TECHNOLOGY
ASUS ZenFone 8 likely to feature Snapdragon 888 chip: Report
The company recently hinted at the launch of the next-gen Zenfone 8 series models slated for May 12. The Zenfone 8 series has featured in several leaks including the GeekBench listing for a device purported to be the Zenfone 8 Mini, reports GizmoChina. Ahead of the launch, a second ASUS model has appeared on GeekBench, this time around the Zenfone 8.
Google accidentally reveals Pixel 5a camera details: Report
In a recent blog post related to camera features and the capabilities of the HDR+ algorithm, the company linked a Google Photos gallery full of camera samples taken with already existing Pixel phones. The company shared two images on the blog post. The first image has been taken down, but the EXIF data has already revealed what we needed and it clearly says Google Pixel 5a, GSMArena reported.
YouTube building its video-transcoding chip: Report
Google's Jeff Calow said the Argos chip has brought "up to 20-33x improvements in computing efficiency compared to our previous optimised system, which was running software on traditional servers." The VCU package is a full-length PCI-E card and looks a lot like a graphics card. A board has two Argos ASIC chips buried under a gigantic, passively cooled aluminium heat sink.
Vivo V21 5G to launch in India on April 29
The upcoming Vivo V21 series will initially include two models -- V21 5G and V21e. These two devices will be unveiled first in Malaysia on April 27. Similarly, the Vivo V21 5G has been confirmed to launch in India on April 29. Interestingly, it will not be accompanied by the Vivo V21e, GizmoChina reported on Saturday.
Powerful and stylish realme 8 makes 5G affordable again
realme 8 5G is the new offering that comes in two storage variants. The 4GB+128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 14,999 while the 8GB+128GB variant costs Rs 16,999. The devices are available in two colours -- supersonic blue and supersonic black. We used the smartphone with 8GB RAM and supersonic black colour for a while and here's how it fared.
Twitter removes 50 tweets critical of India's Covid management
The data available on the Lumen database shows that the micro-blogging platform has deleted more than 50 tweets that belonged to people like Revanth Reddy, an MP from Telangana; Moloy Ghatak, a West Bengal state minister; two filmmakers; an actor and others. First reported by Medianama, the government had sent an emergency order to Twitter to remove these tweets.
Oculus turns on wireless PC streaming for Quest 2: Report
Air Link is part of the Oculus v28 software update, which recently started rolling out to Oculus headset owners, The Verge reported. Facebook Reality Labs head Andrew Bosworth said that users can find the feature if they are running v28 on PC and Quest 2 headset; if they haven't got access to the update yet, "it's coming very soon".
Global smartphone sales to rise 13% in 2021, highest in 6 yrs
China, the US, India and Japan will account for 54 per cent of all smartphone wholesale revenues worldwide in 2021. Despite the economic uncertainty and dented consumer confidence caused by the coronavirus, the market will be able to bounce back in 2021, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics.
YouTube adds video resolution controls, options on mobile app
A recent server-side update to the YouTube mobile app has now added further options beyond the incremental options and auto resolutions. Previously, the auto option was the only secondary selection you could make beyond the "advanced" or incremental options.
Twitter may soon allow you to pay tips for great tweets
App researcher Jane Manchun Wong has discovered that Twitter is exploring features like tipping to give people a way to pay other Twitter users. The researcher has shared images, showing that Twitter could offer a tipping button on user profiles.
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