A group of philanthropies working with Facebook Inc to study the social network’s impact on democracy threatened on Tuesday to quit, saying the company had failed to make data available to researchers as pledged. The funders said in a statement that Facebook had granted the 83 scholars selected for the project access to “only a
Month: August 2019
Google Pay which reported 55 million monthly active users in India in May has set eyes on tapping over 12 million ubiquitous kirana stores to write its next India growth story, a top company executive said on Wednesday. According to Ambarish Kenghe, Director, Product Management, Google Pay, India, more and more people are embracing Google
Fairphone, the Dutch company that promises its smartphones are designed and built from the ground up with sustainability and ethics in mind, has unveiled its third-generation model, the Fairphone 3. The company is committed to using only responsibly sourced raw materials and fair labour practices. Fairphone models have been designed to be long-lasting and easily
Apple has finally fixed an “unpatched” bug in the latest iOS update that had left its most up-to-date iPhones vulnerable to hacking risk. The new update “iOS 12.4.1” introduces a fix for vulnerability in which, according to Apple, “a malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges”. “We would like to
A mobile video game goes viral, it is downloaded by millions in India, many get glued to their mobile phones and it’s not long before it comes under the lens of the authorities. It is the story of arguably the most popular smartphone video game in India. PUBG Mobile probably happened to be in just
As promised, a new Joker trailer is here. Warner Bros. has released an extended look at its next standalone DC Comics movie — that means it’s not part of the same world as Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and the like — which serves as an origin story for Batman’s arch-rival, played here by Joaquin Phoenix (Her,
Zhiyun has been steadily rolling out new gimbals for smartphones and dedicated cameras for a few years now, and the company’s quality and feature set has improved dramatically over time. Now, it’s launching the Zhiyun Smooth-Q2 smartphone gimbal on Kickstarter, with the aim of delivering a “truly pocket-size” gimbal that has all the bells and
Hackers will soon be able to stress-test the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the introduction of the social media giant’s debut hardware device last year. Pwn2Own is one of the largest hacking contests in the world, where security researchers descend to find and demonstrate their exploits for vulnerabilities in a range
PUBG team has pushed a new update for the console players in the form of Update 4.2. The update is now live for the PUBG PS4 and Xbox players after hours of maintenance and brings a number of improvements and new features. Among the highlights, the PUBG team mentions the inclusion of dynamic weather on
iPhone 11 series of phones are expected to launch in a few weeks, and now a new hands-on video of dummy iPhone units has surfaced on YouTube, hinting at key design details along with the triple camera setup placement at the back of the iPhone 11 Pro. To corroborate the design claims in the video,
Surprise, Apple didn’t release yet another beta version of iOS 13. The company released the first developer beta of iOS and iPadOS 13.1 instead. This is a curious move as Apple doesn’t usually share beta versions of .1 updates before the release of major updates. What’s even more surprising is that Apple released new beta
Qualcomm on Tuesday announced a new range of Wi-Fi chips designed to work with Wi-Fi 6, the newest version of the technology and one that Qualcomm hopes will help boost sales of its separate 5G chips. Qualcomm is the biggest supplier of mobile phone chips but has been looking to expand beyond that as the global
Buy a new computer, or looking to upgrade? You may have come across a newer type of storage known as NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express). NVMe SSDs deliver significant speed improvements over the SATA SSDs that have become commonplace is computers today. A “slow” NVMe may still be three times faster than the SATA SSD that
Lenovo has unveiled two new gaming laptops in its Lenovo Legion series, in addition to a new range of desktop gaming PCs and accessories including gaming keyboards, mice, and headsets. The two new laptops feature the latest 9th Gen Intel Core CPUs and Nvidia GeForce RTX series GPUs as options. The company is hoping to grow
Oppo Reno 2 series is all set to debut in India today. The phones will launch in the Indian market first, and will launch in China on September 10. The Oppo Reno 2 has been teased massively running up to the launch, and the company has even confirmed a few key specifications of the phone.
Building exteriors tend to get gross. Dirt clings to the walls. Windows get filmy. Spiderwebs amass. If you live in a particularly humid area, mold and mildew can start to make exterior walls look like a science experiment. On taller buildings, scrubbing it all off generally means bringing a bucket truck, scaffolding, or suspension gear
Airship announced today that it has acquired Apptimize, an A/B testing company whose customers include Glassdoor, HotelTonight and The Wall Street Journal. Formerly known as Urban Airship, the more concisely-named Airship has built a platform for companies to manage their customer communication across SMS, push notifications, email, mobile wallets and more. It says that by acquiring
Google launched the Chromecast in July 2013, and it has since become a popular product for users who want to watch content from their smartphones on a TV or monitor. The product line has since seen updated versions including options for streaming 4K or audio only. However, if you’re still using the original Google Chromecast,
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday G7 members had reached an agreement on the taxation of tech giants, a long-standing subject of friction between France and the US which has threatened to retaliate with tariffs on French wines. Speaking alongside US President Donald Trump at a G7 summit in southwest France, Macron admitted that there
Samsung sold over 75 million smartphones globally in the second quarter (Q2) 2019 and grew its share by 1.1 percentage points (year over year) after witnessing a decline in six consecutive quarters, Gartner said on Tuesday. Strong demand for Samsung’s new Galaxy A series smartphones and the revamp of its entire entry-level and mid-range smartphone
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has confirmed that its upcoming smartphone Nex 3 5G would be launched in China in September. Considering the phone is expected to be a flagship, it would likely arrive with the Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem, a report claimed. Vivo has taken to Weibo to announce
Huami has now launched three new smartwatches – Amazfit GTS, Amazfit Stratos 3, and Amazfit X. The Amazfit GTS looks to have borrowed its design from the Apple Watch series, while the Smart Sports Watch 3 has a round dial and is water and scratch resistant. The Amazfit X, on the other hand, has a
Apple’s reliance on China is looking increasingly like its biggest handicap. The world’s most influential consumer electronics company shed $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,14 lakh crores) of market value Friday after a pair of pronouncements from Beijing and Washington cast a spotlight on its massive Chinese production base, from which almost all of the world’s iPhones
Fortnite now has a Borderlands 3 mashup. Epic Games has introduced a Borderlands 3 crossover with the new v10.20 update for Fortnite. This new crossover is called, ‘FortniteXMayhem’, and was first teased by Fortnite’s official Twitter handle on Monday, August 26. With this new update, Fortnite players will now be able to play in the
Oppo Reno 2 is set to launch tomorrow but leaks about this device just keep coming in. The smartphone will be unveiled to the public tomorrow but Chinese retailer JD.com has already listed the device online revealing specifications and device images. This latest leak also confirms some of the previous leaks and teasers we have
Your iPhone is capable of some impressive feats of computational photography, and a new app created by developer Gabriel O’Flaherty-Chan shows one way all that power can be put to creative use. Emojivision lets you see the world as if it were made up entirely of emojis. The free app (which induces an in-app purchase
Flipkart is also hosting a Grand Gadget Days alongside its Month-End Mobiles Festival. The sale began on Tuesday, August 27, and will go on till Thursday, August 29. Flipkart claims that it is offering up to 80 percent off on electronics and accessories from Boat. Portable thin and light laptops from companies like Asus and
Mario Kart Tour, a mobile game from the Nintendo’s Mario Kart franchise, was announced way back in February last year. And even though the game was originally scheduled to hit Android and iOS phones in May this year, it was delayed to summer 2019 citing quality improvement goals. If you’ve been eagerly waiting for Mario Kart Tour, there
An unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia’s first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit successfully docked at the International Space Station on Tuesday, following a failed attempt over the weekend. “Contact confirmed, capture confirmed,” a commentator on NASA TV said. The lifesize robot named Fedor — short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research — copies human
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Smartphone sales are down. Again. After years of growth, the smartphone market’s recent slide has continued into the second quarter of 2019, per numbers from analyst group, Gartner. At 1.7% year over year, it’s not a huge slice of the overall pie, but it does point to
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