San Francisco, US-based online payments firm Stripe says it is not “implausible” to begin accepting cryptocurrency as a payment method in the future. Previously, the company had begun accepting Bitcoin payments but discontinued the practice in 2018. Presently, when the overall crypto market cap is around a whopping $3 trillion (roughly Rs. 2,22,79,296 crore), it
With big tech drifting towards virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), creating space to accommodate the metaverse, there is an intense debate underway about the limits — or rather a lack of it — of this new technology. One of the major concerns among skeptics is that the metaverse could lead to an end
Remember how popular the Talking Tom app was when it was first released? Everyone swore they only had it installed because of their kids, but it was undeniably fun to find out what you would sound like if you were a cat. That, at its most basic level, was voice-changing technology. People use voice changers
Twitter for iOS is reportedly affected by a bizarre bug which logs out users running iOS 15. After many users reported this bug to Twitter, the microblogging platform said that it will be investigating the matter. A good number of users have complained on the platform that they were logged out of the app on
MIUI 13 is currently under development and many newly launched high-end smartphones from Xiaomi have received the beta test builds via the stable beta channels. A fresh report suggests a list of smartphones from Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco that are eligible to receive the Android 12-based UI. As per the report, the Chinese tech giant
If you’re into PC building and overclocking, you might have come across the term “silicon lottery.” Simply put, the term silicon lottery refers to the inherent differences between two processors of the same product line. These differences affect overclocking performance. Let’s dive into this a bit more and see why no two processors are the
PUBG is a name that is quite familiar with almost everyone now, not just India’s youngsters. The mobile version of the game has grown to massive popularity since it came out in 2018, a year after the official release of the PUBG PC version. But after PUBG was banned in India players had to look
Oppo Reno 7 series was launched on Thursday. The new series comprises the Oppo Reno 7 5G as well as the Oppo Reno 7 Pro 5G and Reno 7 SE 5G. All three new Oppo Reno phones come with an AMOLED display with a hole-punch design and feature a gradient back finish. In the series,
Mobiz, a South African startup integrating hyper-personalization into mobile marketing, has raised a pre-Series A round of $ 4 million from HAVAÍC, Futuregrowth, Launch Africa, Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures, CapaciTech and Endeavor’s Harvest Fund. The investment comes as the startup is ramping up efforts to expand into the U.S. and double down on marketing, sales and
Want your games to look better? Don’t want to spend heaps of money on a new graphics card? Nvidia has the solution for you: Image Scaling. Late in 2021, the world-leading graphics card manufacturer turned its Image Scaling tech open-source, meaning that almost anyone with any graphics card could use it to boost their in-game
Xiaomi 11T, Xiaomi 11T Pro, and Redmi 10 (2022) are reportedly getting launched in India sometime soon. The Chinese tech giant is also said to be testing Redmi Smart Band Pro, Redmi Watch 2, Redmi Watch 2 Lite, and Xiaomi Watch S1 Active for the Indian market. The tipster who shared this information did not
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) developer Krafton is highlighting parental controls in its latest “Gaming Responsibly” campaign. This includes a virtual world warning message, OTP authentication for all players under 18 years of age, break reminders for better game-life balance, gameplay limits, and daily spend limits for players to prevent overspending. In addition, BGMI says that
Truecaller on Thursday launched version 12 of its caller ID app with a list of new features. One of the biggest additions is the arrival of Video Caller ID that lets users set a short video that plays automatically when they call friends and family. Truecaller 12 also comes with a redesigned interface that brings
“Buy now, pay later” company Afterpay announced Wednesday that it was going after the $1.5 trillion global subscription payments market by offering to its U.S. customers payment installments for subscriptions, like gym memberships, entertainment subscriptions and online services. The service will launch in both the U.S. and Australia beginning early in 2022 and will be
Samsung said it had picked Taylor, Texas as the location for a new $17-billion (roughly Rs. 1,26,480 crore) plant to make advanced chips for functions such as mobile, 5G, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence. The plant would create 2,000 high-tech jobs with construction to begin in the first half of next year, and production due
Every year, thousands of dollars worth of cryptocurrency are stolen or lost. Of the 19 million Bitcoins in circulation, around 20 percent are considered irretrievably lost. Hacked crypto wallets or forgotten wallet seed phrases lock users out from accessing their fortune forever. Thankfully, there are two groups of professionals who you can turn to retrieve
Battlegrounds Mobile India recently received update 1.7 that brought League of Legends’ Mirror Island. However, many players reported that they were not able to claim the Mirror World lobby theme. Krafton, the developer of Battlegrounds Mobile India, has released a hotfix that lets users claim the lobby theme. The update 1.7 lets players experience 4
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that El Salvador stop using Bitcoin as legal tender, pointing to financial and consumer risks associated with the cryptocurrency, soon after the country’s President Nayib Bukele announced plans for the world’s first Bitcoin city, powered by a volcano and financed by cryptocurrency bonds. El Salvador, a country that
Architecture and construction have always been, rather quietly, at the bleeding edge of tech and materials trends. It’s no surprise, then, especially at a renowned technical university like ETH Zurich, to find a project utilizing AI and robotics in a new approach to these arts. The automated design and construction they are experimenting with show
TikTok has seen its short-form video feed copied by a host of competitors, from Instagram to Snap to YouTube and even Netflix. Now it looks like you can add Spotify to that list. The company has confirmed it’s currently testing a new feature in its app, Discover, which presents a vertical feed of music videos
While OnePlus and Realme already have their TV offerings in the Indian market, now according to a trustworthy source, their sister company Oppo will be joining the party pretty soon as well. According to a report by 91Mobiles, there are speculations that the company’s K9 series will enter the country soon. The K9 TV family
WhatsApp has introduced a new tool to allow users to make their own custom stickers. This feature is rolling out for WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp for Desktop platform users on Mac and PC. The sticker maker feature can be accessed on WhatsApp Web right away and WhatsApp for Desktop users are likely to get it
Don’t you just love it when you get a notification that the Facebook friend whose request you accepted minutes ago liked your 2013 photo? We’ve all been there. If you’re like most people, then you probably have some Facebook posts, photos especially, that you don’t want to delete but at the same time don’t want
Twitter has announced that it has updated its iOS app with a fix for a bothersome bug that would cause users tweets to disappear while trying to read them on the app. The issue, which affected users across the microblogging service, was first resolved on the Twitter Web service on November 15. Now, iPhone and
Honor 60 series has been scheduled to launch on December 1 in China, as per a teaser shared by the company. The upcoming smartphone series is said to comprise three models — Honor 60, Honor 60 Pro, and Honor 60 SE. Honor has also shared the design of the vanilla Honor 60 smartphone through a
Lenovo AIO 520 has been launched in China. The all-in-one PC is powered by an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 processor with Iris Xe graphics, paired with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. The Beijing-based company has equipped the computer with a section designed to quickly access removable hard drives. Lenovo AIO 520
Many of our daily electronic devices rely on transistors one way or another. Transistors are electronic components used to control the flow of current passing through a device. They act as electronically controlled switches turning on and off, providing binary signals that devices can use to process data. As you can imagine, transistors are present
Oppo Reno 7 series is all set to launch in China on November 25. The company has not offered any clarity on an India launch timeline, but leaks suggest that the new series may launch in the Indian market sometime in the month of January. Now, a new report claims that the company may launch
Epic Games Store has introduced its Black Friday deals on PC games. While most games are listed with price cuts, even some recently releases that have been unveiled this year, are listed with deals. For instance, Hitman 3 is listed with a major 60 percent discount and Cyberpunk 2077 and Biomutant are listed with 50
The island country of the Republic of Palau has partnered with San Francisco, US-headquartered crypto solutions provider Ripple to explore the creation of its national digital currency. The partnership will first focus on developing avenues for inter-border payments that could be facilitated by this digital currency that will be backed by the US dollar, if