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  Samsung  Electronics has laid out a vision for new innovative TV experiences and introduced its latest premium TV product. During a live online event, titled Unbox and Discover 2022, the world's largest TV maker by sales emphasised customised TV features based on Artificial Intelligence, as well as seamless connectivity, reports Yonhap News Agency. Samsung's technology "should be able to provide users with personalised services, and to perform necessary functions without having users learn about new products or technology", Han Jong-hee, vice chairman of  Samsung  Electronics and head of its Device eXperience division, said at the event. To achieve the goals,  Samsung  has intensified efforts to improve connectivity among Samsung's home devices through SmartThings, a software platform that connects and controls devices, and upgraded the intelligence menu system, Smart Hub, with a new interface and various entertainment and health features, Han added. &qu

  YouTube  TV on Thursday announced that it has started rolling out picture-in-picture (PiP) to its  iPhone  and  iPad  app. "We are happy to share that picture-in-picture is now rolling out to your iOS 15+ devices. Simply select a video to watch and swipe up from the bottom of the screen to return to the device's homepage. The video can scale down and move across your screen," the firm said in a tweet. However, picture-in-picture support is not yet available for all mobile users of the  YouTube  application. "We really appreciate your patience while we worked on enabling this key feature for your iOS 15+ devices. We hope you enjoy this easy way to stream," the firm added. PiP makes watching videos easier, people can use their  iPhone  or  iPad  to multitask while also watching. The feature will allow the video to stay on the screen in a minimised player with concentrated playback controls. In addition, Google has also been testing picture-in-picture

  American chipmaker  Intel  has announced its maiden discrete graphic processing units (GPUs) for laptops. Called  Intel  Arc A-series, the GPUs are based on Intel’s new Xe Hyper Performance  Graphics  microarchitecture (Xe HPG). The first batch of laptop GPUs include Arc 3, Arc 5, and Arc 7. The Arc 3 is now available in laptops starting $899. The Arc 5 and Arc 7 will be available for advanced laptops later this year. Speaking of the Arc 3 series, it comes in two variants -- A350M and A370M. The A350M has six Xe-cores, six ray tracing cores, and a power envelop of 25-35W. The A370M has eight Xe-cores, eight ray tracing cores, and a slightly higher power envelop of 35-50W. Both the variants have 4GB GDDR6 memory, and 64-bit wide memory bus. According to Intel, the Arc 3 is an entry-level discrete GPU with up to twice the performance of Intel’s integrated Iris Xe  graphics . The GPUs support features such as DirectX 12 Ultimate, Ray tracing, variable rate shading, mesh shading, etc

  OnePlus  on Thursday launched the  OnePlus  10 Pro  5G  smartphone in India. Alongside, the Chinese smartphone maker launched the Bullets Wireless Z2 earphones. Both the products will go on open sale in India from April 5. Check out the specifications and prices of the  OnePlus  10 Pro  5G  and OnePlus Wireless Z2 earphones: OnePlus 10 Pro 5G: Specifications and price in India The OnePlus 10 Pro  5G  is OnePlus’s maiden premium smartphone to launch after its integration with OPPO. The OnePlus 10 Pro 5G has a 6.7-inch fluid AMOLED screen of 120Hz refresh rate. It is a 10-bit display with LTPO 2.0 for variable refresh rate adjustment. The screen boasts several value-added features such as nature tone, eye comfort, image sharpener, video color enhancer, screen color mode, color personalization, color vision enhancement, screen color temperature, bright HDR video mode, night mode, multi-brightness color calibration, vibrant color effect pro, and ultra-high-resolution video. As for

  British tech firm  Dyson  on Wednesday said it will launch its first wearable air purifier with  headphones . Dyson  has unveiled air-purifying  headphones   Dyson  Zone, which is a set of noise-cancelling, high fidelity over-ear  headphones  which simultaneously deliver immersive sound to the ears, and purified airflow to the nose and mouth. Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones will simultaneously tackle the urban issues of air quality and noise pollution, said a company statement. Dyson Chief Engineer Jake Dyson said, "The Dyson Zone purifies the air you breathe on the move. And unlike face masks, it delivers a plume of fresh air without touching your face, using high-performance filters and two miniaturised air pumps. After six years in development, we're excited to deliver pure air and pure audio, anywhere. This is also Dyson's foray into the world of audio, it added. It is also the smallest in any Dyson machine to date, two motors sit in each earcup and are

  To her 1.4 million followers on social media, Vica Li says she is a life blogger and food lover who wants to teach her fans about  China  so they can travel the country with ease. Through my lens, I will take you around China, take you into Vica's life! she says in a January video posted on YouTube and Facebook. But that lens may be controlled by CGTN, the Chinese-state run TV network where she has regularly appeared in broadcasts and is listed as a digital reporter on the company's website. While Vica Li tells followers she created all of these channels on her own, her Facebook account shows at least nine people manage her page. That portfolio of accounts is just one tentacle of China's growing influence on US-owned social media platforms, an Associated Press examination has found. As  China  continues to assert its economic might, it is using the global social media ecosystem to expand its already formidable influence. The country has built a network of social media per

  WhatsApp  has announced a slew of features for voice messaging on its platform, including playback of a voice note before sending it, pause and resume recording, playing the messages outside of the chat and more. “When we first launched voice messaging in 2013, we knew that it could change the way people communicate. By keeping the design simple, we’ve made recording and sending a voice message as quick and easy as writing a text,” the company said. “Every day on WhatsApp, our users send 7 billion voice messages on average, all of which are protected by end-to-end encryption to keep them private and secure at all times,” it added. The Meta (formerly Facebook) -owned messaging platform will also enable waveform visualisation to show a visual representation of the sound on the voice message to help follow the recording, a remember playback tool so that if a user pauses when listening to a voice message, they can pick up later where they left off, and playback of voice messages at

  India’s cricket board has set a combined base price of Rs 32,890 crore for the media rights of the  Indian Premier League  (IPL) under four packages, seeking to double the amount from the last five-year rights cycle ending in 2022. The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in the previous cycle, sold  IPL  media rights for Rs 16,348 crore. This year’s  IPL  season has 10 teams—two more than last year—and 74 matches. The board seeks to garner Rs 100 crore per match, the Economic Times reported. Media network Star India paid Rs 16,347.5 crore in 2017 to win  IPL  media rights for five years, competing in a consolidated bid. This time there will be four categories and interested parties have to bid separately for each. The first category, with a base price of Rs 49 crore per game, is for television rights in the Indian subcontinent, The New Indian Express website quoted an IPL governing council member as saying. The television rights base price means each season will bring the 

  Korean electronic major  Samsung  on Tuesday unveiled slew of smartphones under the Galaxy A Series as part of revamping exercise, according to a company official. The company launched Galaxy A13, A23, A33 5G, A53 5G, A73 5G aimed at offering a complete package of the latest Galaxy range of smartphones at an affordable price making awesome technology "The Galaxy A series epitomises that belief by making flagship like features accessible at an affordable price point. The five new models we are launching are curated to inspire consumers with style, power and versatility," company Director and Head of Retail and Marketing operations - India, Mahesh Alanthat said. "Galaxy A73 5G stands out with best in segment 108MP OIS Camera, features like Object Eraser and AI Photo Remaster 120Hz super AMOLED+ display, water and dust resistance...," he said. The Galaxy A73 would be open for pre-book on the company website  Samsung .com and also in leading retail stores and select

  As part of the Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the government would encourage start-ups to facilitate drone-as-a-service. Drone-as-a-service enables enterprises to avail of various services from drone companies. This removes the need for them to invest their own money in drone hardware and software, pilots, and pilot training programmes. For example, a mining company wants to conduct a mapping and surveying operation. Using drones in this case would be very convenient and helpful. But, for this, the company will have to buy the associated hardware and hire or even train the pilots needed. And this would involve considerable costs. Here drone-as-a-service facility comes into play. The miner can go to a drone company, which already has the hardware, software and human resources at hand. This drone company will then use its resources to conduct the mapping and surveying operation, in the form of services rendered, for the miner. According to the g

  Even though it has been over half a year since their initial launch, the  Google Pixel  6 duo still do not have the Face Unlock feature. As per rumours, Google wanted to implement facial recognition in its phones but missed the deadline and ultimately shipped its flagship phones without the feature. According to GSM Arena, there might still be some hope though as new evidence suggests that Google might still push Face Unlock for Pixel 6 phones as a future software update but there's no release timeframe for now. There's also the possibility that Google is working on bringing facial recognition to a future Pixel phone and is testing out the feature on a Pixel 6 device. Based on previous evidence, Face Unlock on Pixel 6 was using up too much power during the facial recognition stage which is one of the main reasons Google decided to skip the feature altogether. Read Complete Article

  Jeep  India, a part of the automotive group Stellantis, on Tuesday introduced its new  SUV  Meridian and the deliveries will begin in June 2022. The Meridian is the company's first three-row  SUV  designed and engineered specifically for India. It will come with a 2-litre turbo diesel engine with nine speed automatic and six speed manual transmission options, the company said. The model is among the three new products along with Grand Cherokee and Compass Trailhawk that are being launched in India this year. The company had launched the Compass Trailhawk in February at an introductory price of Rs 30.72 lakh (ex-showroom). Stellantis India CEO & Managing Director Roland Bouchara said all these will be produced from the company's Ranjangaon plant in Maharashtra and shows the company's commitment to the Indian market. In a virtual conference, he said in the last two years the company has invested USD 250 million on the development of five products, including Wr

  British premium motorcycle maker  Triumph Motorcycles  on Tuesday said it has launched an all-new Tiger Sport 660 in India, priced at Rs 8.95 lakh (ex-showroom). The company said it has entered the premium middleweight adventure category with Tiger Sport 660, designed to deliver significant advantages. From its unique triple engine performance advantage to its class-leading technology, handling, and competitive price, Tiger Sport 660 introduces a whole new dimension to a new generation of Triumph riders, the company said in a statement. "Tiger sport 660 will strengthen our position in the premium adventure motorcycle category and will provide a new entry point to the Tiger range. The bike will be the most powerful motorcycle in its category and the only triple-cylinder offering the perfect mix of power, handling, technology and long-distance riding comfort, making it the perfect motorcycle for the young urban tourer,"  Triumph Motorcycles  India Business Head Shoeb Fa

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform  Instagram  has announced that it is testing a new feature that will make it easier for users to discover and support social causes directly through hashtags. The company said it is testing a new feature to help people discover social movements happening in the world and on Instagram, as well as ways to take action. "We are rolling this out first to a handful of hashtags that are focused on popular and long-standing movements on  Instagram  and in the world, like #BlackLivesMatter, #womensrights and #climatecrisis," the company said in a blogpost. "We are making it easier to raise awareness of these causes by sharing the hashtag page via DM or creating a fundraiser," it added. With this new feature, users will be able to support, fundraise and spread the word about the social causes centered directly through hashtags. "Hashtags have long been a place where people discover new causes to support on Instagram, and now wh

  Meta-owned encrypted messaging service  WhatsApp  is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to share bigger-sized files and media with others over their platform. According to a WABetaInfo report,  WhatsApp  will soon start testing the "Media File Size" feature in Argentina which will allow users to share media files up to 2GB in size. The feature will initially be limited to Beta testers in Argentina. As for the feature, it will soon be available on both Android and iOS devices of Beta testers in Argentina. For those who are unaware, currently it is only possible to share files up to 100MB due. WhatsApp  recently started rolling out the much-awaited multi-device support for all users. Till now, the feature has been available to users under WhatsApp's opt-in beta testing programme. Now, according to WABetainfo, the update will roll out to iOS users this month, followed by an Android release next month. With the new update, your primary dev

  Samsung  on Tuesday announced the addition of five new models Galaxy A13, A23, A33 5G, A53 5G, A73  5G  to its Galaxy A series portfolio in India. The new Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy A33 5G, Galaxy A23 and Galaxy A13 will be available in four awesome colours - peach, blue, black and white. Galaxy A53  5G  is priced at Rs 34,499 for 6GB+128GB and Rs 35,999 for 8GB+128GB variant. Galaxy A23 will be available at Rs 19,499 for 6GB+128GB and Rs 20,999 for 8GB+128GB variant. Meanwhile, Galaxy A13 is priced at Rs 14,999 for 4GB+64GB, Rs 15,999 for 4GB+128GB and Rs 17,499 for 6GB+64GB variant. "At Samsung, we believe in openness with the Galaxy experience powering endless possibilities. The Galaxy A series epitomises that belief by making flagship-like features accessible at an affordable price point. The five new models we are launching are curated to inspire consumers with style, power and versatility," Raju Pullan, Senior Vice President, Mobile Business,  Samsung  India said i