Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition has kicked off. And this one is a special event for reasons more than one. First of all, you can try out free demos of over 40 indie games until next week. Second, these are indie games that were originally supposed to be showcased at the Game Developers Conference before
China’s Xiaomi had resumed operations for over 80 percent of its supply chain as of Thursday in the wake of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, the company’s president said. Wang Xiang told an online media briefing that the company was still very confident in the European market as the virus situation there, while severe, was temporary. Xiaomi
In a time when other productions are halting productions, Conan O’Brien and his team are finding new ways to bring laughter to a nation in crisis. Conan and crew do a sketch about staying safe during the Coronavirus | Image Credit: Team Coco The coronavirus has not been kind to the entertainment industry. This
Redmi Note 9 Pro price is the most interesting thing about this smartphone. The Redmi Note 9 Pro offers great specifications at its starting price of Rs. 12,999. One of the highlights of this smartphone is its quad rear camera setup, which delivers some pretty decent results especially considering this price point. In our review
These are tough times, we don’t need to tell you that. But that’s not why you’re here. You want to know how you can reduce the loneliness of self-isolation and social distancing that’s been imposed on us by the coronavirus pandemic. And if it’s watching movies and TV shows with others that you miss dearly,
With governments clamping down on social interactions to contain the coronavirus spread, dating sites are discouraging dates and asking users to get to know each other virtually instead. “We don’t know who needs to hear this, but now is NOT the time to go out with your date to a bar,” leading match-maker OkCupid tweeted
Apple, while announcing its new iPad Pro, and other new updates and products, also announced updates to its iWork suite of applications which includes Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. The new update will bring trackpad support on iPad and iCloud sharing for the three applications. Apple said this will open up a new way to work
Oppo A12e is rumoured to be the upcoming budget smartphone by Oppo. The development was shared by a tech website in partnership with a regular tipster on Thursday. If true, the Oppo A12e could be the next smartphone in the Oppo A-series, following the launch of Oppo A11 in China last year. Since the Oppo
Kenya’s largest teleco, Safaricom, will implement a fee-waiver on East Africa’s leading mobile-money product, M-Pesa, to reduce the physical exchange of currency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The company announced that all person-to-person (P2P) transactions under 1,000 Kenyan Schillings (≈ $10) would be free starting Tuesday for the next 90 days. The move came
Apple on Wednesday unveiled new versions of iPad Pro and MacBook Air. It additionally launched a variety of fresh accessories for its spring sales. This includes colourful phone cases for the iPhone 11 lineup and bands for its Watch-series. The Cupertino-based tech company has also launched cases for the newly launched iPad Pro. Users with
Oppo has introduced a new system to help curb the smartphone gaming addiction rampant among youngsters. This comes as manufacturers, developers, and governments alike are in efforts to tackle smartphone gaming addiction. The new anti-gaming addiction system from Oppo asks users to verify themselves in order to restrict purchases according to a gamer’s age. The
The Android 10 update on the Xiaomi Mi A3 was delayed which disappointed a lot of users. When the update did rollout, it had to be pulled immediately since it featured bugs that affected the performance of the smartphone. It was halted after users complained about issues they started facing post the software update. Users
Improvements in the availability of key Apple products imply supply partners in China have largely returned to regular production output after COVID-19 shut down operations in early 2020, a report said Wednesday. According to Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster, the lead times of four key Apple products — 64GB iPhone 11, 64GB iPhone 11 Pro,
Apple has launched a new iPad Pro model with a LiDAR scanner which brings support for a trackpad to iPadOS for the first time ever. Apple says its new iPad Pro is “more powerful than most Windows PC laptops”. The Cupertino-based company says it has completely reimagined trackpad support for iPad, a feature that will
It’s no secret I’m a fan of the reMarkable, a tablet with a paper-like display that’s focused on text and sketching rather than rich media and games. The sequel to the original, announced today, looks to make a good thing even better. Designed for the creation and consumption of monochromatic content like long documents, ebooks,
Google is expanding the feature set for its Advanced Protection Program, a security offering that helps safeguard Google Accounts of those at risk for targeted attacks — like politicians, journalists, activists, business leaders, and others. The program already provides an increased level of protection for these accounts by limiting access to data, blocking fraudulent account
Quite honestly, not enough people consider which file system to use for their computers. Windows and macOS users have little reason to look, since they really have only one choice for their system—NTFS and HFS+, respectively. Linux, on the other hand, has plenty of different file system options, with the current default being the Fourth
Supercell, the creator of popular mobile games such as Clash of Clans and Clash Royale has released its latest game, Hay Day Pop. The company in a note stated that this is a soft launch of the game and it’s currently available for Android and iOS only in Australia, New Zealand, and Finland. Supercell has
New research shows that Microsoft Edge is one of the least private web browsers in the world, as it sends identifiers linked to the device hardware and details of web pages visited by users to back-end servers, unlike other popular browsers. Over time, this information can be used to de-anonymise individuals and erase their privacy,
MSQRD, the Facebook-owned augmented reality app, is shutting down. Facebook is pulling the plug on April 13, removing MSQRD from app stores and shuttering the whole project. This move comes four years after Facebook acquired MSQRD in 2016. The Rise of AR Filters There was a time not so long ago when augmented reality face
With Spring just around the corner, Apple has refreshed the colors of some of its most-loved accessories, including Apple Watch bands, iPhone cases, and iPad Folios. A sampling of what Apple’s spring refresh has brought to the Apple Watch band lineup New iPhone case colors iPhone 11 Pro Silicone Case (Grapefruit color shown) Apple’s
A couple of days after Microsoft unveiled a ton of info about the Xbox Series X, Sony is about to do the exact same thing in a live video. Sony is hosting a live broadcast about the PlayStation 5 today at 9 AM PT, 12 PM ET, 4 PM GMT. [embedded content] Lead system architect
In October, TikTok tapped corporate law firm K&L Gates to advise the company on its moderation policies and other topics afflicting social media platforms. As a part of those efforts, TikTok said it would form a new committee of experts to advise the business on topics like child safety, hate speech, misinformation, bullying, and other
Poor router security puts your network at risk. While we know that running a tight ship starts with router security, what you may not know is some security settings may slow down your entire network. The primary choices for router-based encryption are WPA2-AES and WPA2-TKIP. Let’s look at which security protocol is more secure, and which option allows a
Apple has updated its MacBook Air with a new “Magic Keyboard” to replace the infamous butterfly keyboard seen in earlier models of the laptop. The new MacBook Air, aka MacBook Air 2020, also offers new Intel processors, upgraded Intel Iris Plus graphics, and 256GB base storage unlike the existing 128GB storage. You’ll also get upgraded
PUBG Mobile Lite has been updated to version 0.16.0 which brings several new additions to the popular battle royale game. Named ‘Varenga in Bloom’, the update makes some changes to pre-existing mechanics in the game, along with adding a few new ones. The Picnic Baskets have a higher chance of appearing under some Cherry Blossom
Facebook and Google are in talks with Washington over potentially using individuals’ personal data to track and combat the coronavirus outbreak, US media reported. The project would involve collecting location information from Americans’ smartphones and using it anonymously to map the spread of the disease and predict urgent medical needs, for example. In a statement
Fortune has released a list of 100 products that they’ve deemed “the greatest designs” of modern times. Unsurprisingly, Apple features prominently throughout. Image Credit: Fortune & MARTIN LAKSMAN Coming in at number one was Apple’s iPhone. Fortune cited the company’s relentless innovation in hardware and software design as its reason for success, saying it
Three months ago, the idea that most video conferences will happen with at least one child or more making a ruckus in the background would have seemed strange, but coronavirus-related lockdown around the world is turning this kind of scene into the norm now. As COVID-19 continues to spread — with more positive cases and deaths
WhatsApp on Wednesday announced the launch of a dedicated webpage that it calls the WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to highlight how the instant messaging app can be used at the time of the coronavirus outbreak across