NSO Group says its Pegasus software can’t be activated against phone numbers with a US country code unless used by an American agency. Months after her father was lured back to Rwanda under false pretenses and jailed, Carine Kanimba discovered her own phone had been hacked using private spyware. Kanimba is the youngest daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, who is credited...
Samsung said on Thursday that laptops and mobile demand is likely to see continued weakness in the coming days. Asian tech firms from chipmaker Samsung to display panel maker LG Display warned of a sharp slowdown in demand for smartphones, TVs and gadgets as surging inflation and deepening concerns of a recession crimp consumer spending. Comments from top company executives...
Qualcomm plans to expand the use of Snapdragon platforms for future premium Samsung Galaxy products. Qualcomm forecast fourth-quarter revenue below estimates on Wednesday, bracing for difficult economic conditions and a slowdown in smartphone demand that could hit its mainstay handset chips business. The chip designer still surpassed expectations for adjusted revenue in the third quarter. Qualcomm’s forecast comes at a time...
Oppenheimer teaser trailer, previously exclusive to cinemas, is now online. Oppenheimer trailer is here. On Thursday, Universal Pictures unveiled the first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s next movie in a livestream loop across all its major social media channels — YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, et cetera. This is the same Oppenheimer trailer that is playing in front of theatrical screenings of Jordan Peele’s sci-fi...
Boult Audio Omega TWS earbuds price in India is set at Rs. 2,499. Boult Audio Omega truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds were launched in India on Thursday. The earbuds from Boult Audio offer features such as active noise cancellation (ANC), environmental noise cancellation (ENC), and include a gaming mode and support for equaliser presets. The company claims a play time...
Kerala Savari, the online taxi hiring service, is claimed to be safe for children and women to use. The Kerala government is all set to come up with an alternative to the popular corporate online cab service by launching its own e-taxi service from next month, considered to be the first such initiative by any state government in the country....
Tata Motors sold 9,300 electric vehicles in the quarter, four times as many as in the same quarter last year. India’s Tata Motors announced its sixth straight quarter of losses Wednesday as inflation, Covid lockdowns in China and chip shortages hurt sales volumes at British subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Net losses for the Mumbai-headquartered automaker widened to Rs. 50.07...
iQoo 9T 5G is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. iQoo 9T 5G is set to launch in India on August 2 at 12:30 pm. The handset is confirmed to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC paired with the Vivo V1+ imaging chip. It sports an E5 AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 90Hz...
NFTs have not escaped the crypto bear market, trading data shows. Interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) saw a massive surge throughout the summer of 2021. After a year, the NFT market’s trading volume has plummeted. Due to the lowest trading volumes in a year and the growing epidemic of NFT hacks, interest in NFTs has decreased along with the overall...
Once complete, the Merge upgrade will slash Ethereum blockchain’s power requirements by 99.95 percent. After passing through rigorous devnets, shadow forks, and other kinds of tech tests, Ethereum’s eco-friendly upgrade is finally close to its roll-out. Called the ‘Merge’, this network will transition on the final testnet, Goerli. The testing, which begins on August 4, will go through more tech...
