COVID-19 has completely upended our lives. Apart from the unimaginable loss of human lives, the coronavirus pandemic has also impacted the environment in many ways. For example, the enormous amount of medical waste generated due to the crisis definitely has had a huge impact on our environment. But the scale of this is yet not known. So,
Month: May 2021
A surreal video from 1984 has gone viral and it illustrates just how far mankind’s relationship with technology has come. Today, it takes less than a minute to log into our accounts and send or check emails. But have you ever wondered what it would have been like more than 35 years ago. It was
Tinder’s latest safety feature “Are You Sure?” prompts users to stop and think twice before sending a potentially offensive message. The feature aims to reduce harassment on the online dating platform by using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect harmful language and intervenes to prevent an instance of abuse. Tinder had earlier introduced “Does This Bother
WhatsApp is working on a way to let users transfer their chat history when migrating to a new phone that is using a different phone number, according to a report. The new development seems to be an extension of the ability to transfer WhatsApp chat history from one platform to another — from Android to
Microsoft is finally adding a dark mode to its Office app for Android. While the Office app has been available on iOS and Android for more than a year, only the iOS version has included built-in dark mode support until now. According to The Verge, Sourab Nagpal, a product manager at Microsoft admitted that “It
When it comes to memory cards, there are many different options on the market targeting different devices. Among these options, TF cards and microSD cards are two of the most famous. Many different categories of gadgets use these cards as their primary or secondary storage devices. That said, there is confusion as to what a
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before — Apple has a new line of colorful iMacs, and they’re probably going to change computing forever. A month ago, Apple continued the inexorable extermination of Intel on the Mac. The latest Apple Silicon Mac is an update to the iMac lineup, but instead of reusing the
PUBG Mobile India’s new avatar Battlegrounds Mobile India is aimed at deceiving the government and citizens and should be banned in the country, Arunachal Pradesh Member of Legislative Assembly Ninong Ering demanded in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. He alleged that by launching the new game, its developer Krafton was
The Union Government on Friday wrote to Twitter registering objection on the use of “Manipulated Media” tag on certain tweets made by Indian political leaders with reference to a toolkit “created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the centre against COVID-19 pandemic”. It asked Twitter to remove the tag as the matter is
You may have heard that Netflix is soon to support the AVIF image format. But what is it? How does AVIF work? What are AVIF’s advantages over other image formats? Let’s take a look. What Is AVIF? Image Credit: Netflix Tech Blog Developed by the Alliance for Open Media (AOM) and launched in February 2019, AV1 Image File
Netflix is looking to hire an executive to oversee its expansion into video games, a person familiar with the matter said, a sign that it is ramping up efforts to grow beyond its traditional business as streaming competition intensifies. The move comes at a time when the video gaming industry has benefited from a surge
Spotify has announced that it is bringing the ability to download playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch for offline listening. Users will be required to have a Spotify Premium account and an Apple Watch Series 3 or later to experience downloads option. Spotify competitor and Apple’s in-house music streaming service Apple Music has had
After launching exclusively on iOS, the popular audio-only social media app Clubhouse released an Android app earlier in May 2021. The release was only for the US, but Clubhouse has now made the Android app available worldwide. Clubhouse Releases Its Android App Worldwide When Clubhouse first launched, the app was only available on iOS. The company
The technology industry is brimming with unintelligible ”as-a-service” acronyms such as SaaS, PaaS, BaaS, and more, with new ones springing up now and then. Another acronym on the rise is TaaS, short for Testing as a Service, which basically means outsourcing all activities related to software testing. In this article, you’ll learn everything about Testing as a Service
Snap said Friday it will acquire WaveOptics, a British augmented reality (AR) technology company, for over $500 million (roughly Rs. 3,645 crores). The deal, first reported by The Verge and confirmed by a Snap spokesman, will help the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat push its way into a future where AR eyewear could be
HP Omen 16 and HP Omen 17 gaming laptops have been refreshed with 11th-Gen Intel Core processors and latest Nvidia GeForce GPUs. Additionally, HP introduces a new Victus range for gaming PC enthusiasts, enabling them to get good hardware at slightly lesser price than the Pavilion and Omen range. This new range looks to compete
The information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus, according to a letter issued on Friday which was seen by Reuters. The World Health Organization said on May 11 that the coronavirus variant B.1.617, first identified
Apple’s online marketplace would become a “toxic” mess if the iPhone maker were forced to allow third-party apps without reviewing them, chief executive Tim Cook told a high-stakes trial Friday challenging the company’s tight control of its platform. Cook, the last scheduled witness in the case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games, offered a robust
The messaging app WhatsApp said on Friday it was still discussing the rollout of an update in Turkey, despite a statement from Turkey’s Competition Board saying the update would not be issued. WhatsApp updated its terms of service in January, saying it was reserving the right of its owner Facebook and its subsidiaries to collect
Augmented Reality (AR) has been a huge talking point in the tech world for a while. In early 2021, Microsoft made the headlines after winning a multi-billion dollar contract to make AR headsets for the US military. Warfare is a sensitive topic, and the deal has divided opinions. Some Microsoft employees, for example, have expressed
After adding iOS support for Sony’s PlayStation 5 DualSense controller in April, Apple this week began to sell the accessory directly through its online storefront. Apple introduced expanded game controller support to its various platforms with the release of iOS 14.5, tvOS 14.5 and macOS 11.3 last month, enabling compatibility with both Sony’s PS5 DualSense
Opera GX Mobile is a gaming browser for Android and iOS that builds on the company’s rapidly growing Opera GX. Opera Software, the developer of Opera browser, launched Opera GX for desktop in June 2019 that was claimed to be the world’s first gaming browser. Now, the gaming browser has made its way to the
BTS has dropped their new song on YouTube and, like their previous music videos, it has smashed the record for the number of views soon after its debut. Titled “Butter,” it became the fastest video in YouTube history to surpass 10 million views, doing so in just 13 minutes. The video had crossed 53 million views in
If you’ve shopped for computer parts or software online, you’ve likely come across the acronym OEM. This stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer, and it’s usually tagged on hardware or software that’s less expensive than normal retail products. Which may make you wonder: should you buy an OEM product, or is there a catch that’s setting
Snap, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, is introducing a new feature to help notable Snapchat personalities earn money and is also developing new augmented reality glasses. The Santa Monica, California-based company said on Thursday it will introduce a new version of its Spectacles glasses, the first to feature augmented reality, as part of a
GPS is one of those science fiction technologies whose use is effortless for the end user and endlessly challenging for the engineers who design it. It’s now at the heart of modern life: everything from Amazon package deliveries to our cars and trucks to our walks through national parks are centered around a pin on
OnePlus Watch Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition will launch in China on May 24, the company has shared through a post on Weibo. OnePlus launched its first smartwatch, OnePlus Watch, in India alongside the OnePlus 9 series back in March. It then launched the Cobalt Limited Edition of the smartwatch in China last week and now,
OnePlus TV 40Y1 is confirmed to launch in India in the coming week. The 40-inch TV will be an addition to the OnePlus TV 32Y1 and OnePlus TV 43Y1 models available in the country. The upcoming OnePlus TV 40Y1 will sit in between these two already launched TV models and should be priced accordingly. It
Snap is working on a new video-editing app for the iPhone, dubbed Story Studio, that will help you create vertical mobile videos for Spotlight, Snapchat’s TikTok competitor. Snap’s New Story Studio App Is Coming Rather than bake in this functionality into the existing Snapchat app, like TikTok and Instagram, Snap will be releasing Story Studio
A camera sensor is a device that captures the light entering the camera through the lens, converting it into an image. The sensor is the most important part of a digital camera. It is what determines the level of image quality that is achievable with any particular camera. For instance, the sensor is responsible for
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