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Smartphones these days are powerhouses, able to perform any process, and graphics-intensive task you throw at them. This is made possible with the new age processors which are venturing into new horizons with each passing year. Qualcomm is getting ready to release its next Snapdragon processor by the end of this year, and it is going to come with significant improvements thanks to its new 5nm process, making it smaller than the 7nm predecessor. Here is all that you need to know about Snapdragon 875 and what it brings for the next-gen smartphones. 5nm chips are almost 20-percent more power-efficient than the 7nm SoCs and also 25-percent smaller. Of course, the performance is going to be better than the Snapdragon 865 and the current flagship Snapdragon 865 Plus. Now that the speculation is around that the SoC will be using the ARM Cortex-X1 Super Core, one can expect stellar performance. This will give the chipset a clear speed advantage of around 30-percent as compared to the chipsets

Google is all set to launch its new arrival pixel 5 and pixel 4a 5G phones today. The smartphones will be launched in a virtual event   Google is set to host the launch event at11:30 pm IST, with a live stream being promised via its page on YouTube The Pixel 5 has emerged to be a poorly kept secret over the last few weeks, with a number of leaks revealing key specs about the device. Leaks have suggested that the Pixel 5 will bring with itself very different specs from its predecessor, with the biggest change expected to be a more modest processor on the device in the form of the upper mid-range snapdragon 765 SoC. The Pixel 5 is also said to bring with itself a new display that will be 6.0-inches in size. The panel is said to be OLED in nature and come with  a hole in the top left corner of the screen and a 90Hz refresh rate  The Pixel 5 is said to get a 12.2-megapixel lens with f/1.7 aperture support for dual-pixel. There will also be a 16-megapixel secondary lens for ultra-wide shots

 NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) today announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together, “SoftBank”) in a transaction valued at $40 billion. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to NVIDIA’s non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP earnings per share. The combination brings together NVIDIA’s leading AI computing platform with Arm’s vast ecosystem to create the premier computing company for the age of artificial intelligence, accelerating innovation while expanding into large, high-growth markets. SoftBank will remain committed to Arm’s long-term success through its ownership stake in NVIDIA, expected to be under 10 percent. “AI is the most powerful technology force of our time and has launched a new wave of computing,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “ In the years ahead, trillions of computers running AI will create a new internet-of-things that is thousands of times larger than

Poco M2 has been launched in India through a virtual event. The phone, as the name suggests, is a toned-down version of the Poco M2  pro that was launched in the country back in July as a slightly tweaked version of the Redmi Note 9 Pro. The Poco M2 comes with impressive specifications for its price tag such as an octa-core processor, quad rear cameras, a large battery, It will be offered in two RAM and storage configurations and three color options Poco M2 price in India The Poco M2 comes in two configurations – 6GB + 64GB and 6GB + 128GB. The base variant is priced at Rs. 10,999, while the top-end variant is priced at Rs. 12,499. The phone will be offered in three colour options namely, Pitch Black, Slate Blue, and Brick Red. It will go on sale starting September 15 at 12pm (noon) and can be purchased via Flipkart. Poco M2 specifications The dual-SIM (Nano) Poco M2 runs on MIUI for Poco, based on Android 10, and MIUI 12 will be coming soon. It features a 6.53-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,3

  Elon Musk has unveiled a pig called Gertrude with a coin-sized computer chip in her brain to demonstrate his ambitious plans to create a working brain-to-machine interface. "It's kind of like a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires," the billionaire entrepreneur said on a webcast. His start-up Neuralink applied to launch human trials last year. The interface could allow people with neurological conditions to control phones or computers with their minds. Mr.Musk argues such chips could eventually be used to help cure conditions such as dementia, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injuries. But the long-term ambition is to usher in an age of what Mr.Musk calls "superhuman cognition", in part to combat artificial intelligence so powerful he says it could destroy the human race. Elon Musk reveals brain-hacking plans Gertrude was one of three pigs in pens that took part in Friday's webcast demo. She took a while to get going, but when she ate and sniffed

Google Camera 7.5, the latest version of the camera app for Google Pixel smartphones, had earlier been spotted throwing around hints for the Pixel 4a 5G  and Pixel 5, alongside hints for features such as audio zoom, expanded social share, and more camera modes. The same version of the app also brings around some more changes, notably a change in the file naming scheme for photos and finally stopping the behavior for saving portrait photos in a separate folder. In Google Camera 7.5, portrait photos will no longer be saved into their own folders, which is a move that is likely to be appreciated by everyone. On older versions, any portrait pics that you clicked would be saved inside individual folders within the DCIM/Camera directory, which was frankly a terrible implementation. Using most gallery solutions would mean that you had to venture into each individual folder to check out the images, plus your photos would not show up chronologically, and deleting the pictures would still leave

Have you ever thought your internet speeds were too slow? We have news to tell you "its about the fastest internet in the World to make you feel worse. Researches at University College London have set a new World record for the fastest internet in the World at 178 Terabits per second(Tbps) That's 178,000 GPS. This project was conducted by Dr. Lidia Galdino from the Royal Academy of  Engineering, Xtera, and Kiddi Research. Earlier, there were reports of the fastest internet speeds in Australia which were recorded at 44.2 Tbps. This new speed is almost four times faster So what can you do with 178 Tbps speed? You can download EVERYTHING on Netflix, and we mean literally everything, in just one second. To tap into such insane speeds, UCL researchers applied a higher range of wavelengths instead of the standard optic fiber optics and used newer amplified technology to boost the signal farther while amplifying it. The current normal infrastructure that’s in place for the internet w

Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, and other Google services are facing an outage. The issues seem to have impacted many users globally. Several users on Social media are reporting problems sending emails through Gmail and uploading files on Google Drive. And also some users are facing some connectivity issues while using Google Docs are attending Video chats in Google Meet. The Problem has started today morning . However , Google is still working on the problems. Several users across the world aren't able to access their emails on Gmail. Some have reported that they are facing issues while uploading attachments to the emails. And now the hashtag #Gmail is trending on Twitter. Many are tweeting about this by stating their problems    The mass reports about the Gmail outage emerged at around 9:30am IST today. The G Suite status Dashboard has also been updated to reflect issues affecting Gmail.  Including Gmail, Google services like Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Meet, etc are

From the upcoming year, Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer. Microsoft is bidding farewell to Internet Explorer 11 as well as Microsoft Edge Legacy. The company will be withdrawing support for the browser in a phased manner. Starting November 30, the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support Internet Explorer 11. By August 17, 2021, the browser will no longer be supported by the remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services. Meanwhile, it is also ending support for the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop app on March 9, 2021. After this date, the desktop app will no longer receive new security updates. Microsoft has reportedly been planning to cut support for the Internet Explorer brand for quite some time now, a move which first became apparent in 2015 with the company rolling out the new Edge browser under the codename 'Project Spartan'.

As Apple confirmed that its upcoming iPhone 12 series would not launch in September, the iPhone maker is now said to hold the launch event in October. The India availability of new iPhone models in India happens typically a week after they become available in the US.  It should be noted that several industry analysts had earlier predicted that the iPhone models launching in 2020 would get delayed. The tech giant has not specified further details about the delay in the launch. However, Apple's announcement came soon after global chip making giant Qualcomm indicated at a brief delay in the launch of the iPhone 12 line up that could comprise four new models. Akash Palkhiwala, Qualcomm CFO had suggested the delay and said: “a slight delay that pushes some of the units out from the September quarter to the December quarter for us.” iPhone 12 range will be announced on the week commencing October 12 (which might mean an announcement on Tuesday, October 13, since Apple often unveils thin

The Surface Duo has Finally Arriving in Markets, and it's expensive. On Wednesday, Microsoft Officially announced that Surface Duo costs about $1400 and begins shipping on September 10 in the US.Microsoft yet to announce its plans to launch the Surface Duo in India. What is Surface Duo? The Surface Duo is a Pocket-Sized, dual-Screen device that is neither phone nor tablet. Actually, it's a Combo of Smartphone and Tablets  The biggest highlight of the Surface Duo is that it runs Google’s Android. Microsoft says the company has worked closely with Google to optimize the Android app for the dual-screen device or you can also run the same app across both screens at the same time. This would mean you can edit a Word document on one screen and read a book on Amazon’s Kindle app on another screen. The Surface Duo has access to the Google Play Store and runs Microsoft Launcher. The Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft is committed to updating Surface Duo with regular Android and securit

Image: Google __________________________________________________________________________________ Google is testing a new user-created public profile system called “people cards,” which will let users create their own profile (including their job, links to their social media platforms, a brief bio, and more) that will appear directly in Google search results. It’s similar to how celebrities and businesses already appear. The new cards are only being tested in India in English to start. To set up a new people card, simply search the phrase “add me to search” while logged in to your Google account. From there, Google will bring you to a new page that lets you create the card. The only mandatory fields are name, occupation, location, and an “about” bio, although you can also add information on your education, hometown, links to your website and other social media, and even your email and phone number (should you feel comfortable posting those on a publicly accessible Google search). Obviou

  The Xbox Series X, Microsoft’s next-generation game console, is set to officially launch in November. The high-profile console will go on sale during the 2020 Holiday season, although there is still no information on pricing. The Xbox Series X will compete with Sony’s PlayStation 5, which is also on track to launch during the 2020 holiday season. The Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said the Xbox Series X will be able to run “thousands of games spanning four generations" including 100 titles “optimized for Xbox Series X”. Microsoft says more than 50 new games are planned for the Xbox Series X this year, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Dirt 5, Gears Tactics, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Watch Dogs: Legion, among others. However, the console’s big launch title 343 Industries’ Halo Infinite, will be delayed till 2021. Microsoft was originally targeting to release Halo Infinite in late 2020. The Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s most ambitious game console to date. The console looks li

OnePlus HydrogenOS 11, based on Android 11, will be launched on August 10, the company has announced. OnePlus ships its phones with HydrogenOS in China, and with OxygenOS in the rest of the world. Since Google services are not available in China, HydrogenOS comes without apps like Play Store. The release of HydrogenOS means Android 11 is coming to OnePlus phones, and also sets the stage for the OxygenOS 11 rollout in other markets, like India. OnePlus confirmed that it will be announcing HydrogenOS 11 at 2pm local time (11:30am IST) on August 10 through a Weibo post. Not much is known about the features that will be included in the latest iteration of the operating system. Since it will be based on Android 11 it is safe to say that the OS will bring all the features that will be included in the upcoming iteration of the stable Android OS. Recently, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau shared an image that showed a clock face with the time set to 11 o'clock, and its caption read “11 ‘on display'

Microsoft has posted a statement yesterday on its corporate blog that says it will continue discussions on a potential TikTok purchase in the U.S. As a part of the statement, it says that it may invite other “American investors” to participate on a minority basis. The company says that this is a result of conversations between CEO Satya Nadella and President Trump. That is, basically, the ‘news’ here. Previous reports and our own digging pointed to the situation is totally in the hands of the White House, with Microsoft willing to make the buy but having roadblocks in the form of Presidential sentiment. If Satya has engaged Trump directly then there could be light at the end of this possibility tunnel after all. “Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J. Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States,” the statement reads. “Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the

Telegram new features: Telegram announces a slew of new features! Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp’s rival app Telegram has rolled out a new update, which has significant features. These new features include an improved version of its ‘people nearby’ facility, and it also allows users to upload Profile videos. Not just that, it has now also allowed unlimited file sharing with up to 2 GB per file. The updates were announced by the company in a statement on Sunday. Profile video on Telegram: What it means The profile video features mean that now, users can upload their video to make it their profile display media, instead of having to stick to a picture. Whenever someone opens the profile of a user who has displayed a profile video, it would play. Apart from that, users would also be able to choose a specific frame from the video which could be displayed in chats. Telegram: Increased file sharing limit Telegram also announced on Sunday that it would be increasing the s

"WhatsApp lets you send files larger than 16MB limit as well " The trick to sending large files on WhatsApp lies in uploading these files on Google Drive and then sharing that link with the receiver on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. It is easy to use. It is loaded with features that enable users to share creative messages with their friends and family. And best of all, it allows users to share media files and documents, including PDF files and Excel sheets, with other users. But even this feature has some limitations. WhatsApp allows users to share files that are up to 100MB in size. For videos recorded using WhatsApp, this limit is 16MB. If a user tries to send a file that is bigger than this limit, the Facebook-owned messaging app will show an error message to the user. But thankfully there is a workaround that enables users to share files that are much larger than 100MB using WhatsApp. Enter: Google Drive. The trick to sending la

5G network was first introduced commercially in 2019. The 5th generation of wireless technology is a successor to 4G. Reports suggest that this new service will turn up 100 times faster than its predecessor. The telecom Gaint of India Jio has recently announced it is ready to test the 5G network in Jio in Jan 2021 and launch it in the end of 2021. Undoubtedly, if 5G comes into action in India, then the speed of the data would reach up to 10 gigabits per second. That means the users will be able to download a full-length HD movie just in seconds. South Korea, the US, and China have already switched on to 5G technology,  So, in order to make things easier for you, we have compiled a list of the best phone which supports 5G connectivity in India in 2020. The 5G phones that are available in India are: Oneplus Nord Xiaomi Mi 10 5G Realme X50 Pro Oneplus 8 Pro Oneplus 8 ONEPLUS NORD: Rate:  24999Rs Chipset : Qualcomm OnePlus has launched its new smartphone in India named OnePlus Nord. This p

MediaTek announces yet another 5G-enabled chipset, the Dimensity 720, and this one goes even lower in the price bracket. It's also the first from the company in the Dimensity 700-series. It's built on the 7nm manufacturing process and employs an octa-core CPU that consists of 2x Cortex-A76 cores and 6x Cortex-A55 cores coupled with a Mali-G57 MC3 GPU. The chipset can be paired with LPDRR4X RAM and UFS 2.1 storage. As far as 5G capabilities go, the mid-tier chip supports the sub-6GHz standard. To address the relatively higher power consumption of 5G, MediaTek is counting on the so-called 5G UltraSave technology to save on some juice. Other notable features include 90Hz, HDR10+ display support, Bluetooth 5.1, advanced APU for machine learning, 64MP cameras, or 20MP+16MP dual camеra configurations. Of course, 4K recording is also possible. MediaTek says that the first Dimensity 720-powered smartphones will arrive in the following months and given the pricing of the Dimensity 820 p

The first of Snap’s new Mini applications rolled out Monday, with tools from meditation app Headspace, part of an initiative “to help support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of Snapchatters,” a Snap spokesperson said in a statement. Snap announced it was launching Minis at its virtual Partner Summit last month. The Minis, as the name suggests, are miniature apps made by third-party developers that run inside of Snapchat to create more social experiences among friends, and they are built using HTML. The Headspace Mini is one of four Snap is launching this week. The others are Let’s Do It, which lets groups make decisions together, Prediction Master from Mammoth Media, which “serves timely questions on everything from the Stock Market to sneaker drops, so Snapchatters can see which of their friends is the true psychic,” and Flashcards by Tembo, to create study aids. nap says its research shows that feelings of anxiety, depression, stress, and other mental health challenges are