Lava Probuds T24 TWS earphones were launched in India on Thursday. They are equipped with 10mm drivers and support up to 35ms low latency. The earphones come with an IPX4 rating for splash resistance and carry the Jieli JL7006F8 Bluetooth chipset IC. These newly launched headsets come with an environmental noise cancellation (ENC) supported quad-mic […]
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Samsung’s Galaxy tri-fold phone has been in the rumour mill for quite some time now. The foldable with three screens and two hinges is considered the South Korean brand’s next big bet after the success of its foldable devices. No concrete information is available about the triple-folding smartphone, but DSCC analyst Ross Young suggests that […]
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OnePlus on Thursday announced a new initiative dubbed Project Starlight that will see the Chinese smartphone maker invest Rs. 6,000 crore in the country over the next three years. The company says the investment will help it improve customer service and the durability of its devices — it previously announced a repair programme for its […]
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ColorOS 15 — the new operating system (OS) for Oppo smartphones — was launched globally last month. The company has now announced the roadmap for the update’s release in India which is similar to its global schedule. As per Oppo, its rollout has already commenced, with Oppo Find N3 and Find N3 Flip becoming the […]
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Realme is reportedly gearing up to launch a Realme 14x in India later this month. As we wait for the official announcement, a new leak suggests how the Realme 12X 5G‘s successor might look. The alleged render of the Realme 14x hints at three distinct colourways. It is shown to have a triple camera setup at the […]
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Google finally launched its latest artificial intelligence (AI) image and video generation models on Wednesday. Both of these AI models were unveiled at Google I/O as the tech giant’s latest advancement in generative AI. Now, more than six months later, the Mountain View-based company has introduced it on Vertex AI for its enterprise clients. Notably, […]
Continue ReadingDec 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Malware The China-linked threat actor known as MirrorFace has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign mainly targeting individuals and organizations in Japan since June 2024. The aim of the campaign is to deliver backdoors known as NOOPDOOR (aka HiddenFace) and ANEL (aka UPPERCUT), Trend Micro said in a […]
Continue ReadingA pedestrian walks past a Vodafone store in central London on May 16, 2023. British mobile giant Vodafone is to axe 11,000 jobs over three years in the latest cull to hit the tech sector, as new boss Margherita Della Valle slammed recent performance. Adrian Dennis | AFP | Getty Images Britain’s competition regulator on […]
Continue ReadingKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, the medieval RPG from Warhorse Studios, will now launch a week earlier than the previously confirmed release date. The game was slated for launch on February 11, 2025; it will now come out on PC, Xbox Series S/X and PS5 on February 4. The developer also confirmed that KCD 2 had […]
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Backbone One gaming controller has been launched in India, nearly nine months after the debut of the second-generation model in the global markets. It supports Android and iOS devices with a range of flexible connectivity options — from standard USB Type-C to Apple’s proprietary lightning technology. The gaming controller comes equipped with analogue triggers, precision […]
Continue ReadingDec 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Financial Crime The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Wednesday announced that it led an international investigation to disrupt Russian money laundering networks that were found to facilitate serious and organized crime across the U.K., the Middle East, Russia, and South America. The effort, codenamed Operation Destabilise, has resulted in […]
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Xreal One series augmented reality (AR) glasses were launched on Wednesday. The latest lineup from the Chinese startup comes with a new X1 independent spatial computing chip that is claimed to provide complete spatial screen control. Two models have been unveiled as part of Xreal’s latest AR glass lineup — Xreal One and One Pro. […]
Continue ReadingDec 05, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added multiple security flaws affecting products from Zyxel, North Grid Proself, ProjectSend, and CyberPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-51378 (CVSS score: […]
Continue ReadingA neon sign indicates that Bitcoin is accepted inside the venue of the Paralelni Polis project, an organization combining art, social sciences and modern technology, in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Milan Jaros | Bloomberg | Getty Images The price of bitcoin soared past the long-awaited $100,000 benchmark for the first time […]
Continue ReadingGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai speaks in conversation with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. The APEC summit is being held in San Francisco and runs through November 17. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is challenging […]
Continue ReadingThe Xreal One Series features the X1 chip which is the company’s first self-designed processor for its glasses. Xreal Xreal on Wednesday launched its latest generation of augmented reality (AR) glasses as it looks to fend off competition from the likes of Meta and Snap. The company, which is backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, […]
Continue ReadingAmazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman delivers a keynote address during the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Noah Berger | Getty Images In 2022, Amazon introduced the Buy with Prime button, allowing premium subscribers to make purchases using their Amazon account even when shopping on other websites. Now the […]
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, takes the stage during The New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, Dec. 4, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spoke optimistically of President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday at […]
Continue ReadingSam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI and Anduril on Wednesday announced a partnership allowing the defense tech company to deploy advanced artificial intelligence systems for “national security missions.” […]
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For Oppo, 2024 has been a dream run, with the brand registering the highest growth amongst the top five brands in Q3 2024. As per IDC, Oppo led with launches like A3x, K12x and Reno 12 series in the quarter. After securing the second spot in the top smartphone manufacturers list and beating the likes […]
Continue ReadingSam Altman, co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images After months of C-suite changes, tender offers and a soaring valuation, OpenAI has reached a new milestone: 300 million weekly […]
Continue ReadingThe Russia-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Turla has been linked to a previously undocumented campaign that involved infiltrating the command-and-control (C2) servers of a Pakistan-based hacking group named Storm-0156 to conduct its own operations since 2022. The activity, first observed in December 2022, is the latest instance of the nation-state adversary “embedding […]
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An experiment conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia has revealed the limited potential of mealworms in addressing plastic pollution. The study, published in Biology Letters on December 4, estimated that 100 mealworms would take approximately 138 days, or 4.5 months, to consume a single disposable face mask made from polypropylene. The findings […]
Continue ReadingMarc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, appears on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Salesforce popped more than 8% Wednesday, a day after the company reported third-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ estimates for revenue and guidance and showed strong […]
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A decline in rice quality across East Asia has been attributed to climate warming, according to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters. The research, led by Dr Xianfeng Liu of Shaanxi Normal University in China, highlights the vulnerability of rice—a dietary staple for billions—to rising temperatures. Using 35 years of data from Japan and […]
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A recent study published in The Astronomical Journal has revealed the discovery of a fourth planet in the Kepler-51 system, an already remarkable planetary system known for hosting three ultra-low-density “super-puff” planets. This discovery was made by a research team led by Dr Jessica Libby-Roberts, a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State’s Centre for Exoplanets and […]
Continue ReadingEuropol on Tuesday announced the takedown of an invite-only encrypted messaging service called MATRIX that’s created by criminals for criminal purposes. The joint operation, conducted by French and Dutch authorities under the moniker Passionflower, comes in the aftermath of an investigation that was launched in 2021 after the messaging service was discovered on the phone […]
Continue ReadingAre you using the cloud or thinking about transitioning? Undoubtedly, multi-cloud and hybrid environments offer numerous benefits for organizations. However, the cloud’s flexibility, scalability, and efficiency come with significant risk — an expanded attack surface. The decentralization that comes with utilizing multi-cloud environments can also lead to limited visibility into user activity and poor access […]
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NASA is advancing technologies for autonomous spacecraft designed to explore “ocean worlds,” such as Europa and Enceladus, two of the most promising candidates for extraterrestrial life. According to a NASA report, the Ocean Worlds Lander Autonomy Testbed (OWLAT) and Ocean Worlds Autonomy Testbed for Exploration, Research, and Simulation (OceanWATERS) are key initiatives for enhancing robotic […]
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Archaeologists have uncovered gold and silver jewellery at a burial site near Sevastopol, Crimea, believed to have been used by an elite society between the fourth and sixth centuries. The site, Almalyk-dere necropolis, located on the Mangup plateau approximately 16 kilometres east of Sevastopol, has been the focus of excavations led by researchers from the […]
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