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Chinese social media users reacted with a mix of support and worry over the December 1 facial verification notice, with some voicing concerns their biometric data could be leaked or sold. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2rD55G1

Here are all the highlights from day 2 of the PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Global Finals Fall Split. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/33DS7F8

Reebok has made a fine impression with the Forever Floatride Energy running shoes, that don't cost an arm and a leg while at it. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2YdKFjj

Google Android and Apple iOS, two of the biggest smartphone platforms, natively support VoWiFi. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2P3CMsa

At the end of day 2, Bigetron RA from Indonesia have taken a massive lead on the table. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2P5i7nE

Huawei is preparing to launch the second version of its wearable in the form of the Watch GT2. The Indian website was recently updated with a ‘Notify Me’ section that leads to Amazon and Flipkart. The Huawei Watch GT2 was announced at IFA 2019 in September and now the wearable is making its way to India. As Gizmochina reported , the website now has a banner on the homepage that takes you to the product’s landing pages on Amazon and Flipkart. It’s clear that the device will be selling on both e-commerce platforms. However, there’s no official date out yet. Huawei Watch GT2 Specifications The Watch GT2 uses Huawei’s own Kirin A1 chipset that has been developed exclusively for wearables. Claimed to offer two weeks of battery life on the 46 mm variant, the watch has a 455 mAh battery. It runs on Lite OS that’s based on Google’s WearOS. The 42 mm variant lasts up to a week. It features a 1.39-inch AMOLED display on the 46 mm version and a 1.2-inch display on the 42 mm model. Multipl...

As per the Nikkei Asia Review, demand for the Apple Air Pods Pro has surged since the noise-cancelling earbuds were launched in October. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/35Rbuwi

Spotify is offering new and existing members subscription to one year of its ad-free Premium service at half the usual price at Rs 699 per annum. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2OWVKRs

This move comes one week after the Trump administration sought to de-escalate a bitter ongoing US-China trade war. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37Lm21H

The Cyberspace Administration of China said that the new rules governing online content against fake news and deepfakes will come into effect from January 1. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Y2xl0W

Google Pay will collaborate with MMTC-PAMP India and allow users to purchase 24 karat gold which will be stored digitally in a Gold Accumulation Plan. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2P07d2y

Music streaming service Spotify is running a time-limited offer for its Premium subscription. It’s offering a year’s subscription at Rs 699 which is half the standard price. The discount will be active until 31 December 2019. Spotify has listed the offer on its website . This offer only stands for a 12-month subscription and not on a monthly basis. Spotify clarified that the discount isn’t available for Premium Family users or people who have registered to the service via third-party services. The company offers its Premium service for Rs 119 per month in India that sums up to Rs 1,189 annually. Users can avail three months of a free trial before getting a subscription. In the current deal, users can get a year’s subscription for only Rs 699. If you’re already subscribed with the Premium plan, your regular monthly fees will be resumed and charged once the annual plan is over. For those who weren’t subscribers, their accounts will go back to being free accounts. Spotify had introd...

Starting from 15 December, FASTag is going to be mandatory across a total of 525 toll plazas. This means all four-wheelers have to attach FASTag RFID stickers on their vehicle’s windscreens. Failing to do so will result in vehicle owners without the FASTag to pay double the toll fare as a form of penalty. A separate lane will be present at the plazas for non-FASTag vehicles. Earlier, the deadline was on 1 December that has been given an extension to 15 December, according to PTI , to provide citizens some more time to acquire the FASTags. FASTag sanctioned by the National Highway Authority of India. What is FASTag? The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) sanctioned the Electronic Toll Collection program using FASTag as a pilot project back in 2014. It was implemented for the first time in the Delhi-Mumbai stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral towards the end of 2014. Aimed at making toll plaza payments on highways automatic with the ‘One Nation One Tag’ mission, it ...

Blue whales have a flair for paradox. They live in water but breathe air. They’re enormous — the biggest creatures that have ever lived, as far as anyone knows — but subsist almost entirely on tiny krill. And as new research reveals, even the animal’s dunk tank-size heart jumps between extremes. In a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers for the first time attached an electrocardiogram tag to a free-diving blue whale to trace its heart rate. They found that the rate ranged as low as two beats per minute and as high as 37. Such numbers paint a picture of an animal frequently pushing its own limits and suggest that the whale is not only the largest animal ever but perhaps as large as an animal with a circulatory system can possibly be. To learn the secrets of the blue whale’s heart, Jeremy Goldbogen, a marine biologist at Stanford University, led a team that attached a noninvasive suction-cup tag to a blue whale in Monter...

The PMCO fall split finals are being hosted at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2OVKVPr

Long-time Monopoly fans may appreciate that a recent study conducted by the University of Edinburgh found that playing board games improved cognitive function. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2q0yjOC

Samsung has revealed the roadmap for Android 10 updates for Galaxy smartphones in India. The rollout will start with Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 receiving the upgrade in January 2020. Interestingly, for the first time, the Galaxy A and M series will also get the stable Android 10 update, including the One UI 2.0 skin alongside the rollout on the Galaxy S10 and Note 10. By September 2020, all eligible Galaxy devices are scheduled to receive the update. Here is a complete list of all the smartphones that will get the update and when they will start receiving it. Samsung Android 10 Roadmap The phase one of the rollout will begin in January 2020, in which Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ (Review) , Galaxy Note 9 (Review) , Galaxy S10 , Galaxy S10+ (Review) , Galaxy S10e (Review) , Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+ (Review) , along with the Galaxy M20 , Galaxy M30 (Review) , and the Galaxy A30 (Review) , will receive the upgrade. Phase two will be ...

The grand finale of the PUBG Mobile Club Open Fall Split begins today with Entity Gaming and SouL representing India at the tournament. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2R0z3yk

It has been known that Apple is ramping up development in its AR department with hardware products. It was reported that Apple was working on an AR headset and AR glasses last month. According to a new patent, Apple is developing AR headphones as well. Apple logo. The iPhone-maker has been granted a patent for augmented-reality headphones that will be targeting business applications such as conference calls, reports 9to5Mac . One of the cool features includes augmented stereo sound that will help users to pinpoint the location of people on the call within the room. Essentially, you will be able to tell where a person is sitting and talking across the room based on the sound. An advantage of virtual positioning is that users won’t have to try to recognise the voice of the person speaking. The positioning changes as you turn your head to face someone. For instance, if someone sitting on your left starts speaking, the audio will be delivered to emulate that the person is actually si...

During the launch of the ColorOS 7 in China, Oppo had announced that it would release the Oppo Reno3 5G smartphone in December. Following that, Oppo VP Brian Shen, shared an image of the Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G on Twitter yesterday. "A first look at OPPO Reno3 Pro 5G — it will feature a glass body with a thickness of just 7.7 mm (excluding the lens), which may just be the thinnest dual-mode 5G phone in its price segment," read Shen's tweet. Today a complete render of the front-face of the Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G has been leaked online. Here's what it looks like. Oppo Reno3 renders. Image: Let's Go Digital As seen in the render , the speculations around the punch-hole camera are confirmed. The Reno3 looks like it will be quite a handful, given the edge to edge display which curves around the edges. Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G is expected to sport a 6.5-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 90 Hz refresh rate. As confirmed by Shen, the Reno3 Pro will have just 7.7 mm thickness (without t...

On 29 November,  activists, citizens, students and employees  around the world (expected:  11 million ) will gather near local landmarks and government buildings demand one thing: urgent action on climate change. This international, coordinated protest will be the fourth of it's kind — a Global Climate Strike led by the international organisation Fridays for Future (FFF), a non-governmental, student-run organisation whose members take time off from school on Fridays to protest for due attention to climate change and global warming. The Strike is perfectly timed to coincide with the UN COP25 Summit , to be held in Madrid between 2-13 December 2019. Before climate experts, international delegates and policymakers gather to chart out their progress on the Paris Agreement to limit emissions and further global warming, kids and teens around the world have set out to make some noise in the days leading up to these important meetings....

Even though Tata Sky may not be offering semi-annual and annual packages under the new tariff regime, subscribers can take advantage of the Cashback offer. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2L2a1uM

Although Black Friday isn’t quite relevant to this side of the hemisphere, more companies have started hosting sales to ride the western trend. However, gamers have always been able to get some sweet deals every year, no matter where they are. It’s the same this year and we have several really good discounts running across different digital platforms. Steam has its own Autumn Sale running simultaneously with Black Friday that’s offering some amazing deals running for PC games. There are a few good deals for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well in their respective stores. Here are some of the best Black Friday deals for PC games on Steam: A Plague Tale: Innocence - Rs 799 Batman: Arkham Collection - Rs 337 Dark Souls III - Rs 1,074 Disco Elysium - Rs 749 Far Cry 5 - Rs 749 Grand Theft Auto V - Rs 1,049 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Rs 158 Life is Strange Complete Season - Rs 113 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Rs 769 Outlast - Rs 105 Tekken 7 - Rs...

The Google Pay redesign has done away with the 'Nearby Payments' option. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2OWi9OG

Xioami launched its Redmi Note 8 series earlier this month. The phone comes with a 64 MP quad rear-camera setup that's priced at Rs 14,999 for its 6 GB + 64 GB configuration. A new colour variant of the Note 8 Pro called Electric Blue has been announced by the company. This smartphone was already available in Halo White, Gamma Green and Shadow Black colour variants. Electric Blue variant of the Redmi Note 8. It will go on sale today at 12 pm on Amazon and  the company's website . It will be the first time that the  Redmi Note 8 Pro (Review) 's Electric Blue colour variant goes on sale. #RedmiNote8Pro , the #64MPQuadCamBeast gets a new striking Electric Blue colour variant. Hit 🔄 if you ♥️ it! First sale tomorrow at 12 noon on https://t.co/cwYEXdVQIo and @amazonIN . #BlackFridaySale pic.twitter.com/LJnMVQsMZ2 — Redmi India for #MiFans (@RedmiIndia) November 28, 2019 Xiaomi has also announced a Cosmic Purple colour variant for Redmi...

Realme X2 Pro users will be the first to receive the beta version of ColorOS 7 from December 18 onwards. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/35H7wpN

In an unexpected discovery, astronomers have spotted a black hole in the Milky Way galaxy that's so large, it defies existing models of how stars and galaxies evolve. The black hole in question, which researchers have dubbed 'LB-1', is roughly 15,000 light-years from Earth, and has a mass that's 70 times that of our Sun, claims the study published in  Nature . The Milky Way is thought to contain stellar black holes that number around 100 million. And LB-1 is twice as large as the largest stellar-mass black hole that scientists imagined possible,  according to  lead researcher and astronomer Jifeng Liu from the National Astronomical Observatory of China. "Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our galaxy, according to most of the current models of stellar evolution," Liu said in a statement . "LB-1 is twice as massive as what we thought possible. Now theorists will have to t...

The PMCO fall split finals are being hosted at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/34qHF5f

Google Photos' manual face tagging feature will only work when Google identifies a face in the picture, users cannot tap on a face to add a tag. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2OwSCMU

Last month, Xiaomi launched the Note 8 duo — Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro — in India. At the time of launch, the Redmi Note 8 was released in three colour variants: Neptune Blue, Moonlight White, and Space Black. Now, over a month later, Xiaomi has announced a new colour variant for the smartphone called Cosmic Purple, after teasing the same in a tweet yesterday . Redmi Note 8 Cosmic Purple colour variant. The new Redmi Note 8 Cosmic Purple colour variant was made official via a tweet by Redmi India , which also reveals that the new variant will go on sale for the first time on 29 November at 12 pm during its Black Friday Sale on mi.com.  As per a listing on Amazon India , the new colour variant will also be available on the e-commerce website on the same day, at the same time. Mi fans, presenting a new avatar of the #RedmiNote8 . The all-new Cosmic Purple colour variant. Like it? You can soon own it. Get it during the #BlackFridaySale from 29th November. ...

With the Windows 10 version 2004 update, Microsoft is promising an improved Cortana experience and better bandwidth controls. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/34tzdlG

The 'Flip to Shh' feature on Google Pixel 2 smartphones activates DND mode when the display side faces down and disables it when you flip the phone back up. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/34BE5Wc

The sky is the limit. Or is it? from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2L3lF8V

Last month, Xiaomi launched the Note 8 duo — Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro — in India. At the time of launch, the Redmi Note 8 was released in three colour variants: Neptune Blue, Moonlight White, and Space Black. Now, over a month later, Xiaomi has announced a new colour variant for the smartphone called Cosmic Purple, after teasing the same in a tweet yesterday . Redmi Note 8 Cosmic Purple colour variant. The new Redmi Note 8 Cosmic Purple colour variant was made official via a tweet by Redmi India , which also reveals that the new variant will go on sale for the first time on 29 November at 12 pm during its Black Friday Sale on mi.com.  As per a listing on Amazon India , the new colour variant will also be available on the e-commerce website on the same day, at the same time. Mi fans, presenting a new avatar of the #RedmiNote8 . The all-new Cosmic Purple colour variant. Like it? You can soon own it. Get it during the #BlackFridaySale from 29th November. ...

OnePlus is celebrating its five-year anniversary in the country by giving temporary discounts on two of its products on Amazon — OnePlus 7 Pro (Review) and OnePlus 7T (Review) . Amazon is also giving instant discounts of up to Rs 5,000 on HDFC Bank Credit and Debit cards during this sale. There are offers on the OnePlus TV as well. You can buy these products at discounted prices only till 2 December, after that, the products will sell at the original price only. OnePlus 7 Pro is selling at a starting price of Rs 39,999. OnePlus 7 Pro The smartphone was previously selling at a price of Rs 44,999 for its 6 GB RAM variant and now it will cost you Rs 39,999. The flagship variant of 8 GB RAM and 256 GB internal storage is also getting a discount of Rs 3,000 and will cost you Rs 42,999. You can also get an instant discount of up to Rs 2,000 on HDFC Bank Credit and Debit cards. It comes in three exciting colours — Nebula Blue, Almond and Mirror Grey. You can also get ...

Realme's Black Friday sale is now live in India. The sale will be held on Flipkart as well as on the company website. As per Realme's website , the company will offer a 10 percent cashback of up to Rs 500 on purchases made via HDFC Bank Debit cards. Realme has recently launched two new smartphones in India — Realme X2 Pro (Review)   and Realme 5s. The former has already gone on sale in India earlier this week and will also be available for purchase now. Realme 5s will go on its first sale during the Realme Black Friday sale. Realme 5S, on the other hand, will go on its first sale on both Flipkart and Realme website during the Realme Black Friday sale at 12 pm. The company teaser also reveals that buyers can get coupons to get discounts on smartphones like there is a Rs 1,000 coupon on the purchase of Realme 5 Pro (Review) .  It was launched a few months back at a starting price of Rs 13,999. There is one more coupon of Rs 500 on Realme 3i, Realme C2 (Revi...

The Realme 5s was  announced in India on 20 November and it will be going on sale for the first time today. Starting at a price of Rs 9,999, it is an upgraded version of the Realme 5. The key highlights include a 48 MP primary camera in a quad rear-camera array and a 5,000 mAh battery. Realme 5s. Image: tech2/Abhijit Dey Realme 5s pricing and availability The phone comes in two configurations. It will be available in a 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage model priced at Rs 9,999 and a 4 GB RAM + 128 GB model priced at Rs 10,999. Both models have three colour variants including Crystal Blue, Crystal Purple, and Crystal Red. The Realme 5s will be available for purchase on Flipkart and the company’s official website . Realme 5s specifications Realme 5s features a 6.5-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 AIE chipset and offers 4 GB RAM. In terms of OS, it runs on Android 9 Pie operating s...

Update: This article has been updated with Instagram's official tweet that confirmed the global outage. The issue has been fixed and all the services are functioning normally. Looks like Facebook, Instagram and Messenger are facing outages for many users around the globe. The issue has been seen across the world, although, it does not appear to affect all users the same. The affected areas include the US East Coast, Central Europe, and East Asia, and India. While many users on  Twitter  are complaining about all Facebook products not working — barring WhatsApp — we only faced issues with Facebook 's desktop version and the app and Instagram app. Image: Reuters We were unable to load the Facebook page for a while. However, it started to load after a few tries but we could only see the cover image. Rest of the profile page was inaccessible. Facebook is down. We also referred to downdetector.com , which shows a surge in reported issues with Facebook ...