Google Pixel 6a and Pixel Buds Pro were launched in India on Thursday. The smartphone is now available for pre-orders in India. The Google Pixel 6a — a watered down version of the Google Pixel 6 and the Google Pixel 6 Pro — was unveiled alongside Pixel Watch and Google Pixel Buds Pro in May
PlayStation has launched its annual Summer Sale, offering discounts up to 80 percent off on select titles on PS5 and PS4 games. The sale will be live for a limited time, starting July 20 and running until August 3 — after which new titles get added to the PlayStation Store. Gamers can claim offers on
Instagram is adding a new map feature, which supposedly looks like a Google-inspired one, but with some modification. Instagram’s parent company Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a post on Instagram Stories to reveal the new searchable map on the platform. The post shows that the new feature will let users discover popular local businesses near
EU antitrust regulators are set to beef up an investigation into Apple, triggered by Spotify, with new evidence but not new charges, in the hope of speeding up the case, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission last year told the iPhone maker that its App Store rules, which require developers to use
Nothing Phone 1 smartphone has recently received the first update in several countries, including India. The first smartphone from the company made its debut only a week ago on July 12, while its sale in India has not started yet. The smartphone, which runs on Android 12 with the Nothing OS skin on top, is
Huawei MatePad Pro 11 tablet has been teased by the company on Tuesday. The teaser image shows the MatePad Pro tablet with a circular camera module. The tablet will likely have a 11-inch display as it’s carrying the Pro 11 moniker. The teaser image also shows the power button with a red accent and stereo
Today during an event focused on Alexa developer and partner news, Amazon announced new features and integrations, including a collection of APIs and software development kits (SDKs) aimed at making Alexa more versatile. They come a month after the company demoed forthcoming and experimental Alexa features at its annual re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, including
The days of the Galaxy Note Unpacked events are sadly gone, but Samsung’s foldables are more than happy to fill a phablet-sized hole in the company’s annual release schedule. Over the last couple of years, the company has made good on its promise to fully commit to the form factor, and we expect to see
Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled the Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon W5 Gen 1, its latest platforms for wearables. Qualcomm claims that the Snapdragon W5+ platform consumers 50 percent less power, while delivering 2X higher performance and richer features in a package 30 percent smaller than the previous generation. Moreover, the newly launched Snapdragon wearable
As Dusk Falls — a choice-based narrative experience, out Tuesday on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X — comes from newly-formed developer Interior Night. Even though fresh on the block, the team behind Interior Night has been responsible for gems like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls in the past. Expectations were high for
Samsung, having teased the date for the Galaxy Unpacked on Monday, announced on Wednesday that the event is set to take place on August 10 at 9am ET/ 6:30pm IST. It is most likely that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Flip 4 will be the highlights of the event. The South
If you want the perfect cinematic viewing experience in your home under Rs. 40,000, the newest version of Samsung’s Crystal Series, the Crystal 4K TV, is for you. The TV offers an unparalleled viewing experience and packs in all the latest features you would expect from a smart TV in current times. One Billion True
Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have signed up to Indonesia’s new licensing rules for tech firms, government records showed on Tuesday, a day ahead of a deadline to comply or risk being blocked. The registration is required under rules released in late 2020 that would give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data
Russia’s competition authority said on Tuesday it would fine U.S. tech giant Apple for violating Russian antitrust laws and abusing its dominant position in the app store market. The federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) said it would levy a turnover-based fine against Apple, the size of which would be determined during the course of an administrative
Nothing Phone 1 display green tint issue was limited to a handful of customers and Nothing will soon be rolling out a software update to recalibrate the display to fix the problem, a spokesperson from Nothing has said. The spokesperson also noted that a factory reset has already fixed the issue for some consumers. The
There’s a growing appetite for alternative search engines. At least, that’s the crux of the argument Richard Socher, the former chief scientist at Salesforce, likes to make. In 2020, Socher co-founded You, a search engine that uses AI to understand search queries, rank the results and parse the queries into different languages (including programming languages).
Samsung is expected to hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event in August where it could announce the next generation of foldable phones. The South Korean smartphone giant is yet to announce the official dates of the event, but according to a new leak, the event could take place on August 10. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold
Xbox Game Pass is getting a slew of new games in the second half of July, starting today, July 19. The new arrivals include Watch Dogs 2 — the much-improved, semi-open-world action-adventure set in a fictionalised version of the San Francisco Bay area. Other titles include As Dusk Falls, launching day one on console, cloud,
Nothing Phone 1 users have reported issues with their handsets. A lot of them claim that the phones they received have a green tint on the screen. Some of them posted short clips of the defect on Twitter. In fact, a number of users even say that the replacement phones have also come with the
Xiaomi has expanded its line of the 2022 TV ES Pro series of 4K LED TVs by launching three new screen sizes — 55-inch, 65-inch, and 75-inch — in China. All three televisions boast of features such as multi-zone LED backlighting, a 120Hz refresh rate at 4K, and popular HDR standards such as Dolby Vision. The TVs
Twitter on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to “slow walk” the company’s lawsuit to hold him to his $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,51,500 crore) takeover and urged a September trial to ensure deal financing remains in place, according to a court filing. “Millions of Twitter shares trade daily under a cloud of Musk-created doubt,”
Flipkart is hosting its Big Saving Days sale starting from July 23 and the online sale will be live until July 27. Customers can expect to see deals, discounts, and offers on smartphones as well as other consumer electronics such as headphones, speakers, and TVs during the sale. Offers on Oppo Reno 5 Pro, iPhone
iQoo 10 and 10 Pro smartphones are set to launch later today. The iQoo 10 series smartphones will make their debut in the Chinese market today at 7.30pm local time (5pm IST). The official renders of the upcoming smartphones have recently been spotted on JD.com, as the handsets have been listed on the website for
Apple intends to slow hiring and spending growth next year in some units to cope with a potential economic downturn, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The changes will not affect all teams, and Apple is still planning an aggressive product launch schedule in 2023 that includes a mixed-reality
Bad news about smartphone shipments has become the norm, rather than the exception, in recent years. The trend pre-dates the pandemic, but has only accelerated during the pandemic, thanks to various economic and supply chain impacts. Even so, a high single-digit drop warrants examination and some difficult questions around the industry’s health. New figures out
Ray-Ban Stories will now let users make calls, hear, and send messages with WhatsApp. The announcement was made by Mark Zuckerberg via a Facebook post where he also added that the users will also be able to direct reply to Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp messages with voice commands. The Ray-Ban Stories shades were launched by
PlayStation 5 faceplates are coming to India, as per a Twitter user. Sony India has reportedly imported a small number of colourful PS5 faceplates that can be used to jazz up your console in a colour that you like the most. Furthermore, an analyst says that these faceplates will be Amazon exclusive. There is no
All online public services and government websites in Albania were closed on Sunday following a synchronised cyberattack from outside the country, the Albanian National Agency for the Information Society (AKSHI) said in a press statement. “In order to withstand these unprecedented and dangerous strikes, we have been forced to close down government systems until the
National Legal Services Authority Chairman Uday Umesh Lalit on Sunday launched the country’s first AI-powered digital Lok Adalat during the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities’ meet held here. The digital Lok Adalat by Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) was designed and developed by its technology partner Jupitice Justice Technologies, an official statement said.
Apple products are already a central part of our lives in so many ways. We use them to work, socialise, monitor our heart rates, pay for things and watch TV. But did you know they are also involved in teaching school teachers? The shift to online learning following COVID-19 is not only for students. Teachers