Tushar BurmanOct 03, 2020 14:09:32 IST I remember the first time I drove a Mahindra Thar. It wasn’t really a review, rather a fluffy feature for Overdrive magazine. The vehicle was the subject, but really mostly a backdrop for a model. It required the briefest of commutes with a small section of rocks and gravel.
Month: October 2020
On Thursday, Google’s News Showcase launched in Brazil and Germany, featuring story panels that let publishers package stories with features like timelines Signing agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications, Google on Thursday announced it will pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for their content. Releasing a statement in
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) The popular LGBT+ hook-up app Grindr has fixed a glaring security flaw that allowed hackers to take over any account if they knew the user’s registered email address, TechCrunch reports. Advertisement Wassime Bouimadaghene, a French security researcher, originally uncovered the vulnerability in September. But after he shared his discovery with
Voting is open for the 38th annual Golden Joystick Awards, the biggest public-voted video game awards ceremony in the world. This year, the ceremony will completely online. “Last year the Golden Joystick Awards were held in central London with awards being handed out to developers who had flown in from all around the globe. This
Netflix isn’t just a great place to find high-quality TV shows like The Witcher, Stranger Things, and Dark. The popular streaming service also has a treasure trove of excellent and underrated films, some of which have flown under the radar in recent years. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the action-adventure category, a genre built
You’ve probably noticed how amazingly thin today’s TVs can get, but are you curious to know just how thin a TV can be? Are there TVs you can put on up the wall like a poster? How thin can a display get before it’s just not functional? Fortunately for all of us, the top TV
It may be only a few months since the Samsung Galaxy S20‘s debut, but Samsung has just gone and launched the Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition). Starting from just $700, it undercuts the S20’s original selling price while adding a larger screen and a bigger battery, aiming to triumph where the older phone failed. It’s
The XR Market is a platform where international artists and producers can meet with distributors and financiers. It takes place in Paris as a part of the NewImages Festival, an international festival of digital creation and virtual worlds. Developing a market that puts art and business strategy on a level playing field while keeping an
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Gryphon Technologies $14 million to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion system for the U.S. military. Part of DARPA’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program, the High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system will be used to enable the military to carry
Abigail BanerjiOct 02, 2020 21:57:06 IST In September every year, the 192 Member States of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly come together from around the world to take part in a series of diplomatic discussions and multilateral meetings. This year’s 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), that started on 22nd September and
Amazon Prime Day has served as an excellent time to pick up audio equipment on the cheap, especially earbuds and headphones. The technology in headphones has dramatically improved in just the last year, with average battery life per charge ballooning from just four hours to upwards of six or eight per charge in earbuds. For
Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP (Getty Images) President Trump disclosed via Twitter on Friday morning that he and his wife, Melania, had tested positive for covid-19. Advertisement “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!,” Trump tweeted. Advertisement The president and his wife will remain at home in the White
The use of VR in education can make learning more entertaining, encourage STEM programs, and help with distance education. Moreover, immersive technology can improve students’ learning experience while teaching them to embrace technology. From virtual field trips on the planet Mars to roleplaying as histories greatest public figures, here are eight fascinating examples of immersive
From September 23 to 27, the 3rd edition of NewImages Festival took place at the Forum des Images in Paris. NewImages Festival is unique to the XR event landscape as it is more than just a tech conference, it uses its platform, funding, and reputation to promote values that are often all too absent in
Wireless earbuds are now ubiquitous — and Apple’s AirPods paved the way. With their tiny design, flip-lid charging case, and dead-simple operation, it’s no wonder the AirPods and AirPods Pro become the earbuds to which all others are compared. But which AirPods should you buy? The classic AirPods are reliable and well-priced, while the $249
Google Home’s Nest Mini is the second generation of its Home Mini product, a little round speaker you can put around your house and connect to a larger Nest Hub or use for your own little personal assistant/radio. You can check out why we liked this improved model here, but we also want to go
Prime Day deals have arrived early if you’re keen to upgrade your gaming headset to something better than before. Right now, you can snap up the Razer Kraken gaming headset for PC, PS4 and Xbox One for just $60, saving you $20 on the usual price. The best part? The headset is fully compatible with
Prime Day has come early if you’ve been looking out for fantastic monitor deals. Right now, you can snap up a 28-inch Acer 4K monitor for just $300, saving you $50 on the usual price. We think this is a no-brainer of a deal and we can’t see other Prime Day deals beating this. Remember
Graphic: Github/Gizmodo GitHub, the largest host of source code in the world, has added a new feature that most of us will probably never use but could make the world wide web a safer place for everyone. Advertisement Last year, GitHub’s owner Microsoft purchased Semmle, makers of a semantic code analysis engine that’s been used
With the press of a button, you can stream your actions live to others around the globe; and whether you want to show off your dance moves, cooking skills, or share your thoughts, there are people eager to watch. Using TikTok, you can begin the process in only a few taps of your finger, but
Horror films are better than ever. In fact, with recent chillers like Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse (both featured on our list), horror movies have evolved into emotionally complex art-house experiences. Of course, for those of us with a big, dark place in our hearts for OG titans like Freddy and Jason,
FP TrendingOct 01, 2020 16:41:35 IST Google has confirmed that the Pixel 4a will be launching in India and it will be available via Flipkart. The tech giant tweeted that the successor of Pixel 3a will be released on 17 October. This update came along with the news that Pixel 4a 5G is not going
The Oppo Reno4 Pro 5G has all the exact right technical ingredients to make a smartphone that’s desirable and exciting, and in several cases suitably different from the competition. I’ve been using it for a couple of days and have enjoyed doing so too, but then I couldn’t ignore the ingredient that’s not so good
WHO’s ACT-Accelerator has received roughly $3 billion of the $38 billion needed to produce, deliver vaccine doses, treatments and diagnostic tests in 2021. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world is “losing the race” to avert climate disaster. Image: AFP. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an “immediate infusion” of $15 billion to a
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