. As per a senior Lenovo executive, the Motorola P50 with specifications similar to the Motorola
Just in time to steal some of AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 series GPU launch thunder, Nvidia has announced a nearly top-to-bottom refresh of its own GeForce RTX 20 series. From the demos that AMD has shown publicly so far, we know that it’s expecting to compete with Nvidia’s mid-range offerings, while the top-end GeForce RTX
The standalone Flash movie has reportedly found a new director and writer in Andy Muschietti and Christina Hodson, respectively. Muschietti is best known for directing the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful 2017 adaptation of the Stephen King novel It, while Hodson was responsible for the screenplay of last year’s Transformers spin-off Bumblebee, which brought the franchise
Meditation app unicorn Calm wants you to doze off to the dulcet tones of actor Matthew McConaughey’s southern drawl or writer Stephen Fry’s english accent. Calm’s Sleep Stories feature that launched last year is a hit, with over 150 million listens from its 2 million paid subscribers and 50 million downloads. While lots of people
Imagine playing video games together with your friends seated at different places while communicating only with your minds. Researchers from University of Washington have developed a method just to do that, bringing telepathic communication a step closer to reality. In the study, published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, the researchers showed that three people
Xiaomi Mi CC9 and Mi CC9e smartphones have been launched in China. The two variants sport a triple rear camera setup at the back, come in sleek gradient panel finishes, and a waterdrop-style notch up front. Key specifications of the Mi CC9 and Mi CC9e include a 4,030mAh battery, a 32-megapixel selfie sensor, a 48-megapixel
With the Artemis mission scheduled to put boots on lunar regolith as soon as 2024, NASA has a lot of launching to do — and you can be sure none of those launches will go to waste. The agency just announced 12 new science and technology projects to send to the Moon’s surface, including a
Tired of cleaning up after take-out or getting hangry waiting at your table in restaurants? Well Uber Eats is barging into the dine-in business. A new option in some cities lets you order your food ahead of time, go to the restaurant, and then sit down inside to eat, a tipster from competing dine-in app
US chip gear maker Applied Materials on Monday agreed to buy Japanese peer Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion from KKR & Co, as it bets on rising demand for memory chips used in data centres, 5G phones and AI-powered devices. The acquisition comes against the backdrop of a glut in the memory chip market due to a
Nvidia has taken the wraps off its heavily rumoured GeForce RTX Super series, launching three new models that it says deliver much more performance than the existing GeForce RTX 20 series. The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super, GeForce RTX 2070 Super, and GeForce RTX 2060 Super GPUs will be available around the world including in
A total solar eclipse is all set to occur today along a stretch of the South Pacific, Chile, and Argentina. Most of the path is over the open ocean, and the moon will extinguish full sunlight for four minutes, 33 seconds in path of totality. Those on the Oeono Island on the Chilean coast will