TECHNOLOGY

Google adding four Stadia Pro games for January 2021
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The games include Ary and the Secret of Seasons, Figment, F1 2020, and Hotline Miami, reports 9To5Google. Figment costs $19.99, though the musical journey is currently on discount for $11.99. F1 2020 is the most expensive game being offered in this batch at $59.99, currently $29.99.
OnePlus 9 Lite to join the 9 and 9 Pro next year: Report
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OnePlus 9 Lite will borrow a lot from the recently launched OnePlus 8T. It may feature a 90Hz or 120Hz AMOLED display, and a quad-camera setup similar to the OnePlus 8T. It will even get super-fast 65W Warp Charge support, reports Android Central.
5 mobile games that cheered young Indian players in lockdown
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With the Covid-hit year entering its last leg, Indians were spending around 7 hours in a week on playing games on their mobiles and the duration increased among majority (53 per cent) since the lockdown that began early this year.
ICICI Bank unleashes tech-enabled products to enhance retail portfolio
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Recently, the private lender launched 'iMobile Pay' app which offers payments and banking services to customers of any bank. ICICI Bank's Executive Director Anup Bagchi said: "Customers are keen to know if an app can take care of all banking and payments requirements."
Apple places 3nm chip order from TSMC for Macs, iPhones
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The company has a goal of an annual production capacity of 600,000 pieces. The move from TSMC towards 3nm is going to benefit Apple as the company has started to move its entire portfolio towards self-designed chips.TSMC has already been mass-producing the 5nm processor for most flagship devices at the moment including Apple's A14 Bionic and the M1 chips.
Super Heavy flights coming in a few months: Elon Musk
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Super Heavy booster will be used to fly Starship for orbital launches and deeper space missions, including Mars. Reacting to a follower on Twitter, Musk said late on Thursday that the first Super Heavy hop is just "a few months" away. The SpaceX CEO and founder said the company will use both of its two launch pads in Boca Chica, Texas with prototype rockets set up on each.
Internet users can be manipulated into sharing private info, reveals study
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The researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel showed that by using digital "foot-in-the-door" techniques, such as requesting personal information from less important to more private (ascending privacy-intrusion order), websites can successfully entice users to reveal more of their private information.
Google Meet, Duo hosted over 1 trillion minutes of video calls
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The company said that with your Gmail account, Meet calls are unlimited through March 31, 2021, so that families can enjoy holiday traditions without interruptions. In 2020, Google added a Meet tab in Gmail so that with one tap, people can jump from an email to a video call.
The rise of the food-tech industry in 2020
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Greater internet penetration into tier 2 and 3 markets has worked as a catalyst for online food companies such as Licious, Grofers, BigBasket, Zappfresh, and Milkbasket, as more and more people shifted from conventional retail markets to online food deliveries during the pandemic. This, coupled with their accelerated reach resulted in newer groups of customers and higher profits.
Microsoft Flight Simulator virtual reality goes live
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VR support has been one of the FlightSim community's most-wanted features and it was initially expected to release this Autumn before a slight delay. "We are excited to share that Virtual Reality for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available on your favourite VR headset for PC, offering simmers, the deepest and most immersive virtual flight experience in the new simulator to date," the company said in a statement.
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