Ubisoft Spring Sale is underway and the company is offering huge discounts on triple-A titles including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Far Cry 5, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, and several others. The discounts on games are available on both console and PC, but PC players are getting better deals. These Ubisoft games are on sale on
Location-based dating service major Tinder on Friday announced that its Passport feature, which allows users to connect with anyone, anywhere in the world, will be available for free for all members starting next week and will be available through April 30. According to the company, in this challenging time, they see Tinder members finding new
If you no longer use an online service it’s a good idea to delete or deactivate your account. This is safer and more secure than letting it sit there unused. Thankfully, you can deactivate or delete your LinkedIn account if you’re no longer searching for a job or interested in networking. Here’s everything you need
One of the obstacles to accurately estimating the prevalence of sickness in the general population is that most of our data comes from hospitals, not the 99.9 percent of the world that isn’t hospitals. FluSense is an autonomous, privacy-respecting system that counts the people and coughs in public spaces to keep health authorities informed. Every
The 2020 spring edition of the Pwn2Own hacking competition has ended, with Team Fluoroacetate being crowned this year’s winner as it scored nine Master of Pwn points. Pwn2Own is a computer hacking contest held every year at the CanSecWest security conference. The event was initiated in 2007 and the contest is held twice every year,
If you’re worried about visiting a bank to cash a check during the ongoing pandemic, we’ve got a collection of mobile banking tips to help you figure out banking from home. Image Credit: Charles Schwab COVID-19 continues to spread globally with over 6,500 cases confirmed in the U.S. As the country begins closing non-essential
The many icons and symbols used across Facebook Messenger can be pretty confusing. So, what do they all mean? In this article we’ll explain what all of the Facebook Messenger icons and symbols mean. What Do the Symbols Mean on Facebook Messenger? We’ve researched the most common icons and symbols on Facebook Messenger to find
Xiaomi is rumoured to launch the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2S with as low latency as 120 milliseconds. The new truly wireless earbuds by the Chinese company is also said to include wireless charging support, similar to what we got on the AirPods last year. In December, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2S surfaced on
Sony PlayStation Store’s Mega March sale is live and it couldn’t have come at a better time, as most of the world has been confined within their homes due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new sale has brought discounts on hundreds of PlayStation titles for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. The sale offers
Russia due to coronavirus has postponed a test designed to improve the ability of its domestic Internet infrastructure to cope with being cut off from the global network, the Communications Ministry said on Friday, TASS reported. The test, planned for March 20, had been aimed at developing ways to block certain types of encrypted Web
Flipkart Big Shopping Days 2020 sale is back this week with hundreds of deals and bundled offers on a large selection of products. While the coronavirus pandemic is keeping everyone at home, Indian online marketplaces are luring customers with deep discounts. Flipkart’s Big Shopping Days sale will be open until March 22 and promises ‘lowest’
WhatsApp has received a bot from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that will let you stay informed about the latest coronavirus updates. The new move by the international agency would help limit the spread of fake news and misinformation and provide all the necessary information about the pandemic directly through the instant messaging app that
GOG is running a huge sale as part of which over 2,500 games have received massive discounts. The GOG Spring Sale in now live and will go on through March 30. The sale offers some critically acclaimed titles such as The Witcher trio, Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition, Stardew Valley, Disco Elysium, Fallout: New
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has pulled the plug on its custom in-house chip project, which was developed by the Pinecone division. Xiaomi’s first proprietary processor — the Surge S1 — made headlines back in 2017 as it pushed the Chinese handset maker into the elite group of tech companies like Samsung and Huawei that could
As a former Jam City executive, Jill Wilson led teams behind some of the top-grossing gaming franchises, like Cookie Jam and Panda Pop. Now she’s running her own startup, Robin Games, where a team of mostly women is working to create a new niche in mobile entertainment they’re calling “lifestyle gaming.” As the name implies,
Popcorn Time is a revolution in the world of torrents. An app that presents movies beautifully, just like Netflix, but with one crucial difference: they’re all streamed illegally using torrent technology. Popcorn Time is just a really pretty torrent streaming client. I’m not here to preach though. It’s obvious that streaming or downloading movies without
Game Developers Conference aka GDC 2020 was cancelled owing to coronavirus concerns, which was bad news for gaming fans and an even bigger blow for developers. But there is finally a positive development on this front. The show’s organisers have announced that GDC is returning with a 3-day event in August, aptly called GDC Summer.
Engineer Anthony Levandowski, known for advancing self-driving car technology in the last decade, agreed to plead guilty on Thursday to taking sensitive documents from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber. Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison term of no more than 30 months as part of plea agreement in one of the
Though Apple’s supply partners in China are still grappling with fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak that left factories in the region shuttered for weeks, the tech giant’s important iPhone release cycle has yet to see significant disruption from the ongoing crisis, according to a report on Thursday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg
iPad Pro 2020 models were announced by Apple on Tuesday. They are claimed to be “more powerful than most Windows PC laptops” and now, AnTuTu benchmark results for the 11-inch variant have been revealed showing 6GB AM and 128GB storage. It is running iPadOS 13.4, has a resolution of 1668 x 2388 pixels, and is
In a great example of what can happen when smart, technically-oriented people come together in a time of need, an open-source hardware project started by a group including Irish entrepreneur Colin Keogh and Breeze Automation CEO and co-founder Gui Calavanti has produced a prototype ventilator using 3D-printed parts and readily available, inexpensive material. The ventilator
Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat’s most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn’t already cloned. Instagram has prototyped an unreleased ephemeral text messaging feature that clears the chat thread whenever you leave it, a Facebook spokesperson confirms to TechCrunch. That could make users more comfortable with having rapid-fire, silly, vulnerable, or
Websites that offer formerly paid software for free do so with little to no illusion of legality. However you feel about torrents and warez sites offering paid software and media, it is clear that they are illegal in most countries. There is one type of site that manages to avoid most scorn. Abandonware sites, like
After months of rumours and speculations, Sony has announced what the next generation of the PlayStation will have in store for the gamers. This comes just a few days after Microsoft also unveiled the key specifications of its next Xbox, the Series X. Sony announced the hardware details for the PlayStation 5 during its ‘Road
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to make medical ventilators from its Fremont, California factory for coronavirus sufferers. Responding to Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry, a tweet from a Musk said the company would make ventilators if there is a shortage. “Please repurpose your factory to make ventilators which are needed ASAP. I
Who blocked me on Facebook? It’s a question many of us will have asked since joining Facebook. Thankfully, there’s plenty you do if you suspect someone has blocked you on Facebook. Advertisement Perhaps a good friend has suddenly started ignoring you. Or perhaps you have stopped seeing their posts on your feed. Are they just
Apple has set limits on the number of new iPad Pro and Mac devices, as well as current iPhone models, that users can order from its online storefront across the globe. The order limits apply to Apple’s brand new 2020 iPad Pro models, along with most iPhones and select Macs. The Cupertino iPhone maker
The threat of vape lung seems to have receded to the distant past now that we are all facing the coronavirus, but new research has shed light on the nature of that much more limited epidemic. It turns out vitamin E acetate, the vape fluid additive until now merely associated with lung damage, converts into
Apple’s promise of high-quality video “shot on iPhone” is getting another real-world stress test, as late-night TV host Conan O’Brien announced on Wednesday he will return to doing full shows that will be shot using Apple’s mobile device. On Monday, March 30, new episodes of O’Brien’s show “Conan” will air on TBS, with production staff
With most employees now working from home, Google has paused the upcoming releases of Chrome and Chrome Operating System (OS) and decided to keep the existing and essential software up and running globally. The Chrome development team acknowledged that “adjusted work schedules” have led the tech giant to hit pause button on the “upcoming Chrome