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Amid the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus which has killed nearly 5,000 people in the world, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be dancing to his own tune, underplaying the danger from the threat time and again. In a memo to SpaceX employees on Friday, Musk said that they were far less

Apple has suspended all active shooting on projects managed by outside studios, including The Morning Show, Foundation, See, Lisey’s Story, Servant, and For All Mankind due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The Morning Show earlier announced that it was shutting down production temporarily in an effort to prevent cast members and crew from catching the

The GST Council on Saturday decided to increase GST rates on mobile phones to 18 percent from 12 percent with effect from April 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. The Council also decided to slash GST on maintenance repair overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft to 5 percent from 12 percent while the tax rate on

As the world grapples with the novel coronavirus, Facebook has committed $20 million in donations to fight the disease. The social networking giant worked with the United Nations Foundation and the World Health Organization to start a COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, where anyone can go to make a donation. “Facebook is matching up to $10

Apple Inc said late on Friday it will close all its retail stores, except those in Greater China, for the next two weeks to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission. “We will be closing all of our retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27,” Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a letter posted

The recently announced variant of the Samsung Galaxy M30s will go on sale today. This new variant was announced earlier this week with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The new variant will be sold alongside the existing variants of the Galaxy M30s. The Galaxy M30s has been a successful smartphone in the sub

Riding on strong demand for iPhone 11 and other models, Apple logged a massive over 55 percent growth in iPhone shipments for the India market in January and February this year compared to the same period in 2019, a new report said on Friday. There was no impact of Novel Coronavirus on supply in the first two

New Apple iPhones like iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Max are disappearing from retail stores — this time due to supply issues appearing after the coronavirus pandemic amid less footfall. According to KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst John Vinh, Apple’s “iPhone sell-through was adversely impacted by supply issues” due to coronavirus, “particularly on the Pro/Max models and

Oppo’s Find X2 Pro smartphone that was officially launched last week seems to be setting a new benchmark with each passing day. After receiving the highest score for its camera performance on DxOMark, Oppo’s latest flagship device has now achieved a score of 6,11,627 from AnTuTu for its overall phone performance, as per the company.

Huawei P40 series is all set to be launched, and the company has already scheduled the launch to take place on March 26. The Huawei P40 series hasn’t been the company’s best guarded secret and we have already seen a lot of leaks about these phones. We already have a fair idea of how the

Netflix has unveiled a new release date (March 27), new cast members (Javed Jaffrey, Boman Irani), and the first trailer for Maska, the upcoming film from India. Maska is about Mumbai-based Parsi boy Rumi Irani (Prit Kamani) who’s caught between the wishes of his two loves, his Irani café-running mother Diana (Manisha Koirala) and his

Realme’s fitness tracker, the Realme Band will go on sale for the third time today at 12pm (noon) via the official Realme website and Amazon. The first flash sale for the smart band took place on the day of the launch, on March 5, and the second one took place earlier this week, on March

Escobar Fold 2, the second folding phone from Escobar Inc. — the tech company owned by Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria — made all the headlines when it was announced in January. The ‘Samsung killer’ phone was marketed with photos of scantily dressed models, and a catchy “rest in peace Samsung” tagline.

Redmi Note 9 series is just a day away from launch. On its part, the Chinese smartphone maker has already teased a few features of its upcoming Redmi Note-series smartphones to drum up some hype. As per leaks, Xiaomi might pull a surprise this year and may launch three phones – the standard Redmi Note

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau had hinted last year that the OnePlus 8 series could be an all-5G lineup, and now he has confirmed that the OnePlus 8 series phones will indeed all be 5G-ready. In an interaction with CNET, the OnePlus chief stated “Going forward, we’re all in on 5G.” However, just in case you were

New rumours suggest that Intel will develop a version of its hybrid Lakefield architecture for future multi-core desktop CPUs in order to deliver high core counts and maintain power efficiency as it continues to ramp up its commercial-scale 10nm manufacturing efforts. The CPU design, codenamed Alder Lake-S, has been likened to ARM’s big.Little strategy which is

Facebook’s ever-increasing influence over the Instagram app could soon extend to the popular stories format. The social media giant is reportedly testing a new feature that allows users to cross-post stories to Instagram. A screenshot of how the cross-posting feature could work on Facebook’s Android app has been shared by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong.

Finding signs of life on Mars has long been an obsession for astrophysicists (and apparently, Elon Musk as well). And even though discovering an intelligent life form on Mars might sound too far-fetched, recent discoveries suggest that life may have existed millennia ago on the red planet at a microbial level. New research further supports the

The final trailer for Black Widow is here. With less than two months to release, Marvel has given us another two-minute look at Scarlett Johansson’s first solo adventure as the titular spy a.k.a Natasha Romanoff, which finds her going back to “where it all started” — home. The new Black Widow trailer sheds more light

Jio has brought back its Rs. 4,999 prepaid recharge plan that is one of its long term prepaid recharge plans. It was discontinued in December last year. The plan offers 350GB data and a validity of 360 days. You also get unlimited Jio to Jio calling as well as 100 SMS per day. The Jio

Samsung is said to be readying for the launch of its next Galaxy M smartphone in India, Galaxy M21, on March 16. The highlight of Galaxy M31 will be its triple rear camera system that is likely to come with a 48-megapixel main sensor, industry sources told IANS on Saturday. The Samsung Galaxy M21 is

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra has been put to test by YouTube channel JerryRigEverything in a durability video that highlights its screen-resistant, glass sandwich design. The latest flagship phone by the South Korean company carries Corning Gorilla Glass 6 glass panels on both front and back sides. There is also a metal frame that appears to

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have managed to successfully cultivate salad crop — red romaine lettuce — that is free of disease-causing microbes and safe to eat, and is at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants. This feat was achieved despite being grown under lower gravity and more intense radiation than on

Twitter has shut its Seattle office for a ‘deep clean’ after an employee developed COVID-19 like symptoms though final result was still awaited. “A Seattle-based employee has been advised by their doctor that they likely have COVID-19, though still awaiting final testing,” Twitter said in a tweet on Friday. “While the employee has not been

Apple has launched a service programme for the iPad Air (2019) models that are affected by a “Blank Screen” issue. The Cupertino giant has announced that the issue has impacted a “limited number” of third-generation iPad Air models that were launched last year. Affected consumers can visit an Apple Authorised Service Provider with their iPad

Samsung Galaxy A41 has apparently received certifications from Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance. The smartphone has appeared on the Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance websites with model numbers SM-A415F/DSM and SM-A415F/DSN. The South Korean company could unveil the Galaxy A41 as the successor to its Galaxy A40 that was launched back in March 2019. The

Jio Fiber, the wired broadband service from Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio, had approximately just 0.86 million subscribers as of December 31, the latest Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data shows. This was a marginal growth for the company that in November had a subscriber base of 0.83 million. Fighting for the top, Bharat Sanchar

A recent study has found out that our fundamental measurement of the whole universe could have been wrong all this while. It says that whatever we knew about the chemical measurement of stars could be wrong. And since the whole history of the universe has been tracked using these very stars, our measurement of the

Durian fruit, which is considered to be the world’s smelliest fruit, has been used to create energy stores for rapid electricity charging. A researcher from University of Sydney was able to convert durian waste into super-capacitors that can put out energy smoothly. This means, theoretically, one can charge their phone, laptop, and other everyday gadgets

Oppo has been teasing its smartwatch for quite some time now. Thanks to the multiple leaks we know that the company is planning on launching this smartphone alongside the Find X2 and the Find X2 Pro. The launch event is scheduled to take place on March 6 in China. A few more leaks have surfaced