All eyes will be on Apple on April 18, which is when Apple is expected to open the doors to its first official retail store in India. India’s first Apple Store, Apple BKC, will open at the Jio World Drive Mall, in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai at 11:00am IST. The second store, called Apple
Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard app is getting the new AI-powered Bing chat search engine based on the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) technology. With this latest integration, users can chat with the bot directly from their mobile keyboard, customise their texts and search for things without swapping between apps. Bing offers three new key features on SwiftKey
Apr 14, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Cyber Threat The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The two flaws are listed below – CVE-2023-20963 (CVSS score: 7.8) – Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2023-29492 (CVSS score: TBD) –
WhatsApp has introduced a number of new security features designed to make it harder to take over other people’s accounts. The features extend the app’s focus on privacy and security, which has claimed that online chats and discussions are supposed to be as private and safe as in-person conversations. Many of the innovations relevant to
Samsung Galaxy F54 5G is tipped to launch later this month in India. The company is yet to officially confirm the launch date of the upcoming Galaxy F-series handset. However, a tipster suggests that the Samsung Galaxy F54 5G will launch in India in the last week of April. The handset is likely to be
Elon Musk told a Morgan Stanley conference last month he wants Twitter to become “the biggest financial institution in the world.” Budrul Chukrut | Sopa Images | Lightrocket via Getty Images Twitter will let its users access stocks, cryptocurrencies and other financial assets through a partnership with eToro, a social trading company. Starting Thursday, a
Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Thursday users of the social media platform will be able to offer their followers subscriptions to content, including long-form text and hours-long video. Users offering the subscription, a feature they can access through the “Monetization” tab in settings, will get all the money subscribers pay apart from the charges platforms
Apr 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability Management Google on Thursday outlined a set of initiatives aimed at improving the vulnerability management ecosystem and establishing greater transparency measures around exploitation. “While the notoriety of zero-day vulnerabilities typically makes headlines, risks remain even after they’re known and fixed, which is the real story,” the company said in an announcement.
Asus ROG Phone 7 series has been launched in India. The series includes Asus ROG Phone 7 and Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate models. These phones have been highly anticipated and have been in the news for the past few weeks with several leaks and reports. The Asus ROG Phone 7 series, being gaming phones,
Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi debuted the DiDi Neuron, a concept robotaxi. It has an arm in the back to pick up luggage or wake up sleeping passengers. DiDi is working with Chinese carmakers to develop its own autonomous taxis which it is aiming to put into service in 2025. DiDi Global DiDi Global on Thursday
Apr 13, 2023Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Privacy Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced a new account verification feature that ensures that malware running on a user’s mobile device doesn’t impact their account. “Mobile device malware is one of the biggest threats to people’s privacy and security today because it can take advantage of
Social media company Twitter on Wednesday informed the High Court of Karnataka that its petition challenging the various takedown orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) was maintainable, as the concept of reasonableness in Article 19 of the Constitution of India pertaining to Freedom of Speech was applicable to it. Advocate Manu
Shares of Apple supplier Cirrus Logic tumbled about 12 percent after a renowned analyst said the iPhone maker will abandon the solid-state button design for premium variants of its iPhone 15 series of smartphones. Amid speculation Apple would use a button format that remains static, TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, known for his accurate
Xbox Game Pass membership codes are finally available at retail. First reported by games analyst and former Gadgets360 Gaming Editor Rishi Alwani, Game Pass Ultimate digital codes can now be purchased from Amazon India, and they’re a bit cheaper when compared to purchasing from Microsoft’s official website because of additional taxes. If purchasing from Amazon,
Apple said on Thursday it would use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 as a part of its efforts to make all its products carbon neutral by the end of the decade. Magnets in Apple devices will use recycled rare earth elements, and in-house designed printed circuit boards will use recycled tin soldering and
Samsung One UI 5.1 based on Android 13 was announced during the launch of the Galaxy S23 series in February. While the update brought several improvements to the devices, including an enhanced camera experience, it was reported to cause excess battery draining on Samsung Galaxy devices. Specifically, the Samsung Keyboard app was said to increase
Google is expected to launch the Pixel 8 series later this year. The series is expected to feature Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro models. Previous reports suggest that the Mountain View-based tech giant is expected to unveil the phones in the second half of 2023. There have been multiple leaks and reports surrounding the
Bloomberg computer terminal at the NYSE. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Bloomberg LP has developed an AI model using the same underlying technology as OpenAI’s GPT, and plans to integrate it into features delivered through its terminal software, a company official said in an interview with CNBC. Bloomberg says that Bloomberg GPT, an internal AI model,
Apple is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand as the company continues to expand its manufacturing footprint outside of China, Nikkei reported on Thursday. Suppliers who are participating in these talks have existing manufacturing complexes in Thailand for other clients and are discussing possible assembly and production of components and modules for
iPhone 15 series is expected to come later this year, with four variants — the base iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Plus, the iPhone 15 Pro, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which could possibly premiere as the ‘Ultra’ model this year. Although Apple never discloses any specifics about its future series of flagship smartphones