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The OnePlus 8 Pro’s Features and Pricing Makes It the Best Smartphone Of 2020

The OnePlus 8 Pro has two models with the base version priced at just INR 54,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128 GB storage model with options of Onyx Black and Glacial Green to choose from.




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Zomato Wants to Take Over Your Office Cafeteria While Swiggy Wants to be Your Personal Concierge

The restaurant aggregator and food delivery apps are really growing up. But does that mean existing businesses will be impacted, because they'll have their jobs replaced by Zomato and Swiggy?




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How to Join and Host Meetings on Google Meet

A simple guide on how you can make use of the Google Meet video conferencing app.




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Samsung to Equip Its Upcoming Galaxy Buds X With Noise Cancellation Feature

These wireless earbuds are expected to arrive with a bean-like design and provide more surface area to include better touch-sensitive controls.




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Robots, Cameras Are Now Helping China Managing the Covid-19 Crisis: Here's How

China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people.




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New AI Tech by TCS Can Help Find Defects in Processors

The solution harnesses the company's contextual knowledge of the semiconductor industry and the power of deep learning technology.




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Covid-19 Impact: Indian IT Industry Growth Slows Down, But Not Drastically

The IT services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.6 per cent between 2019-2024, to be valued at $14.6 billion by the end of 2024.




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Covid-19 Wreaks Havoc on Wind, Solar Energy Industry with Layoffs, Delayed Construction

While the wind industry is plagued by slowdowns in obtaining parts from overseas, solar businesses have been hit with door-to-door sales no longer feasible.




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Long March 5B Rocket Launched by China, Test Flight Successful for Future Moon Mission

The Long March 5B will, one day, transport astronauts to a space station that China plans to complete by 2022 - and eventually to the Moon.




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More People Are Turning to Social Media, Music and E-Sports During Covid-19 Lockdown

Certain online activities have been given a major boost by internet users during the coronavirus lockdown around the world.




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You Can Now Get a Rs 4,000 E-Voucher If You Pre-Booked a Samsung Galaxy S20 Smartphone

The offer will be applicable for pre-booked Samsung Galaxy S20, Galaxy 20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra smartphones till June 15.




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Apple WWDC Will be Virtual This Year, But we Will Still Get a First Peek at iOS 14 And More

WWDC 2020 is where Apple will give us a first glimpse at what is in store on the software side of things, for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS as well as new tools that may be in development.




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Aarogya Setu Developers Allay Concerns as Ethical Hacker Points Out Flaws in Contact Tracing App

They say that the Aarogya Setu app is designed to collect a user’s location at certain points in the process.




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About 14% of Active Internet Users in India Are Aged 5-11 Years Old

With better connectivity, quality of service, and affordability of mobile Internet, there could be an increase in rural consumers spending more time on the internet in the future.




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Haircut, Salon at Home: How to Book Urban Company's Grooming Services in Lockdown 3.0

Urban Company's grooming services at home are being resumed depending on zones — check if you can get a haircut at home now.




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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Goes on Sale Today: Price, Specifications, Offers and More

Follow up to the Redmi Note 8 Pro, the new Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with an improved camera setup, bigger battery, and a slightly refreshed design.




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Google Nest Users to Get Added Security Layer, Two-Factor Authentication Coming Soon

This six-digit verification code is to verify that it is actually the user who is trying to access their account, and without this code, one won't be able to log in.




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MediaTek Helio G85 Aims to Power Your Next Mid-Range Gaming Phone

The chipset is packed with 1GHz GPU and HyperEngine enhancements that aim to enable powerful and smooth gaming on mobile devices.




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Google Podcast is Getting Better With Its New 'Podcasts Manager': Here Are All The Details

The Podcasts Manager will also provide data on the number of listens per show and episode, number of listens per episode segment.




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PUBG Mobile 0.18.0 Update: Here Are All The Official Patch Notes

The new update drops tomorrow, but here is an early look at the massive patch notes released by PUBG Mobile.




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Sales of Non-Essential Goods Spike on E-commerce Portals as Govt Eases Restrictions

While mobile phones remained the most searched item, searches for the mid-premium segment witnessed the biggest surge within the category.




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Return of the QWERTY? Oppo's Patent for Future Phone Suggests Physical Keypad

The patent design suggests the keys on the keyboard be rather capacitive than tactile and the layout seems to be congested than wider.




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Xiaomi True Wireless Earphones 2 Launching in India on May 8

Xiaomi will be launching its first true wireless earphones in India alongside the Mi 10.




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Companies Are Relying on AI, Hybrid Cloud More Than Ever Due to COVID-19: IBM CEO

Arvind Krishna said that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the importance of AI and hybrid cloud and has changed the pace in which they are being adopted.




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Facebook Deletes Hundreds of Fake Accounts, Pages Allegedly Linked to Iranian Govt

In its monthly report, Facebook said that it shut down the fake accounts and pages that were used to promote Iranian state propaganda in more than 15 countries.




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Cyberpunk 2077 is Getting an Early Preview on June 11: Here's What You Can Expect

The event will coincide with the 2020 E3 Expo, that has now been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Call of Duty New Game to Launch by End-2020, Confirms Activision

Speculations suggest that the new Call of Duty title may be a follow-up to the franchise's Black Ops series.




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Mozilla's New Email Alias Feature Will Now Protect Your Real Address From Getting Spammed

The feature generates unique email addresses so that users don’t have to reveal a real address to a website.




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Windows 10 May 2020 Update is Reportedly Getting Delayed Until End of the Month: Here's Why

The delay in Windows 10 May 2020 update is believed to be because of a zero-day security exploit that Microsoft wants to patch.




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Samsung Announces Price Cut for Its Galaxy M21, A50 Models in India: See New Prices

The Samsung Galaxy M21 and Samsung Galaxy A50 have received a price cut India. Read on to know more about them.




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Alien Life May Not Need Oxygen: Scientists Say Hydrogen-Rich Planets Can Have Life Too

A new research paper suggests that life forms, if occurring in other planets, do not need to be similar to what we know of them on Earth.




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Private Photos You Thought You'd Deleted Could Still be There: How to Secure Your Data

It is important to encrypt your data, store sensitive files with required security measures and make data unrecoverable — here's how to do it.




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Samsung India Rolls Out Mother's Day Offers For Galaxy Z Flip, S20 Series Smartphones

In celebration of Mother’s Day, Samsung India has announced a variety of attractive deals on the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy S20 smartphones.




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This Black Hole is Just 1000 Light Years Away From Earth, The Closest One Known as Yet

The ESO says that the hidden black hole in HR 6819 is one of the very first stellar-mass black holes found that do not interact violently with their immediate environment and, therefore, appear truly black.




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Is Facebook Free Basics Back? No, Improved Discover Starts by Killing Net Neutrality Arguments

But how is it different from the controversial Free Basics, which faced opposition particularly in India? The single biggest change is that it allows access to every website available.




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Aarogya Setu App is Safe and Secure in Terms of Data Security: Ravi Shankar Prasad

It is now mandatory for all government and private sector employees attending office to download the app, according to a Union Home Ministry directive.




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Zomato Reportedly Working on Branching Out Into Alcohol Deliveries

There is currently no legal provision for home deliveries of alcohol in India, something that industry body International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI) is lobbying to change in conjunction with Zomato and others.




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US Smartphone Sales Witness 21% Decline as Covid-19 Crisis Hits Both Demand and Supply

Among the major players, Google's smartphone sales experienced the highest 64 per cent year-over-year decline in the US market in Q1 2020.




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Coronavirus Impact Pushes E-Learning More Than Ever: Is This The New Normal For Students?

Experts fear that while there will be a proliferation of information technology tools and gadgets, post-COVID-19, but internet and broadband will remain an issue in India.




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Microsoft to Shell Out $100,000 Reward If You Can Hack This Linux Operating System

The bug bounty programme is part of a three-month research challenge that runs from June 1 until August 31




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Amazon India is Offering Special Gaming Benefits for Prime Members

Amazon has also tied up with mobile game developers to host Prime-only tournaments for its members in India.




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Aarogya Setu Flaw Can Allow Any User to be Tracked Down, Claims Hacker

According to French ethical hacker Robert Baptiste, Aarogya Setu's code structure could have allowed info of over 90mn users to be exposed to public.




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Planning to Go On a Virtual Date? Tinder Has a Plan For You

Tinder also rolled out a photo verification service, a few days back, saying it will help ensure every match is who they say they actually are.




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Slim Laptops & Convertibles For The Work From Home Warriors: You Can Get One in Every Budget

Slim laptops pretty much define themselves, whereas convertibles are those that have hinge mechanism that allows you to push the display all the way back into a tent, presentation mode or a tablet mode.




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Microsoft Launched New Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds

Microsoft has announced four new products under its Surface lineup although there is no confirmation on the India pricing or availability.




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Earth's North Magnetic Pole Has Shifted All the Way from Canada to Siberia: Here's Why

Apparently, there's a tug of war going on between our planet's magnetic zones situated below North America and Asia.




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Google is Offering Journalists Free Courses in AI, Machine Learning

The course is available in 17 different languages on the Google News Initiative Training Centre.




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Apple sees steep 71 percent growth in India in the first three months of 2020

The move to launch a cheaper yet new iPhone is seen as a very strategic one to gain a foothold in important emerging markets like India.




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Smartphone Shipments in India to Decline by 12% in 2020; 5G Phones Capture 2% Share

The total smartphone shipments in India in the March quarter grew a mere 4 percent (year-on-year).




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Realme Narzo 10, 10A Launch Event on May 11: Everything You Need to Know

The launch was earlier scheduled to take place on April 26 but it was cancelled due to the lockdown extension because of the coronavirus pandemic.