Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC officially unveiled, Xiaomi and OnePlus confirmed to feature this chipset

Qualcomm today unveiled its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset at the Snapdragon Summit 2022. The company says the new chipset, which succeeds Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Gen 1+ SoCs, “will revolutionise the landscape of flagship smartphones in 2023” as it offers 4.35X better AI capabilities, 40 per cent more power…

Microsoft Surface 5, Surface 9 Pro available for pre-orders starting today: Price, specs and more 

Microsoft’s recently launched laptops are available for pre-orders from today.The Surface 5 and the Surface 9 Pro can be pre-ordered on Amazon starting from November 15 on Amazon.in Reliance Digital, Croma, Vijay Sales and select multi-brand stores along with authorized Surface commercial resellers. Talking about the…

Amazon plans to fire 10000 employees, layoffs likely to start this week

Amazon is reportedly planning to lay off roughly 10,000 employees as soon as this week. According to The New York Times, citing people familiar with the matter, the upcoming layoffs will be the biggest in the company’s history. Amazon fired roughly 1,500 workers in 2001 during the dot-com crash, though the…

WhatsApp now informs you about missed calls due to DND mode, Companion mode in works

 WhatsApp has reportedly rolled out a new update for Android beta testers. According to screenshots shared by WaBetaInfo, the messaging app will now inform users if they miss a call when Do Not Disturb (DND) mode is enabled. The app will also let you know the time of the call. WhatsApp will display a small…

Monday Brief on Elon Musk: Twitter boss now dares US Senator, gets job queries

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and new boss of Twitter, is now tweeting so frantically that we journalists can’t keep up. Probably taking advantage of slow weekend hours at his various companies — Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter — Musk has been unusually busy on Twitter. tweeting and replying,…

Twitter rolled out official tag for some accounts, then Elon Musk killed it within hours

Twitter’s experiment with the ‘official’ tag apart from the existing blue verified checkmark isn’t going well, adding more confusion and chaos to the already convoluted verification process. The company’s new owner, Elon Musk, has “killed” the project after some accounts,…

iPhone 15 likely to offer big upgrades over iPhone 14, 5 features we expect to see

Apple launched the iPhone 14 just a few months ago, but consumers do not seem to be too excited about the new iPhone model. That’s because the iPhone 14 isn’t a very big upgrade over its predecessor iPhone 13. The iPhone 14 and 13 are more or less just the same with just a few tweaks here and there. That being…

Facebook-parent Meta likely to start mass layoffs today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg blames overhiring

The tech industry is going through turmoil right now. Twitter just laid off thousands, nearly 50 per cent of its staff in a recent layoff, and blamed revenue drop for it. Following Elon Musk’s Twitter is Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta that is set to layoffs some of its employees. Zuckerberg didn’t confirm the number of…

Amazon Prime Rs 599 vs Rs 459 plan: Benefits compared, which is better

 Amazon Prime is one of the top paid subscription services provided by e-commerce giant Amazon. The Prime service offers a bundle of extra features, including free and fast delivery, free OTT services, ad-free music, in-game content, exclusive access to deals on the e-commerce website and more. The Amazon Prime…

Elon Musk says Twitter users impersonating others will be banned, no name change after Blue Tick

Elon Musk has announced that Twitter would ban accounts impersonating other members if they don’t specify parody in the bio. The decision was announced earlier today after several verified Twitter accounts were found impersonating Musk and even US President Joe Biden. However, this move will have a broader impact…