Month: July 2021

Thanks to the cryptocurrency boom over the last couple of years, blockchain companies are popping up like mushrooms in the fintech industry. Although China is actively cracking down on cryptocurrency mining, one blockchain company called Antchain is thriving—so much that it was one of the main sponsors for the 2020 UEFA Championship. So what is Antchain
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VOCHI, a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 million in a “late-seed” round that follows the company’s initial $1.5 million round led by Ukraine-based Genesis Investments last year. The new funds follow a period of significant growth for the mobile tool, which
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Poco F3 GT has launched in India with gaming features and dedicated triggers. The phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC and has a 10-bit display with 120Hz refresh rate. There are high-fidelity stereo speakers on board, a dedicated GT switch, Maglev triggers, and X-Shockers for precise haptic feedback and vibration while gaming.
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Snap on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for users and revenue in the second quarter, notching the highest growth rates since late 2017 as new features on its messaging app Snapchat attracted more users. Shares of Santa Monica, California-based Snap rose about 10 percent to $69.20 (roughly Rs. 5,150) in extended trading, after its forecast for
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Have you ever browsed through your Instagram Explore page and wondered why the content is not relevant to your interests? Instagram is a great platform to get exposed to new content that compliments your interests. But sometimes, you might come across posts that you do not like. Alternatively, your interests could change. Instagram has options that
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Pro Evolution Soccer is in for an overhaul — the biggest since its inception. Konami announced Wednesday that its football simulation title is being rechristened simply as eFootball, after a couple of years carrying the unwieldy title “eFootball PES.” But more importantly, eFootball will be a free-to-play title, offering cross-platform play post launch everywhere. eFootball
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After about a year of beta testing, you no longer need an invite to join Clubhouse. Now you can hop right on the app and start joining the conversation. Clubhouse Is Finally Available to Everyone A post on the Clubhouse blog revealed that the app is finally out of its invite-only stage. In other words, anyone can
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Samsung just sent out invites for its next Unpacked event. There are those companies that like to sneak hints into their invites — and then there’s Samsung. The note leads with the big, bold words “Get ready to unfold” and features a pair of flat-colored objects that can reasonably be said to resemble the form
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Tom Clancy’s is going Fortnite. On Monday, Ubisoft announced a new free-to-play first-person shooter in Tom Clancy’s XDefiant that will offer “fast-paced 6-v-6 arena combat with faction-based abilities”. The factions in XDefiant will be inspired by the other Tom Clancy’s series in the past, including Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, and The Division (which is getting
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US President Joe Biden nominated lawyer and Google critic Jonathan Kanter as the Justice Department’s antitrust chief on Tuesday in the latest sign the White House is determined to rein in the world’s biggest corporations, especially Big Tech. Progressives who advocate tougher enforcement of antitrust law pushed for the nomination of Kanter, who recently started
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Netflix is getting into gaming, for real. In its quarterly letter to shareholders, the video-streaming service announced that it’s currently in the “early stages” of expanding into games. On the earnings call, Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings said they are “pushing” on it, while COO and chief product officer Greg Peters called gaming a
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