Qualcomm Inc has been putting pressure on the Trump administration to allow it to sell components to Huawei Technologies Co, saying current restrictions risk channeling revenue to foreign competitors rather than preventing the Chinese company from obtaining the parts, The Wall Street Journal reports. The US chipmaker is lobbying to be permitted to sell chips to Huawei... Continue Reading →
MacBook Air (2020) review
Never before have we been so bothered about the devices we use. Is it heating up? Is it slowing down? Isn’t it a bit too heavy to keep on the lap all day long? And a lot of us are realising that what we thought was a good device for work, is not exactly that... Continue Reading →
Microsoft could buy TikTok’s global operations
Is Microsoft buying TikTok’s US operations or not? Well, there’s a lot of confusion going on around the most talked-about deal since the last week. The new report coming from the Financial Times adds to the confusion as it stated that US-based Microsoft is now looking beyond just taking a slice of TikTok’s United States business. The company wants to buy... Continue Reading →
Chandrayaan-2 rover intact? Isro looking into new Nasa images
BENGALURU: Nearly 10 months after Isro’s failed attempt to soft land Vikram, the lander on Chandrayaan-2 mission that was carrying a rover (Pragyan), new images from Nasa have rekindled interest in the mission. Shanmuga Subramanian, a techie from Chennai who had identified Vikram’s debris using Nasa images last year has now sent emails to the... Continue Reading →
Samsung Galaxy A51 Price in India Slashed by Up to Rs. 2,000, Additional Cashback Offer Introduced
amsung Galaxy A51 has received a price cut in India. The 6GB RAM option that saw an increase in April due to the GST rate hike from 12 percent to 18 percent, is now listed at its original price point. Furthermore, the 8GB RAM option is listed with a price cut of Rs. 2,000 as... Continue Reading →
India increasingly using Advanced Digital Production technologies: UN report
New Delhi: India is the only “lower middle-income” country which has made it to the second group of leading economies in the field of Advanced Digital Production (ADP) technologies, along with countries such Australia, Canada, Italy, Singapore and Spain, according to a report titled, “Industrialising in the Digital Age” released by the United Nations Industrial Development... Continue Reading →
Huawei launches own operating system to replace Google’s Android
Huawei has rolled out its long-rumored Hongmeng operating system (OS), known as the HarmonyOS. The company says it can switch to the new system at any time, including on phones, if it is unable to use Android. The Chinese tech giant officially unveiled the new platform on Friday. The operating system can be used on... Continue Reading →
Security flaws in Qualcomm’s chip put billions of Android users at risk
Over 40 per cent Android smartphones globally including the ones from Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, among others use Qualcomm chipsets. Security researchers at CheckPoint have discovered over 400 vulnerabilities Qualcomm’s chip. The report suggests that the vulnerabilities have put three billion Android users globally at risk. The security flaws have been found in Qualcomm’s Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chips. A... Continue Reading →
Redmi K30 Ultra confirmed for August 11
Next Tuesday will be a big day for Xiaomi. Not only is it the day on which the company will unveil the Mi 10 Ultra, but it is also the day when it will announce a new version of the Redmi K30. To date, Xiaomi has launched five devices in the Redmi K30 series. Most recently,... Continue Reading →
iQOO 5 design leaks, brings curved edge display and Snapdragon 865 chip
The iQOO 5 official renders show a curved-edge display like the OnePlus 8. The posters also confirm the Snapdragon 865 chipset instead of the Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset. Check out all details. iQOO is a fairly new brand to the Indian smartphone space but it has gained a lot of popularity in the premium segment.... Continue Reading →