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AMC Theatres will start accepting Bitcoin to pay for movie tickets, its CEO announced during AMC’s earnings call on Monday. AMC is the biggest chain of movie theatres in the US, and joins a growing number of businesses that are now starting to accept Bitcoin as a form of payments. Although Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has fired a manager who allegedly sexually assaulted a female employee and will establish policies to prevent sexual harassment, Chief Executive Daniel Zhang said on Monday. The manager – at Alibaba’s City Retail unit, which offers grocery delivery from local supermarkets – “has been fired and will never be

YouTube is reportedly testing a new slide-to-seek feature for forwarding and rewinding videos more easily on its Android and iOS apps. Users will be able to use a “drag-and-hold” gesture to skip to their favourite parts in a video. Earlier, users could either skip 10 seconds of a video with each tap on the left

Cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin, have taken the world by storm, especially in the last year. It is becoming more mainstream, allowing users to buy goods and services with it, or trade them for profit, just like real currency. Having said that, there have been several ups and downs as well as some critical

Xiaomi is hosting an event on August 10 in China wherein it is all set to launch its new-generation OLED TV alongside the Mi Mix 4 smartphone. Details regarding the new television are very scarce at the moment, apart from it donning an OLED panel. A fresh listing on a Chinese e-commerce platform gives us

Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition gaming laptop has launched in the Indian market. The device is powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPU coupled with AMD Radeon RX 6800M GPU. The laptop features a WQHD panel with a 165Hz refresh rate. Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition has a 90Whr battery that

Sony on Monday launched its three new X-series wireless speakers in India. Called the SRS-XP700, SRS-XP500, and the SRS-XG500, the Sony speakers come with the company’s proprietary Mega Bass to deliver an enhanced bass effect. The speakers also include a Live Sound Mode as well as carry features to use them for Karaoke and as

Kindle e-readers with 3G support will not be able to connect to the Internet using cellular connection in the near future. This change will affect US customers as operators in the region are completely shifting to 4G and 5G networks, making 2G and 3G obsolete. An email informing of the change, which looks to be

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said he was willing to step down whenever he finds a successor who can do a “better job”, as one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, under pressure from regulators around the world, sought to reinvent itself. Governments and financial watchdogs are paying closer attention to the cryptocurrency industry, often putting

PayPal is partnering with non-profit organisation the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to investigate how extremist and hate movements in the United States take advantage of financial platforms to fund their criminal activities. The initiative will be led through ADL’s Center on Extremism, and will focus on uncovering and disrupting the financial flows supporting white supremacist and

Black Widow has now grossed over $315 million (about Rs. 2,345 crores) worldwide, while Fast & Furious 9 is now up to $621.3 million (about Rs. 4,625 crores) at the global box office. That makes the Fast Saga’s latest chapter the first Hollywood movie to surpass the $600-million milestone since Jumanji: The Next Level. Meanwhile,

The story of Joshua Barbeau — a 33-year-old freelance writer who lives in Bradford, Canada — is no different from an emotionally charged romantic sci-fi novel. In 2012, Barbeau’s ex-fiancee Jessica Pereira died at the age of 23 from a rare liver disease. He never got over her death. Last year in September, Barbeau chanced

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is all set to make its tenth flight on Mars and officials said that it could happen on July 24. Ingenuity, which arrived on the Red Planet aboard the Mars Perseverance rover on February 18, is the first to have flown on a terrestrial planet other than Earth. The space agency said

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.

Huawei P50 series global launch has reportedly been confirmed. The new smartphone series from the Chinese manufacturer is initially coming to China on July 29. It is teased to have Leica optics and is expected to have HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoCs. The Huawei P50 series is also speculated to have the

Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder’s zombie heist movie, was Netflix’s biggest title during the second quarter of 2021 — that’s April through June — with over 75 million Netflix member households watching the film in the first 28 days after its release. Kevin Hart-led drama Fatherhood was close behind, with an estimated 74 million

The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries to publicly call out Beijing for hacking. The United States was joined by NATO, the European Union, Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand in condemning the spying, which US Secretary of State

Realme Buds Q2 Neo will be launched in India on July 23. The true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds are expected to be rebranded Realme Buds Q2 that are sold in Pakistan. The Realme Buds Q2 sold in India are a rebadged version of the Realme Buds Air 2 launched in April in Pakistan. Realme has

Samsung Galaxy A22 5G is expected to launch in India next month but it looks like pricing for the phone has been leaked. The phone is expeceted to be offered in two RAM + storage configurations and start from just under Rs. 20,000. The phone was launched in the European market in June and is

The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA. The orbiting observatory went dark in mid-June, with all astronomical viewing halted. NASA initially suspected a 1980s-era computer as the source of the problem. But after the backup payload computer also failed, flight controllers at Maryland’s Goddard

Apple AirPods are being given free with new Mac or iPad purchases, as a part of its seasonal Education Offer. The offer is now live on the online Apple Store for Indian users. Eligible users can buy a Mac or iPad for college or university and get AirPods free with their purchase. Only newly accepted

Poco F3 GT teasers have started to pour in as its India launch nears. While an official launch date has not been announced, it is teased to launch in India very soon. A fresh leak suggests that the Poco F3 GT may launch sometime this month and its pricing information has also surfaced. Poco has

We have known Sundar Pichai as the CEO of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google, but have you ever imagined what he would be like as a father? Born in Tamil Nadu in 1972, Pichai joined Google in 2004 and rose through the ranks to become the company’s CEO. In a recent interview with BBC, the

Vivo S10 Pro and Vivo S10 are all set to launch in China on July 15. The Pro model is teased to have a triple rear camera setup, headlined by a 108-megapixel main sensor. There is expected to be a gradient finish on the back of the phones. One of the models was even spotted

Zomato, the online food delivery service provider, is set to raise Rs. 9,375 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), which opens for subscription on July 14 and closes on July 16. The price band is expected to be in the range of Rs 72-76 per share and investors can bid in lots as well.

Virgin Galactic is set to send its billionaire founder Richard Branson, along with a crew of five others, aboard VSS Unity to the edge of space today, July 11. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo vehicle will lift off from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US. Now, the question many have been asking

France’s competition regulator said Friday that it would issue a ruling Tuesday on whether Google was negotiating “in good faith” with news publishers over payments for using their content alongside search results. The long-running legal battle centres on claims that the US internet giant is showing articles, pictures and videos produced by media groups when

Vivo Y53s has launched in Vietnam as the 4G variant of the Vivo Y53s 5G that debuted in China last month. The phone is a budget-friendly offering and is slightly different from the Vivo Y53s 5G. It packs a triple rear camera — one more sensor than the 5G variant — and gets a standard

Visa said its customers spent more than $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,480 crores) on its crypto-linked cards in the first half of this year, as the payments processor takes steps to make crypto transactions smoother. The company said it was partnering with 50 cryptocurrency platforms to make it easier for customers to convert and spend

Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) has been announced with some upgrades and improvements over the original Switch. It will be offered in two colour options when it goes on sale later this year. Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) will be compatible with all current Nintendo Switch games and the current Joy-Con controllers. The OLED model brings a