A US judge has rejected Intel’s request to set aside a jury verdict ordering the chipmaker to pay VLSI Technology LLC $2.18 billion (roughly Rs. 16,225 crores) for patent infringement. US District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas, denied Intel’s motion for a new trial in a sealed order issued late Monday. Jurors on March 2
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event will be livestreamed today, August 11, at 7:30pm IST. It will bring next-generation foldable smartphones — Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. The two phones will come with upgrades over the previous generation of foldables and are expected to be priced lower as well. The company
iQoo 8 series will be unveiled in China on August 17 and ahead of its launch, the Vivo-sub brand has shared its camera details along with some samples. iQoo 8 Pro will feature a 50-megapixel primary sensor along with a 48-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens. iQoo 8 series will include the vanilla iQoo 8
How to tap into India’s exploding gaming market Learn how developers and studios of every size can successfully grow their titles in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. Download Now! All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Krafton raised $3.75 billion in on public offering, but the maker
AMC Theatres will start accepting Bitcoin to pay for movie tickets, its CEO announced during AMC’s earnings call on Monday. AMC is the biggest chain of movie theatres in the US, and joins a growing number of businesses that are now starting to accept Bitcoin as a form of payments. Although Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency
How to tap into India’s exploding gaming market Learn how developers and studios of every size can successfully grow their titles in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. Download Now! All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Unity announced today that it has entered into an agreement to
TikTok surpassed Facebook to become the most downloaded app in the world in 2020, according to business journal Nikkei Asia, citing a global survey of app downloads. The journal said that the Chinese short-video app topped the list of social media providers for the first time since the study was first conducted in 2018. TikTok
YouTube is getting a new fast forward and rewind feature that lets users skip chapters while playing a video. Users would need to double-tap with two fingers to change to the previous or the next chapter. It is worth noting that this feature will only work if the content publisher has defined the chapters in
The Oppo Reno 6 Pro was a decent upgrade to its predecessor, the Reno 5 Pro, but its new features didn’t quite justify the jump in price, in my opinion. The good news is that Oppo has also launched a more affordable non-Pro version, and comparing the two models, it might just be the more
OnePlus Watch Harry Potter Edition is reported to launch in the Indian market in the coming weeks. This limited edition was teased at the end of the OnePlus Watch launch event in March, and now the company is expected to finally introduce it into the market. The Harry Potter Edition is likely to come with
Battlegrounds Mobile India has banned over 336,000 players for using illegal programmes to gain advantage in some form. Krafton shared the development on the game’s official website and said that it has investigated cases between July 30 and August 5. Additionally, the game has crossed 48 million downloads, which is the first phase of its
Mi Mix 4 was unveiled at a special event in China on Tuesday as Xiaomi’s first commercial phone to carry an under-display camera. The new Mi Mix phone comes with a new camera technology that hides the front-facing sensor under the display. Xiaomi calls the camera ‘Camera Under Panel (CUP)’. The smartphone also carries triple
HP Envy 14 (2021) and HP Envy 15 (2021) laptops were launched in India on Tuesday. The new models come with 11th-generation Intel Core processors and are upgradable to Windows 11 (currently running on Windows 10 Home). Both HP Envy 14 (2021) and HP Envy 15 (2021) also include an all-new cooling system that uses
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series will be powered by an Exynos W920 SoC, which is Samsung’s latest chipset for its next-generation of wearables. The South Korean tech giant just announced the new SoC and says it offers “high performance, efficiency, and LTE connectivity, packed in the industry’s smallest form factor”. Samsung also claims it is
Shares in Krafton, the Tencent-backed South Korean company behind blockbuster video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), fell as much as 20 percent from their IPO price on their trading debut on Tuesday. Analysts attributed the tumble to an expensive valuation and China regulation risks, with gaming companies facing uncertain prospects after China regulators have come down hard
Japan needs more convincing of the merits for making cryptocurrency investing easier for its population, according to the country’s top regulator. While Financial Services Agency Commissioner Junichi Nakajima said he’s open-minded about the potential benefits that assets like Bitcoin possess as a quick and cheap way to send cash, in Japan currently, they are mainly
How to tap into India’s exploding gaming market Learn how developers and studios of every size can successfully grow their titles in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. Download Now! All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Roblox will host a launch party for YouTuber and hip-hop musician
Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition gaming laptop has launched in the Indian market. The device is powered by the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPU coupled with AMD Radeon RX 6800M GPU. The laptop features a WQHD panel with a 165Hz refresh rate. Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition has a 90Whr battery that