Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, and was seriously considering buying the app’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday. Oracle was working with some US investors that already have a stake in ByteDance, including General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital,
Month: August 2020
Facebook said on Friday that Apple had declined its request to waive a 30 percent commission fee the iPhone maker charges apps listed on iOS devices, taking a shot at its fellow Big Tech peer as developers challenge the policy. The move is the latest salvo in a long-running cold war between two of the
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is all set to go on sale once again in India today. The phone was launched earlier this year, and has been offered via flash sales since then. Key features of the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max include Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC and a large 5,020mAh battery. The phone will
Lenovo Legion 7i, Legion 5Pi, and Legion 5i laptops have been launched in India. The laptops are powered by the 10th-generation Intel Core CPUs and up to Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs. Lenovo’s Legion lineup of laptops is aimed at gaming and productivity, thus they feature high refresh rate displays that are vivid with high colour
Chances are that you’re familiar with the word encryption. You’ve probably heard about how important it is, as well as how vital it is for keeping so much of our hyper-networked lives secure. Use WhatsApp? You’re using encryption. Log into online banking? Same again. Have to ask the barista for a Wi-Fi code? That’s because
Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is a new co-op mode that will be available as a free update later this year. Ghost of Tsushima launched for the PlayStation 4 last month and received positive reviews from the community. Now its developers, Sucker Punch, have decided to give fans a chance to play alongside their friends in
Nokia 5.3 is coming soon to India. Just days after the phone popped up on Nokia India website, HMD Global, the Nokia licensee, has started teasing the arrival of the phone in the country. Nokia 5.3’s key features include a quad rear camera setup with a 13-megapixel main shooter and Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC. It
Samsung has launched a new payment service in the United Kingdom on its mobile devices. But while Samsung Pay Card sounds like a rival to Apple Card, its execution is considerably different. Launched on Tuesday, Samsung Pay Card is a collaboration between Samsung, fintech firm Curve, and Mastercard. Offered to users of the Samsung Pay
After several years operating as a secure text messaging and voice-only calling app, Telegram has finally added video calling to its roster. This feature is now available to both iOS and Android users, albeit in its alpha stage. Telegram Rolls Out Secure Video Calling In a Telegram Blog post, the Telegram team explains that all video
Many aircraft are still grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, but would-be and real pilots took to the virtual skies on Tuesday with the first update in years of Microsoft’s venerable Flight Simulator game. The bestselling title dates all the way back to 1982, when home computers had less processing power than a graphics card
Microsoft’s Edge Add-ons store has reportedly removed some extensions that were injecting ads into Google and Bing search results. The latest move by the Microsoft comes just months after Google removed over 500 malicious extensions from its Chrome Web Store. Ad frauds are getting bigger as more people are joining the Web world. Bad actors
Canada has released as much information as it legally can about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the government’s lawyers said on Monday, as she sought more confidential documents relating to her 2018 detention. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a US warrant charging her with bank
Even as far back as the mid-1980s, people have dreamed about wearable technology. Instead of taking your time and finding space to use your gadgets, they can travel with you. In this sense, the technology integrates into your life, rather than working around it. As we’ve grown more aware of the impact, both physical and
Epic Games said on Monday it was seeking to block Apple’s removal of Fortnite from its app store and has asked a judge to prevent any retaliatory action against its other games in the store. In its filing, Epic Chief Executive Timothy Sweeney said Fortnite had 350 million registered users as of June 2020, but
US President Donald Trump has looked at banning additional Chinese-owned companies following his decision to ban the short-video app TikTok, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Monday. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Meadows said the administration was focused particularly on Chinese companies that collected personal data and could pose a
A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats following a media report that said she and the US social network company allegedly favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. Ankhi Das, Facebook’s top public-policy executive in India, in her complaint to Delhi police
Fortnite creator Epic Games found support from its legions of gamers, Tinder-owner Match Group, and Spotify for suing Apple and Google after the tech giants dropped the popular video game from their app stores for violating payment guidelines. Epic Games started a social media campaign against the iPhone maker by releasing a parody of Apple’s
Redmi Note 9 Pro is all set to go on sale in India once again. The Redmi Note 9 Pro has been available only via flash sales since its launch due to production and supply issues caused by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Key features of the Redmi Note 9 Pro include Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC,
Apple said on Monday it had expanded a program that provides parts and training to independent repair shops to cover its Mac computers. Apple initially launched the program last year, but it only covered iPhones, the company’s biggest-selling product. Mac users previously either had to use Apple or an authorised warrant service provider to get
Epic Games appears to have outed Apple development on virtual reality platforms as part of its dispute with the iPhone maker. The game studio recently implemented a direct payment system in an apparent attempt to bait Apple into removing Fortnite from the App Store. Apple did, and in response Epic filed a prepared lawsuit accompanying
The Suicide Squad game is known as “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League”. Warner Bros. revealed the title of the in-the-works Suicide Squad video game as part of the schedule for DC FanDome, the upcoming mega virtual convention for all things DC on August 22. Will Arnett — best known for Arrested Development and BoJack
The Trump administration announced on Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies, aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips. The US Commerce Department actions, first reported by Reuters, will expand restrictions announced in May aimed at preventing the Chinese telecommunications giant from obtaining semiconductors without a special license –
TikTok is alleged to have collected the MAC (media access control) addresses of Android devices without the users’ consent. Although Google previously banned this practice, TikTok continued to secretly steal device data for over a year. How TikTok Broke the Google Play Store’s Rules According to the Wall Street Journal, the China-based TikTok tracked the
Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 and Samsung Galaxy Buds Live TWS earbuds have been launched in India. The two products were originally unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5, alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series. The Galaxy Watch 3 is the much-awaited follow up to the original Galaxy Watch. The Samsung Galaxy Buds
Fortnite maker Epic Games has launched the most significant effort yet to advance the legal theory that Apple’s iPhone ecosystem has become so “sticky” that it is a distinct software market over which Apple exercises monopoly power. On Thursday Epic filed a lawsuit in federal court after Apple pulled Fortnite from its App Store to
Realme is rolling out the August 2020 update for the Realme C3 smartphone in India. The update includes some new features and optimisations, such as adding the rotate button to the navigation key, and optimising the display of the battery icon while charging, as per the changelog. Additionally, there is July 2020 Android Security Patch
Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers are set to attend hearings in a Canadian courtroom via telephone on Monday, arguing for the Canadian attorney general to release more confidential documents relating to her arrest. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a US warrant charging her
EA Access and Origin Access are being rebranded as EA Play from Tuesday, August 18, gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) has announced. The premium tier Origin Access Premier will be renamed as EA Play Pro. Both the subscription-based video game services — EA Access is for PS4 and Xbox One, while Origin Access is for
Alphabet’s Google said on Friday it would no longer provide data in response to requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of a new national security law imposed by China. The US tech giant had not produced any data since the sweeping new law took force in June and would not directly respond to
Google Docs is popularly known for creating documents that you can edit and share online. However, did you know there’s a way to access the service offline as well? When you don’t have internet access and you want to edit a document, you can always get the job done. Google Docs works offline and it
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