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The adviser to the EU’s top court has issued a recommendation to allow data protection agencies in any EU country to take legal action against Facebook or any other tech firm even if their regional headquarters are in a different EU state. The recommendation was issued after Facebook sought to rebuff Belgium’s privacy regulator in

Asus has unveiled its CES 2021 Republic of Gamers portfolio, including the new ultraportable ROG Flow X13 and XG Mobile external GPU designed to match it; ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE with dual screens; and beefy Strix Scar 17, along with a new virtual product showcase called ROG Citadel XV. The laptops feature refreshed hardware including the newly announced

AMD has announced its latest Ryzen 5000 laptop processors and teased upcoming Radeon GPUs for desktops and laptops as well as next-gen Epyc datacentre CPUs at a virtual keynote at CES 2021. AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su began her presentation with an overview of how technology has adapted to the requirements of a pandemic-hit world, stating that

Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2 has been launched as a new ultrasonic fingerprint scanner for smartphones. The new sensor is claimed to deliver up to 50 percent faster screen-unlocking experience and with 77 percent larger area when compared to the previous generation. The sensor is also capable of recognising fingerprint patterns of users even

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro price and specifications have been accidentally leaked by Canadian office supplies major Staples. The new development comes just days ahead of the Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event where the new Galaxy Buds earbuds are likely to debut alongside the Galaxy S21 smartphone series. The Galaxy Buds Pro are listed to come with

Redmi K40 will launch in China next month, the company has announced. The series is confirmed to come with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC and the price of the Redmi K40 has been also revealed by Redmi General Manager Lu Weibing. The Redmi K40 series will succeed the Redmi K30 series launched last year.

Cryptocurrencies plunged on Monday, with bitcoin dropping more than 12 percent to a one-week low as rising US bond yields lifted the dollar broadly and hurt other safe assets that pay no income. Bitcoin fell as far as $33,447 (roughly Rs. 24.5 lakhs), its lowest since January 6. Ethereum which often moves in tandem with

Twitter said on Friday that it has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday. The suspension of Trump’s account, which had more than 88 million followers, silences his primary megaphone days before the end of his term and follows

WhatsApp groups are showing up on Google search yet again. As a result, anyone could discover and join a private WhatsApp group by simply searching on Google. This was first discovered in 2019, and was apparently fixed last year after becoming public. Another old issue, which also appeared to have been fixed but seems to

Alphabet’s Google on Friday suspended the Parler social networking service from its app store, citing posts inciting violence and demanding “robust” content moderation from the app favored by many supporters of US President Donald Trump. Apple on Friday also gave the service 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to participants using the service

Mi 360 Home Security Camera 2K Pro and Mi Smart Clock have been launched in the European market expanding Xiaomi’s IoT portfolio. Mi 360 Home Security Camera 2K Pro has upgraded AI and can record at 1,269p for a sharper image. It also comes with dual noise cancelling mics for better audio. Mi Smart Clock

Telegram seems to be enjoying the backlash WhatsApp received after it updated its privacy policy earlier this week. The messaging service posted the classic two Spider-Man pointing at each other meme with Facebook and WhatsApp icons in place of the two superheroes on Twitter. It then continued to take jabs at WhatsApp and Telegram users

Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones could be unveiled on January 14, based on a teaser video posted by the company on Twitter. The rumoured Galaxy Buds Pro are likely to be announced alongside the flagship Galaxy S21 smartphone series, at the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event that will be live streamed alongside

Redmi Note 9T and Redmi 9T have been launched globally as Xiaomi’s latest Redmi-series phones. While Redmi Note 9T is a slightly tweaked version of Redmi Note 9 5G, Redmi 9T is a rebranded Redmi Note 9 4G that was launched in China in November and debuted in India as Redmi 9 Power last month,

MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch models with the rumoured M1X processor are expected to launch by Summer 2021, and some good-looking unofficial renders take a stab at guessing what Apple’s newest laptops will look like. As of now, Apple has not revealed any information on new MacBook models or a new processor. There have been

Lenovo has set the stage for CES 2021 with the launch of its new IdeaPad laptops, including the IdeaPad 5G that is designed to provide faster connectivity to people working from their homes. The Chinese company has also brought Yoga AIO 7 as its new all-in-one desktop PC with a rotating display, alongside IPS monitors,

WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger collect a vast amount of user information and data compared to other popular messaging apps including Signal and Telegram, Apple’s privacy labels update revealed. Both apps owned by Facebook collect usage data and location details which are the cases with other apps. In contrast, Signal comes as the most private messaging

Samsung Galaxy S21 series price details have accidentally been suggested by Belgian carrier Voo. The base prices of the regular Galaxy S21 as well as Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 Ultra reportedly appeared on the Voo site for a brief time. The carrier also briefly listed the specifications of the Galaxy S21 models along with

OpenAI has unveiled DALL-E and CLIP, two new generative AI models that can generate images from your text and classify your images into categories respectively. DALL·E is a neural network that can generate images from the wildest text and image descriptions fed to it, such as “as an armchair in the shape of an avocado”,

Vaio is making a comeback in India on January 15. The new Vaio laptops will be available for purchase in the country through Flipkart. The brand had once gained popularity in the Indian market for its sleek and colourful laptops, though it silently exited the country a few years back. Hong Kong-based Nexsto Company, which

Mi A3 users have started receiving a new Android 11 update a few days after the first buggy release. The previous release also carried Android 11 but with an issue that caused the updated devices to stop working. The problem was acknowledged by Xiaomi and the rollout, which had started last week for the Mi

Dell on Tuesday expanded its range of laptops and PCs with the launch of Latitude 9420, Latitude 7520, Latitude 5420, and Precision 3560 laptop models along with OptiPlex 7090 Ultra and OptiPlex 3090 desktop options. All the new laptop and desktop models by the company come with up to 11th-generation Intel Core processors and run

Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone users are now reportedly receiving the MIUI 12 update. Some users have also taken to Twitter to confirm the arrival of the latest update. Reports suggest that the new update brings along optimisations to animations on screen and a fix for notification shade in Dark Mode.

Samsung Galaxy M02s has gone official in Nepal. The handset is set to arrive in India on January 7, but before that the Samsung Galaxy M02s has launched in the neighbouring country. Samsung Galaxy M02s offers a triple camera setup at the back with a 13-megapixel primary sensor and has a large 5,000mAh battery integrated

Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday, losing ground from a record high of $34,800 (roughly Rs. 25.4 lakhs) touched a day earlier, with traders citing volatility in highly leveraged futures markets. Bitcoin fell over 14 percent after earlier touching as high as $33,670 (roughly Rs. 24.6 lakhs), wiping out more than half its 20 percent rally

LG Display has unveiled its first 48-inch bendable cinematic sound OLED (CSO) display ahead of CES 2021. The display has a paper-thin screen that bends and unfolds with a curvature radius of up to 1,000R. Bending the display will offer maximum viewing access to users, and is particularly useful for gamers. The bendable OLED display

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,

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

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