TECHNOLOGY

'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' game is arriving in 2022
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Releasing in 2022, 'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' is a first person, action-adventure experience developed by Massive Entertainment -- a Ubisoft studio, in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney. The game will be available exclusively on the new generation of consoles -PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, as well as Stadia, Amazon Luna, and Windows PC.
Lawsuit claims iPhone, other Apple devices infringe on wireless patents
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The complaint, lodged in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, claims that Apple products -- like iPhones and iPads -- infringe on specific claims in 13 different patents owned by non-practicing entity Smart Mobile, LLC. Virtually all of the patents share a common specification and several of them are continuation-in-part of a patent application filed in 1999, AppleInsider reported.
Xiaomi likely to unveil flagship phone with under-display camera
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According to GSMArena, the UWB is already featured in both Apple and Samsung's latest flagship devices. The Samsung SmartTag and Apple AirTag both use this technology for precise tracking using the Galaxy S21 and iPhone 12, respectively. Xiaomi could be planning to introduce UWB-compatible, trackable accessories, the report said.
Your digital life may soon be stored on DNA data files
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Every day, humans produce emails, photos, tweets and other digital files that add up to another 2.5 million gigabytes of data. Much of this data is stored in enormous facilities known as exabyte data centres (an exabyte is 1 billion gigabytes), which can be the size of several football fields and cost around $1 billion to build and maintain.
Google's Android 12 Beta 2 feedback survey is now available
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Like last month's form, the Beta 2 survey starts by asking users to rate their satisfaction with Android 12 Notification and Quick Settings and the Volume Panel. According to 9To5Google, the latter was slimmed down, while the former now adapts to wallpaper, among other layout changes.
Google team uses AI to create next-gen chips faster than humans
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The new AI method utilises past experience to become better and faster at solving new instances of the problem. "Our method was used to design the next generation of Google's artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators, and has the potential to save thousands of hours of human effort for each new generation," the team wrote in a paper appeared in the scientific journal Nature.
CAIT asks Goyal to direct CCI probe into Amazon, Flipkart
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The CAIT has also urged Goyal to immediately issue a fresh Press Note replacing Press Note 2 of the FDI policy with a Monitoring mechanism to ensure that law of the land prevails and no one should dare to violate the policy, law or the rules.
Apple supports Windows Precision Touchpad gestures in new update
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The new 6.1.15 update includes support for Windows Precision Touchpad, including single tap to click, lower-right corner to right-click, down motion to scroll up and three or four-finger gestures. According to The Verge, various Reddit users noticed the surprise update went live yesterday, and it works better than third-party solutions like Trackpad++ and mac-precision-touchpad that people have had to use for years.
Apple 'boosted' ranking of its Files app ahead of Dropbox: Report
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Apple has reportedly admitted that it manually boosted the ranking of its own Files app when users searched for its competitor Dropbox for nearly 11 months. According to The Verge, an email chain has surfaced during the Epic vs Apple trial that confirms this.
iQOO Z3 5G: Performance-driven device for millennials, Gen Z
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With iQOO Z3, the brand has brought future-ready 5G capabilities, superb camera technology and strong hardware specifications into the hands of young users who love mobile gaming and OTT streaming. Packed with latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G 5G Mobile Platform, 55W FlashCharge and a 64MP Auto Focus Main camera, the top-end variant of iQOO Z3 is available for Rs 22,990 (8GB+256GB) on online channels.
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