At CES 2021, MSI has new Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series graphics configurations for laptops of early 2021 in its GE, GS, GP, and GF series. The company has announced the new GE76 Raider Dragon Edition and GE66 Raider that come with up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics, Intel Core i9 processors, and supports
Signal said on Saturday it had restored its services a day after the application faced technical difficulties as it dealt with a flood of new users after rival messaging app WhatsApp announced a controversial change in privacy terms. Signal has seen a rise in downloads following a change in WhatsApp’s privacy terms, that required WhatsApp
Apple has begun early work on an iPhone with a foldable screen, a potential rival to similar devices from Samsung Electronics Co. and others, though it’s planning only minor changes for this year’s iPhone line. The Cupertino, California-based company has developed prototype foldable screens for internal testing, but hasn’t solidified plans to actually launch a foldable
Google Pay, the digital payments app from the tech giant, is a popular platform for users in India to send and receive money easily. However, the app also offers a series of offshoot services for its members, including the ability to do a prepaid mobile recharge. If you are a Jio, Vi (Vodafone Idea), Airtel,
Voice rate cutter plans are recharge plans that focus on, as the name suggests, cheaper call rates. The USP for these plans is not data or SMS or other benefits like subscriptions to streaming services, but to bring down call rates without affecting the validity or value of the plan. Over the years, call rates
Oppo A93 5G has been launched officially in China as the latest smartphone offering from the company. The phone is powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 SoC and packs a triple rear camera setup on the back. The rear cameras include a 48-megapixel primary sensor and two 2-megapixel macro and monochrome lenses. Oppo A93
Apple TV+ free trial subscription will reportedly be extended once again for existing free trial users. All Apple TV+ users whose one-year free trial was going to expire sometime before June, will now instead be able to enjoy free access till July 2021, a new report suggests. The one-year Apple TV+ free trials were offered
Vaio E15 and Vaio SE14 laptops have been launched in India as the company marks its comeback in India. Both the laptops come with full-HD IPS displays and are bundled with Microsoft Office 365. The Windows 10 Home-based laptops also feature top-firing speakers, along with Dolby Audio and Smart Amplifier. Vaio SE14 in the series
The soundbar is a pretty genius product concept, offering many of the benefits of a full-fledged home theatre system while avoiding the complications of installing a multi-speaker setup. However, soundbars can be rather expensive, often costing as much or even more than the televisions people want to use them with. Budget soundbars do exist, but
WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and Telegram. The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said. It has clarified
Truecaller CEO Alan Mamedi says that the app has crossed new milestones, and neared 200 million users in India alone. The caller ID app that is popular for identifying spam calls — alongside providing messaging and payments features — grew its global user base 25 percent to 267 million active users at the end of
Samsung Galaxy M62 has been spotted on the FCC certification site. It shows that the phone packs a large 7,000mAh battery. The smartphone was recently reported to be a tablet, but the documentation on FCC mentions that this is a mobile phone. Samsung Galaxy M62 is reported to feature a large display and a past
Smartwatches and true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds are reported to have spearheaded the growth of the wearable segment in 2020, new Counterpoint Research report suggests. In Q3 2020, the report suggests that Apple was responsible for 29 percent shipments of TWS products and 28 percent of smartwatch shipments. The total earwear segment raked in 52
Pension fund managers and religious investors on Friday asked top social media companies to step up their content control efforts to reduce the threat of violence ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden next week. The effort is the latest pressure on Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet over extreme rhetoric after the storming of the US Capitol
TCL has announced a range of devices at CES 2021. This includes NXTPAPER and Tab 10s tablets, and TCL’s new Mini-LED, QLED and 4K HDR TV range. It also detailed on its Next-Gen OD Zero mini LED Technology that looks to be introduced in TVs later this year. Key specifications of the new TCL Tab
Signal is facing an outage globally — thousands of users are reporting errors to site status tracker DownDetector, and Gadgets 360 confirmed this for ourselves as well. Although you can open the app and send messages, nothing is actually being delivered right now. The issues seem to have started about one hour ago at 8.30pm
Star Wars is getting a new open-world game that will be developed by Ubisoft-owned Massive Entertainment, the Swedish studio is best known for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Ubisoft and Disney-owned Lucasfilm Games announced. Massive — which is also making a game based on James Cameron’s Avatar — will use its existing Snowdrop engine to
YouTube is testing a new feature that lets users buy products they see in videos directly from the platform. Viewers will be able to discover and shop for products featured in select YouTube videos. The feature is currently being tested by the video-streaming platform with a small number of users in the US on Android,
Thomson has launched two Android TV sets in its new Path series ahead of the Republic Day sale on Flipkart. The new TVs come in 42-inch and 43-inch sizes and run on Android 9. The Thomson 42-inch PATH2121 and 43-inch PATH0009BL TV models also come with Google Assistant support, and a remote that has dedicated
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a Read Later feature, that is essentially a rejig of what Archived Chats is right now. Read Later, as the name suggests, will keep all chats added to this list muted, and new message notifications for these chats won’t be offered to reduce frequent interruptions. Essentially, users can put all
Apple Store is offering Rs. 5,000 cashback to shoppers who place online orders over Rs. 44,900 in India. This will be a limited-time offer that will start on January 21 and end on January 28. The cashback offer will be valid for HDFC Bank credit cards and HDFC credit card EMIs only. There are a
Samsung Galaxy A52 production has begun in the company’s Greater Noida facility, as per a report. It also says that Samsung could bring a 5G version of the Samsung Galaxy A52 to India. The smartphone recently received the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification, which hints that it could launch in India soon. The Samsung
MacBook Pro models coming out this year will see significant design changes as reportedly stated by noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. There have been talks about Apple working on MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch models that will be powered by its own M1 or the rumoured M1X processors, but the Cupertino giant has not shared any
Amazfit GTR 2e and Amazfit GTS 2e smartwatches will launch in India on January 19, as announced by the company. Along with the launch date, video teasers for the smartwatches were also shared by the company on Twitter, revealing specifications. Amazfit GTR 2e and Amazfit GTS 2e are the affordable versions of Amazfit GTR 2
PlayStation 5 will not receive a second round of pre-orders in India ahead of the February 2 release date, Sony confirmed to Gadgets 360. The anticipated game console went on pre-orders in the country on January 12 for just a few minutes — after which it became “sold out” across all channels. That brought disappointment
Tom & Jerry will now release February 19 in cinemas in India, a full week earlier than originally announced. Warner Bros. India revealed the new release date on Thursday via its social media channels. That puts the Indian release date a week prior to the US, where Tom & Jerry releases February 26 on (US-exclusive
Search and advertising giant Google closed its deal to buy fitness tracking company Fitbit, the companies said on Thursday, even as US and Australian competition regulators said they were continuing probes of the $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,350 crores) transaction. The Justice Department, which sued Alphabet’s Google in October for allegedly violating antitrust law in its
LG Ultra series monitors have been announced at CES 2021. The monitors, which include new models from LG UltraGear, UltraWide and UltraFine series, are aimed at gamers, digital artists and technology professionals, as per the company. LG says that these monitors deliver superior productivity and entertainment, and are perfect for both home as well as
Alcatel TKEE Mini, TKEE Mid, and TKEE Max tablets for kids have been launched by TCL in India. The new tablets come preloaded with the subscription-based Kidomi super app that offers access to books, games, and videos for children between 3–13 years. The Alcatel TKEE kids tablets also come with TÜV Rheinland-certified Eye Care displays.
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro true wireless earphones with intelligent active noise cancellation has been launched. The new earphones are the most premium and advanced true wireless headset from Samsung yet, and come with advanced features such as active noise cancellation, wireless charging, and IPX7 water resistance. The Galaxy Buds Pro are the successor to the