Huawei Mate 40 Pro has been chosen as the smartphone with the best selfie camera by DxOMark benchmarking website. The phone’s selfie camera received 104 points in the tests, which is more than any other smartphone. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro sports a 13-megapixel selfie camera with an f/2.4 aperture. DxOMark noted that the camera
Month: January 2021
Apple Watch users are now able to take part in the “Ring in the New Year Challenge,” which will grant an award for people who close all their rings for seven days in a row. A continuation from previous years, Apple offers a bonus challenge to Apple Watch owners for January, to try and encourage
FAU-G will be released in India on Republic Day, January 26. The game, which was announced soon after the ban on PUBG Mobile, has been up for pre-registration on Google Play since last month. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, tweeted the launch date, along with a new trailer for the game. FAU-G was marketed as an
Mi 11 Pro might come with a periscope lens. The Mi 11 was announced a few days ago by Xiaomi but the Mi 11 Pro, which was largely anticipated to launch alongside, was not announced. The Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro is now reportedly set to launch in February, and a new leak shows an image
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chinese telecom companies, after President Donald Trump last month barred US investments in Chinese firms Washington says are owned or controlled by the military. The move by the NYSE, which will limit US investor access, follows global index providers MSCI,
Remote work (and remote play) experienced a huge boost with the rise of conferencing software like Zoom. However, these one-dimensional platforms leave much to be desired. Then there’s Mozilla Hubs, which gives users access to immersive virtual rooms and spaces, with tools for collaborating or playing with others without the need to put on a headset, download an app, or
Spotify is arguably the world’s largest music streaming service. You either pay for Spotify with a premium plan, or you don’t. There is the Student Plan where you pay less, a Family Plan where someone else pays, or the free option, where you stream with ad breaks in between your music. If there are so
Apple AirPods Max users are reporting an issue with condensation, where water droplets are forming under the removable ear pads near the drivers. The high-end headphones, launched only recently and priced at Rs. 59,900 in India, seem to be particularly susceptible to this condensation issue due to the premium design, particularly the liberal use of
Realme is testing Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 for Realme 6 Pro, Realme 7, Realme X2 Pro, and Realme Narzo 20 Pro via an open beta in India. While applications for early access to Realme UI 2.0 for Realme 7, Realme X2 Pro, and Realme Narzo 20 Pro has closed, users can still apply to
Sensitive data of over 100 million credit and debit cardholders has been leaked on the dark Web, according to a security researcher. The data included full names, phone numbers, and email addresses of the cardholders, along with the first and last four digits of their cards. It appears to have been associated with payments platform
Men accused of using SBA loans for Apple purchases, pardons for Apple-related offenders, and iCloud leads to charges against the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation in this week’s Apple Crime Blotter. The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at news from the world of Apple-related crime: Men charged with using disaster funds to buy iPhones
Facebook’s chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company’s ad products around sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus misinformation, departed this week, according to an internal company post viewed by Reuters on Friday. Rob Leathern, director of product management, said earlier this month on Facebook’s internal network that he would be leaving the company
Xiaomi Mi Router AX6000 has been launched in China, adding to the company’s portfolio of network devices. It comes with Wi-Fi 6 support, six external high-gain antennas, and one external AIoT antenna. The dual-band Mi Router AX6000 has a Qualcomm processor and boasts of up to 4,804Mbps speeds depending on the connected frequency. It comes
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, the next-generation true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds by the South Korean company, have received a dedicated support page along with its moniker. The new development comes weeks after the Galaxy Buds Pro appeared in a series of leaks and rumours. Samsung’s websites in the global markets also purportedly carried support pages
Ratatouille: The Musical is coming to TikTok for an exciting one-night performance. The musical’s star-studded cast will come together to reenact the events of the Pixar classic on TikTok. The First-Ever Ratatouille Musical Hits TikTok Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical will debut on TikTok on January 1, 2021. If a Ratatouille musical seems sudden (and a
When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviour, it’s critical to make sure the words match the pictures, according to a new study. After looking at social media posts, parents of young children were better able to recall safety messages such as how to put a baby safely to sleep when
Vybe Together, an iOS app that promoted private parties in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been removed from the App Store by Apple. The app’s TikTok account has also been banned and its website has been removed, as per a report. But the developers say that the app was not intended to promote
Huawei is tipped to expand its high-end HiSilicon Kirin chipsets lineup and launch Kirin 9010 as next-generation system-on-chip (SoC). The new chip is speculated to be based on an all-new architecture based on 3-nanometre (3nm) process technology. This seems to be a significant upgrade over the existing HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Kirin 9000E SoCs that
Mi 10i is coming to India in a distinct Pacific Sunrise colour option, Xiaomi has teased through its Mi.com website. The new colour option appears to have a gradient finish with a mix of cyan and orange shades. Separately, the Mi 10i battery details have been teased online. Xiaomi recently confirmed the launch of Mi
The developer behind the macOS app Amphetamine claims Apple has threatened to pull it from the Mac App Store for violating one of the App Store Guidelines due to its name, despite being available to download for over six years. Dating back to 2014, Amphetamine is an app that is used to keep a Mac
Tencent’s online games were removed and then reinstated on Huawei’s app store on Friday in a dispute over revenue sharing by the Chinese companies. Huawei was insisting on a 50-percent cut of Tencent’s game sales on the app store and the Tencent games were removed because the companies had been unable to agree a deal,
Vivo Y20A is now on sale in India. The smartphone was launched in the country earlier this week as a watered down variant of the Vivo Y20. It comes with a waterdrop-style display notch and features triple rear cameras. The Vivo Y20A also offers the latest software experience. Other key highlights of the Vivo Y20A
Asus Adolbook 13 (2021) has been launched in China with the latest Intel 11th-Gen Tiger Lake CPU. It comes with slim bezels on three sides of the display with a webcam located at the top. The thin-and-light laptop is offered in a single RAM and storage configuration, as well as a single colour option. You
Tencent’s online game offerings have been removed from Huawei’s app store since the two companies failed to reach an agreement on revenue sharing, Tencent and a source said on Friday. “Due to the failure of Huawei’s mobile game platform to renew its contract with our Mobile Game Promotion Project Agreement as scheduled, relevant products of
Samsung Galaxy SmartTag, which is expected as Samsung’s answer to Apple’s rumoured AirTags, has now surfaced live in a few images. The fresh images are said to be part of certification documents submitted with Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC). Previous reports suggested that the Galaxy SmartTag would come in two different colour options and feature
If someone is getting on your nerves on Twitch, it’s very easy to block them to prevent their messages from appearing on your screen. However, if you accidentally block someone, or you’re feeling benevolent enough to give someone a second chance, it’s a little trickier to unblock someone again. Here’s how to block or unblock someone on
Replika: My AI Friend is an app unlike any other. While most apps out there with chatbots use them as virtual assistants, Replika markets its chatbot as—you guessed it—a friend. With its promised ability to “perceive” and evaluate abstract quantities such as emotion, Replika’s chatbot might just do justice to its aspirationally human description. From
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it will extend production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs and monitors, as stay-at-home trends of the coronavirus pandemic created an uptick in demand. Samsung Display’s decision to extend LCD production in South Korea for an unspecified period of time overrides its announcement in March that it would
FarmVille, one of the most popular games on Facebook, will be shut down on January 2 by publisher Zynga. The development was shared by Zynga chairman and co-founder Mark Pincus on Twitter. FarmVille has been playable on Facebook for 11 years and as per Pincus, it has played an important role in the evolution of
Apple’s foldable iPhone prototypes have passed internal tests for durability, as per a report. Two different prototypes were reportedly tested at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China. One of them is a dual-screen model prototype, as per the report, and the other a clamshell foldable that is similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip or Motorola