Technology
- Google says some Samsung smartphones targeted with zero-day vulnerabilities, issues fixed
The flaws were reportedly exploited by a malicious Android app which may have been installed from outside of the Google Play Store. The researcher further says that an "in-the-wild sample that was obtained is a JNI native library file that would have been loaded as a part of an app." Read more » - Lava Blaze 5G set to go on first sale starting November 15Lava unveiled another 5G-enabled smartphone with the launch of Lava Blaze 5G in India. The entry-level smartphone was launched last week and is the second 5G-enabled phone after Lava Agni 5G. The smartphone is all set to go on sale starting November 15 onwards. Buyers can purchase the phone online via Lava and Amazon websites. Read more »
- MediaTek launches first SoC for VR, to power Sony PlayStation VR2Earlier this month, Sony announced that the PlayStation VR2 price has been set at $549.99 in the US. The pricing for the device will vary by region. It will go on pre-orders from November 15 and those interested in the US, the UK, France and Germany can purchase it starting February 22, 2023. Read more »
- OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro starts receiving Android 13 updateOnePlus rolled out Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 update for its flagship smartphones in September this year. The Chinese smartphone maker has now rolled out the Android 13 update for the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones. Read more »
- Meta layoffs: These Indian techies were laid off within 2-3 days of their joiningMeta recently announced that the company has laid off 11,000 employees across the world to reduce costs. Apart from Meta, Twitter has also announced massive job cuts this week. The micro-blogging platform has reportedly fired 7,500 employees around the globe and has reduced more than half of its Indian staff. Read more »
- Realme 10 5G introduced in China ahead of its planned launch date: Details insideRealme 10 5G comes equipped with a triple rear camera setup with a 50MP main camera, a 2MP macro camera and a 0.3MP VGA depth sensor. For selfies and video calls, the smartphone houses an 8MP front-facing camera. The phone also has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for easy unlocking. Read more »
- Koo announces launch of four new features: DetailsThe Koo app already offers features like Multi-Language Kooing (MLK), translation ability, a language-enabled keyboard, topics in 10 languages, language translations, edit functionality, longer video uploads, and voluntary self-verification. Read more »
- Twitter cyber security chief resigns amid mass layoffs, policy changesTwitter’s information security chief Lea Kissner has shared a tweet to confirm his resignation from the company. In 2021, Kissner joined Twitter as the head of privacy engineering and was promoted to the chief information security officer post earlier this year. Several other Twitter executives have also reportedly put down their papers. Read more »
- MediaTek announces multiple new chipsets for different platforms: Availability and other detailsThe Taiwan-based chipmaker has now unveiled a series of new processors that will be included in various devices. These new MediaTek chipsets include -- the Pentonic 1000 for smart TVs, T800 for applications “beyond smartphone” along with Kompanio 520 and Kompanio 528 for Chromebooks. Here we will discuss more details about the newly launched chipsets. Read more »
- Apple invests $450 million toward satellite connectivity infrastructure for Emergency SOSApple has announced an investment of $450 million toward the satellite connectivity infrastructure to enable its Emergency SOS feature, with most of the amount going into Globalstar, a US-based satellite communications company. Part of Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund, the investment will enable the satellite communications company to update its critical infrastructure, including its satellite network and on-ground communication centres. Read more »
- Twitter brings back the grey “Official” checkmark a day after killing itTwitter on Wednesday (November 9) unveiled a new gray "Official" label for some high-profile accounts. However, the company scrapped it within hours. "I just killed it," Musk tweeted just hours after. And again, after a few hours, the grey "Official" checkmark is back. Though not every official account seems to have it this time – at least as yet. Read more »
- Equinix partners with VMware to expand global cloud service offeringsVMware Cloud on Equinix Metal is expected to be ideal for distributed cloud use cases including smart cities, video analytics, game development, real-time financial market trading, retail POS, and a variety of other cases using IoT and ML/Inference. Read more »
- YouTube rolls out 'Live Q&A' feature for live creatorsYouTube has come up with a new feature for creators. It has launched a 'Live Q&A' feature for content creators where they can interact with viewers while live streaming. Read more »
- FIFA World Cup 2022: Google has new features for football fans in Search, YouTube and moreGoogle has introduced a slew of new features across its apps and services for football fans Read more »
- Realme rolls out Android 13 Open Beta Program for Realme 9 Pro 5G usersRealme has announced that Realme 9 Pro 5G users will get the Android 13 Open Beta programme. The company announced the Android 13 Early Access programme last month on the Realme Community Forum. Realme 9 Pro 5G users are eligible for this programme. Read more »
- Elon Musk on why work from home doesn't make sense, "crazy hours" and moreIn the last couple of days there have been quite a few firsts for Twitter employees — they got the first official email from their new boss and also had their first hands-on meeting with him. According to a report, Musk spoke about a plethora of things and Twitter employees had quite a few questions for him. Read more »
- Airofit Pro launches world’s first smart lungs purifier at Rs 34,990Xplore Health Technologies has launched a first-of-its-kind respiratory muscle training (RMT) device– called Airofit Pro. The product comes in collaboration with Airofit, Denmark. It is the world’s first personal data-driven smart respiratory training system and is priced at Rs 34,990. Read more »
- Defunc partners with Salora to launch audio products in IndiaDefunc has arrived in India with its audio products segment. The company has introduced a range of products that include smart Wi-Fi home speaker solutions and a range of truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds and EarPods. Defunc has made a strategic alliance with Delhi-based company Salora International Limited. The company has developed these products along with Henrik Isaksson who is a Swedish audio engineer and acoustics expert. Read more »
- Dell CEO wants Elon Musk to define parody, here’s why"Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue," added another tweet. "Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark." "No exceptions," Musk said in another tweet. Read more »
- Call of Duty Warzone will remain suspended for 12 days, here’s whyThe servers of the COD Warzone game will go temporarily offline on the same day as the game’s sequel (Warzone 2.0) will release. Developer Raven Software has offered a tentative date (November 28) for the title’s return. The developers want to make sure that the free-to-play ecosystem of Warzone 2.0 is running smoothly. This temporary suspension will also help the developers with a small break during the upcoming US holiday. Read more »
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