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Xiaomi Mi 10 Leaked Official-looking Poster Reveals Launch Date, Key Features

January 20, 2020

The banner also reveals the release date of the Xiaomi phone. A leakster from China that is usually consistent with his inside information revealed that the upcoming flagship will have a 108 MP camera, which is exactly what the Mi Note 10 has.

Samsung Electronics appoints Roh Tae-moon as new mobile chief

January 20, 2020

Curiously, one last-minute detail seems to have just landed regarding the top of the line Galaxy S20 Ultra . The standard S20 gets a 6.2-inch screen with the Plus including a 6.7-inch display and the Ultra packing a giant 6.9-inch viewing area into its shell.

Monster Hunter World Iceborne Roadmap Update Revealed

January 20, 2020

Also of note, while console players usually get content earlier than their PC counterpart, that won't be the case starting April 2020. Capcom has revealed the Monster Hunter World Iceborne roadmap update, and there's a load of stuff which includes new quests, content and more.

SMS, voice calls on prepaid mobile connections back in J&K

January 20, 2020

His comments evoked angry reactions on social media with many condemning Saraswat for making derogatory remarks about eight million Kashmiri people . Earlier this month, the Supreme Court termed internet connectivity as a "fundamental right" and ordered the administration to review all curbs that have been in place for the last 164 days.

40.8mp Leica M10 Monochrom Announced - Black And White Only

January 19, 2020

The predecessor to this camera in Leica's line of monochrome cameras is the Leica M - so that'll be replaced with this in the most current Leica lineup. As is the case with all Leica M-Cameras, the new black-and-white sensor pairs perfectly with the full breadth of Leica M-Lenses, showcasing their contrast, resolution and rendition of the finest details.

WhatsApp down: Users unable to send stickers, media files

January 19, 2020

WhatsApp in recent months disbanded a team that had been established to find the best ways to integrate ads into the service, according to people familiar with the matter. If an admin selects the 1-hour option, every message sent in that particular chat will disappear after an hour. In an interview with Forbes, Acton had openly expressed his distress over Facebook's plans for WhatsApp and his disagreement with the decision to monetise the platform through ads.

Marvel’s Iron Man VR Pushed Back To May

January 19, 2020

Unfortunately, earlier today, Camouflaj posted on its official Twitter account that it has had to make "the hard decision" to delay the game by a few more months. "You'll be hearing from us again soon!" the developer continued. Tony Stark has retired from making weapons and instead creates technology used to battle evil as Iron Man .

Hon Hai, Fiat Chrysler to form venture

January 19, 2020

It was unclear what impact Fiat Chrysler's proposed joint venture with Foxconn , formally known as Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., would have on the wider merger, which is expected to be completed in the next year or so. Past attempts to diversify its product lines have not been entirely successful. The companies said they plan to initially focus on the Chinese market, drawing on their expertise in automobile design, engineering and manufacturing and mobile software technology .

South Africans with slow access to worldwide websites - SAPeople

January 19, 2020

Openserve , a leading Open Access Provider in South Africa, said the submarine cables which links South Africa to Europe was damaged near Libreville in Gabon. In Nigeria, disruption to the transfer of telecoms signals through the cables resulted in the slow internet connection experienced by MTN Subscribers since Thursday.

Why You Should Stop Using Windows 7 ASAP

January 19, 2020

While you shouldn't freak out and buy a brand-new Windows 10 computer out of fear, it is important for you to move to an operating system that will eventually be a lot more secure than the left-for-dead Windows 7. In other words, the security updates are failing irrespective of the version of Windows 10 OS now installed. New features and functions - including some that you may desire because of the proliferation of newer technology with which you would like your computer and its ...

IPhone 12 Will Be Equaling Performance Of 15-inch MacBook Pro

January 19, 2020

Apple just might focus on this to entice those who buy an iPhone 12 model to subscribe to Apple Arcade, or to entice existing subscribers to upgrade to the iPhone 12 when it launches. Apple released a statement to assure iPhone 11 users their data was safe. In fact, Cross believes that the upgrades would be such that the Geekbench 5 score of iPhone 12 line-up would wind up around 1,500-1,600, while the multi-core score might even hit 5,000.

US Space Force mocked for unveiling camouflage uniforms

January 19, 2020

Its members "will look like their joint counterparts they'll be working with, on the ground", it added. Space Force appears to be battle-ready, as long as we're taking down the Ewoks on the forest planet of Endor from "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi".

Apple iPad 5G will arrive with the new iPhones in H2 2020

January 19, 2020

According to reports , Apple will not only release 5G iPhones this year, it is also preparing the Apple 5G iPad. The initial model of the so-called iPhone SE 2 is expected to come with a faster A13 chip and 3GB of RAM. Expectation What else iPhone 12 models are expected to offer? As per the report, Apple's FaceID will be "refreshed", which could mean that Apple may enhance it on the security front.

Two new Google midrangers appear, one is listed with 5G chipset

January 19, 2020

These are Bramble , Sunfish , and Redfin . Sunfish was spotted running a Snapdragon 730 mobile platform, which is a mid-tier SoC by Qualcomm, suggesting this will be a mid-range Pixel smartphone , possibly the Pixel 4a . Shared by tipster SlashLeaks, the photos show a square shaped camera bump housing a single camera. Google seems to be working on three new Pixel smartphones, two of which will support 5G.

Valve says it's "absolutely not" working on anything Left 4 Dead related

January 19, 2020

The company adds that "It's clear some people are having fun creating misinformation to spin up the community and other outlets". If we needed to guess, we would say that Valve in all probability momentarily flirted with the thought of constructing a brand new L4D recreation however that they in all probability did not transcend listening to just a few pitches.

Ninja and other celebrities are getting Fortnite skins

January 19, 2020

At the time of writing, the cost was not disclosed, in all likelihood, the Ninja skin will have a price between 1,500 and 2,000 V-Bucks, around 15/20 euros at the current exchange rate. Ninja isn't the only one getting special treatment from the game. You can check out Ninja very enthusiastically revealing his new skin in the video below.

Fiat Chrysler in conversation with Taiwanese company to develop electric cars

January 18, 2020

In a filing in Taiwan on Thursday, Foxconn revealed it is establishing a joint venture with Fiat Chrysler to develop and produce electric vehicles , including operating internet-connected vehicles. Companies including General Motors Co . and Toyota Motor Co . have electric vehicle joint ventures with Chinese partners to take advantage of their experience at making low-priced vehicles.

USA representative calls for congressional oversight of Major League Baseball sign-stealing scandal

January 18, 2020

An MLB official said the inquiry into wearable devices included the 2019 season. In the days after one of the darker days in MLB history, the league announcing the damning findings of the Astros' high-tech sign-stealing system that has cost three managers their jobs, baseball fans and perhaps baseball players' distant families have sprung into conspiratorial mode: How else did Houston cheat? On Wednesday, the matter of Astros players wearing electronic devices began with tweets stating ...

Windows 7 Begins to Show Full Screen Windows 10 Upgrade Alerts

January 18, 2020

While Windows 7 computers will still continue to function after Tuesday, they will no longer receive technical support, software updates or security fixes. The vulnerability, which is listed as CVE-2020-060, is a spoofing flaw that affects Windows' CryptoAPI , a component that handles cryptographic operations within the operating system.

Trump to Tap $7 Billion for Border Wall

January 18, 2020

In the 2020 budget bill , lawmakers did not include provisions sponsored by Democrats that would have stopped the Republican president from transferring more Pentagon funds, as he did past year. The diversion of funds from the Pentagon to fund the wall was contested by the Democrats, with the majority wanting the president barred from doing so.

This is why OnePlus may not make a foldable smartphone

January 18, 2020

Over the last couple of days, OnePlus Chief Executive Officer Pete Lau has actually been teasing the firm's upcoming smart device display. MEMC (Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation), commonly found on high-end TVs, is a motion interpolation technology that uses real-time algorithmic adjustments to insert additional frames to a video file, enabling 24 or 30fps content to play at 60 or 120fps.

Google wants to bring the Steam game store to… Chrome OS?

January 18, 2020

Since Google's Chrome OS is basically a Linux-based operating system, the Steam client would probably run on top of the available Linux implementation, which is now used to allow Chromebook users to install and run Linux apps. The idea is that, according the Liu, "gaming is the single most popular category of downloads for Play Store content on Chromebooks", and Steam would mean even more games.

The EU could force Apple to abandon Lightning cables at long last

January 18, 2020

The voting session on the matter is said to be held in the upcoming Parliament session. "To reduce electronic waste and make consumers' life easier, MEPs want binding measures for chargers to fit all mobile phones and other portable devices", claims the briefing .

Apple Buys Startup That Makes AI Possible On Low-Rung Hardware

January 17, 2020

The startup's particular unique selling proposition is its ability to make AI work on low-powered devices, meaning it is likely to feature in Apple's devices with more limited hardware-capacity than the iPhone. The whole idea behind this is to boost performance as well as privacy. Its camera software especially makes extensive use of machine learning algorithms for both capturing and processing images, a compute-heavy task that could potentially be made much lighter with the inclusion of ...

Xbox Console Streaming service now available to test in most countries

January 17, 2020

As Xbox Wire reports , Microsoft is ready to let Xbox Insiders around the world help test the Xbox Console Streaming service. Hopefully, it won't be long before everyone can grab some game time while they're away from the living room. Microsoft announced today that Xbox Insiders in all Xbox-One supported countries can now try out the experience. And we're not quite one yet; you will, of course, need an account that you sign in with and a Bluetooth-enabled Xbox One wireless controller.

Fitbit now able to monitor oxygen levels from Versa and other wearables

January 17, 2020

While Fitbit has been struggling in the face of stiff competition from the Apple Watch , the smartwatch maker has managed to beat Apple to the punch on one feature. We would expect the launch of the blood oxygen level tracking on Apple smartwatches by the end 2020. Fitbit users in the US UU. Other wearables help with sleep apnea, including the Apple Watch Series 5 , but Apple is yet to provide a specific reading for blood oxygen saturation.

Mi Mix Alpha 5G with 4D Surround display: The future of smartphones?

January 17, 2020

The device packs a 4030 mAh battery which supports for 18W fast charging. The phone features an in-display fingerprint sensor as well. Xiaomi's president already confirmed the existence of the "Pro" model, by the way, so we'll get at least two Mi 10 phones.

Twitter will probably never launch edit button, says boss Jack Dorsey

January 17, 2020

Jack Dorsey , who co-founded Twitter way back in 2006, confirmed as much in a Q&A video interview with Wired in which he answered users' questions about the service. This renders the retweet inaccurate, Dorsey noted. Twitter never bulged. And according to CEO Jack Dorsey , we really should not hope anymore. A small delay before the tweet actually goes out seems like a decent compromise for typos and the like.

Facebook Reportedly Abandons Plan To Include Ads In WhatsApp

January 17, 2020

WhatsApp in recent months disbanded a team that had been established to find the best ways to integrate ads into the service , according to people familiar with the matter. If Facebook does decide to place ads on WhatsApp, it will have to make sure that all users are alerted. The company also wants to connect businesses to potential customers through WhatsApp and generate revenue in the process.

Horizon: Zero Dawn may leave PlayStation exclusivity for PC

January 17, 2020

This rumor comes from Kotaku , so it's a reliable enough source, and it seems that three people who are "familiar" with what Sony is planning all confirmed that Horizon: Zero Dawn is coming to the PC platform. The open-world post-apocalyptic RPG, developed by Guerrilla Games , originally released as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in February 2017. The report adds several anonymous sources confirming that Sony will be releasing the game on PC this year.

Apple reportedly releasing 5G iPad Pro later this year

January 17, 2020

In the patent, the Cupertino based tech giant described a smartphone and a laptop computer's display with respective labels and descriptions for both. At the same time, Apple users can gain access to data stored in any one of their devices and have access to multiple devices simultaneously. Cross also adds that he expects Apple will use the new process to push GPU performance even higher for gaming purposes, since Apple Arcade is making iPhone gaming more important than ever, and is ...

High winds, snow expected in the mountains Friday

January 17, 2020

Total snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches and ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch possible across northeast Iowa. O'Mara said snow quickly spreads over the area around 12 p.m. Be sure to use caution if traveling. In addition to that, very light icing will be possible nearly everywhere. Strong northwest winds may cause blowing and drifting snow Saturday .

Xiaomi makes POCO an independent brand in India

January 17, 2020

The brand that caused a sensation in India with the Poco F1 smartphone in 2018 is now managed as an independent brand. POCO F1 was an incredibly popular phone. POCO uses Xiaomi's services like logistics, support etc. POCO has its own product strategy. "We also intend to bring the premium smartphones from the Mi line-up, which has recorded a substantial interest since we entered the market", said Raghu Reddy, Head of Categories, Xiaomi India.

Metro Redux coming to Switch on February 28

January 17, 2020

Metro Redux is coming to Nintendo Switch on February 28. The year is 2033. The Metro series, which is inspired by the novel series by Dmitry Glukhovsky, covers Artyom's journeys through the metro and the people he meets along the way.

'Cyberpunk 2077' Has Been Delayed, CD Projekt RED Confirms

January 17, 2020

It's delay season, apparently, and CD Projekt Red's anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 is the latest victim. The gamewas the darling of E3 2019 , where we enjoyed a demo of Cyberpunk 2077 , and CD Projekt red showed off two hours of gameplay footage.

Mortal Kombat 11's Joker brings back Friendship

January 17, 2020

Everyone else can add Joker to their line-up a week later, on February 4. While we don't get a look at the character in full, game director Ed Boon did give us this bloody teaser photo of Joker with the screen mostly covered in, well, blood.

Google outline Stadia feature updates for Q1 2020

January 17, 2020

Google Stadia will add more than 120 games to its library in 2020, Google said in a recent blog post . 10 of the games launching in the first half of the year will be exclusive to Stadia , Google said. While it would have been fantastic for Stadia to launch with all of this and more, it's at least nice to see the team hard at work improving the service month after month.

India’s top court rejects telecom firms' plea for relief on government dues

January 17, 2020

With telecom operators exhausting options to prevent a payout of spectrum usage charges and licence fee accrued over 14 years amounting to Rs 1.47 lakh crore, a further strain on the highly leveraged telecom sector could result in an erosion of value and further consolidation of a three-player industry.

Xiaomi has patented a smartphone with seven cameras

January 17, 2020

LetsGoDigital has created mockup renders of the patented devices. To start with the first patent, it shows a smartphone with a wrap-around screen, which is similar to what we have seen in the recent Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha concept smartphone.

Scientists created living robots out of stem cells

January 17, 2020

The parable is an illusion: these blobs consist of just two things, skin cells and heart cells from frogs. These " bespoke living systems ", as Bongard, Kriegman and colleagues call them, are even more advanced than organoids like the human brains growing in petri dishes.

Annual US patent grants at all-time high

January 17, 2020

Cady said the increase likely reflects efforts to release a bottleneck over what can qualify for a patent, such as in the fields of artificial intelligence. IBM bought the software company for $34 billion previous year. So which are the world's most innovative companies? The group helps protects automakers and retailers who are just entering the technology arena that's often marked by lawsuits.

Google to drop support for third party cookies in Chrome

January 17, 2020

However, Google has relented and says that Chrome will block third-party cookies within two years . They can retain status information such as form entry, login status and more. That will bring us a step closer to eliminating insecure cross-site tracking. "After initial dialogue with the web community, we are confident that with continued iteration and feedback, privacy-preserving and open-standard mechanisms like the Privacy Sandbox can sustain a healthy, ad-supported web in a way that ...

Critical Windows 10 security flaw discovered by NSA

January 16, 2020

The vulnerability is in the component of Windows' cryptography library that validates X.509 certificates , somehow bypassing the chain of trust used to validate the certificate. Microsoft has reminded users that Windows 7, has officially hit its end of life. The word is Microsoft is still allowing this transition from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

Watch the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate January Direct right here

January 16, 2020

Ultimate were a reality from the moment the game was announced , but originally, Nintendo and Sora Ltd. only planned to release five DLC characters for the game. The character becomes the seventh member of the Fire Emblem franchise to join Smash Bros . Were you expecting so many new fighters? Nintendo is adding a fourth house to Fire Emblem: Three Houses , as part of the game's £22.50 Expansion Pass.

GAO finds OMB violated law by withholding Ukraine aid

January 16, 2020

The report comes one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent to articles of impeachment against the president - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress - to the Senate amid pressure from Republicans and several Democrats in the upper chamber.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Reaches New 52-Week High on Analyst Upgrade

January 16, 2020

The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website . JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Dover from $82.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 10th.

Latest Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Character Coming Soon | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

January 16, 2020

We'll be watching the presentation as soon as it goes live, so stay tuned to GameSkinny for more Super Smash Bros . However, until Nintendo makes its big reveal, we won't know for sure what character will be taking that DLC spot. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has added four DLC characters since its release in late 2018. Banjo-Kazooie made a surprise cameo in the fighting game in September 2019, with Terry Bogard from King of Fighters arriving shortly thereafter in November.

Fortnite is finally getting an official Ninja skin

January 16, 2020

Watch Ninja's stream for a sneak peak at the outfit in action! " Fortnite " is available on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC and mobile . Don't forget to use code NINJA! Ever since Blevins blew up in popularity and became the main figurehead for content creators in traditional media, he's wanted his own skin in the popular Battle Royale game.

Ahead of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve's VR Headset is Completely Sold Out

January 16, 2020

Valve also plans to have more stock in before Half-Life: Alyx ships in March, so keep an eye out if you are looking to buy. RoadtoVR tracked the five different configurations the Index is available in - the full kit (which includes the headset, controllers, and base station), headset and controllers, headset only, controllers only, and base station only - and found that they're mostly sold out in the 31 regions where the Index is available.

Samsung Galaxy S20: Fresh Leak Reveals 120Hz Display And No Headphone Jack

January 16, 2020

The upcoming foldable phone is expected to cost around $1,000. On the back, you'll find three or four camera lenses, arranged in rectangular, vertical modules placed on the left. While the size of the display wasn't confirmed in the leak , the S20 is expected to have a 6.3-inch screen and the Galaxy S20 Ultra a 6.9-inch screen.

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