Late last week, the DOJ green lit T-Mobile and Sprint’s $26 billion deal to become nation’s number three carrier. The deal isn’t officially official just yet, with some prominent opposition facing the merger. A growing list of attorneys general have sued to block the merger, and other big name just came on board. With the
Month: August 2019
Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has left Twitch and is taking his video game live streams to Microsoft’s Mixer platform, a stunning switch that could have wide-ranging consequences for the rapidly growing industry. Blevins announced his move Thursday, ending a hugely profitable partnership with Twitch, a live streaming giant owned by Amazon. “I’m incredibly grateful
A giant asteroid is hurling towards Earth; however, it will safely sail past our planet next week, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has said. The asteroid, which is known as 2006 QQ23, measures up to 1,870 feet in diameter, thus making it larger than New York’s Empire State Building that is 1,454 feet
Samsung’s never been particularly good at keeping things under wraps. That’s no doubt, at least in part, by design. The company loves priming the rumor pump ahead of product announcements, and like clockwork, we’ve already seen plenty of what we expect is planned for next Wednesday’s Unpacked event in Brooklyn. Earlier this week, Samsung announced
We’ve seen solid-state drives (SSDs) replacing hard drives (HDDs) in PCs and laptops, but they aren’t always ideal for everyone. While flash memory chips are a lot faster than spinning platters, you can’t get anywhere near the same amount of storage space at the same prices. Some people are willing to make the tradeoff, but
Taiwan’s Foxconn is exploring the sale of its new $8.8 billion (roughly Rs. 61,200 crores) display panel factory in China, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as demand for the product wanes amid an intensifying US-China trade war. Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is in talks to appoint banks to find
The Supreme Court has given the central bank six weeks to report on whether WhatsApp had complied with data localisation norms as the Facebook-owned messenger gears up to launch a payments service in the country, a person involved in the matter said. WhatsApp has been testing a peer-to-peer payments service for over a year in
WhatsApp has started rolling out the Frequently Forwarded messages label on both Android as well as iOS apps to let users know if the message they have received has been forwarded over five times. This new label is available for all the users who are on the latest version of WhatsApp. The new Frequently Forwarded
Android manufacturers seem to be on a notch-erasing spree, as we’ve recently seen a bunch of new budget phone launches that do away with a hole-punch or notch in favour of an all-screen display. The best part of this is that these new phones — such as the Redmi K20 (Review) and the Realme X
Apple has for a long time offered AirDrop on its iOS and Mac devices to enable easy content sharing between two devices. Similarly, it allows iPhone and Mac users to share their Wi-Fi passwords with a single tap. While both features are designed to enhance the user experience, a new report claims that an attacker
Tencent and Nintendo said on Friday they were working together to localise the Japanese gaming firm’s well-known Switch games for the Chinese market and set up a server through the Chinese company’s cloud service. The two companies made the comments in a statement posted on their joint Weibo account, which did not mention when the
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is likely to introduce the third model of its Reno smartphones in India prior to rolling out in other markets, according to IANS. To recall, Oppo launched the Oppo Reno 10x Zoom and Oppo Reno smartphones in India in May. The report claims the third smartphone in the Reno lineup will
In February 2013, China surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest smartphone market. More than half a decade on, it still proves an elusive target for international sellers. A glance at reports from the past several shows reveals the top spots dominated by homegrown names: Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi. Combined, the big four
Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi launched its Redmi K20 series phones in China back in May this year. The phones made their way to India in July. The key highlight of the Redmi K20 series phones is their powerful specifications and somewhat decent pricing. Xiaomi is now looking to entice gamers to buy its Redmi K20 and
Huawei Mate 30 series is set to release this fall, and leaks have started to pick up pace. A tipster has now revealed the specifications of the phone’s rear camera setup, and it looks like the phone will have two 40-megapixel sensors and one 8-megapixel telephoto sensor as well. The tipster suggests that there will
The somewhat zany mash-up of Ikea and Sonos ended up providing great results, in the form of the Symfonisk line of wireless speakers, including the $99 Symfonisk shelf speakers and the $179 Symfonisk table lamp speaker. The speakers are both on sale today, starting at retail stores first, with online availability to follow later. In
This, friends, is the Samsung Galaxy Dongle. The NSFW photo arrives courtesy of SamMobile. The story isn’t the image itself, so much as what it represents. It’s the end of an era. A last key flagship smartphone maker acknowledging the death of the 3.5mm jack. It’s been years in the making, of course. Apple took
In 2015 a new fad was born: hoverboards. Since then they’ve been through internet obsession, celebrity endorsements, bad press, and downright bans. And even if the hoverboards’ popularity is dwindling down, they’re still fun to ride and kids still love them. So if you’re thinking about getting one, here are the answers to your burning
Wearable device maker Fitbit cut its 2019 revenue forecast on Wednesday, blaming disappointing sales of its newly launched cheapest smartwatch Versa Lite, sending its shares tumbling as much as 16% to a record low. Fitbit in March launched Versa Lite, priced at $160 (roughly Rs. 11,000), compared with the $200 (roughly Rs. 13,800) the full version
PES 2020 wants you to feel like its cover star. Yes, the very guy in the above photo. And in a bid to achieve that, Konami sat down with Lionel Messi’s former teammate Andrés Iniesta to consult on a new mechanic: finesse dribble. (We’re guessing Messi himself wasn’t available, but who better than the most
In an attempt to refresh the way users reset their PCs, Microsoft is testing a way to facilitate Cloud-based dowloading of the Windows 10 operating system (OS). While the “Cloud download” feature has not been made available for public testing as yet, it would appear on devices when testers boot a Windows machine in failed
[embedded content] Tesla cars can now take on human players in a game of chess, thanks to a software update it pushed out to vehicles earlier this month. Its programmers likely didn’t imagine they were designing a chess program to take on the best players in the world, however: U.S. no. 1 ranked chess player
Google today highlighted a new feature that will bring voice-free emergency service interaction to Pixels and other Android device. Designed for instances of injury, situations where speaking can present a danger and for users with speech impairments, the feature allows callers to communicate via touch menus. Once an emergency call is triggered, users can specify
Intel has officially announced the first of its 10th Gen Core CPUs, which will be based on the 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ architecture making these the first Intel 10nm processors to ship in volume after a delay of nearly four years. The first products in the 10th Gen Core family will be U-series and Y-series models
You might not be inclined to spend a lot of money on a soundbar, especially if you haven’t spent much on your TV. However, if you’re keen to turn your living room into a full-fledged entertainment centre, you might want to bump up your budget and invest in a good audio system. Although the screen
Hike Sticker Chat, the dedicated app that was launched back in April to deliver a sticker-centric chat experience, has been updated with an Auto Backup feature. The new feature is designed to let users easily switch from one device to another — without manually backing up or restoring their data. The New Delhi-based firm that
Fortnite Season 10, officially called Season X, has been officially released just days after its formal teaser was showcased at the Fortnite World Cup finals in New York City. The new update brings back the Dusty Depot that was a part of the Fortnite world until the Season 4 release back in May last year.
Xiaomi is reportedly working on reverse wireless charging and an upcoming flagship phone is expected integrate the feature. This upcoming phone is speculated to be the Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 that is already expected to support wireless charging. For those unaware, reverse wireless charging enables the smartphone to charge other compatible devices, just by placing
Ahead of the launch of Galaxy Watch Active 2, Samsung is facing flak for copying the design of the smartwatch from that of Apple’s. A photo reported to have been leaked from Samsung appears to show the first glimpse of Galaxy Watch Active 2 which has an uncanny resemblance with Apple Watch Series 4. It
Gaming is still at a nascent stage in India. Nevertheless, many believe there is a huge potential of growth for the gaming industry in the country, given the size of the market that has a large number of Internet users, especially young people who tend to be the early adopters. A report released by Deloitte