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Japan Display Inc said on Friday it would receive a $100 million investment from a customer, which a source said was Apple Inc, as part of a bailout deal led by a Chinese investment firm for the smartphone screen maker. Japan Display is facing a funding crunch due to Apple’s recent shift away from liquid-crystal

Apple Inc is shifting manufacturing of its new Mac Pro desktop computer to China from the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The move comes at a time when the Trump administration has threatened to impose new levies to cover nearly all imports from China and

Huawei hits the 10 Million units milestone with the P30 series Huawei’s P30 Pro is one of the best camera smartphones of this year so far. The Huawei P30 Pro sports a quad camera setup at the back and is capable of 5x optical zoom and 10x hybrid zoom. We were also impressed with how

Pokemon Masters is releasing soon on smartphones Pokemon Masters, a new game made by Nintendo partner DeNa, is coming to Android and iOS platforms this summer. The company released a trailer of the new game, and even announced its launch timeline. Pokemon Masters is essentially focused on battles, rather than capturing Pokemon, and it allows

Facebook on Thursday released the findings from its consultations with outside experts into its content review process, providing a glimpse into how its plans for a proposed “external oversight board” might take shape. Facebook has been soliciting feedback over the past six months from more than 650 people at workshops in 88 countries on its draft

Redmi K20 has been teased in India. Xiaomi has released a teaser through the Redmi India Twitter account that points to the upcoming smartphone by touting the performance of the Snapdragon 730 SoC. To recall, the Redmi K20 was launched in China last month — alongside the Redmi K20 Pro. Both Redmi K-series phones feature

US chipmaker Qualcomm has won certification from Germany’s cyber watchdog for a next generation chip that boosts the security of smartphones, as applications such as mobile payments become increasingly prevalent. The company said its Snapdragon 855 mobile system on a chip (SoC) had gained a seal of approval from Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI),

Foreign payment firms such as Mastercard and Visa can process transactions made in India outside of the country but the related data should be brought back for local storage within 24 hours, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday. The announcement was made to clarify the central bank’s directive in April last year

PUBG’s latest update for PC is now live, and it brings a tonne of new elements to the battle royale phenomenon. Dubbed update #30, it brings a devastating new handgun, an amphibious vehicle in the form of BRDM-2 with more damage resistance, and exploding fuel cans. A new ledge grab feature has also arrived with the

Photo Credit: WABetaInfo WhatsApp beta version 2.19.183 for Android is now available via Google Play Beta Program WhatsApp has released a new beta update of its Android application, and sifting through its code, tracker WABetaInfo has found a new feature that is in the works. The feature is being called Hide Muted Status Updates, and

LG W30 has been confirmed by Amazon, while the LG W10 was recently seen listed LG is set to launch its W-series smartphone in India today. The company is hosting an event in New Delhi for the launch, and so far, thanks to a teaser by Amazon, we know the LG W30 can be expected

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is adding three new broadband plans to its bouquet to offer as much as 3GB daily data benefits with up to 8Mbps speed. While the Rs. 349 and Rs. 399 broadband plans give 2GB data per day along with an FUP limit of 1Mbps, there is also the Rs. 499

Just as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepared for the “most difficult launch” of his rocket company with Falcon Heavy rocket, the space-enthusiast changed his display picture on Twitter from an alcoholic monkey to that of an astronaut sipping hot coffee on Mars. The picture uploaded on Monday shows an astronaut, leaning against what looks like

Honor 20 will go on sale for the first time in India today. The smartphone will be made available to purchase via Flipkart as well as leading offline stores in the country. To recall, the Honor 20 is part of the Honor 20 triad, featuring the Honor 20i (aka Honor 20 Lite) and Honor 20

Hotstar leads the pack in video streaming services Hotstar on Monday announced it had seen a record 100 million active users in a single day during the recent India vs Pakistan match in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. It recorded 15.6 million concurrent viewers, and 66 percent of the total Hotstar reach was

Xiaomi has confirmed that the CC9 and CC9e smartphones are launching in China on July 2. The phones are the first to debut in the company’s new ‘CC’ smartphone series meant for the youth-centric audience. CEO Lei Jun has also shared a poster confirming the launch date of the two phones. The two phones have

He warned of an increasingly-elderly global population clashing with declining birth rates in future Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s grim forecast of humanity suggests that a “population bomb” would lead to a worldwide collapse in humans in the coming decades and everybody would start to see the evident effects by 2050. Musk’s prediction was triggered by

The launch was delayed to improve the quality of the P-OLED screen After delaying the June launch of its much-anticipated foldable smartphone Mate X, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has now confirmed its arrival in September. Huawei Mate X was introduced to the world in February this year. “The company has used the last few months

The Mi Max 3 was the most recent Mi Max series phone and it arrived last year In an effort to streamline its smartphone product portfolio and more effectively cater to the target audience, Xiaomi is putting a brake on the Mi Max and Mi Note series. Xiaomi chief Lei Jun has revealed that the

At a convention on digital currency, rarely does an audience Q&A session include a question as incendiary as, “Why is this fraud allowed to speak at this conference?” But that’s how a discussion about Bitcoin ended up last year in Seoul. The supposed fraud is Craig Wright, an Australian-born technologist who gained notoriety three years

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G is touted to carry the model number SM-A908N Samsung Galaxy A90 has been making rounds of the rumour mill for quite some time, but it appears that the phone might not be launched with the Galaxy A90 monikor. As per new leaks, a phone with the model number SM-A908N that was

The alleged Galaxy M30s carried the model number SM-M307F. It was recently reported that Samsung was already working on a new variant of the Galaxy M30, which was launched in February this year. Well, it appears that the upcoming Galaxy M30 variant is inching closer to its official launch after being spotted on a benchmarking

Mozilla has patched a couple of zero-day vulnerabilities on Firefox through two separate security updates. While the first zero-day flaw was described as a “remote code execution” vulnerability that enabled remote attackers to run a malicious code within the native process of the Firefox browser, the second one was known as a “sandbox escape” that

Subscribers had to choose only those channels that they wished to watch after new rules came into place DTH subscribers in India are said to be saving between 10 to 15 percent of their money on subscription costs in metro cities, thanks to the new TRAI framework. Figures provided by the Ministry of Information and

Xiaomi says that its CC team consists of “Chic and Cool” members from the 90s Xiaomi on Friday announced its new “CC” series for smartphones in China that will target the youth. To build new smartphones for young customers, Xiaomi is working with Meitu engineers, the team that was originally known for the MeituPic photo-editing

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

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.

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

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

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