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Europe's second-highest court will rule on May 12 on Amazon's appeal of an EU order to pay about EUR 250 million (roughly Rs. 2,230 crores) in back taxes to Luxembourg. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3t3WK8d

Premiere Pro how to highlight text in your videos: Highlighting text in your videos when you are showcasing a screenshot or an image can grab your viewers' attention. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/33i612l

NASA has told Elon Musk's SpaceX to halt work under a contract it won to develop a lunar spacecraft, pending the outcome of challenges by rival bidders at the US Government Accountability Office, the... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3e4ZwWK

Moto G40 Fusion is set to go on sale in India today via Flipkart at 12pm (noon). The Motorola phone comes with a 120Hz display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G SoC. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3t5A2wx

Having unveiled its new brand logo in the country a few days ago, Kia India has today launched the 2021 Kia Seltos and 2021 Kia Sonet, with both SUVs gaining some key additions. The 2021 Kia Seltos is priced from Rs 9.95 lakh to Rs 17.65 lakh, while the 2021 Kia Sonet’s prices range from Rs 6.79 lakh to Rs 13.25 lakh (all prices, ex-showroom). Both SUVs are now pricier by a notable margin, but along with sporting the new Kia logo, also pack some more features and changes to equipment levels across variants. One of the key additions for the Kia Seltos is the arrival of the intelligent manual transmission (iMT) option. Kia first rolled out this ‘clutch-less’ gearbox on its Sonet compact SUV and is now offering it with the bigger Seltos as well, with a new HTK+ 1.5 petrol variant priced at Rs 12.19 lakh. That’s Rs 40,000 more than the HTK+ variant with a manual transmission, but the iMT version also gets automatic climate control and an electric sunroof, both of which are missing from t

Reliance Jio has recorded a 47.5 percent YoY net profit in Q4 2021, recording a jump to Rs. 3,508 crores. The company said in a statement that despite COVID-19 related challenged, Jio closed its first... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3e58R0H

SeasonWatch is a citizen science project aimed at understanding the seasonality of trees, and the effects of climate change on this seasonality, across India. Students from more than 1200 schools and... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3nK1lM0

The Facebook founder explained his viral photo from last year where he was covered up in a thick layer of sunscreen by saying he was trying to hide from paparazzi, but admitted on a live chat that it... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3nGGxF1

Germany's glaciers are melting at a faster pace than feared and the country could lose its last ice caps in 10 years, an alarming report said Thursday. "The days of glaciers in Bavaria are numbered. And even sooner than expected," said Thorsten Glauber, environment minister of the southern region, home to Germany's ice-capped Alps. "The last Bavarian Alpine glacier could be gone in 10 years." Scientists had previously estimated the glaciers would be around until the middle of the century. But the melting has accelerated dramatically over the last years. Located in the Zugspitze area and in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany's five glaciers have lost about two-thirds of their volume in the past decade. Their surface areas have also shrunk by a third — equivalent to around 36 football fields. Issuing a stark warning over global warming, Glauber stressed that the glaciers are "not only a monument of Earth's history in the form of snow and ice"

The failure to halt climate change, the destruction of nature and other intertwined global crises poses an existential risk to humanity, ten Nobel laureates said Thursday following the first-ever Nobel Prize Summit. Only profound changes in the way society produces, distributes and consumes almost everything — starting with energy — can forestall potentially catastrophic changes, they said in a joint statement, also signed by 20 other top thinkers. "We need to reinvent our relationship with planet Earth," the statement said. "Without transformational action this decade, humanity is taking colossal risks with our common future." The risks of pandemics, they noted, are now greater due to the destruction of natural habitats, highly networked societies, and the spread of fake news on social networks. The Nobel winners said societies must repair and restore the "global commons" that have allowed our species to flourish — the climate, ice, land, ocean, freshw

The new strict policy change brings restrictions to app metadata and new guidelines for Store listing preview assets. For instance, an app cannot use graphic or text to indicate ranking, promote... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/335ATCI

Samsung Galaxy M32 specifications have been tipped through a listing on Geekbench. The new Samsung phone is said to be a rebranding of the Galaxy A32 4G. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3aSpBGp

Jaguar Land Rover India is expected to launch the facelifted 2021 Land Rover Discovery in the coming months. The SUV has already been listed on the Land Rover India website and should debut here after the revised Jaguar F-Pace launches in May 2021. The website suggests the 2021 Land Rover Discovery facelift will be available in India with three engine options. The diesel option is the D300 with Land Rover's new 3.0-litre inline-six MHEV diesel engine in its 300 hp and 650 Nm guise. This version can do zero to 100 kmph in 6.8 seconds and reach a 209 kph top speed. There are two petrol engines on offer other than this. The base petrol engine is the P300 version with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine again making 300 hp and 400 Nm. Equipped with this, the facelifted Discovery can get from zero to 100 kph in 7.3 seconds and reach a 201 kph top speed. The top petrol engine is the P360 with its 3.0-litre inline-six MHEV motor that puts out 360 hp and 500 Nm. This can do 0 to 100 kph in 6

The US government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered, according to senior US officials and private sector... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3u1SFTo

Oppo F11 Pro is receiving Android 11 update in India, the company confirmed via a tweet reply. There has been no official confirmation from Oppo regarding the changelog or the firmware version of the... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/2RdlL3O

Smartphone shipments worldwide grew 27 percent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of 2021, as per a report by Canalys. The market research firm said that smartphone vendors shipped a total... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3316YM7

The girl had shot to Internet fame after her father had shot a photograph of her smiling in front of a burning house in 2005. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3t9FRJo

China launched the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station on Thursday, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. Billions of dollars have been poured into space exploration as China seeks to reflect its rising global stature and growing technological might, following in the footsteps of the United States, Russia and Europe. The Tianhe core module, which houses life support equipment and a living space for astronauts, was launched from Wenchang in China's tropical Hainan province on a Long-March 5B rocket on Thursday, state television showed. Chinese President Xi Jinping called the space station a key step in "building a great nation of science and technology" in a congratulatory message Thursday. The Tiangong space station, whose name means "Heavenly Palace", is expected to be operational by 2022 after around 11 missions to deliver more modules and assemble them in orbit. Live footage

Like its bigger tech peers, Twitter posted stronger-than-expected results for the first quarter on Thursday. But its lukewarm outlook sent shares tumbling after hours. The San Francisco-based company earned $68 million, or 8 cents per share, in the January-March period. That’s up from a loss of $8.4 million, or 1 cent per share, a year earlier. Revenue grew 28 percent to $1.04 billion. Analysts, on average, were expecting a loss of 2 cents per share on revenue of $1.03 billion, according to a poll by FactSet . In a tumultuous start to the year, Twitter permanently suspended its arguably most powerful and polarising user — former President Donald Trump — from its platform in January after the deadly riots at the US Capitol. It had also suspended more than 150,000 other accounts across its platform for what it described as “propagating a conspiracy theory” linked to dangerous behavior offline. Primarily these accounts were linked to QAnon, the unfounded conspiracy theory that claims

American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. Sometimes called "the loneliest man in history" because of his long solo flight while his colleagues loped across the lunar surface, Collins never earned the same global name recognition as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But he was hailed as a lifelong advocate of space exploration: erudite and witty yet also self-effacing, maintaining in a 2009 interview with NASA that his historic accomplishments were "90 percent blind luck" and that astronauts should not be celebrated as heroes. "Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way," Collins' family posted on his official Twitter account. Crewmate Aldrin led the tributes, writing on Twitter: "Dear Mike, Wherever you have been or

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini Purple colour variant and AirTag are now on sale in India, just days after their debut at Apple's Spring Loaded event last week. Apple is also set to start taking... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3vu6qdL

Radhe, Army of the Dead, Lucifer season 5 part 2, Love Death + Robots season 2, Toofaan, Sardar Ka Grandson, Castlevania season 4, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Jupiter's Legacy, Master of None season 3... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3nGnVoD

IBM said it has agreed to acquire Turbonomic, a provider of software that helps companies monitor the performance of their business applications, the latest in a series of cloud computing acquisitions... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3nylgxf

Microsoft will cut its charges for video game developers who publish games in its online store, starting August, the New York Times reported. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3e5axal

The wraps are off the Suzuki Misano EV roadster concept, commissioned by Suzuki from the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Turin, Italy. For decades, Suzuki has been making compact cars as well as a wide range of motorcycles, and to signify the company’s ‘two souls’, Suzuki wanted a concept that would represent the best of both worlds. A team of 24 masters students – from countries including India, Italy, Turkey, France, Lebanon, Israel, Spain, Albania and Belgium – at IED Turin set to work on this concept in 2020, which has been named after the Misano World Circuit motorcycle racetrack. At 4,000 mm in length, 1,750 mm in width and just 1,000 mm in height, the Suzuki Misano is a small, wide and low roadster with two seats, but not in the traditional side-by-side layout. To recreate the motorcycling experience, the Suzuki Misano has a tandem seating layout, with the cockpit offset to the left, and there’s even a small windscreen to add to the two-wheeler effect. In fact, Suzuki went

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter missed its fourth scheduled flight on Thursday, with the space agency blaming a software glitch and vowing to try again the next day. "The helicopter is safe and in good health," said a statement, adding the rotorcraft had failed to transition to "flight mode." The team plans to attempt the flight once more on Friday at 8.16 pm IST (10:46 am Eastern Time) with data expected back at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory around three hours later. The software issue is thought to be the same one that delayed Ingenuity's maiden voyage, the first powered flight on another planet. Initially scheduled for 11 April, the historic feat occurred on 19 April. The reason was a glitch associated with the aircraft's "watchdog timer," which alerts Ingenuity to potential problems and pauses its processes if it thinks it has detected an error. Engineers made a coding tweak that allowed Ingenuity to overcome the problem and tra

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter missed its fourth scheduled flight on Thursday, with the space agency blaming a software glitch and vowing to try again the next day. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3aTcF3c

Twitter posted revenues and user numbers mostly in line with analyst estimates in stark contrast to the better performing digital ad firms like Facebook and Alphabet. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3aQnz9S

While mobile gamers in the country await the launch of PUBG Mobile India , the developers have shut down PUBG Lite in India. PUBG Lite developers had announced last month, that the game will be discontinued starting 29 April. "We are deeply grateful for the passion and support from the astounding number of PUBG LITE fans that have been with us. During the strenuous times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that PUBG LITE was able to provide our fans a fun way to stay safe. Unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to close service after much deliberation and the time has come for our journey to end. We regretfully inform you that service of PUBG LITE is scheduled to end on April 29th, 2021 (UTC)," the developers announced on 30 March. On 30 March, the PUBG Lite webpage was shut down and new downloads of the app were blocked. As of 29 April, PUBG Lite 's service has officially ended. And starting 29 May, player support will no longer be available. Notably,

Amazon, one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, posted record profits and signalled that consumers would keep spending in a growing US economy and converts to online shopping are not likely to... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/2SgFRKY

12:51 (IST) The Vivo V21 comes in two configurations: 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage: Rs 29,990 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage: Rs 32,990 Pre-booking for the smartphone starts today (29 April) and it will be available for purchase starting 6 May. 12:48 (IST) Recapping the Vivo V21 features and specifications 12:47 (IST) The Vivo V21's display supports 90 Hz refresh rate It also supports HD content on Netflix. 12:46 (IST) Vivo V21 offers extended RAM technology Extended or virtual RAM is essentially a block of space in your phone's storage allocated by the OS to pretend to be RAM when you physical RAM runs short for actively running programs. 12:43 (IST) Vivo V21 is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800 SoC It supports UFS 2.2 storage and comes with 5G connectivity. 12:42 (IST) 12:39 (IST) Arctic White colour variant of Vivo V21 12:39 (IST) The Dusk Blue colour variant of Vivo V21 12:37 (IST) The Vivo V21 Sunset Dazzle colour opti

Samsung posted a 46.3 percent rise in first-quarter net profits, largely driven by robust sales of its smartphones and home appliances due to continued stay-at-home demand. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3u6NrpE

Michael Collins, the third American astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon along with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, passed away on Wednesday, and was paid tribute to by NASA. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/2QFE4P5

Among Us developer InnerSloth is updating its popular game. The game will get new features including 6 new colours, enhanced art styles, and more, along with various bug fixes and improvements. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/2S7Mejv

Apple may start shipping the successor to its M1 chip in July, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. Speculated to be called M2 or M1X, the new Apple Silicon is said to have entered mass production. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3u6EHQ4

The registration process began 4pm on Saturday, April 28, and the government has announced that over 1.32 crore people registered in just one day. There were initial glitches, probably because the... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3aIVSjd

China is preparing a substantial fine for Tencent as part of its sweeping antitrust clampdown on the country's Internet giants, but it is likely to be less than the record penalty imposed on Alibaba... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3xIvyQa

Demand for the iPhone and other Apple products drove profits to more than double in the January-March period as the tech giant continued to capitalise on smartphone addiction. Profits came to $23.6 billion, or $1.40 per share, while revenue climbed 54 percent to $89.6 billion in the fiscal second quarter, the company said Wednesday. Analysts polled by FactSet expected 99 cents per share on $77.1 billion in sales. The iPhone, Apple’s crown jewel, hadn’t sold quite as well as usual over the past few years as people held on to their current phones for longer. But the release of four iPhone 12 models last fall has unleashed purchases, and iPhone sales rose 66 percent to $47.9 billion on top of a holiday-season quarter when iPhone sales jumped 17 percent. Some analysts believe the popularity of the iPhone 12 could lead to the device’s biggest sales year since 2014, when the iPhone 6 came out. It was a big hit because Apple enlarged the device’s screen. The iPhone 12 is the first model t

12:18 (IST) Vivo V21 comes with a 44 MP Night OIS selfie camera 12:07 (IST) The Vivo V21 is design and manufactured in India 12:01 (IST) The event is now live... 11:50 (IST) Vivo V21 5G expected specifications Reports suggest that the smartphone will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U chipset and will run on Android 11-based Vivo's custom UI. The smartphone is also expected to sport a 64 MP triple camera setup at the back. 11:38 (IST) Besides touting it as the first phone to feature a 44 MO OIS selfie camera, Vivo also claims that the V21 is the slimmest smartphone in the Indian market India's slimmest* smartphone with 44MP OIS Night Selfie is coming your way today. Watch the live launch online and stand a chance to win 21 #vivoV21 smartphones. ​ Stay tuned, it's launching today at 12pm. #DelightEveryMoment ​ ​ To know more: https://t.co/CuGgGn8uH6 pic.twitter.com/OxjmI22W8S — Vivo India (@Vivo_India) April 29, 2021 11:29 (IST) Viv

Netflix's shuffle play "Play Something" button on TV is here for everyone. You hit the Play Something button and Netflix will pick a title from its catalogue - a film or a TV show - that... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3aNOFhA

PUBG Lite has reached its end of service as of today, April 29 and players will no longer be able to play the game like they did. The player service will remain active till May 29 and the Facebook... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3u5dHR3

Smartphone shipments in India grew 11 percent on a year-over-year basis in the first quarter of 2021, as per a report by Canalys. The market research firm said that smartphone vendors shipped a total... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3xxt1In

Spotify posted rare net profit in the first quarter and a sharp increase in paid subscribers as the music streaming giant launched in dozens of new markets, but disappointing total users sent shares... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3ntqFFU

Pixar's Luca gets a new trailer. Luca release date is June 18 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer lead Luca voice cast. Enrico Casarosa directs. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3vrFGuv

Vivo V21 5G is all set to launch in India today. The phone was unveiled in Malaysia just two days ago and now it is set to arrive to the Indian market. The launch event in India will be livestreamed... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3t5c44u

Facebook beat Wall Street expectations for both quarterly revenue and profit but warned that growth later this year could "significantly" decline as new Apple privacy policies will make it more... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/2Pyrj8z

Vivo is scheduled to launch it flagship V-series smartphone – Vivo V21 5G – in India today. Vivo has been teasing the launch of the smartphone for a while now, and in the many teasers, the company has already confirmed that the Vivo V21 5G will sport a 44 MP OIS front camera. The launch event is scheduled to kick off at 12 pm IST. Vivo will be streaming the event live on its official Youtube channel. The webcast video is embedded below: Vivo V21 5G: What to expect A microsite for Vivo V21 5G has been live for a while now which reveals a bunch of specifications of the smartphone. We already know that the Vivo V21 5G will come in Arctic White, Dusk Blue, and Sunset Dazzle colour options. Vivo V21 will support both SA and NSA 5G connectivity. Reports also suggest that the smartphone will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U chipset and will run on Android 11-based Vivo's custom UI. The smartphone is also expected to sport a 64 MP triple camera setup at the back. from Firstpo

In a show of solidarity, the CEOs of about 40 top American companies have come together to create a first-of-its-kind country-specific global task force to mobilise resources and coordinate efforts to help India fight the battle against COVID-19. A collective initiative of the US-India Business Council of the US Chamber of Commerce, and the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum and Business Roundtable, the task force during its meeting in Washington on 26 April committed to get 20,000 oxygen concentrators to India in the next few weeks, Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen told PTI. The new US public-private partnership to provide India critical medical supplies, vaccines, oxygen and other life-saving assistance amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases is called the ‘Global Task Force on Pandemic Response: Mobilising for India’. The first-of-its-kind country-specific global task force to address a public health crisis in another country was addressed by US Secretary of State Antony B

One in four people experiences mild, short-lived systemic side effects after receiving either the COVID-19 preventive by Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine — known as Covishield in India — with headache, fatigue and tenderness the most common symptoms, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The researchers from King’s College London in the UK also found that most systemic side effects — meaning side effects excluding where the injection took place — peaked within the first 24 hours following vaccination and usually lasted 1-2 days. The analysis of data from the ZOE COVID Symptom Study app found much fewer side effects in the general population with both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines than reported in trials. The study also reports a significant decrease of infection rates from 12 to 21 days after the first dose of the Pfizer (58 percent reduction) and AstraZeneca (39 percent reduction) vaccines compared to a control group. The drop in infection at

China plans to launch the core module for its first permanent space station this week in the latest big step forward for the country’s space exploration program. The Tianhe, or “Heavenly Harmony” module is set to be hurtled into space aboard a Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan. The launch could come as early as Thursday night if all goes as planned. It would be the first of 11 missions to build and supply the space station for a three-person crew. Here’s a look at the planned launch and the past and future of China’s space program. Eleven missions planned to complete space station by end of 2022 Another 10 launches will send up two more modules; four cargo supply shipments and four missions with crews. At least 12 astronauts are training to fly to and live in the station, including veterans of previous flights, newcomers and women. When completed by late 2022, Tianhe is expected to weigh about 66 tons, a fraction the size of the

Facebook blocked posts tagged #ResignModi before restoring them hours later, stoking a controversy that's erupted over government requests to remove social media content as India grapples with an... from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/3gLmt2X

Apple posted sales and profits ahead of Wall Street expectations fuelled by 5G iPhone upgrades but warned a global chip shortage could dent iPad and Mac sales by several billion dollars. from NDTV Gadgets - Latest https://ift.tt/2SeTkD1

Pratap Bose, who was Vice President of Global Design at Tata Motors for the better part of the last decade, has resigned from his position. This news comes as a big surprise, as Bose had come to be closely associated with the Indian carmaker, and perceived as the face of the newer, fresher company Tata has wanted to project itself as for a long time. Bose is said to have left in pursuit of a ‘opportunities outside the company’, so it is quite likely that he will join another big name in the automotive industry. Martin Uhlarik, who is presently Head of Design for Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC), has assumed the position left vacant by Bose. Since joining Tata Motors in 2016 as Head of Design at the UK design studio, he is said to have led the development of the ‘Impact Design 3.0’ generation of vehicles. Uhlarik will continue to operate from TMETC in the UK. He will lead teams in three Tata Motors Design centres – in Coventry (UK), Turin (Italy) and Pune (India). Havin

The term ‘pro’ has been bandied about so freely that the word has lost all import; it’s now more noun than adjective. Unlike what Apple, Xiaomi and the rest of the consumer-tech world will have you believe, a ‘Pro’ model isn’t a top-tier consumer device. The Oxford English dictionary defines a profession as: ‘a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.’ A professional is someone engaged in a particular occupation, and usually, has been trained to be so engaged. A professional tool is enables them to perform said job. The Canon C70 is one such tool. It’s a camera designed from the ground up to be one thing and one thing only: a pro tool for filmmakers. This is not a hybrid mirrorless system that shoots photos and videos. This is not a camera you sling around your neck and take with you on camping trips. This is a camera with dual mini XLR inputs with 48 V phantom power. A camera with support for external power and hot-swappable batte