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Apple Fitness+ now offers nearly 300 workouts
The iPhone maker has introduced 26 new Fitness+ workouts covering all video categories, which include cycling, strength, yoga, HIIT, core, dance, treadmill, mindful cooldown and rowing. This takes the total number of workouts in the Fitness+ catalogue to 293 till now.
Appearance, social norms keep students off Zoom cameras
The findings indicate that while some students had concerns about the lack of privacy or their home environment, 41 per cent of the 276 respondents cited their appearance as the reason for keeping their cameras off.
Realme to launch 5G smartphone with Dimensity 1200 SoC
MediaTek launched the Dimensity 1200 flagship 5G smartphone chip comes with a 6nm advanced production process, which brings powerful performance and lowers power consumption. With this, the Dimensity 1200 aims to create a seamless 5G experience in all scenarios at all times, maintaining its 5G leadership in the process.
World's largest single-site solar plant in Abu Dhabi
With the capacity to reduce Abu Dhabi's Co2 emissions by one million tonne, the plant will be looking at an environmental impact equivalent to taking 2,00,000 cars off the roads. The UAE is diversifying its energy mix and aiming to meet 44 per cent of its needs through clean energy by 2050.
Naver to acquire storytelling incubator Wattpad for $594 mn
"With the backing of Korean technology giant, Webtoon and Wattpad will collaborate to create a stronger and connected ecosystem across visual and textual storytelling content, with a combined reader base of over 160 million monthly users globally," Webtoon said in a statement.
New Google Chrome update comes without Adobe Flash
Flash reached its official end of life on December 31, when Adobe officially stopped supporting the software. On January 12, Adobe also began blocking content from playing inside Flash. Apple and Mozilla have also stopped supporting Flash, and Microsoft is scheduled to end support later this month, reports ZDNet.
Samsung launches new consumer SSD with upgraded performance
Samsung said its 870 EVO SSD series comes in five models -- 250 gigabyte (GB), 500GB, 1 terabyte (TB), 2TB, and 4TB -- and will go on sale in around 40 countries starting with South Korea and the US. The new SSD can be used with all devices that have 2.5-inch serial ATA (SATA) interface connection, it added. The 870 EVO delivers 38 percent higher rand read performance compared to its previous 860 model, offering a better storage solution for both general and professional users, reports Yonhap news agency.
IT Ministry tells WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy
In its strongly worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, the ministry has slammed the platform's "all or nothing" approach. The letter noted that the proposed changes to the privacy policy raise "grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens."
Microsoft allows users more control over their voice clips
Microsoft said that the new updates let customers decide if people can listen to recordings of what they said while speaking to Microsoft products and services that use speech recognition technology. If customers choose to opt in, people may review these voice clips to improve the performance of Microsoft's artificial intelligence systems across a diversity of people, speaking styles, accents, dialects and acoustic environments.
Lenovo Legion 5 (AMD): Makes immersive PC gaming affordable
Keeping the growing audience for PC gaming, Lenovo has now brought the Legion 5 powered by the premium AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor, which makes high-end gaming available to the masses at an attractive price point.
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