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Italy's competition watchdog fines Apple, Google over $11 mn each
"Apple collects, profiles and uses user data for commercial purposes through the use of its devices and services. Therefore, even without proceeding to any transfer of data to third parties, Apple directly exploits the economic value through a promotional activity to increase the sale of its products and/ or those of third parties through its commercial platforms App Store, iTunes Store and Apple Books," the AGCM statement said.
'PUBG: New State' game to offer exclusive content for Indian fans
Krafton is also teaming up with Sony Music India to bring their latest chartbuster song "Bad Boy x Bad Girl" by Pop icon Badshah to PUBG: New State. "This partnership marks a first of many upcoming collaborations of Indian Pop music with Krafton's mobile battle royale title," the company said in a statement.
Avenge the dinosaurs, Musk tells NASA
NASA on Wednesday launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, intended to deliberately crash into an asteroid. The DART mission lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket developed by Musk's space venture SpaceX. Asteroids which have been hitting the Earth for billions of years are believed to be a reason behind the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
OnePlus RT, Buds Z2 to launch in India in December: Report
The OnePlus RT is said to be a rebranded OnePlus 9RT that launched in China last month. The source claims that the OnePlus RT will be available in Hacker Black and Nano Silver colours in India, whereas the Buds Z2 will come in Obsidian Black and Pearl White colours, reports GSMArena. OnePlus RT is likely feature a 6.62-inch AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate.
Apple begins sending alerts to Pegasus spyware victims
At least six Thai activists and researchers who have been critical of the government have received the notification, reports TechCrunch. The alerts have also been sent to a number of users in El Salvador. After filing a lawsuit against the Israel-based company NSO Group, the developer of infamous Pegasus spyware, the tech giant has started sending threat notification alerts to victims of state-sponsored hackers, beginning with Thailand, El Salvador and Uganda.
Samsung adds Pro Mode support for Galaxy S21 Ultra telephoto camera
This new app allows Galaxy S21 Ultra's primary, ultrawide, 3x telephoto, and 10x telephoto cameras to be used in Pro Mode. Currently, the Expert RAW app is only available on the Galaxy Store in South Korea, reports 9to5Google. One can adjust the exposure value (EV), focus, ISO, shutter speed, and white balance while shooting images and videos.
'Tech disruptor' Madhav Sheth gears up to make realme a global brand
Both, however, realised that there was a huge gap between the top two biggest online smartphone players in India, which played to realme's advantage. The dream was to enable more users to experience pleasure and efficiency brought by the latest technology, starting from smartphones, to more categories of consumer technology and it only took Madhav and Sky Li two months of planning to launch the brand which started from India.
Tesla releases new FSD Beta 10.5 update with new features
According to auto-tech website Electrek, the new update includes some interesting new features. Some notable points include Tesla improving static world detection by "up to 13 per cent" by deploying a new auto labelling system that used 165,000 new videos. There will be improved cone and sign detections by uprevving the generalised static object network with 15,000 more video clips and adjusting oversampling.
Twitter conducting first shopping livestream on Nov 28
The company said that while watching a Live Shopping stream on Twitter, people can take several actions that make the shopping experience on Twitter seamless. "We are conducting our first test of Live Shopping in collaboration with Walmart, where they will be kicking off Cyber Week with singer, songwriter, dancer and social media superstar Jason Derulo for the first-ever shoppable livestream on Twitter," the company said in a blogpost.
Qualcomm updating Snapdragon branding, chip names
The company said that it has introduced bold changes to their visual system, from logo to product badge designs and other graphic elements. "We have entered a new era for our Snapdragon brand, which will always stand for premium performance. And we will continue to build upon the brand as we do our technology, rising beyond the expectations of consumers and creating the premium experiences they deserve," the company said in a blogpost.
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