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Deep Nostalgia is a new AI-powered technique from online family tree service MyHeritage, which adds facial animations such as smiles, nods, blinks, and head tilts to still portrait photos. Using the website or mobile app, users can choose from a set of pre-recorded animations that can be transferred onto their own still photos. The service

Acclaimed essayist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates has been hired to write the script for the feature reboot of Superman, which will be produced by JJ Abrams. According to Variety, the new Superman film, which is still in its very early development stages, will also be produced by Hannah Minghella. Presently no director is attached to

Realme GT 5G retail box image has been spotted on Weibo ahead of its official launch. Separately, benchmarking site Geekbench has listed a Realme phone with model number RMX2202. This has so far been associated with the Realme GT 5G. The Geekbench listing suggests that the upcoming Realme smartphone will have 12GB of RAM. In

A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million (roughly Rs. 4,780 crores) settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. US District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was filed in Illinois in 2015. Nearly 1.6

Jio Phone 2021 offer has been announced by Reliance Jio that brings unlimited voice calls and data access for 24 months along with a Jio Phone at a combo price of Rs. 1,999. The telecom operator has also offered a 12-month version with the same list of benefits at Rs. 1,499. Jio claimed that it already

Google Sleep API is being made publicly available, and this will allow sleep tracking apps on Android smartphones use less power to detect sleep patterns, the tech company said. The Sleep API will be built right into Google Play Services, and will centralise sleep detection processing. It is one the Activity Recognition APIs which, “with

Redmi AirDots 3 true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones have launched in China alongside the Redmi K40 series. They have a non-stem design and are offered in three colour options. Redmi AirDots 3 succeed the Redmi AirDots 2 that were launched in July last year. The new TWS earphones come with water resistance and touch controls

Army of the Dead trailer is here. Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for Zack Snyder’s zombie heist film that follows a group of mercenaries who plan a Las Vegas casino heist during a zombie outbreak. Sounds like Ocean’s Eleven with zombies? Not even close, apparently — the Army of the Dead trailer teases

Redmi K40, Redmi K40 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro+ launched at an event in China on Thursday as Xiaomi’s latest smartphones in the Redmi K series. While the Redmi K40 comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC, the Redmi K40 Pro and Redmi K40 Pro+ offer the top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. All three Redmi

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G is tipped to come with an IP67-certified build that will offer dust and water resistance. Though Samsung is yet to confirm the development, an image that appears to be from the marketing materials of the upcoming phone has leaked online that suggests the phone’s water-resistant design. The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G

Twitter seems to have started labelling tweets with its “hacked materials” warning that contain links to news stories based on hacked or leaked documents. The update isn’t brand new as the microblogging network briefly blocked links to a New York Post story in October last year that was allegedly based on the material obtained from

Oppo Reno 5K launch is expected to take place on Thursday, February 25. Meanwhile, key specifications and pricing details of the new Oppo phone have surfaced online. The Oppo Reno 5K appears to be the next model in the Reno series — after the Reno 5, Reno 5 Pro, and the Reno 5 Pro+. The

LinkedIn, Microsoft’s professional networking site, said on Tuesday it had resolved a technical glitch on its platform, after thousands of users reported difficulties in accessing the website. Downdetector, an outage tracking website, showed there were close to 26,000 incidents of people reporting issues with LinkedIn. Earlier in the day, LinkedIn said an issue across its

Realme Motion Activated Night Light is set to launch in India alongside the Realme Narzo 30 series and Buds Air 2 earbuds on Wednesday, February 24. The new product by the Chinese company is claimed to have built-in sensors to detect motion to light up your way automatically — without requiring you to turn the

OnePlus Nord has started receiving OxygenOS 10.5.11 that brings the January 2021 Android security patch. The new software update for OnePlus Nord comes almost two months after the release of the last Android security update that was rolled out in late December. OnePlus has, however, not provided any new features or notable changes through the

Huawei Mate X2 foldable smartphone has been launched in China as a successor to Huawei Mate X from February 2019. The Mate X2 uses a completely different folding mechanism compared to its predecessor and instead of folding outwards with the main screen exposed, it folds inwards like the Samsung Galaxy Fold models. Huawei Mate X2

Spotify is expanding to 85 new markets in the “next few days” across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek announced at its online-only Stream On event on Monday. This includes big new markets such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. Put together, the 85 new Spotify markets represent more

Clubhouse, the invite-only, iOS-exclusive, audio-based social app has been blowing up of late, with new members such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg showing up to talk. Now, it has passed the 10 million downloads mark on the App Store globally, according to estimates shared with Gadgets 360 from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Because

Samsung Galaxy F62 is set to go on sale in India today. The new Samsung phone, which debuted in the country last week, comes with quad rear cameras and a hole-punch display design. The Samsung Galaxy F62 also houses a 7nm Exynos 9825 SoC that comes along with up to 8GB of RAM. It features

Redmi 9 Power 6GB variant is confirmed by Amazon to be coming soon. The phone was launched in India in December last year. Currently, it is available in two configurations – 4GB RAM + 64GB storage and 4GB RAM + 128GB storage. A new Amazon banner confirms that a new configuration of the phone will

YouTube Android app has now gained 4K HDR playback support. 4K support has been available on iOS for a while and now Android users can also watch videos in 4K HDR, provided they are uploaded at that resolution or higher, and support HDR. Up until now, Android users could only watch videos on the YouTube

The chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn said on Saturday that he expects his company and its clients will face only “limited impact” from a chip shortage that has rattled the global automotive and semiconductor industries. “Since most of the customers we serve are large customers, they all have proper precautionary planning,” said Liu Young-way, chairman

Uber drivers in Britain are entitled to benefits like paid holidays and minimum wage, the country’s top court ruled Friday, in a decision that threatens the company’s business model and holds broad implications for the gig economy. The ruling that Uber drivers should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed is a big defeat for

Realme Narzo 30A specifications have leaked via a Geekbench listing ahead of its launch. The phone is set to launch in India on February 24 alongside the Realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G. The Realme Narzo 30A has been subject to several leaks in the past and is expected to feature a waterdrop-style notch and a

Alphabet’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that were on display since its December dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. Google said in a statement Mitchell violated the company’s code of conduct and security policies by moving electronic files

Redmi Note 10 series global debut is set for March 4. A fresh leak in the run up to the launch event suggests the possible variants coming in the series, their key specifications, and colour options. Redmi Note 10 series is likely to comprise three models – Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro, and

OnePlus 9 specifications have been leaked by a tipster with AIDA64 benchmarking software screenshots. The OnePlus 9 is expected to be one of three phones in the OnePlus 9 series alongside OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 Lite variants. The OnePlus 9, as per the screenshots, will be powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC and

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles

Apple today updated its Platform Security Guide to highlight the key security changes it has implemented on its products, including the iPhone, iPad, and the Mac. The updated document is the biggest ever — nearly a 200-page comprehensive technical guide — detailing the features Apple uses to protect user devices and data across all platforms.

Lenovo Smart Clock Essential has debuted in India. The connected digital clock that includes Google Assistant was initially launched in Europe in September last year. It comes as a watered-down version of the Lenovo Smart Clock that was launched in the Indian market in 2019. Lenovo Smart Clock Essential features an easy-to-read LED display that