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Nokia and Ericsson have been chosen as Singapore’s main 5G network providers, telecom operators said, leaving Huawei with only a minor role as the Chinese tech giant faces growing US pressure. Huawei has been dogged by allegations of stealing American trade secrets and aiding China’s espionage efforts, with Washington pushing countries to bar the company

Google Play is said to have at least 17 apps that are a part of a Trojan family called HiddenAds, if cybersecurity firm Avast is to be believed. The apps are found to be a part of a large HiddenAds campaign that initially targeted users in India and Southeast Asia. Avast researchers discovered that these

LG has launched two new true wireless earphones globally, the Tone Free HBS-FN4 and HBS-FN6, which come with Meridian Audio technology. Apart from this, the higher-end HBS-FN6 also comes with a UVnano charging case, which uses ultra-violet light to disinfect the earphones automatically when you put them away, keeping them clean for the next time

Semiconductor maker Nvidia said on Tuesday it struck a deal with Germany’s Daimler Mercedes-Benz to provide cars produced from 2024 with a chip and software platform that can eventually be used for autonomous driving functions. “We intend to join forces to create a software-defined vehicle and deploy this across the entire next generation’s fleet,” Nvidia

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of a rightwing online personality for violating its copyright policy, a week after he posted a doctored video of toddlers that was tweeted by President Donald Trump. The move was the second action Twitter took related to Trump’s tweets within 24 hours. On Tuesday it hid a tweet from

Google Search has enabled a new experience for users in India, enabling to find what TV shows or movies they can watch today. The new search experience provides an organised set of suggestions from various streaming providers including Disney+ Hotstar, Google Play Movies & TV, Netflix, SonyLIV, Voot, and YouTube. Users can also get personalised

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has extended the Rs. 777 Bharat Fiber broadband plan to September 20 in some circles. The Rs. 777 broadband plan, which is called the Fibro 500GB/ Month CUL, was reportedly available until the last week of June in several BSNL circles at the initial stage. However, the state-owned operator now

OnePlus confirmed its new budget-smartphone, putting all rumours and speculations at rest and said that it is working on a “new, more affordable smartphone product line” that will launch first in India and Europe. OnePlus Co-founder and CEO Pete Lau revealed the new development through a forum post on the OnePlus Community site. An Instagram

Apple said Monday it would build its own chips to power its Mac computers to create a “common architecture” that allows the devices to run the same apps as those on the iPhone and iPad. The news came at the annual Apple developer conference — a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic — where

Apple at its WWDC 2020 keynote address, which was an online affair thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, unveiled the next version of macOS ‘Big Sur’. Named after a mountainous region in coastal California, macOS Big Sur is said to be a significant redesign of the desktop operating system – its biggest since the introduction

WWDC 2020 is scheduled to begin at 10.30pm IST on June 22, with Apple’s annual keynote kickstarting the company’s developer conference as usual. This is the first time that the company is going to have an online stream only for WWDC due to medical advisories against large gatherings during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In this

Vu has launched two new variants of the Vu Cinema Smart TV series, with a 32-inch HD-resolution option and 43-inch full-HD variant added to the range. The Cinema TV range from Indian television manufacturer Vu was launched earlier this year in three sizes at Ultra-HD resolution, but Vu is now bringing the benefits and features

Oppo Enco W11 true wireless (TWS) earbuds will debut in India on June 25. The new Enco series earbuds will be available for purchase via Flipkart in white colour option. The key features the Oppo Enco W11 include Bluetooth v5.0 support, touch controls, and IP54 water resistance rating. The company claims that the TWS earbuds

Realme C11 is all set to make its debut very soon. Set to be powered by MediaTek Helio G35 SoC, the smartphone will be announced in Malaysia. The company is yet to reveal a launch date, so there is a possibility that Realme C11 may be unveiled in another market before Malaysia. Given Realme C11

Solar Eclipse 2020 or surya grahan is here. Skywatchers across India will witness the rare annular solar eclipse today. While the partial solar eclipse will be visible across the country, eclipse’s best visibility or maximum eclipse will be limited to a narrow stretch covering parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Annular eclipses

Oppo F15 is getting a new colour option in India, over five months after its launch in two colours – Lightning Black and Unicorn White. The new Blazing Blue colour variant of Oppo F15 has been teased by the company in a promo video on its YouTube channel. The same variant has also popped up

The government on Friday refuted a viral message claiming that the Ministry of Electronics & IT (Meity) had put restrictions on several “Chinese applications” in India. The message has been doing rounds of the Internet, claiming that the National Informatics Centre (NIC) that comes under the Meity, has asked Apple and Google to restrict Chinese-origin

Snapchat took down a “Juneteenth”- themed filter and apologised to users for the lens, which drew criticism for being insensitive, the photo messaging app’s parent Snap said on Friday. The filter used Pan-African flag as a backdrop and prompted users to smile, which caused chains to appear behind them and then break, CNBC reported earlier

Motorola Razr (2019) gathered a lot of attention when it launched in November last year. And, surprisingly, a second-generation Motorola Razr foldable smartphone was teased for a September launch by a company official in May this year. But, now, it seems like the successor to the 2019 Razr may have been delayed till next year

Apple is set to start manufacturing the iPhone SE (2020) in India according to a report. The Cupertino giant is said to have taken this step to avoid a 20 percent tax needed for importing the new iPhone model in the country. Apple’s Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron has reportedly been in the process of receiving

Asus ZenFone 7 or 7Z has reportedly been spotted on Geekbench, hinting at some of the specifications of the follow-up to the ZenFone 6/ Asus 6Z from last year. An Asus phone with codename ‘asus ZF’ has been listed on the benchmarking website and is rumoured to be the ZenFone 7 or 7Z. The listing

Make room for EA Play 2020. A week after Sony unveiled a bunch of games for the PS5, EA is back with its own annual event. It usually takes place alongside E3, but since the year’s biggest gaming event is cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, EA Play 2020 is going online-only. Still, there

Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro is now getting the official Android 11 Beta update for download. The beta of the upcoming version of Android is mainly for developers to work on the Android 11 before it is rolled out to the masses. Xiaomi initially released the beta build of Android 11 for its Mi 10 smartphone

Huawei has announced the global rollout of its Android 10-based EMUI 10.1 update for several of its smartphones. The company had introduced the latest software iteration with Huawei P40 series back in March. Similarly, Huawei sub-brand, Honor will also dispatch the Magic UI 3.1 update on a handful of Honor phones. Users in India of

Beijing-based ByteDance, the privately owned operator of short video app TikTok, booked around CNY 40 billion (roughly Rs. 43,000 crores) in revenue for the January-March quarter, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The figure represents growth of more than 130 percent compared with the same period a year earlier, said one of the

India’s antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook’s purchase of a 10 percent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd’s digital assets, a deal that would give the US giant another foothold in one of the world’s fastest growing Internet markets. The Competition Commission of India looks to prevent misuse of data in all the deals it assesses, Chairman

Realme X3 and Realme X3 SuperZoom are set to launch in India on June 25, Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth revealed through a tweet posted on Wednesday. Realme also separately sent a media invite to announce the new launch. Up until now, Realme didn’t make any official announcements regarding the Realme X3 series in the

AMD has announced a new set of processors within its Ryzen 3000 family, the new Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT. These models supersede the Ryzen 9 3900X, Ryzen 7 3800X and Ryzen 5 3600X respectively at the same prices. These are based on the same ‘Zen 2’ architecture as existing

Two former Pinterest employees who left the image-sharing company in late May publicly alleged in tweets on Monday that they had experienced racial discrimination in the workplace. Ifeoma Ozoma, who was Pinterest’s public policy and social impact manager, called the company’s recent solidarity with the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement “a joke.” Companies have rushed

Apple on Monday released the results of a study that found its App Store spurred $458 billion (roughly Rs. 34.76 lakh crores) in sales last year from categories such as retail of physical goods, ride-hailing, and advertising from which the iPhone maker takes no commission. The study, backed by Apple, marks the first time the