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Sony launches new BRAVIA series TVs in India, price starts at Rs 79,990

The new lineup comes with Android 9 Pie with voice search powered by Google Assistant

Global mobile phone shipments to decline by 14.6% due to Covid1-9: Gartner

Smartphone shipments will achieve a slightly slower decline of 13.7 per cent year over year to total 1.3 billion units this year

Amazon engineers behind Kindle, Echo working on Covid-19 testing tools

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has made it clear that the company's Covid-19 response will be a major new initiative

Microsoft says it will invest in Skype despite success with Teams app

Microsoft Teams registered a new daily record of 2.7 billion meeting minutes in a single day on March 31 - 200 per cent increase from 900 million on March 16

Apple to add light sensors in next AirPods to monitor health data

Apple has tasked supplier ASE Technology to manufacture ambient light sensors which could be used to monitor step count, head movement and interpret heart rate

Samsung confirms June 4 launch of mid-range smartphone Galaxy A31 in India

The phone will feature a quad camera set up at the rear backed by a 48MP main sensor

Eight billion internet records of millions of users in Thailand leaked

The database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, was lying on the internet without a password

Realme to make Smart TVs in India after lockdown, flagship TVs soon

To attain the goal, it is expanding its distribution channels to tier-4 and tier-5 towns, aiming to have 400-plus distributors onboard to cover 35,000 plus mobile stores

Scientists set new record for data transmission over 75 km of optical fibre

Telecommunication networks use many different frequencies, or colours, to transfer as much information as possible, the researchers said

Facebook brings in new Messenger feature to protect minors from scams

Facebook started rolling this feature out on Android in March and would bring this to more people around the world on iOS this week

Xiaomi Redmi Smart TV X-series to feature MEMC technology: Details here

MEMC is a frame interpolation technology that artificially adds additional frames between original frames, bringing the content with conventional 24 or 30 frames per second to around 60 frames per sec

WhatsApp beta adds QR code scanning to let users add contacts easily

Android beta users will be able to find their own custom QR codes in the settings section of the app on the top right side in front of the name

Hackers leak personal data of 29 million Indians on dark web for free

Folders in the name of some of the leading job websites in India also appeared on the screenshot posted by Cyble

Samsung may launch Galaxy A31 smartphone with 48MP quad rear camera in June

The smartphone will come with a 6.4-inch super AMOLED display. It will be powered by MediaTek octa-core processor in India

Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S digital collaboration device in India

The all-in-one digital whiteboard, meeting platform, and teamwork collaborative computing device is priced at Rs 11,89,999, which includes a Surface Hub 2 Camera and and a Surface Hub 2 Pen

Twitter brings 'retweet with comments' to Android, web platform: Know more

The micro-blogging platform on May 12 had rolled out this feature on Twitter for iOS

Samsung partners Facebook to help retailers use social media for business

The training helps offline retailers establish their business pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagram

Huami to launch Amazfit Bip S smart fitness wearable on June 3: Know more

The Amazfit Bip S debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show 2020, alongside Amazfit T-Rex smartwatch, PowerBuds and ZenBuds wireless earbuds

Realme Narzo 10A goes on sale at 12 noon on Flipkart, Realme: Price, specs

The Realme Narzo 10A will be available in sole 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage variant, priced at Rs 8,499

Facebook brings in new feature to let users lock profiles from non-friends

The feature is designed for people in India, especially women, who want more control over their Facebook experience, the firm said