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Epic Games said late on Friday that it has asked a court to stop what it saw as Apple Inc’s retaliation against the Fortnite creator after the iPhone maker terminated Epic Games’ account on its App Store. Epic Games filed for a preliminary injunction that would put its game back in the App Store and

An Indian firm is set to launch a battle royale mobile video game in partnership with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, capitalising on the void left by a ban on Chinese tech firm Tencent’s popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). nCore Games, based in the Bengaluru, will launch its Fearless and United: Guards (FAU-G) game by the end

PUBG is no longer available on Google Play and App Store, days after it was banned alongside 117 Chinese-origin apps. At the time of writing, the game — be it PUBG Mobile or PUBG Mobile Lite — continue to work for those who already have it downloaded. Gadgets 360 has reached out to Tencent for

Softbank-backed Oyo Hotels & Homes is extending furloughs for some Indian employees by six months, it said on Friday, as an unabated rise in domestic coronavirus cases curbs travel and hits hotel revenues. Oyo, once among the world’s largest hotel chains by room count, said a recovery in business was taking longer than expected following

Apple said on Thursday it would give developers until next year to comply with a software change expected to stymie targeted advertising in iPhone and iPad apps. An update coming to Apple’s iOS mobile software includes a requirement for apps to ask users’ permission to collect and share device-identifying data used to make ads more

Huawei Enjoy 20 and Enjoy 20 Plus have been launched with MediaTek Dimensity 720 SoC. Both new Huawei Enjoy 5G phones come just a little over two months after the Chinese company launched the Enjoy 20 Pro in the market. While the Huawei Enjoy 20 retains the waterdrop-style display notch design of the Enjoy 20

Facebook Messenger has added a forwarding limit to let users forward messages only to five people or groups at a time. The new development is aimed to reduce the spread of viral misinformation and curb the circulation of fake news through the messaging platform. In 2018, Facebook brought a similar forwarding limit to WhatsApp in

Opposition lawmakers from a parliamentary panel accused Facebook on Wednesday of favouring the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a meeting to quiz the social media giant on its content regulation. The IT panel, headed by lawmaker Shashi Tharoor of the opposition Congress Party, questioned Facebook’s India boss Ajit Mohan for more than two hours.

Along with its 11th Gen Core CPU family based on the Tiger Lake architecture, Intel has launched the Intel Evo platform, a new pubic-facing name and branding opportunity for its Project Athena initiative that aims to fine-tune the performance and experience delivered by premium ultraportable laptops. The new badge replaces the clunky previous “Engineered for

Infinix will be launching the Infinix Note 7 in India on September 16, the company announced via a video teaser. The smartphone was originally unveiled back in April, and is just now getting ready to debut in the country. Through the video, Infinix also revealed that the phone will go on sale via Flipkart. Infinix

Oppo F17 series, which includes the Oppo F17 and the Oppo F17 Pro, will be launched in India on Wednesday, September 2. The company will hold a digital launch event at 7pm that will be livestreamed on its social media platforms including YouTube. Not a lot is known about the Oppo F17 series so far,

Nvidia has unveiled the first of its next generation of GPUs, the GeForce RTX 30 series, promising the greatest ever generational performance leap for gaming GPUs in the company’s history. Based on the new Ampere architecture, the GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 introduce Nvidia’s second-gen RTX ray tracing cores, GDDR6X

Realme is all set to launch the Realme M1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush in India on September 3. The electric toothbrush has been listed on Realme India’s official website ahead of its release, with details about its features. It will have high frequency sonic motor and Dupont anti-bacterial bristles. Launching as Realme’s first electric toothbrush, it

Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G SoC has been announced by the company as the latest mid-range smartphone processor. It comes as an upgrade to the Snapdragon 730G and offers better performance with the help of smarter, faster artificial intelligence (AI) as well as improved CPU and GPU. The company, through a press release, has also announced that

Nokia 5.3 is set to go on sale today, September 1, for the first time. The phone was launched in India last week, after making its global debut back in March. It comes with an octa-core processor, a quad rear camera setup, and two RAM and storage configurations. The Nokia 5.3 will be offered in

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new prepaid plan priced at Rs. 1,499. The new prepaid plan comes with a validity of 365 days. As part of its introductory deal for the first 90 days that the offer is available, BSNL is offering an additional 30 days of validity, or a total validity

Redmi 9 is set to go on sale in India today. The latest Redmi phone will be available for purchase for the first time since its launch in the country last week, via Amazon and Mi.com. Key highlights of the Redmi 9 include a waterdrop-style display notch as well as dual rear cameras. The smartphone

Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie Black Panther, has died after a private four-year battle with colon cancer, his publicist told AFP Friday. Boseman, 43, never publicly discussed his condition and continued to work on major Hollywood films during and between “countless” operations and chemotherapy, his family said in a statement. “It was

China’s new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance’s sale of TikTok’s US operations could need Beijing’s approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment. ByteDance has been ordered by US President Donald Trump to divest short video app TikTok – which is challenging the

Triller executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the short-video app had made a $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,46,257 crores) offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management for the assets of rival TikTok that China’s ByteDance is seeking to a divest. ByteDance and TikTok denied knowledge of the offer, raising questions over whether the

Huawei Watch Fit has been unveiled as the latest smartwatch by the Chinese company. The new offering comes in a rectangular design — unlike the company’s existing Huawei Watch GT 2 and Watch GT that both come in a circular shape. The Huawei Watch Fit is also claimed to deliver a 10-day battery life on

Google Pay in India has been spotted allowing some users to add their NFC-powered credit and debit cards as a payment method in addition to the existing bank account option. The new development would help Google initiate tokenized payments cards — the offering that was announced at Google for India last year to enable secure

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has revised pay-by-date and the threshold limit of non-payment of dues for landline, broadband, and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections. The state-owned operator has also revised the schedule for disconnection in case of non-payments. The changes, which are in place for all BSNL circles, are aimed to “maximise cash flow and collection

Huawei Enjoy 20 Plus is the Chinese company’s next rumoured smartphone, and its live images as well as full specifications have now been leaked. Images of another phone, the Huawei Enjoy 20 that allegedly belongs to the same smartphone series, have also been spotted on the Internet. In fact, a leaked image shows both phones

Google Assistant Snapshot has received several new feature updates, including voice support that will allow users to summon the feature by asking the AI-powered virtual assistant to show you upcoming tasks as well as recommendations for dinner, activities, and podcasts. The update is being rolled out for both Android and iOS devices. Google says that

Realme Narzo 10A is all set to go on sale once again on Flipkart and Realme.com. The sale is set to begin at 12pm (noon) and users are recommended to register on the online sites, and fill in payment and address details beforehand to ensure a smooth checkout. The Realme Narzo 10A comes with a

Apple is losing its dominant grip on the wireless earbuds market and now holds just 35 percent of the fast-growing segment market, as per Q2 2020 research data by Counterpoint. More affordable alternatives from Chinese rivals have eaten into Apple’s share in a fast growing true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones market, while Samsung is also

Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth, who is also a Vice President at Realme, has been elevated to “spearhead the brand’s presence and business operations in the Europe region,” the company said in a press release. Sheth also took to Twitter to announce the news. Alongside, he will continue to steer Realme’s operations in India as

Realme C15 is all set to go on sale for the first time in India today. The phone was launched last week, alongside the Realme C12. The Realme C15 comes with MediaTek Helio G35 SoC and is equipped with a quad rear camera setup. The handset has a large 6,000mAh battery and offers up to

Realme has filed a patent for a new pair of truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds that could be the Realme Buds Air Pro TWS earbuds, as per an online report. 91mobiles discovered that the company has filed for the patent at the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China. The earbuds seem