Discord said on Tuesday it had “rolled back” a problem that had prompted thousands of users to report issues with the messaging platform. More than 44,000 users had reported issues with Discord on Downdetector.com, a website that tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Discord said the
If you’ve spent time watching TikTok videos, chances are that you’ve stumbled on videos with lots of cool filters and effects that creators use to make their content more engaging. One of these is the Reverse effect that allows you to play your clip backward, beginning with the ending. Here’s how to use it to
Spider-Man: No Way Home is coming home next month. BookMyShow has told Gadgets 360 that the latest Spider-Man movie — also the biggest Spider-Man movie ever, and the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time — will be available on its streaming platform, BookMyShow Stream, starting March 23. It will be available in English, Hindi, Tamil,
Realme 9 Pro 5G and Realme 9 Pro+ 5G will launch in India today. The new smartphone series from Realme has had some of its key specifications confirmed via a dedicated microsite. Realme 9 Pro+ 5G will be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 920 SoC paired with an Arm Mali-G68 GPU. The smartphone is also
Think about the coolest 3D models you’ve ever seen—mechs, 3D models of vehicles and buildings, weapon modeling, and other machines all have one thing in common. That thing? Hard surface modeling. You’re likely already very familiar with the world of hard surface modeling. Here’s a quick run-down on the absolute basics. What Is Hard Surface
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired nearly $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,540 crore) of shares in Activision Blizzard before Microsoft agreed to buy the video game maker for $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,17,880 crore) according to a Monday regulatory filing. Berkshire said that as of December 31, it owned 14.7 million shares worth about $975 million (roughly Rs. 7,350
Nokia G11 has been launched as the latest budget smartphone from Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The Nokia phone is promised to deliver up to three days of battery life. It comes as the successor to Nokia G10, which was launched in April last year. The Nokia G11 features triple rear cameras and a 90Hz
Apple has released updates for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina following the release of macOS 12.2.1 Monterey, which fixed an important security flaw in the OS. The company hasn’t revealed the specific security issues that the latest updates plug, but it is likely that the updates improve the security of macOS. These two security
With all of the talk about crypto and NFTs, you probably get that not all cryptocurrencies are created equal. But, what makes a cryptocurrency different? There are actually different standards for coins that do different things on the same blockchain. In the case of Ethereum, the blockchain that most decentralized applications and cryptocurrency projects are
Playfit Dial and Playfit XL smartwatches were launched in India on Tuesday, February 15. The new Playfit Dial smartwatch comes with Bluetooth-calling support that allows users to make and attend voice calls directly from their wrist, without taking out the connected phone. Playfit Dial and Playfit XL features are certified to be dust- and water-resistant
Garena Free Fire, the battle royale game that was amongst the mobile apps and games that the government banned on Monday, is still available for download in India through Samsung’s Galaxy Store. In addition to Free Fire, AppLock developed by DoMobile is available from the Samsung store, without any restrictions. The ban imposed by the
Nubia Red Magic 7 gaming smartphones will come equipped with a dedicated gaming chip called Red Core 1, the ZTE-owned brand has announced via a post on Chinese microblogging website Weibo. This chip is claimed to offer an enhanced gaming experience by facilitating improvements in shoulder button response, vibration feedback, audio, and RGB lighting. The
Michael Chertoff Contributor Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is the author of “Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age” and executive chairman of the Chertoff Group, a security and risk-management firm with clients in the technology sector. The Open App Markets Act, a bill that would, among many other things, require
You’ve probably seen those headphones and earbuds carrying unknown or exotic-sounding brand names. These headphones and earbuds (and other audio equipment) often appear to have similar specs to better-known brands yet retail at a significantly lower price. Typically manufactured in China, where most of our electronics come from, these no-name Chinese audio brands are also
Over the years, multiple smartphone makers have tried to crack the gaming segment in India. We’ve had the Nubia Red Magic series, Black Shark gaming phones, and the Asus ROG Phone lineup, as some notable examples. While most competitors aren’t in the picture anymore, Asus is still consistently churning out new gaming phones year after year.
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has added a new Team Death Match (TDM) map to the popular battle royale game as part of the February 1.8.5 update. The new map, Santorini, is the first 8×8 TDM map in the game, and follows the addition of new features and gameplay changes introduced by Krafton including the ability
WhatsApp is reportedly working on adding a couple of new functions to its regular version as well as the WhatsApp business version. For the former, the Meta-owned instant messaging service is planning to let users create Communities through a future update. The new Communities feature will give group admins a bit more control and will
LinkedIn is a great tool for networking with those in your professional circle, but sometimes people’s political opinions can get in the way. Luckily, LinkedIn has introduced a feature to remove political posts from your feed and continue enjoying the network without the politics. What Is LinkedIn’s Political Block Feature? With a world of free
Apple on Thursday announced updates to AirTag coin-sized tracking devices to prevent them from being used to secretly track people instead of just finding lost keys, wallets or other items. Launched early last year, AirTag devices are designed to be affixed to things people tend to lose, synching wirelessly to iPhone models, iPad devices, or
Asus ROG Phone 5s and ROG Phone 5s Pro are set to launch in India today. The launch will take place virtually where the Taiwanese company will launch both its new gaming phones. The ROG Phone 5s and ROG Phone 5s Pro were unveiled last year. Both phones run on the Snapdragon 888+ SoC and
Released in January 2022, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 boasts 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM. This rivals the RTX 3060 Ti by offering the same memory size with a higher boost clock speed and a lower power requirement, albeit with a much slower memory bus and lower overall bandwidth (there’s always a catch!). Priced at $249, the
Bandai Namco, the Japanese video game publishing giant, has now revealed that it is working on a new development project, one that could see characters and settings from Dark Souls, Dragon Ball Z, and Elden Ring all collide in the metaverse, in a bid to allow fans to interact across its different IPs through a
India’s Reliance Industries is investing $200 million (roughly Rs. 1,510 crore) in Glance, a lock screen content company backed by Alphabet and owned by ad-tech firm InMobi, to bring the service to new Jio smartphones this year, the companies said on Monday. The investment, made through Reliance’s Jio Platforms unit, values Glance at $1.7 billion
Last week, Samsung killed the Note once and for all. It was a symbolic move. For all intents and purposes, the phone will live on as the Ultra tier of the company’s Galaxy S line. But it represents the end of an era for the decade-old brand. It’s also another opportunity for the company to
If you are a Mac user and your microphone stays active even after your meetings on Zoom, then here’s how you can fix it. Zoom has acknowledged a bug that appears to cause the microphone on Mac devices running macOS Monterey to stay on even after leaving a meeting; and the version 5.9.3 update on
Binance has invested $200 million in Forbes. This investment is noteworthy because Forbes is one of the papers of record for Wall Street. Indeed, Forbes is a 105-year-old media gatekeeper of the old economy, a ranking aristocrat of old capital. On the other hand, Binance is the young upstart that has no headquarters but has
Garena Free Fire has banned by the Government of India, in an order released on Monday. The battle royale game is a part of a list of 54 apps that have links to China and could pose a threat to India’s security. The app has also been temporarily blocked on Google Play store in accordance
OnePlus has started working on OxygenOS 13 as its next custom skin on top of Android. While the details about the new software version are yet to be revealed, OnePlus has announced an Open Ears Forum for February 28 where it will discuss the next-generation OxygenOS with its loyal customers. Last year, OnePlus announced that
Remedial Health has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies, and stem the supply of fake and substandard pharmaceutical products, starting with Nigeria before expanding to the rest of Africa. The round was led by Global Ventures and Ventures Platform, with participation from Ingressive Capital, Voltron Capital, Opeyemi Awoyemi’s (Jobberman co-founder) Angel Syndicate
When you think about the future of smart homes, a common dream many of us have is never having to charge a device again. Not only are cords always tangling, managing endless plugs for all your devices can be a pain. Batteries also have a limited lifespan and aren’t great for the environment. While many