Facebook said on Monday that it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December last year, and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform. The social media giant said that it also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 and vaccines that global health
Month: March 2021
Opera has revamped its Opera Touch browser for iPhone and iPad models to commemorate its third anniversary on the platform, and rebranded it to just ‘Opera’ in the process. With the update, the browser gets a modern UI that keeps the minimalistic style and core functionalities of its predecessor but revamps animations, colours, themes, and
Poco X3 Pro and Poco F3 phones were launched at the company’s global launch event on Monday. The Poco X3 Pro is powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 4G processor and has a quad rear camera setup with a 48-megapixel primary sensor. The Poco F3, on the other hand, is a rebadge of the
Alienware m15 R4 and Alienware m17 R4 laptops have been refreshed by Dell to include Cherry MX ultra low profile mechanical keyboards, with per-key lighting. According to Dell, the new keyboards aim to be an extension of the gamer’s senses, and allow you to press deeper with more emphasis. This mechanical switch delivers a full
You’ve heard about this really cool, new app. After downloading it from the App Store, a big graphic shouts: “Invite-Only”. Without an invite, it looks like the app’s not for you. This is an experience that undoubtedly many people have gone through. Invite-only apps seem to be an emerging trend, with several rising in popularity. But are
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 successors do not have a release date yet, but several leaks and tips offer an idea of what to expect from the upcoming foldable phones. In a fresh leak, the colour options for the two phones have surfaced online. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 2 (not
What’s the next PUBG Mobile in India, and what makes a gaming phone successful? These were some of the questions that Asus executives discussed with Gadgets 360 soon after launching the ROG Phone 5. The gaming smartphone comes with a number of features you wouldn’t see in most smartphones on the market. With this latest
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday his company would be shut down if its cars were used to spy, his first comments on news that China’s military has banned Teslas from its facilities. “There’s a very strong incentive for us to be very confidential with any information,” Musk told a prominent Chinese forum
FASTag recharge can come in handy when you’re travelling from one city to another and don’t have an appropriate balance in your FASTag account. Various apps offer FASTag recharge options. In this article, we’ll talk about how you can recharge your FASTag using Google Pay. Google introduced UPI recharge option for FASTag users through the
Croma Fire TV Edition Smart LED TVs have been launched in India with prices starting at Rs. 17,999. The new television range is part of Croma’s home-branded products and will be available to buy both online and offline. The televisions run Fire TV OS for smart connectivity, which enables access to all major streaming services,
Political reform, racism, transgender rights — the audio app Clubhouse has unleashed unbridled debates about topics deemed dangerously sensitive in Saudi Arabia, but surveillance fears have spooked users in the authoritarian state. Banned by the censors in China, the invitation-only app is gaining traction in parts of the Gulf, sparking bold conversations in countries known
Apple switched its default camera formats for photos and videos from JPG to HEIC (High-Efficiency Image Format) with iOS 11 to save space on the phone. Now, this might be an old change, but once you share your iPhone photos and videos to your laptop, you’ll realise that it can’t open them because it is
Redmi K40 has been reportedly spotted on India’s IMEI database. The phone was launched in China last month alongside the Redmi K40 Pro and the Redmi K40 Pro+. It has been tipped to launch as Mi 11X in India and as Poco F3 globally. The alleged IMEI database listing does not share any information about
Virtual reality (VR) is still a developing technology, but it’s already making a difference for a range of industries. Big brands like Facebook and Sony are paying attention and investing heavily in their own VR products. Advances in augmented reality (AR) also show an obvious interest in reinventing the digital age. In fact, innovators are
Ever wondered what is that “anti-aliasing” term that you see all the time in games, and whether you should enable it or not? And what even is there to gain from enabling or disabling it? Today, we’ll explain in detail what anti-aliasing is, how it works, and other related questions that you may have about
We crawled into an abandoned school bus, trespassed through dilapidated hallways, dodged fleeting thunderstorms, and wandered the empty streets of Chinatown late into the evening. For two summery weeks, I couldn’t have been happier. New York City was in lockdown. I’d been quarantined in my dinky apartment, disheartened and restless. I was anxious to do
Rode Microphones has a new and improved version of its much-loved Go portable mic, the Wireless Go II, which uses the same form factor as the original but adds a list of new and improved features. Most notably, the Go II offers two transmitter packs that can simultaneously talk to a single receiver, letting you
China’s Xiaomi had dominated the Indian smartphone market for three consecutive years until recently losing the top spot to Samsung. It has played by the Indian government’s rulebook to support domestic manufacturing, making smartphones in India rather than shipping them from its home country of China. Now it is further ramping up production in India
Many launch providers think reusability is the best way to lower the cost and delay involved in getting to space. SpaceX and Rocket Lab have shown reusable first stages, which take a payload to the edge of space — and now Stoke Space Technologies says it is making a reusable second stage, which will take
Boating is a hobby steeped in history and tradition — and so is the industry and those that support it. With worldwide connectivity, electric boats, and other technological changes dragging the sector out of old habits, Orca aims to replace the outdated interfaces by which people navigate with a hardware-software combo as slick as any
Few things are more personal than a keyboard, and yet they are often overlooked by Work From Home guides. Why use the standard-issue keyboard when there are so many options available? This is a sampling of some of the keyboards used by TechCrunch’s editorial staff. Some are boring, some are for different languages — and
Tonal, maker of the smart home fitness trainer, announced it is more than tripling the number of physical locations it sells devices in through a new partnership with Nordstrom. Starting this month, Tonal will have 50-square-foot stations in the women’s activewear departments of at least 40 Nordstrom locations across the U.S., bringing the total number
There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with today’s technology. One such job is the crucial but repetitive task of rebar tying, which a startup called SkyMul is aiming
Apple has announced that it plans to increase its corporate spendings in Germany. In particular, the company wants to set up a new facility in Munich, Germany. Called the European Silicon Design Center, the team will focus on 5G and potentially future wireless technologies. The company said that Munich is already its largest engineering hub
An artificial retina would be an enormous boon to the many people with visual impairments, and the possibility is creeping closer to reality year by year. One of the latest advancements takes a different and very promising approach, using tiny dots that convert light to electricity, and virtual reality has helped show that it could
Imaging has long been the primary battlefield on which the smartphone battles are waged. It makes sense. The thing about smartphones in 2021 is that they’re mostly very good. Sure, there are differentiators, but if you spend a decent amount on a device from any major manufacturer, you’re probably going to get a pretty good
Meet Detail, a new startup working on an app for iOS and macOS so that you can turn your iPhone into a software-optimized camera for live video. The startup wants to make it easy to use the phone that you have in your pocket with the livestreaming platform that you already use, such as Zoom,
The team behind Songclip thinks that social media could use more music. Yes, music is a big part of the experience on a handful of apps like TikTok and Triller, but Songclip co-founder and COO John vanSuchtelen told me, “That is not the end of how music is going to be a feature, that is
A team of mobile app engineers and designers from companies like Rent the Runway, ClassPass, Kickstarter and others, are now launching their own startup, Runway, to address the common pain points they experienced around the mobile app release cycle. With Runway, teams can connect their existing tools to keep track of the progress of an
You might think that Clubhouse is the final word on audio-centric social networks, but a San Francisco startup called Swell is launching its own iOS and Android app focused on voice conversations. The big difference: While conversations on Clubhouse all happen in real time — meaning that you’ve got to listen live or miss it
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