Technology

Mark Zuckerberg in November last year rebranded Facebook under a new name, Meta, depicted by a loopy infinity logo. As suggested by the new moniker, the social networking mammoth is gearing up to work on metaverse projects. In order to strengthen its team with the best minds, Meta is reportedly roping in tech workers from

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale dates announced on Wednesday. The four-day sale will begin on Monday, January 17, and will last until January 20. Amazon claims that it will offer deals across smartphones, TVs, electronics, and large appliances, among others. The Amazon sale will also bring instant bank discounts and no-cost EMI options. Among other

Apple paid out around $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,43,300 crore) to developers in 2021, the company revealed in its latest App Store figures. The new figures show an increase in money paid to developers compared to previous years, which comes after Apple’s decision to reduce the commission collected from smaller developers. The company also revealed

Realme GT 2 global and Indian variants have reportedly been spotted on Google Play Console and Play Supported Devices lists. This implies that the handset will be making a debut in multiple markets — including India — soon. Realme launched Realme GT and Realme GT Pro in China last week. The vanilla Realme GT 2

Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille and Words With Friends, in a cash-and-stock deal with an enterprise value of about $12.7 billion (roughly Rs. 94,030 crore). Zynga shareholders will receive $3.50 (roughly Rs. 260) in cash and $6.36 (roughly Rs. 470) in shares of Take-Two

Social media platform Reddit, whose message boards became central to meme stock trading frenzy in 2021, is tapping Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group for its initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Reddit had confidentially filed for an IPO in December and is aiming for

Titan Eye+ launched its first set of smart glasses earlier this week. Titan EyeX features open-ear speakers, touch controls, along with fitness tracking systems. Titan’s new smart glasses are compatible with Android and iOS devices and can connect via Bluetooth v5. They also get an inbuilt tracker and an IP54-rated build for dust and water

Apple Fitness+ is getting Collections and Time to Run services next week. The former is a “curated series of workouts and meditation from the Fitness+ library,” while the latter is an “audio running experience” which is designed to improve the running of the users. The new services will be linked to Apple Watch. Next week,

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G India launch date has been set for January 10, the South Korean tech giant confirmed to Gadgets 360. The Samsung phone debuted in markets including the US, UK, and Europe earlier this week. It comes as a successor to the Galaxy S20 FE 5G and is a tweaked variant of

GameStop’s stock rallied on Friday after a report that the videogame retailer plans to expand its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace and partner with crypto firms. The company’s shares soared last year as it was at the centre of a battle between small investors coordinating on online forums and Wall Street hedge funds that had taken

Clubhouse — the popular social audio chat app — on Friday announced that it is now allowing anyone to listen to conversations taking place on the platform through the Web. The experience is initially rolling out for Clubhouse users in the US and will work for both replays and live rooms with replays enabled. It

Fire-Boltt Ninja 2, the newest smartwatch from the popular wearables brand is now official in India. The budget smartwatch features a 1.3-inch touch screen display and a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitor. It also comes with inbuilt arcade-style games. Fire-Boltt Ninja 2 offers 30 sports modes and is claimed to have a battery life of

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has announced it has partnered with Sony Pictures to bring special content from Spider-Man: No Way Home to the popular battle royale game. As part of an upcoming update to the game, publisher Krafton will add special content, which players can claim by completing missions in the game. BGMI began teasing

Xiaomi teased the launch of a new smartphone in India during the announcement of the Xiaomi 11i series on Thursday, January 6. Although exact details of the phone are yet to be officially revealed, the teaser suggests that the phone could be Xiaomi 11T Pro that debuted in Europe last September. Xiaomi 11T Pro comes

Lenovo at CES 2022 on Wednesday expanded its Legion range of gaming laptops. The new range comprises the Lenovo Legion 5i Pro (2022), Legion 5 Pro (2022), Legion 5i (2022), and Legion 5 (2022) that all come with next-generation AMD Ryzen and 12th Gen Intel Core processor options, and run on Windows 11. Alongside the

The Delhi High Court Monday extended the time for filing replies by Facebook and WhatsApp to two notices issued to them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which has ordered a probe into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy. WhatsApp and Facebook have challenged the CCI’s June 4 and 8, 2021, notices respectively,

Apple on Monday became the first company to hit a $3 trillion (roughly Rs. 2,23,75,950 crore) stock market value, before ending the day a hair below that milestone, as investors bet the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products as it explores new markets such as automated cars and virtual reality. On the first day of

Apple’s iOS-based devices could go into a cycle of freezing and crashing and eventually become unusable due to a HomeKit vulnerability that has been exposed by a security researcher. The issue exists in all iOS versions, starting with iOS 14.7. iPhone users on the latest iOS version are also affected by the denial-of-service vulnerability, the