Ukraine plans to urge about 50 additional tech companies, including in gaming, esports and internet infrastructure, to take action against Russia following a slew of earlier requests, a top Ukrainian government tech official told Reuters on Wednesday. Software giant Oracle responded within three hours on Wednesday to a tweet from Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation
iPhone SE (2020) 64GB storage variant can be purchased for as low as Rs. 15,498 via Flipkart. The smartphone is available at a discounted price after applying a bunch of offers available with Apple’s most affordable smartphone on the e-commerce platform. The news comes a few days ahead of the March 8 event where the
Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees, delivering a rare rebuke to a management team that runs the world’s most valuable company. The measure passed Friday during Apple’s annual meeting is nonbinding, so the Cupertino, California, company isn’t required
Facebook Gaming was supposed to be the social media giant’s answer to Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch — a place to watch people play video games. Four years after its promising launch, the service has turned into an eerie digital ghost town where some of the most-watched accounts aren’t even gamers, some of the top live streams
GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Arkadium has long made classic games for grownups, making mobile games and web games for USA Today, AARP, The Washington Post, and MSN. And it recently announced that Stanley Newman joined the New York company as its
Spotify users on Android are getting the much-awaited “Swipe to Queue” gesture. The feature was exclusive for iOS users for years. Spotify appears to be rolling out the new feature to users on the app’s beta version, and all Android users are expected to be able to use the swiping gesture soon. Last month, Spotify
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, global technology companies have joined governments and the international business community in cutting ties with the world’s largest country over its ongoing military actions. Companies including Apple, Google, and Meta are restricting the availability of their products and services to Russian users. Similarly, AMD, Dell, TSMC, and Intel are
GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! India’s Mobile Premier League made a move into Europe this week as it acquired casual online skill game maker GameDuell. MPL now has a global presence that spans Europe, Asia, and North America. Bengalaru, India-based MPL became
Student Jack Sweeney joins Emily Chang to talk about his tracking Russian tycoons. After drawing the ire of Elon Musk with his viral Twitter account “Elon’s Jet,” Sweeney is now tracking the planes of some of Russia’s richest people, as they come under increasing international pressure over the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Facebook and multiple media websites were partially inaccessible in Russia on Friday, as authorities crack down on critical voices and fighting rages in Ukraine. AFP journalists in Moscow were not able to access Facebook, as well as the sites of media outlets Meduza, Deutsche Welle, RFE-RL and the BBC’s Russian-language service. The monitoring NGO GlobalCheck
Lava X2 was launched in India on Friday. The X-series smartphone will be an online-exclusive offering from the company. Lava says that the smartphone is the first smartphone in this series, and it has been specially designed to cater to the needs of budget buyers. The smartphone is packed with features such as a 6.5-inch
MWC 2022 took place this week as a physical event in Barcelona, Spain — almost a year after its mostly online-only presence and a couple of years after the cancellation of its original on-ground version due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since its inception back in 1987, Mobile World Congress (MWC) is known for mobile phones
Poco X4 Pro 5G smartphone could be making its debut in the Indian market soon. The details are yet to be officially announced by the company, but the latest Poco X-series handset has reportedly bagged certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), hinting that it may arrive in the Indian market soon. Poco recently
Apple Maps and Weather apps are now showing Crimea as a part of Ukraine — another move by the Cupertino giant to distance itself from Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. The change is applicable to all users outside Russia. Up until now, Apple was not showing Crimea as a part of any country when
Saints Row 4 is probably one of the wildest games in the series, and lets gamers step into the shoes of none other than the US President, who must save the world from the evil alien overlord Zinyak. Saints Row 4 also adds super powers, allowing players to take on Zinyak’s minions in spectacular moves.
Xiaomi’s purported Mi Band 7 specifications have been spotted online, offering fitness enthusiasts an idea of what to expect from the company’s next fitness tracker. The new fitness tracker will succeed the Mi Band 6 and could feature a larger display than its predecessor, always-on display (AOD), GPS support, and a smart alarm feature. It
Safari users may soon be able to use dark mode on some websites as Apple appears to be working on an upcoming feature that will introduce a Dark mode user preference for individual websites, based on references found in open-source WebKit code. WebKit is Apple’s browser engine that powers all browsers on iOS, and the
British satellite company OneWeb said on Thursday it was suspending all launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after Moscow’s space agency demanded guarantees that its technology would not be used for military purposes. The British government, which owns a stake in OneWeb, said it supported the decision. “In light of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked