TECHNOLOGY
Lava launches new Z-series customisable smartphones in India
The Lava Z1 comes in Blue and Red colours, is priced at Rs 5,499 and will be available from Amazon.in, Lavamobiles.com and offline stores starting from January 26. The Lava Z2, Z4 and Z6 come in Blue and Red colours, are priced at Rs 6,999, Rs 8,999 and Rs 9,999, respectively and will be available from Amazon.in, Lavamobiles.com and offline stores starting from January 11.
Air India Express deploys robotic technology to disinfect aircraft
The airline on Thursday used a robotic device fitted with an UV lamp system to disinfect one of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Delhi airport. At present, UV-C disinfection system is identified worldwide as one of the most effective forms of disinfection.
Over 100 million people still using Windows 7 globally
Windows 7 has around 17 per cent market share from all Windows operating systems, "with Windows 10 far out and beyond that with 76 per cent of people using Windows 10 as of November 2020". Windows 7 actually increased its share of the Windows OS market in December.
Apple working on cheaper AirPods Max with plastic design
The next AirPods Max would be lighter than its sibling that weighs roughly 384 grams, with a plastic build instead of machine-textured anodized aluminium ear cups and stainless steel headband. The upcoming cheaper model of the Apple AirPods Max headphones could be priced around $350.
Hackers accessed our Microsoft O365 email server: US Department of Justice
In a statement, the DOJ said that at this point, the number of potentially accessed O365 mailboxes appears limited to around 3 per cent. "We have no indication that any classified systems were impacted," DOJ spokesperson Marc Raimondi said on Wednesday.
Twitter, Facebook temporarily suspend Donald Trump's account over policy violations
Among Trump's tweets that were deleted was a video addressed to his supporters who violently stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, said Twitter. In the video, the outgoing President said that he "loved" them, and called them "very special".
3 more Indian firms hacked, 1.13 cr users' data at risk: Researcher
"Nearly 80 lakh users of ClickIndia (name, email, mobile and other personal details), 10 lakh users of ChqBook (name, email, mobile, full address and other personal details) and 13 lakh users of WedMeGood (name, email, hashed password, other sensitive personal information),"
Dell launches new PCs, monitors
"Our new intelligent PCs make it possible for us to work smarter and collaborate easier, so we can give our best selves in all that we do. Secure, sustainable and smart: that's the way forward for PCs," Ed Ward, senior vice president, Client Product Group, Dell Technologies, said in a statement.
Microsoft to shut down Minecraft Earth game on June 30
"We have made the difficult decision to re-allocate our resources to other areas that provide value to the Minecraft community and to end support for Minecraft Earth in June 2021," the Minecraft team said in a statement on Tuesday.
Google to add privacy labels to iOS apps as early as this week
According to a report in TechCrunch late on Tuesday, Google is preparing to roll out privacy labels across its iOS app catalogue "as soon as this week or the next". A Google spokesperson confirmed the company has a plan to add privacy labels across its app catalogue.
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