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Vodafone, Google Look to Extend Wear OS Smartwatch Battery Life

Vodafone is working with Google to extend the battery life of a smartwatch by reducing the “chatter” between the device and the network, a bigger drain of energy than screen brightness and other settings targeted by low power modes. The mobile operator has developed an API (application programming interface) that enables apps and operating systems, […]

Are Play-to-Earn Games the Future of the Gaming Industry?  

Play-to-earn (P2E) games are a new and young phenomenon in the gaming industry, but one that will not stop growing, as it mixes the two things that all people want in their lives; fun and money.   Most play-to-earn games today reward the player with their in-game token, with its worth decided by the amount of […]

Indian Telcos' 5G Bids Seen Muted as Private Firms Jostle for Airwaves -Sources

India’s telecom giants are likely to make muted bids at the 5G spectrum auction in July, on worries they stand to lose about 40 percent in potential revenues due to the allotment of some airwaves to enterprises for private networks, industry sources said. Top player Reliance Industries’ Jio and rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea […]

Why Self-Driving Cars are Still Unsafe?

Car production has been moving from petrol-based cars to electric vehicles with the main aim of fighting climate change by reducing CO2 emissions. The autopilot feature by Tesla in 2014 has been a notable improvement in advanced driver assistance systems taking the autonomy in cars to level 2 on the self-driving car scale out of […]

Samsung Elec starts 3-Nanometre Chip Production to Lure New Foundry Customers

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology, the first to do so globally, as it seeks new clients to catch far bigger rival TSMC in contract chip manufacturing. Compared with conventional 5-nanometre chips, the newly developed first-gen 3-nanometre process can reduce power consumption by up […]

What We Know So Far About the Nothing Phone?

The Nothing phone is a mystery which is slowly unravelling. The phone which should be announced next month has attracted the eyes of curious people, who are asking the same question we all are: What on earth is a Nothing phone? The phone has not been announced yet and leaks are coming thick and fast, […]

Most Common Uses for NFTs in Everyday Life

When talking about Non-Fungible Tokens – NFTs – many imagine ugly pieces of art sold for millions of real-world dollars. The disruptive and transformative potential uses for NFTs goes far beyond a picture of a Greedy Goat or a Perky Penguin with the promise of riches, passive income, or what have you. What an NFT […]

Google Targeted in Fresh EU Consumer Groups' Privacy Complaints

Alphabet unit Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users’ personal data harvested via their Google accounts, European consumer organisation BEUC said on Thursday. In addition to the French consumer group, others in Greece, the Czech Republic, Norway and Slovenia […]

CIA Using Instagram to Teach Russians How to Share State Secrets

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has tested the U.S. geopolitical caliber and superiority as a globally renowned powerhouse. With Russia’s condemning intrusion on Ukraine’s sovereign dominion, the U.S. played the field through economic sanctions against Russia to force some influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yet, in March, it appeared that the U.S. decided to […]

VW: EV Battery Output Bigger Challenge Than EU Combustion Engine Ban

The EU deal to phase out combustion engine cars in just over 12 years is challenging, but a more daunting obstacle will be making enough batteries to power the electric cars needed as a result, a senior Volkswagen executive said on Wednesday. The comment was made after European Union countries clinched deals on proposed laws […]