PUBG Mobile 0.10.5 update with Royale Pass Season 5, Mk47 Laser Sight and more released

Tencent games; makers of PUBG has rolled out a new update which brings the new Season 5 and the new Royale Pass with Premium outfits and taunting emotes as rewards. The update also adds Mk47 and Laser Sight attachment and brings back  Share For Deals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjW93bWo6qQ Since the update just started rolling out, it might be available to everyone by later this week. The company recently teased new collaboration content with Resident Evil 2 that will likely bring zombie mode . Today it confirmed that it will release by the end of this month, so it could arrive on January 25th,2019 when the Resident Evil 2  releases. Check out the complete changelog of 0.10.5 update below. What’s New : - Added Mk47, which can be found in Erangel, Miramar, and Sanhok. It fires 7.62mm rounds and has two firing modes. - Added Laser Sight, a lower rail attachment that reduces spread when firing from the hip. Can be found in all maps. - Vikendi is now available as a map when creating rooms. - The "Classic" voice is back! You can find it in Settings after the update. - Spawn Island announcements can now be enabled or disabled in Settings. - Royale Pass Season 5 is here! Premium outfits and taunting emotes are available as ...

Cortana won’t challenge Alexa and Google Assistant, says Microsoft CEO

It's no secret that Microsoft's Cortana digital assistant has fallen behind Google Assistant and Alexa, and it looks like Microsoft is taking a different route. The company's CEO Satya Nadella revealed that Microsoft no longer sees Cortana as a competitor to Alexa or Google Assistant. “Cortana needs to be that skill for anybody who’s a Microsoft 365 subscriber,” explains Nadella. Nadella is referencing the Microsoft's new consumer subscription push. “You should be able to use it on Google Assistant, you should be able to use it on Alexa, just like how you use our apps on Android and iOS so that’s at least how we want to think about where it’ll go.” The company has already partnered with Amazon to enable Cortana and Alexa integration and at the launch of the partnership, Nadella compared digital assistants to web browsers that need to be interoperable and access similar information. From this, it is clear that the company sees Cortana as an app/service that will work across multiple platforms. Microsoft moved Cortana out of its AI research division and into its Experiences and Devices team late last year. Microsoft has made Skype calling available on Alexa, and the Xbox One also now supports Alexa. Microsoft is now in the middle of re-positioning ...

Spotify to launch in India on January 31st reveals terms on official website

Spotify India launch was long coming; while there were many rumors and reports in the past, nothing materialized yet. However, things are happening faster than expected and latest we hear is that the company is on the verge of bringing their service to India. The launch is scheduled to take place as soon as January 31st.  The company's Terms and Conditions page on their website lists the effective inclusion of India which will become effective as of January 31, 2019. This is surely a surprise launch from Spotify. The company has recently signed a content deal with T-Series to bring Indian content to the platform, which was our first clue. However, launching the service doesn't mean success. Spotify will face stiff competition from home-grown platforms like Saavn, Gaana, Amazon's Prime Music among others. Apart from T-Series, Spotify is yet to sign deals with Sony and Warner Music for full-blown content availability in India, so if Spotify is dead serious about January 31st launch, things should happen fast. As of this moment, we only believe January 31st as the possible launch since the company didn't officially announce the same. No other details such as pricing, availability are known. India is a price sensitive market, ...

Samsung Galaxy M series smartphones with Infinity U display launching in India on January 28 on Amazon [Update: New teasers]

Update - January 18, 2018: Samsung has posted new video and image teasers for the M series showing the 'Infinity U' display with minimal bezels. [embed]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/31/img18/Wireless/CEEX/Samsung/MSeries/Samsung_Teaser_05.mp4[/embed] I have a display that lets you have more of everything! I’m the new Samsung #GalaxyMSeries. See me on 28th Jan. Get Notified on Amazon: https://t.co/EPNqSsdMgH & Samsung India: http://bit.ly/2RNiwif pic.twitter.com/SBhiMD3aql — Samsung Mobile India (@SamsungMobileIN) January 18, 2019 Earlier: After leaks, Samsung has officially announced that its Galaxy 'M Series' smartphones will launch in India on January 28th exclusively on Amazon.in. Based on earlier rumors, we can expect the Galaxy M10 (SM-M105F), Galaxy M20 (SM-M205F) and Galaxy M30 (SM-M305F) smartphones. Galaxy M20 even showed up on the Samsung India support site recently. The invite shows Infinity  U display with a camera inside the notch and the earpiece is present on the top bezel. Official teaser images also reveal curved edges, power button and volume rockers on the right side, dual rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The phone will also come with support for fast charging. Looks like Samsung is finally moving from micro USB to USB Type-C for its mid-range smartphones.  Samsung Galaxy M20 rumored specifications 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 display Octa-Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.6GHz ...

OnePlus 6T Republic Day offer: OnePlus Assured Upgrade, Cashback, Exchange Offers and more

Soon after the year-ender offer, OnePlus has announced a set of exciting new offers for Republic Day for those who wish to buy its latest OnePlus 6T smartphone. In the recent development, OnePlus announced its first-ever ‘OnePlus Assured Upgrade’ program on the purchase of the OnePlus 6T starting 19 January 2019. As part of the program, OnePlus 6T buyers during the Republic Day sales on Amazon.in and OnePlus exclusive offline stores can avail a maximum of 70% guaranteed buyback rate and a minimum of 40% buyback rate between 3-12 months from the purchase date of the device on an upgrade to a future OnePlus flagship. How to avail 'OnePlus Assured Upgrade'? In OnePlus Stores: Purchase the OnePlus 6T along with the OnePlus Assured Upgrade between January 19th to January 27th, 2019.  Once you’re ready to upgrade to a future OnePlus device, you can initiate exchange on the OnePlus Care app and get an assured value on your new device (this value depends on your time of upgrade). On Amazon.in: The OnePlus Assured Upgrade will be available on Amazon under the Guaranteed Exchange Program. Here’s a step by step guide that informs you how to avail the same: Guaranteed Exchange Price - Guide Republic day limited period offers In ...

POCO F1 MIUI 10.2.2.0 stable update with 960fps slo-mo recording, enhanced low-light mode starts rolling out

POCO today rolled out new MIUI 10 v10.2.2.0 stable update for all the users brings new camera features including 960fps slow-motion video recording in addition to 120fps and 240fps, as well as enhanced low-light mode in the camera settings for improved low-light performance. This takes 8 photos at different exposures and merges them into one brighter, higher-quality shot. The company started testing these features last month in beta. The update doesn't bring 4K 60fps support, which was promised last year, but POCO Indian head recently said that this will be available in February. The POCO F1 MIUI 10.1 update has build V10.2.2.0.PEJMIXM, is 311MB in size and has Android security patch for December 2018. Since it has started rolling out today, it will take few days to roll out for everyone. We will add the recovery ROM zip here soon. Source 1, 2

Collection 1 breach exposed over 770 million unique email IDs and over 21 million passwords

As many as 772,904,991 unique email addresses and over 21 million unique passwords have been leaked online. This results in more than 87GB of passwords and emails getting leaked. All these had been distributed in a folder dubbed ‘Collection # 1’ by hackers who have posted the link to the dump on a hacking forum.  What's more surprising is that the cache of emails and passwords appear to have been built up from numerous data breaches dating back to 2008. The data breach set was first reported by security researcher Troy Hunt who also runs the 'haveibeenpwned' website which lets you confirm if your email address or password have been compromised. The Collection #1 is over 87GB worth of data and contains over 12,000 separate files. The data leak was posted on the cloud-based sharing website, Mega and this data seems to have been taken down since. The way logins on most websites work, they don't store password, instead, what they store is a "hash" of your password, which emerges after a complex mathematical calculation that spits out a long string of numbers and letters instead. Meaning, the next time you log in using the same credentials on the website and type in the ...

Netflix reports 35% growth YoY, adds 8.8 million new users in Q4 2018

Netflix has announced that it has seen an annual revenue of $16 billion in 2018 which is a 35% growth. The company has doubled the operating profits of $1.6 billion. Netflix has ended the 2018 year with 139 million paying subscribers, up to 9 million from the quarter and up to 29 million from the beginning of the year.  The company reported revenue of $4.19 billion and diluted earnings of 30 cents per share. The company has added 8.8 million paid members in the fourth quarter, compared to 1.5 million domestic additions and 7.3 million domestic additions and bringing total global streaming paid memberships to 139.26 million at the end of the quarter. It foresees global streaming paid net additions of 8.9 million in the first quarter of 2019. The company has also reported free cash flow burn of negative $1.3 billion for the Q4 2018, bringing the total outflow to $3 billion for the year. Netflix estimates that 80 million households will see “Bird Box” in its first four weeks on the platform. Netflix in December said that more than 45 million accounts watched “Bird Box” in its first seven days, marking a record-breaking debut for the streaming service. The company added that “Elite,” a Spanish original film, ...

ZTE and China Unicom complete world’s first 5G call on prototype smartphone

ZTE Corporation has announced that Guangdong branch of China Unicom and ZTE have made the world’s first 5G call by means of ZTE’s 5G prototype smartphone in Shenzhen 5G field trial. The test also completed the verification of diverse services, such as Wechat group voice call, online video, and web browsing. This makes the Shenzhen field of China Unicom the world's first commercial test field to make the first call in the NSA mode and it is in compliance with the 3GPP Rel-15. Shenzhen is one of the first 5G pilot cities of China Unicom and is fully verifying the 5G network equipment’s networking capabilities, special services, roaming and interconnection, and the inheritance of existing services in phases. The test adopts ZTE’s 5G end-to-end solution, including a radio access network, core network, transport network, and intelligent device, realizing the connection with ZTE’s 5G prototype smartphone in the field environment. The test has also verified several 5G key technologies such as Massive MIMO, 5G NR, NSA dual connectivity, FlexE transport technology, and 5G Common Core. ZTE’s 5G solution has passed the end-to-end test in the three months after the release of the 3GPP Rel-15. It showcases ZTE’s strong competency in 5G R&D and commercialization.

Twitter acknowledges bug that exposed protected Tweets of some Android users for years

Twitter for Android has been effected with an issue where 'Protect Your Tweets'setting has been disabled if a certain amount of changes were made. The company says that it is aware of the issue and users may have been impacted by this issue if they had protected Tweets turned on in the settings, and made certain changes to account settings such as changing the email address associated with your account between November 3, 2014, and January 14, 2019. We’ve become aware of and fixed an issue where the “Protect your Tweets” setting was disabled on Twitter for Android. Those affected have been alerted and we’ve turned the setting back on for them. More here: https://t.co/0qM5B1S393 — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) January 17, 2019 However, users on iOS or the web were not impacted. Twitter has fixed the issue on January 14th. The company said that it has informed users who were affected by this issue and have turned "Protect your Tweets" back on for them if it was disabled.  The company couldn't confirm every account that may have been impacted. The company says that it is looking into the issue and will provide more details in the days to come. Twitter in a blog post said: We've ...