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Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said on Tuesday it will test a new subscription model under which it will charge $1 (roughly Rs. 83) annual fee for basic features. The new subscription termed as “Not A Bot” will charge users for likes, reposts or quoting other accounts’ posts, and bookmarking posts on

Apple’s festive season sale is live and the company has begun offering its products at discounted prices during the sale. As part of the ongoing sale, customers can avail of an instant discount of up to Rs. 10,000 — this is valid on select products. Meanwhile, Apple is also offering an additional Rs. 6,000 off

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the new anime series from Netflix, just got a trailer, promising a vibrantly stylised affair that reimagines the classic battle of the exes tale. While the art style draws heavily from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original graphic novel series, it brings back the cast from Edgar Wright’s 2010 live-action film. As such,

Google for India 2023 is set to kick off on Thursday and the search giant is expected to show off innovations to artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet technologies at its annual event. The 9th edition of Google for India could see the company announce details of its plans to improve access to Internet in India,

Spotify is applying new restrictions on users who listen to music on the streaming service’s free plan in India. The company has started to place limits on how users on the free plan can play tracks, including the ability to choose the order in which songs are played on the streaming platform. The move is

WhatsApp has finally begun testing a revamped interface on Android, months after the company was spotted working on a redesigned version of the popular chat application. The new interface ditches WhatsApp’s iconic green-coloured top bar in favour of a white top bar, in the main chat list and inside individual chats. The new design is

Google has announced that it has begun prompting users to set up passkeys on their devices, months after the company added support for the secure login mechanism across its services. The switch to passkeys is part of a larger trend of moving away from passwords that tend to be insecure, to passkeys — a ‘passwordless’

National Cinema Day is returning this year on Friday, October 13, and ahead of that, we’ve got details on ticket booking for the same. On that day, movie tickets across India will cost merely Rs. 99 per head, in celebration of successful box office runs this year and as a means to drive more people

Amazon’s Great Indian Festival started on October 7 for all Prime members and October 8 for all users. A wide range of products, including electronic items, are being offered at a discounted rate during the sale. Some products include smartphones, laptops, and accessories like smartwatches, earphones, and smart televisions. The sale, which also coincides with

Samsung Developer Conference 2023 (SDC23) took place on October 5, where the South Korean tech giant announced a number of security updates and features in order to protect the private data of its users. The company introduced Knox Matrix last year in order to keep the devices of a user safe and connected. Samsung has

iPhone 14 price in India is set to drop during the upcoming Flipkart Big Billion Days sale. As part of the upcoming sale event that is scheduled to begin on October 8, the flagship smartphone that was announced last year could be available below the Rs. 50,000 price point, the e-commerce platform has confirmed via

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 are the company’s latest foldable phones introduced earlier this year, and the handsets will be available at discounted prices during the upcoming Amazon Great Indian Festival sale and the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale. The prices of both handsets can be lowered by combining bank card discounts

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Monday tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial intelligence, and complained Google was locking up content with expensive and exclusive deals with publishers. Testifying in a landmark US trial against its rival Google, the first major antitrust case brought by the US since it

iPhone 12 price in India is set to see a massive drop during the upcoming Flipkart Big Billion Days sale and Amazon Great Indian Festival sale, while Apple’s more recent iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 price models will also be available at discounted prices on both e-commerce websites. The festival season is one of the

The Great Indian Festival Sale 2023 is set to kick off on October 8, and ahead of the sale commencement, Amazon is dropping deals for consumers. The latest in the series is a deal around the iPhone 13, which brings it down to under Rs 40,000 (effective price). However, this price includes an exchange offer

Apple has been launching its regular slate of products — most recently the iPhone 15 series, the Apple Watch Series 9, the Apple Watch Ultra 2, and a refreshed pair of AirPods Pro — without noticeable hitches, but its long-gestating, ambitious electric vehicle faces an uncertain future. Riddled with repeated delays and development problems, the

Google has announced a new alert system for Android smartphones in India to deliver early warnings in the event of an earthquake. The Android Earthquake Alerts System utilises sensors present on Android smartphones to detect earthquakes and estimate their severity. Google said that the feature already exists in some other countries around the world and

PlayStation Plus’ monthly free games for October 2023 have been announced. The three titles will be available to members of PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Deluxe/ Premium plans, starting October 3. PS Plus members can sneak their way through the horrifying confines of a gory space prison in The Callisto Protocol, build out large-scale prosperous

Spotify has begun testing an AI-powered tool that will allow podcast creators to translate their episodes into different languages. The audio streaming platform has embraced the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to allow podcast hosts to automatically provide versions of their shows in additional languages — while preserving their voice across all translated versions.

X, formerly known as Twitter, has been promised to get an audio and video calls feature. Last month, Elon Musk, who took over the social media platform in October last year, had tweeted that a voice and video calling feature was coming to X, confirming that calls would work on iOS, Android, Mac & PC