These should be heady times for Fortnite, the battle-royale shooting game that’s set the video-game industry reeling since its release two years ago. Its publisher, closely held Epic Games, held a much-talked-about World Cup tournament that attracted more than 40 million players and culminated at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York in late July. On
Month: August 2019
Microsoft has joined other industry partners like Google and Intel to create the Confidential Computing Consortium, a new organisation that will be hosted at The Linux Foundation. The consortium will include other founding members Alibaba, ARM, Baidu, IBM, Intel, Red Hat, Swisscom and Tencent. In this organisation, the industry can come together to collaborate on
Making the VR experience simple and portable was the main goal of the Oculus Quest, and it definitely accomplishes that. But going from things in the room tracking your headset to your headset tracking things in the room was a complex process. I talked with Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer (“Schrep”) about the journey from “outside-in”
The latest study from Pew Research Center takes a look at the impact mobile technology, including the use of smartphones and social media, is having on the diversity of people’s social network in emerging markets. For the purpose of the study, Pew surveyed mobile users in eleven key markets: Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, South Africa, Kenya,
OnePlus TV is all set to launch in September, and India is the first market where the product will debut. The company has been teasing the arrival of its new product line bit by bit, and in a tweet, OnePlus confirms that the OnePlus TV will offer a 55-inch QLED display. While the 55-inch display
Researchers worry that a new feature giving Instagram users the power to flag false news on the platform won’t do much to head off efforts to use disinformation to sow political discord in 2020. The role of Instagram in spreading political disinformation took centre stage in a pair of Senate reports in December, which highlighted
YouTube is killing its native messaging feature, which means you’ll no longer be able to send direct messages on YouTube. However, the chances are you’ve never actually messaged anyone on YouTube and weren’t even aware that YouTube Messages existed. In August 2017, YouTube introduced in-app messaging YouTube Adds In-App Messaging on Android and iOS YouTube
Fortnite recently introduced Junk Rifts with the v10.10 content update to level the battlefield against the B.R.U.T.E. mechs. But it appears that Epic Games has another strategy to quell the outrage against the B.R.U.T.E. mechs, and it involves increasing their health. Not only that, the Junk Rift has also been temporarily removed citing an audio
Redmi Y2 started receiving its Android Pie-based MIUI 10 update earlier this month, however, a few days later, we received an intimation from our readers that the rollout appeared to have been halted. We reached out to Xiaomi for clarification, and were informed that this was indeed the case, and the update would restart soon
The latest preview build of Windows 10, available to Windows Insider beta testers on the fast update ring, shows off some improvements that could make life better for early adopters and help Microsoft track bugs with each update it releases. Build 18965 is part of what will become the final Windows 10 20H1 release, set to
You’ve probably heard in the past how dangerous WEP encryption is, and that you shouldn’t use it on your home network. What is WEP, and why do people advise against using it? Let’s break down what WEP means and all of the flaws that come with it. What Is WEP? WEP stands for “Wired Equivalent
Epic Games recently stirred up an uproar in the Fortnite community with the Season 10 update by introducing the ridiculously overpowered B.R.U.T.E mech. If you’ve been among the victims of the two-player machine-of-destruction, there is some good news. Fortnite’s latest v10.10 content update has introduced a new weapon called Junk Rift, which gives players a
Motorola One Action is launching in India today. The official launch event will be held in New Delhi. Globally, the Motorola One Action was unveiled last week. The new smartphone features a triple rear camera setup that includes a 117-degree ultra-wide angle lens camera. The Motorola One Action also features a 21:9 CinemaVision display along
3D printing has become commonplace in the hardware industry, but because few materials can be used for it easily, the process rarely results in final products. A Swiss startup called Spectroplast hopes to change that with a technique for printing using silicone, opening up all kinds of applications in medicine, robotics, and beyond. Silicone is
DoorDash announced last month that it would be changing its controversial tipping model. Today it’s revealing the basics of how the new system will work. Under the past model, Dashers (DoorDash drivers and other delivery people) were guaranteed a minimum payment per delivery, with DoorDash paying a $1 base, then providing an additional payment boost
Fitbit said on Wednesday it won a contract with the Singapore government to provide fitness trackers and services to up to one million of the country’s citizens as part of a health initiative that begins in October. The deal, which involves the company supplying its trackers free of charge but on the condition that users will
Microsoft lifted the covers from Project Scarlett – the next-gen Xbox console – at E3 earlier this year, making bold promises about its capabilities and the boost it will bring to the table. The company has already confirmed some major advancements such as 8K gameplay support and a huge 4x performance enhancement. Xbox General Manager,
Vivo has become the latest smartphone maker to launch a 5G smartphone. The Chinese company on Thursday introduced the new iQoo Pro 5G Edition at a press event in China. The Vivo iQoo Pro will also offered in a 4G-only variant. The new phone joins the likes of iQoo, iQoo Neo in the company’s iQoo
TechCrunch has learned of a safety issue and a number of product reliability questions being raised about a modular computer made by a London edtech startup that’s intended for children to learn coding and electronics. The product, called the pi-top 3, is a Raspberry Pi-powered laptop with a keyboard that slides out to access a
Twelve cell carriers, including the four largest — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — have promised to make efforts to prevent spoofed and automated robocalls. Announced Thursday, the pledge comes after 51 U.S. attorneys general brokered a deal that would see the telecom giants roll out anti-robocalling technologies, including a way of cryptographically signing callers
Apple is readying a clutch of new hardware for the coming weeks and months, including “Pro” iPhones, upgrades to iPads and its largest laptop in years. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is planning to announce three new iPhones at an event next month, according to people familiar with the situation. The handsets will likely go on
Cutting down on the production of liquid crystal displays (LCD) by Samsung Display Co., in response to dropping profits, can also be seen as the company’s move to shift its focus to a new type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, industry officials said on Wednesday. The display making subsidiary of Samsung Electronics has trimmed LCD
Facebook said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”. The company closed 89 Facebook accounts, 107 pages, 15 groups and five Instagram accounts, some of which had hundreds of thousands of followers, it said in a
Alphabet Inc’s Google, Apple Inc and Firefox browser maker Mozilla took steps on Wednesday to block the Kazakh government from creating an internet surveillance system using their browsers. Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will block a government encryption certificate that allows authorities to read anything a user types or posts using the browsers, including account
Xiaomi has announced a one-day offer on the Poco F1, to celebrate its one-year anniversary (August 22) in India. The Poco F1 was launched one year ago, and the phone has now received an additional discount of Rs. 2,000 on exchange to celebrate this milestone. The prices will remain the same, but if a user
Samsung Galaxy M20 and Galaxy M30 smartphones as well as the Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch and Galaxy Fit e smart fitness band have received discounts under the ‘Samsung Blue Fest 2019’ sale in India. The seven-day sale, which is live on Samsung’s online store, lasts until Monday, August 26. Alongside major discounts on smartphones and
Do you have a Microsoft video gaming console Xbox at home? It is possible that third-party contractors working for the tech giant are listening to your living room talks. After revealing that contractors listened to sensitive and personal conversations of users via Skype and virtual assistant Cortana — which Microsoft has admitted — Motherboard now
Google is said to have plans to upgrade its Home Mini smart speaker by launching a new Nest Mini with a wall mount design. The new Nest Mini would have roughly the same size as the first-generation Google Home Mini but deliver a better audio experience, according to the report. At I/O 2019 back in
Almost two months after it was first announced, Yubico has launched the YubiKey 5Ci, a security key with dual support for both iPhones, Macs and other USB-C compatible devices. Yubico’s latest Yubikey is the latest iteration of its security key built to support a newer range of devices, including Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and MacBooks in
Tala, a Santa Monica, California-headquartered startup that creates a credit profile to provide uncollateralized loans to millions of people in emerging markets, has raised $110 million in a new financing round to enter India’s burgeoning fintech space. The Series D financing for the five year-old startup was led by RPS Ventures, with GGV Capital and
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