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Samsung unveils upgraded smart tracking tag with UWB tech
The latest product will be available beginning next Friday though its launch schedule will vary by market. Its predecessor, Galaxy SmartTag, which was launched in January, only used BLE technology, which provides reduced power consumption and lowers costs compared with the previous Bluetooth wireless technology, reports Yonhap news agency.
Epic charges Apple of monopoly, iPhone maker says ‘PR stunt'
While Epic Games argues about Apple's monopoly over the app market and treats a 30 per cent standard fee amount to anti-competitive behaviour that must be regulated by antitrust law, Apple contends that "the whole antitrust allegation and associated dust-kicking is little more than a PR stunt," reports TechCrunch.
After Facebook, LinkedIn now faces massive 500 million users' data leak
An archive with data purportedly scraped from 500 million LinkedIn profiles has been put for sale on a popular hacker forum, with another 2 million records leaked as a proof-of-concept sample by people behind the hack.
Nokia maker HMD Global introduces 6 new phones
At top of the new portfolio are the Nokia X20 and Nokia X10, powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform, Android 11 straight out of the box, ZEISS Optics and innovative AI solutions. With a wide 6.67-inch Full HD+ punch-hole display, Nokia X20 and Nokia X10 also come with a 100 per cent compostable case in the sales box, the company said in a statement late on Thursday.
Elon Musk's Neuralink shows how monkey plays Pong with his mind
Pager, a nine-year-old macaque monkey, had a Neuralink chip implanted about six weeks before the video was shot. The monkey was first trained to play the Pong video game with a joystick for a banana reward. The Neuralink device recorded information about which neurons were firing as the money played the video game.
Facebook, Instagram face another global outage in less than a month
People took to the online outage detector platform DownDetector as they were welcomed with a "sorry something went wrong" error message from Facebook and Instagram. The outage appeared to affect Facebook's internal websites as well, noted in a tweet from famed developer Jane Wong.
Facebook to add labels to satire pages in News Feed
The social networking giant said it is already testing a way to give people more context about the Pages they see. The experiment has started for users in the US."We'll gradually start applying labels including 'public official,' 'fan page' or 'satire page' to posts in News Feed, so people can better understand who they're coming from," Facebook said on Wednesday.
Google I/O 2021 will be virtual, free to attend
Google I/O 2021 will feature Consumer and Developer Keynotes followed by Technical Sessions for "product announcements and how to adopt new features".Users will have to register for Workshops that are instructor-led and feature Q&A, while Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions will be an "opportunity to ask Google product experts questions".
Apple's Find My app now lets third-party locate lost products
The Find My network accessory programme enables users to keep track of their belongings in the new Items tab within the Find My app.The new products that work with the Find My app from VanMoof, Chipolo and Belkin will be available beginning next week. It will allow users to locate where they left their ride, their earbuds at the gym, their backpack, and so much more.
OnePlus unveils '9R 5G' in India for gaming enthusiasts
The OnePlus 9R 5G comes in two storage variants -- 8GB+128GB and 12GB+256GB -- at Rs 39,999 and Rs 43,999, respectively.The smartphone will be available in two colour options -- carbon black and lake blue -- on April 14 for Amazon Prime members and OnePlus Red Cable Club members. Open sales will begin on April 15 across online and offline stores.
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