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Stay and Play at Home: Today's Google Doodle is a Fun Peppers and Ice-Cream Game

Monday’s 'Stay and Play at Home' doodle is designed and illustrated by artist Olivia Huynh and celebrates American chemist and award-winning researcher Wilbur Scoville who is best known for the creation of the 'Scoville Organoleptic Test'.




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Silver Lake Investment in Reliance Jio Platforms: Everything To Know About The Investment Firm

Silver Lake was launched in 1999 with the focus on investment in technology companies. You may probably not know this, but it was in May 2011 that Silver Lake led Skype’s owners to conclude a deal that saw tech giant Microsoft buy the now-incredibly-popular video calling app for $8.5 billion.




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Reliance Jio Platforms, With Facebook & Silver Lake Investments, is Leading India’s Digital Shift

The fact is, Jio has been able to make its mark so far by reaching out to pretty much every strata of the society, and not just those who would potentially return higher revenues per user. The Jio mobile data pricing is the biggest example, which has completely changed the way the telecom industry operates.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And The Investment by Silver Lake: What This Means For You

Jio’s vision is to enable a Digital India for 1.3 billion people and businesses throughout India, especially small merchants, micro-businesses and farmers.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And the Plan Forward With Jio Meet And JioMart on WhatsApp

The money invested by Facebook and Silver Lake will help the company achieve what it calls a Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers.




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Artificial Intelligence to Soon Predict Glaucoma Progression Faster Than Standard Methods

The new test called DARC can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method.




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OnePlus 8 Pro Users Are Reportedly Facing 'Crushed Black' and 'Green Tint' Display Issues

According to some OnePlus users, while the company recently rolled out updates to fix the issue, the problem continues to persist.




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Finally, The Microsoft Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3 Are in India

The prices for the Surface Pro 7 line-up start at Rs 72,999 while the Surface Laptop 3 costs upwards of Rs 98,999 and the Surface X is also priced at Rs 98,999.




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Microsoft is Changing Track With Windows 10X, And It May be Available For Your Laptop Soon

That being said, Microsoft doesn’t give an exact timeline on when Windows 10X arrives on laptops, existing and new ones shipped by OEMs.




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Google Once Considered Acquiring Zoom Owing to Its Popularity

Discussions, however, never got more serious, and instead, Google banned Zoom for its employees across offices to promote its own app - Meet.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 to Finally Launch in India on May 8: Everything You Need to Know

Xiaomi had launched the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro flagship smartphones in China back in February and it seems that the more affordable variant is going to make its way to India.




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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.




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Mi 10 5G, Mi Box 4K Launching in India: Features, Price and Specifications

The official launch of the Mi 10 5G and Mi Box will be done through a live stream event on Friday at 12 pm IST.




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Huawei May Finally Feature in USA's 5G Services After All as Latter Drafts New Rule

Engineers in some U.S. technology companies stopped engaging with Huawei to develop standards after the Commerce Department blacklisted the company last year.




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Fitbit Aims to Study How Devices Can Track Atrial Fibrillation Faster

Atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart rhythm irregularity, increases the risk of stroke and is usually prevalent among people above 65 years.




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Facebook, Silver Lake And Now Vista: Jio is an Attractive Platform For Global Investors

These investments will push Jio’s Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 to Launch Today in India: How to Watch Live Stream

The all-new Mi 10 flagship will be launched today in India alongside two new product categories.




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Zoom Acquires Keybase to Address Privacy and Security Loopholes on its Platform

Zoom has been one of the big beneficiaries of coronavirus lockdowns, with millions of workers and students using its video platform as they work and study from home.




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Facebook, Youtube Remove 'Plandemic', A Viral Video Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation

The 26-minute video went viral this week across social media platforms.




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Mi 10 5G Launched in India at Rs 49,999: Specifications, Variants, Availability and More

The Mi 10 5G is now the most expensive smartphone offering from Xiaomi in India and goes on the compete with the new OnePlus 8 Series.




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Google Launches 'Read Along' App That Aims To Help Kids Improving Their Reading Skills

Read-Along uses Google's speech recognition technology to help develop literacy skills and is now available in 180 countries.




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Fortnite Sets All-time Total Players Record With 350 Million Registered Users Worldwide

In April, players spent over 3.2 billion hours in-game which is also a record.




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Jio Announces Rs 2,399 New Annual Plan With 25% More Data Than Competition

Beyond 2GB data per day for one year, Jio's new add-on data plans also offer no daily cap data top-ups for high data users at competitive prices.




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Jio 'Work From Home' Top-Up Plans Offer Up to 50GB Data for Just Rs 251

The top-up plans will line up alongside a new Rs 2,399 annual plan that offers 2GB data per day for 365 days.




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Facebook Oversight Board Will Balance Free Speech, Says Sudhir Krishnaswamy

Sudhir Krishnaswamy also clarifies that he won't be representing cases related to India, but willl look at content moderation questions from around the world.




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Twitter Opposes US Govt's Claims That Accounts from China, Russia Spreading COVID-19 Hoax

The US state department accused China of colluding with Russia to manipulate social media platforms to spread fake news around coronavirus.




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WHO Plans to Launch Coronavirus Symptom Checking App For Under-Resourced Countries

The app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have COVID-19, the potentially lethal illness caused by the coronavirus.




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Milan's Famed La Scala Opera House Reopens Digitally Via Google Virtual Tour

The project includes virtual tours of the theatre, backstage and museum, along with 240,000 archival photos, 16,000 documents, and more than 40 digital exhibits.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 5G vs OnePlus 8: Chinese Mid-Range Flagship Brawl

OnePlus has yet another competitor in India, this time it is the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi with its new Mi 10.




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Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveal: Trailers of All 13 Titles 'Optimised for Series X'

While the Xbox Series X gameplay reveal did have crowdpullers in the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Madden NFL 21 and Scorn, many clearly expected more.




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Josh Hazlewood Picks Adelaide Oval as Venue if Entire India Series is Held at One Stadium

A financially-weakened CA is desperate to host India to save the broadcast revenue from the contest.




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Playing James Anderson in England Has Been 'Really Challenging': Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane, who has amassed over 4000 runs in Test cricket and has a century in England, the West Indies apart from India, emphasised on the need to be mentally fit during the coronavirus-forced lockdown period.