WhatsApp Rolls Out Fingerprint Lock for Android Devices (Tech)

WhatsApp users can also choose after how much time the fingerprint lock gets enabled, immediately, or after one, 15, or 60 minutes.

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Pegasus Spyware Explained: How it Can Easily Take Over Your Phone With Just a Missed Call (Tech)

Traditionally, Pegasus works by sending a link, and if the target user clicks on it, it is installed on the user’s device.

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Pegasus Spyware: How it Can Easily Take Over Your Phone With Just a Missed Call (Tech)

Traditionally, Pegasus works by sending a link, and if the target user clicks on it, it is installed on the user’s device.

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Apple Music Student Plan to Provide Apple TV+ Subscription At No Extra Cost (Tech)

Apple Music's offer to bundle access to Apple TV+ along with its $4.99 per month subscription was revealed by Hailee Steinfeld on her Instagram account.

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Microsoft’s Xbox Console Streaming Preview is Now Live for Android (Tech)

Xbox Console Streaming for Android is available for US and UK Xbox Insiders who have enrolled their consoles in the Alpha or Alpha Skip-Ahead rings.

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Facebook Sued For Age, Gender Bias in Financial Services Ads, Says Complaint Being Reviewed (Tech)

The suit against Facebook contends that women and older people were denied the benefits of ads for financial services because Facebook tools allow messages to be targeted at specific age ranges or genders.

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Steam Game Library's New Interface is Now Available for All Users (Tech)

The new Steam interface offers a streamlined way to access your Steam library, including additional content, downloaded games and more.

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Google is Developing a Heavy ‘Ad Blocker’ for Chrome; Here's What it Plans to Target (Tech)

Google will target ads that mine cryptocurrency or perform expensive operations in javascript, such as decoding video files, or CPU timing attacks.

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Apple Plans to Ship 80 Million 5G iPhones in 2020: Report (Tech)

Apple's competitor Samsung sold two million 5G phones and predicted it would sell a total of four million by the end of the year.

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Apple Pay Outpaces Biggest Rival PayPal in Terms of Growth and Revenue (Tech)

Apple also announced that is offering a new zero per cent interest financing option on the purchase of new iPhones later in the year.

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PUBG Mobile 0.15.5 Update Leaked: Team Deathmatch Ruins Map, MP5K Gun and More (Tech)

Update 0.15.5 is expected to bring Season 10 as well as new additions to PUBG Mobile including a new map for team deathmatch, MP5K submachine gun, Zima hatchback car, and more.

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Xiaomi MIUI 11 Stable ROM Rolling Out For Poco F1, Redmi K20 Series, Redmi Note 7 Series (Tech)

Xiaomi is rolling out MIUI 11 for a bunch of devices in India.

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China to Rollout World’s Largest Commercial Operating 5G Network on November 1 (Tech)

China had said it would launch the ultra-fast mobile internet service early next year, but the US-China trade war that led to a ban on Huawei accelerated its plans.

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Did Your Nokia 8 Get New Version of Android 9 Pie With the Latest October Security Patch (Tech)

Apart from the Nokia 8, Nokia 3, 5 and 6 will also continue to receive updates until October 2020.

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Twitter To Ban All Political Ads, Says CEO Jack Dorsey (Tech)

Twitter's ban on political advertising will be enforced from November 22. This news comes after rival Facebook recently refused to ban political ads.

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AirPods Pro Are Complementary, Not Replacements to AirPods: Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tech)

Apple CEO Tim Cook expects the existing AirPods users to be the first to buy the noise-cancelling AirPods Pro.

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Facebook Will Not Ban Political Advertisements, Confirms CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Tech)

During India's 17th Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, Facebook's Ad Library Report showed that the site had 1.21 lakh political ads worth over Rs 26.5 crore.

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Details of 1.3 Million Debit and Credit Cards Belonging to Indian Bank Customers Up for Sale on Dark Web (Tech)

Early analysis reportedly suggests the details may have been obtained via skimming devices, installed either on ATMs or point of sale systems.

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Xiaomi Mi Watch Leaks in Teaser Video, Launching Alongside Mi CC9 Pro on November 5 (Tech)

The Mi Watch is expected to run on a custom version of MIUI made for wearables and will even support eSIM.

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WhatsApp Pay to Launch Soon in India: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Tech)

WhatsApp Pay will be a UPI-based payment service, pending RBI approval, that will especially help small and medium businesses with digital transactions.

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Apex Legend Launching 'Duos Mode' for Limited Time Period (Tech)

Apex Legends, which has 70 million registered players and follows a three-squad format, is allowing a two-player team for the first time.

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Bengaluru Airport to Launch 8 New International, Domestic Flights This Week (Tech)

Air France has upgraded its carrier on the Bengaluru-Paris and Delhi-Paris routes. The airline has introduced modified Airbus featuring improved cabins.

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Bengaluru Gets 1st Non-stop Flight to Africa; Passengers Can Now Reach Addis Ababa in 6 Hours 35 Mins (Tech)

Ethiopian Airlines will operate direct flight between Bengaluru and Addis Ababa four-times-a-week. With this, passengers can now travel to Africa in mere 6 hours 35 minutes.

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WhatsApp May Soon Work on Multiple Devices at the Same Time; You Can Now Rejoice (Tech)

As of now, you can only run one WhatsApp account on your registered device.

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Sharp KC-G40M Air Purifier Review: Magical PANDAA is a Secret Anti-Pollution Weapon (Tech)

If You Have Dry Throat Issues, You Need This. Complete Air Purification And Humidification, in one purifier.

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Rising Seas Could Destroy Homes of Nearly 300 Mn People by 2050; Mumbai at Risk Too (Tech)

The new projections suggest that much of Mumbai is at risk. Built on what was once a series of islands, the city’s historic downtown is vulnerable.

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Slowing iPhone Sales Didn’t Stop Apple From Clocking Its Best Q4 Revenue Ever (Tech)

Apple Inc. shares gained nearly 2% to $247.77 in Wednesday’s extended trading after the company revealed its fiscal fourth-quarter financial report.

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Twitter Bans Political Ads on Its Platform, Pressure Up on Defiant Facebook (Tech)

Twitter's move comes in contrast to the Facebook policy that allows political speech and ads to run without fact-checking on the leading social network.

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Apple Earnings Call: Record Q4 Revenue in India as Mac Sales Rise in the Country (Tech)

Apple's strong fourth quarter performance in India come as a much needed respite, after it filed a 70 percent revenue decline in India for 2018-19.

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Online Real Money Skill Gaming Industry in India to Grow 3.5x by 2025, Says AIGF CEO (Tech)

Roland Landers, CEO of All India Gaming Federation, told News18 that the industry of online gaming is presently worth about Rs 2,000 crore in India.

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xHelper ‘Unremovable’ Malware Re-Infects Android Devices Even After Factory Reset (Tech)

Removing the xhelper service from the Android operating system too does not seem to work as the trojan re-installs itself every time, even after users have performed a factory reset

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Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL Users Complain of Clicking Noise in Snapchat, Instagram Videos (Tech)

Google has blamed third-party apps for this issue but reassured that it could be a software problem and might be solved with a software update.

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PUBG Mobile Season 10 Royale Pass Leaked: Rewards, Costumes, Skins, and More (Tech)

All the new goodies that will be arriving with Season 10 for PUBG Mobile.

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Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs Now Available For Android Devices (Tech)

Players need an Android device with ARCore compatibility to play Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs.

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WatchOS 6.1 Rolling Out For Apple Watch Series 1, Series 2 (Tech)

Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 users can also expect new watchOS 6 apps for the Calculator, Voice Memos and Audiobooks.

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Cyber Attack on Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Did Happen, Systems Not Affected: NPCIL (Tech)

The admission of the Dtrack attack on India's largest nuclear power plant comes a day after KKNPP issued a statement strongly denying these claims.

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Facebook's New Preventive Health Tool Can Remind You About Your Next Flu Shots (Tech)

Facebook's Preventive Health Tool will remind users to get flu shots and other medical check-ups on the basis of their age and sex.

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Buying Guide: Don’t Step Outside Without Wearing an Anti-Pollution Mask (Tech)

A high-quality mask with a good fit can be useful in keeping pollutants, fumes, PM2.5, PM10 and other airborne illnesses, from your throat and lungs.

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PUBG Mobile: Season 10 Royale Pass Rewards, Costumes, Skins, and More (Tech)

All the new goodies that will be arriving with Season 10 for PUBG Mobile.

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Apple TV Now Available on Select Sony Smart TV Models (Tech)

Sony Smart TV users will now be able to watch Apple TV movies and shows purchased through the iTunes Store or access the Apple TV Channels like Showtime and HBO.

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HMD Global Adds ‘Environmental Profiles’ of 17 New Nokia Mobile Phones (Tech)

The list released by Nokia also includes details such as materials and substances, packaging, energy efficiency, and energy consumption of the phones.

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Google Owner Alphabet Could be Planning to Take Over Fitbit (Tech)

Fitbit helped pioneer the wearable fitness devices market but has seen disappointing sales since July 2019 when it launched the Versa Lite.

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PUBG Mobile Season 10 ‘Fury of The Wasteland’ Royale Pass Leaked (Tech)

All the new goodies that will be arriving with Season 10 for PUBG Mobile.

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Samsung Teases Its Next-Gen Foldable Smartphone (Tech)

Commonly called the Galaxy Fold 2, Samsung's new foldable smartphone could be pitched against the Motorola Razr.

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Apple AirPods Pro Vs Rivals: Lightest Buds, Longest Battery Life & Noise Cancellation (Tech)

Apple is expected to sell as many as 110 million AirPods by the year 2021. Perhaps then, the expansion of the line-up was necessary to start off with.

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YouTube Music Gets Siri Integration on iPhone, a Widget For Android And a Desktop App (Tech)

YouTube Music now has a desktop Progressive Web App and Android widgets that show album art along with music playback control options.

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WhatsApp Update For iPhone is Great News if You Like to Keep Annoying Groups on Mute (Tech)

WhatsApp and the endless conversations it brings to the table, can be a tad less annoying now.

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WhatsApp Sues Israeli Tech Firm for 'Using' Its App to Spy on Journalists, Activists (Tech)

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart said the lawsuit was filed after an investigation showed the Israeli firm's role the cyberattack, despite its denials.

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Nvidia Shield TV, Shield TV Pro Bring AI-Based 4K Upscaling and Improved Hardware (Tech)

The new Nvidia Shield TV and Shield TV Pro feature the new Tegra X1+ processor, Dolby Vision HDR, Dolby Atmos, and 4K upscaling capabilities.

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Xiaomi is Flaunting the Size of its 108MP Sensor, But That's Not its Biggest Strength (Tech)

As everyone with slight interest in photography would know, a larger sensor often equates to a superior one, and Xiaomi wants you to know that too.

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