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Valve has released its list of ‘Best Games of 2020′ on Steam which includes games such as Among Us, Cyberpunk 2077, Dota 2, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Grand Theft Auto V, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). The top-performing Steam games are broken down into six lists, although the popular games overlap in some

For the first time, the toll collection through FASTag crossed Rs 80 crores per day on December 24, 2020, with a record 50 lakh FASTag transactions per day. With more than 2.20 crore FASTag issued till date, adoption of FASTag by Highway users has seen unprecedented growth. “With FASTag being mandatory for vehicles from January

Oppo X Tom Ford slider smartphone, a new rollable smartphone concept, has leaked in images. In the images, the phone is seen to have a pull-up display panel that rolls in and out like a scroll. This hints that the company may be working on multiple concept phones with rollable displays. Last month, the company

The ban on high-speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir has been extended till January 8, said an order issued by the Union Territory’s administration on Friday. “The internet speed shall be continued to be restricted to 2G, except the districts of Ganderbal and Udhampur, where mobile internet connectivity shall be continued to be made available

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Saturday said that it has started using 3G spectrum for 4G services in Mumbai and claimed that customers in the metro city will get higher data speed with the refarming of spectrum. Vodafone Idea has 5 megahertz of spectrum in 2100 Mhz band which was being used for 3G services.

An FIR (First Information Report) has been registered on Friday allegedly against 8 to 10 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers for vandalising an Amazon warehouse in Pune, police said. MNS workers allegedly vandalised an Amazon warehouse in Pune’s Kondhwa over a notice sent by a Mumbai court to Raj Thackeray, asking him to be present

Xiaomi may launch three foldable smartphones in 2021. Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), shared the alleged development via Twitter. Earlier, Xiaomi has already been linked with a foldable smartphone to be in the works. Apart from Xiaomi, other players like Oppo and Samsung are also expected to be working on foldable

Apple appears to have started rolling out its reduced App Store commission for some developers. Last month, the Cupertino company announced the App Store Small Business Programme to cut its App Store commission from the existing 30 percent to 15 percent. The programme was planned to be available on January 1, 2021. However, some developers

To curb the use of mobile boosters that wreak havoc on mobile networks and impact the experience for customers, Wireless Monitoring Organization, Department of Telecom (DoT), with the support of relevant authorities and mobile operators, has conducted inspection drives in South Mumbai. An official release said that the usage of illegal signal boosters been rampant

Realme X7 Pro has allegedly been spotted on Realme India support page hinting at imminent launch in the country. The smartphone has already launched in China, and this week, it also debuted in Taiwan. The company launched the Realme 7 5G alongside in the country. The Realme X7 Pro is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity

OnePlus 9 may come with a flat hole-punch display with the cutout placed on the top left corner of the phone, as per new alleged live images of the smartphone. A report, that shared the purported live images, also suggested that the smartphone will come with wireless charging support and reverse wireless charging feature. The

A coalition of human rights and press freedom groups have filed a brief supporting Facebook’s lawsuit against the Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group, arguing that the “very core of the principles that America represents” are at stake in the case. Facebook last year initiated the lawsuit against NSO Group, accusing the company of reverse-engineering

Huawei MateBook D 15 and MateBook D 14 2021 have been launched in China. The Windows 10 Home laptops are powered by Intel’s 11th generation processors, and are the successors of Huawei MateBook D 15 and MateBook D 14 2020 Edition, which had AMD Ryzen 4000 or Intel 10th generation Core processors under the hood.

Alphabet’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews with researchers involved in the work. Google’s new review procedure asks that researchers consult

Realme Watch S Series smartwatches and Buds Air Pro Master Edition true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones are set to launch in India today, December 23. Realme CEO Madhav Seth has been posting teasers that reveal the design and key features of both the devices. The Realme Watch S Series is expected to include the Realme

Let’s Encrypt, an open certificate authority that gives digital certificates to websites to enable HTTPS, has extended Android compatibility for its certificates for older phones allowing for continued safe Web browsing. The development was shared on the official website of Let’s Encrypt. The certificate authority said it was able to come up with a solution

The Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones’ design has been teased ahead of their launch in India on December 23. In a tweet, the company CEO revealed the earphones, and said that their design is inspired by space capsules. The earphones have been designed by French designer Jose Levy, who

Redmi 9 Power is set to go on sale for the first time in India today. The smartphone is Xiaomi’s latest budget smartphone, and will be available on Amazon as well as on the company’s official website. The handset is pitted against Samsung Galaxy M11, Vivo Y20, and Oppo A53. It features a quad rear

Tata Sky has made its Classroom service free for all its subscribers. This service is available for free on channel number 653 and offers access to educational content on TV. Tata Sky Classroom service was first launched in 2016, and comes with over 700 animated concept learning videos for Maths and Science. This service does not

Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesser-known but still vital parts of president-elect Joe Biden’s administration, even as the pushback against Big Tech from progressive groups and regulators grows. The Biden transition team has already stacked its agency review teams with more tech executives than tech

Apple has temporarily shut all of its 53 stores in California because of a coronavirus outbreak and 16 stores in the United Kingdom following restrictions introduced by the government in London, a spokesman said on Saturday. The company said on Friday it was temporarily shutting some stores in California following a surge in COVID-19 cases,

The judge hearing the US Justice Department’s antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google suggested a trial date of September 12, 2023, on Friday. US District Judge Amit Mehta suggested the date during a status conference, and counsel for the two sides did not object. Mehta noted that the two sides appeared to expect that discovery would be completed

Samsung Galaxy S21 series European pricing has allegedly leaked ahead of its launch. A known tipster has leaked that the Galaxy S21 will be priced at EUR 849 (roughly Rs. 76,000) for the 128GB storage option. The Galaxy S21+ is said to start at EUR 1,049 (roughly Rs. 94,500) for the same storage variant and

Samsung has announced that it will be unveiling a new Exynos SoC on January 12. While the post, which comes with a short teaser video, does not reveal the name of the mobile processor, it is expected to be the upcoming Exynos 2100. The new SoC will be launching two days ahead of the expected

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has released Hotfix 1.05 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles with a long list of fixes and optimisations. The game has consistently been in the news for all the wrong reasons ever since its launch earlier this month. It is riddled with bugs on both PC and consoles, especially last

Apple supplier Wistron’s factory in Karnataka’s Kolar district, about 50 km from Bengaluru, could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws, a government inspection has revealed following violence at the site last weekend. Several thousand contract workers at Wistron angered over alleged non-payment of wages destroyed property, factory

Vivo X60 series, comprising Vivo X60 and Vivo X60 Pro, details have been revealed by the company through its online store. It shows both the smartphones in all their colour variants and configurations. Vivo X60 will be offered in two RAM and storage configurations while the Pro variant will come in a single storage model.

Boba Fett is getting his own Star Wars series. At the very end of The Mandalorian season 2 episode 8, Disney and Lucasfilm revealed that The Book of Boba Fett will be released in December 2021. The Boba Fett spin-off show will be available on Disney+ and Disney+ wherever available. Temuera Morrison’s Boba Fett will

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE smartphones have started receiving the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update, as per a report. The update reportedly brings with it a tweaked UI design, along with other One UI 3.0 features and the December 2020 Android security patch. The One UI 3.0 update is currently rolling out to the Galaxy

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra have reportedly started receiving the stable version of Android 11-based One UI 3.0 in markets outside the US. The update is being rolling out to Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra phones in Slovakia, as per the report. This comes a few days