Huawei Nova 5 series is official. The Chinese telecommunications giant on Friday unveiled the new smartphone lineup at a press event in China. It includes three smartphones – Huawei Nova 5, Nova 5 Pro, and Nova 5i. In addition to the new smartphone lineup, the company revealed the new HiSilicon Kirin 810 SoC, which is
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Just shy of three years ago, Pokémon GO took over the world. Players filled the sidewalks, and crowds of trainers flooded parks and landmarks. Anywhere you looked, people were throwing Pokéballs and chasing Snorlax. As the game grew, so did the company behind it. Niantic had started its life as an experimental “lab” within Google
India has become an important market from the data storage solutions perspective as the country is not only the world’s second largest smartphone market after China but it is also an economy that is shifting majorly towards digitisation. The government authorities are also pushing tech companies to keep their users’ data locally. All this makes
Are you using a processor that supports a 64-bit operating system? If so, are you using a 64-bit operating system? More to the point, how do you tell if Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit? 64-bit Windows versions and 64-bit processors are becoming the norm. You might even notice the option to download a 64 or
Photo Credit: Peter Tarka Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has fired an employee after the company realised that it has been using artwork from an artist named Peter Tarka without his permission. Some of the artwork used by Xiaomi was actually commissioned by the company’s competitor LG, the artist had claimed. The reports about Xiaomi illegally
Realme C2 will be going on sale once again in India today. The smartphone will be sold via Realme.com and Flipkart at 12pm (noon) IST. This Realme smartphone has already been put on sale multiple times and like all previous sales, the company will likely have limited number of units to sell today. Realme C2
While mirrorless cameras accelerate into the future, medium format models are hearkening unto the past — and Hasselblad chief among them. Its new digital back fits lenses going back to the ’50s, and the tiny 907X camera body is about as lovely a throwback as one can imagine. The new set of systems, announced today,
Netflix Hack Day, the company’s internal hackathon, has a habit of producing some amazing gems — like a brain-controlled interface, a Fitbit hack that shuts off Netflix when you fall asleep, a Netflix app for the original NES, and a way to navigate the Netflix app with Face ID and ARKit, to name a few.
Your computer processor has a home: the socket. The CPU socket is rarely mentioned because it doesn’t help or hinder performance. Rather, it provides a standardized shape for a specific generation of CPUs. Why, then, should you care about CPU sockets? Well, if you want to upgrade your CPU, you need to know the socket
Expanding its repair services across the US, Apple has partnered consumer electronics retailer Best Buy with the company’s nearly 1,000 stores that would provide expert service and repairs for Apple products. “We’re always looking at how we can reliably expand our network of trained technicians and we’re excited to partner with every Best Buy store
Nvidia is reportedly looking to cement its dominant position in the gaming GPU market by launching a new GeForce RTX Super series of GPUs which will not only increase performance across the board, but also result in price cuts for the existing GeForce RTX 20 series. If true, this means that Nvidia will be looking
Samsung Galaxy A10 and Galaxy A20 now available in Gold colour option Samsung Galaxy A10 and Galaxy A20 have received a Gold colour variant in India. The new colour option comes alongside the existing Black, Blue, and Black colour versions. Also, it is already available for purchase through the Samsung Online Store in the country.
Prosthetic limbs are getting better, but not as quickly as you’d think. They’re not as smart as our real limbs, which (directed by the brain) do things like automatically stretch out to catch ourselves when we fall. This particular “stumble reflex” was the subject of an interesting study at Vanderbilt that required its subjects to
All-new Kindle Oasis includes a colour adjustable front light to enable a screen warmth experience Amazon Kindle Oasis has received a significant upgrade from the model that was introduced back in 2017. The all-new Kindle Oasis comes with a colour adjustable front light that lets you customise the colour tone from cool to warm to
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Nintendo’s new leader knew the challenges presented by the transition and he didn’t need to wait long to see the first surface on social media. Bowser had taken over Nintendo and the internet had jokes. In February, Nintendo announced the longtime president of its US division, Reggie Fils-Aimé, would be replaced by 53-year-old Doug Bowser, a
Samsung is on an update spree, reportedly patching a bunch of its phones with the latest Android security update. The latest ones are the Galaxy A10 and Galaxy A2 Core, which are said to be receiving the June security patch. The company is also patching some of its older flagships, such as the Galaxy Note
Kano, the London-based startup that builds hardware designed to teach younger people about computing and coding, is taking a significant step forward in its growth strategy today. The startup has inked a partnership with Microsoft that sees Kano launching the Kano PC, a new 11.6-inch touch-enabled, Intel Atom-powered computer, its first to run Windows —
Netflix is one of the world’s biggest OTT streaming services, and naturally has a lot of subscribers – believed to be around 150 million globally today. While a lot of its success can be credited to its flexibility and availability on multiple platforms, the core idea of streaming TV shows and movies means that Netflix
Twitter seems to have mixed up new follow notifications with unfollows Twitter allows users to follow anyone they like and receive updates whenever that person posts a tweet. One of the best things about Twitter is that you can also unfollow anyone without them knowing about it, except if they’re actively using a third party
Poco F1 was launched in August last year with top-of-the-line specifications Poco F1 will be receiving the dark mode with the MIUI 11, the PocoPhone Global Head Alvin Tse has said. Dark mode is currently available only on select phones, including Redmi Note 7, in the stable version of MIUI, whereas for others it is
Motorola is all set to launch its new Motorola One Vision smartphone in India today. The company is hosting a press event in New Delhi, which will start at 12pm (noon) and will be streamed live on YouTube. Part of the company’s One lineup, the Motorola One Vision is based on Android One platform and
After a month of disappearing from the Microsoft Store, laptops from Chinese technology player Huawei have made a comeback on the software giant’s online store. Huawei laptops including the MateBook 13, MateBook and MateBook X Pro are made available again. However, MateBook X Pro is currently “out of stock”. “We have been evaluating, and will
The global video and electronic games market will generate $152.1 billion in 2019, up 9.6% over last year as gaming morphs into content and communication, according to a report by gaming analytics firm Newzoo on Tuesday. It is “the complete convergence of different forms of digital entertainment all coming together,” Peter Warman, chief executive of
Samsung Galaxy M40 will go on sale again in India today, making it the second time it has gone on sale since its launch earlier this month. The latest in the company’s Galaxy M-series, the Samsung Galaxy M40 sports a triple rear camera setup as its biggest highlight, apart from a hole-punch cutout for its
[embedded content] YouTuber Simone Giertz, celebrated DIY inventor, roboticist and general maker of cool stuff decided not to wait for Tesla’s forthcoming pickup truck. Instead, she bought a Tesla Model 3 direct from the company new and then used elbow grease, ingenuity, some help from friends and power tools to turn it into a two-seater
As we asked back in February, “We’re ready for foldable phones, but are they ready for us?” The answer, so far, has been an enthusiastic, “not really.” The Galaxy Fold was pushed back, after multiple review units crapped the proverbial bed. And just last week, Huawei noted that it was holding off on its own
India’s gaming smartphone market is finally getting some competition, especially after the launch of Nubia Red Magic 3 earlier this week at a starting price of Rs. 35,999. The Shenzhen-headquartered smartphone maker is now planning to release the next iteration, Red Magic 4, within this year with the aim to grab the top slot in
Intel has released an automatic overclocking tool called Intel Performance Maximizer for its unlocked desktop 9th Gen Core CPUs, allowing people to squeeze extra performance out of their computers even if they don’t have the patience and experience that is usually necessary for manual overclocking. The tool promises to take the guesswork and repetition out of
NASA’s X-59 QueSST experimental quiet supersonic aircraft will have a cockpit like no other — featuring a big 4K screen where you’d normally have a front window. Why? Because this is one weird-looking plane. The X-59, which is being developed by Lockheed Martin on a $247 million budget, is meant to go significantly faster than