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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma will cede control of fintech giant Ant Group as part of a restructure, the company announced Saturday. “No shareholder, alone or jointly with other parties, will have control over Ant Group (after the completion of the adjustment), the company said in a statement. “The adjustment is being implemented to further enhance

Oppo Reno 10 series phones could be launched in India soon. The Oppo Reno 9 series smartphones with up to 120Hz refresh rate display were launched in China in November last year. The lineup, which included the Oppo Reno 9 Pro+, Reno 9 Pro, and Reno 9 models, was highly speculated to make its debut

Project Leonardo, PS5’s latest accessibility controller kit, has been announced at Sony’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 presentation. The company shared at the event that it was working on a new controller, designed to help players with disabilities play “easily, more comfortably, and for longer periods.” At the presentation, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan promised an

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday directed Google to pay 10 percent of the Rs 1,337.76-crore penalty imposed on the tech giant by fair trade regulator CCI. A two-member bench, however, declined to grant any immediate stay the operations of Competition Commission of India (CCI) penalty and said it would pass any

OnePlus 11 5G will be unveiled on January 4 in China. Just a day before the official debut, the Chinese tech brand has teased the camera specifications of the smartphone. The OnePlus 11 5G is confirmed to come with a triple rear camera unit led by a 50-megapixel Sony IMX890 primary sensor. The camera setup

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for 2023 is to have mobile phone exports with the segment featuring in the top 10 export category from India, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. While speaking with PTI, the minister said that the government will take all the measures that are required for boosting

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will turn its focus on science experiments in 2023 with dedicated missions to the Sun — Aditya — and the moon — Chandrayaan-3 — even as the nascent start-up sector is set to soar in the space applications segment. The upcoming year will also witness a series of experiments on India’s maiden human space

Sam Bankman-Fried is expected on Tuesday to enter a plea of not guilty to criminal charges that he cheated investors and looted billions of dollars at his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, according to a source familiar with the matter. Bankman-Fried is accused of illegally using FTX customer deposits to support his Alameda Research hedge fund,

Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC were launched in China earlier this month. The Chinese tech giant is now expected to bring the Xiaomi 13 lineup to the global markets next year. The Xiaomi 13 Ultra is also believed to be a part of the global

PlayStation Plus’ monthly free games for January 2023 — the new year — have been announced. The three titles will be available to members of PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Deluxe/ Premium plans, starting next week. From January 3 onwards, PS Plus subscribers gain access to the galaxy-spanning adventure Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the

Delhi government will soon take over the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) electric bus fleet to strengthen the last-mile connectivity across the city. The Delhi Cabinet recently took the decision to take over 100 existing E-buses and also operate additional 380 feeder E-buses under the transport department in 2023. DMRC has been operating feeder E-buses

Lava X3 (2022) will go on sale in India for the first time today (December 27) via Amazon. The entry-level smartphone powered by a MediaTek Helio A22 SoC was unveiled in the country earlier this month. The Lava X3 (2022) features a 60Hz refresh rate display and gets a dual rear camera unit led by

Moto G13 has been in the rumours for a few weeks now. The exact launch date of the new G-series phone has not been announced by Motorola yet, but ahead of it, renders and specifications of the smartphone have leaked online. As per the latest leak, Moto G13 will feature a dual rear camera unit,

Moto E13 smartphone from Motorola has reportedly been subjected to a render leak that seems to suggest the upcoming entry-level smartphone’s basic design and camera details. The smartphone, which was earlier tipped to be powered by an Unisoc T606 SoC while running on Android 13 out-of-the-box, has now reportedly been spotted in a beige colour

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million (roughly Rs. (Rs. 5,990 crore) to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users’ personal data with the political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, American technology publication The Verge reported. “The proposed Settlement of $725 million is the largest recovery ever achieved

Google saw multiple new product announcements this year, including the launch of latest Pixel 7 series, Pixel 6a, Pixel Watch, and Pixel Buds Pro. The Pixel Fold, the first foldable smartphone from Google is expected to be a significant offering from the tech giant in the coming year. Apart from the flagship smartphone, Google is

Three films from India are part of several shortlists for the 2023 Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. The energetic dance song “Naatu Naatu”, from S.S. Rajamouli’s action-packed affair RRR, is contending for a place in the Best Original Song category. India’s International Feature Film entry this year is the

Apple is believed to have plans to give the iPhone SE 4 a 6.1-inch LCD screen. Recent rumours have suggested that the Cupertino company might be aiming for a 2023 or 2024 release for this handset. However, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now claims that Apple might choose to cancel the iPhone SE 4 or push its

Sam Bankman-Fried has decided to agree to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday, just hours after the FTX founder’s lawyer told a Bahamas judge he was not ready to consent. The about-face paves the way for the 30-year-old cryptocurrency mogul to face

Oppenheimer trailer is here. The upcoming hotly-anticipated biopic from Christopher Nolan, led by Cillian Murphy, got a new trailer early Monday (India time), which explores the politics and drama surrounding the creation of the first atomic bomb. While World War II isn’t unfamiliar territory for Nolan — Dunkirk was set during the same period —

Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, will start streaming in India on Prime Video from December 26. The Paramount Pictures film, which is the sequel to Cruise’s 1986 classic hit Top Gun, will be available in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam on the platform. Prime Video shared the release date for

Mission Majnu, an upcoming spy thriller film starring Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandana, has dropped the official teaser on Friday. The movie is all set to premiere exclusively on the OTT platform from January 23, 2023. The teaser of the upcoming movie gives a sneak peek into Sidharth’s character as an undercover agent for RAW. This will

Bitcoin registered a loss of 1.50 percent on national and international exchanges on Friday, and the oldest cryptocurrency was trading at the price point of $17,406 (roughly Rs. 14.4 lakh). BTC, in the last 24 hours, has effectively lost up to $328 (roughly Rs. 27,168) to trade at current prices. The cryptocurrency, so far in

One day after majority cryptocurrencies recorded profits and the crypto market valuation rose by over three percent, the price charts for cryptocurrencies was hit by volatility once again. Bitcoin on Thursday, opened with a loss of nearly one percent. At the time of writing, BTC was trading at $17,716 (roughly Rs. 14.6 lakh). The world’s

Most cryptocurrencies have managed to see profits this week, despite the prevailing volatility and the ongoing crypto winter spurred by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX last month. Bitcoin on Wednesday registered a profit of 3.70 percent to open trading at $17,783 (roughly Rs. 14.7 lakh). In the last 24 hours, the value of BTC

Strange World will release December 23 across Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar, the company has announced in a tweet. Disney’s latest animated venture, set on a Dr. Seuss-like vibrant planet, arrives just 29 days after its global premiere on November 25. That’s a new low for a Disney animated film — less than a month —

Indian conglomerate Tata Group-owned Infiniti Retail, which runs the Croma chain of stores, plans to open 100 stores across the country that will only sell Apple products, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing two people aware of the matter. Last month, it was reported that the group was in talks to buy Wistron’s

Moto X40 — the flagship successor to the Moto Edge X30 — is set to launch in China on December 15. Motorola has remained tight-lipped regarding the details and pricing of this smartphone. In addition, its design details are also under wraps. This handset has now been listed on JD.com ahead of launch with pre-booking

Redmi Note 12 5G series has been confirmed to launch in India, and the company has published a teaser for the smartphone series on its website. Although the teaser from Redmi did not specify the exact date of the launch, tipster Mukul Sharma claims that the India launch event will take place in the first

iQoo 11 flagship smartphone series from iQoo which was officially launched by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer on Thursday, is confirmed to launch in India on January 10, 2023. The company had initially planned to launch the iQoo 11 smartphones in China on December 2, but the launch was postponed. The series consists of the vanilla