Following the New York release, OnePlus has released their latest flagship device, OnePlus 6T in an event in New Delhi. India has emerged to be one of the major markets for OnePlus and the company has managed to capture a staggering 40% share in the Indian Premium smartphone segment. Riding high on the success, OnePlus […]
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Camera quality has always been an important aspect of consideration for smartphone users. Lately, since the megapixel rat race has already run its course, OEMs have resorted to using multiple camera sensors to market better camera quality. The trend is so in that chipset makers have already started upgrading their ISPs with additional interface ports […]
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Apple’s new iPhones – the iPhone XS Max, XS, and XR – all support dual-SIM feature. It’s the first time Apple has acknowledged the need for two SIM cards and fans who prefer to keep personal and professional numbers separate won’t have to carry two phones in their pocket. However, the dual SIM supported iPhones are […]
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Apple released watchOS 5.1 earlier today, but has temporarily removed it from availability after users reported that their watches were rendered unusable by attempting to install the update. 9to5Mac’s Guilherme Rambo experienced the issue, as well as several MacRumors readers.
Serious issues with the Apple Watch can be more complicated to resolve than with iPhones or other devices, because there’s no way to plug the device into a computer and reinstall the software yourself. The only recourse tends to be contacting Apple for service. The issue seems limited to the brand new Apple Watch Series 4, too, which is likely to compound frustration for affected users.
watchOS 5.1 includes the 70-plus new emoji that came with iOS 12.1 today, as...
Facebook has started banning both individual accounts and pages, as well as associated groups, that are affiliated with the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys. The news was first reported today by Business Insider, which noted that members of the Proud Boys and adjacent online communities had begun complaining about the takedowns on Twitter.
The removals come in response to an act of violence in New York City earlier this month, in which members of the Proud Boys assaulted anti-fascist protestors outside a Republican club in Manhattan where Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, also an original co-founder of Vice Media, was speaking. Facebook confirmed to The Verge that it was banning Proud Boys members and affiliated groups and pages...
An executive at Google parent company Alphabet’s X division has resigned after being named in a high-profile New York Times investigation into the company’s mishandling of sexual harassment claims, according to Axios. The executive, Rich DeVaul, held the title of “Director of Rapid Evaluation and Mad Science” at X, formerly known as Google X and the division responsible for Alphabet’s experimental “moonshots” projects like self-driving car unit Waymo and the Google Glass wearable headset. He did not receive an exit package of any sort, Axios reports.
The initial investigation primarily centered on Android co-founder Andy Rubin, who an employee accused of sexual assault in 2013. After Google investigated the claims and found them to be...
The world’s biggest search engine is getting into the Halloween spirit today with a special playable Google Doodle. While Google has busted out game Doodles in the past (including for Halloween 2016), this is the first time the information giant has made a multiplayer game that players can jump into with other people online. Think of it as the opposite of Slither.io.
The rules of Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel are simple. You play a cute apparition picking up “spirits” and bringing them back to your base for points. All non-deposited spirits will trail behind you, like a tail. The trick is that anybody who touches your tail can steal your unbanked spirits — but you can steal other people’s spirits, too. As you score points, spirits...
The era of Facebook’s nonstop growth has long since come to an end. Although the company is far from the point at which it might start to shrink, its growth in the US and Canada, as well as Europe, has stopped entirely and appears to occasionally decline.
In its 2018 third quarter earnings report out today, the social network confirmed that the number of daily active users in US and Canada has remained flat at 185 million, while the number of European users has slipped from 279 million to 278 million. The latter may be a direct result of recent European privacy regulations, namely GDPR, which initially caused Facebook to lose 1 million monthly active users after it went into effect in May.
Overall, the company continues to grow thanks...
Apple’s newest iPad Pro, announced today in New York, is one of the most expensive tablets the company has ever made. The cheapest option starts at $799 for the 64GB 11-inch iPad Pro, and it can run all the way up to a whopping $1,899 for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with LTE. That makes the new iPads also the most expensive to repair, if you’re out of warranty and don’t have AppleCare+, Apple’s extended warranty program.
Apple’s support page for iPad repairs lists the fees to repair each tablet if it’s out of warranty. AppleCare+, which costs $129 for a two-year iPad Pro warranty, covers two incidents of accidental damage. But if you let your complimentary limited warranty run out after 90 days, and you damage your new 12.9-inch iPad Pro...
Apple just updated its Shortcuts app, adding a weather integration, new measurement conversions, and better iCloud sharing, among other features. Now, Shortcuts lets you check upcoming weather forecasts with the “Get Current Weather” and “Get Weather Forecast” actions that are available for you to add to any custom shortcut.
You can also create an alarm, toggle an alarm, and start a timer. Previously, the app had some shortcuts that you could try to use as timers (like the Laundry Timer Shortcut, which was effectively a countdown clock). But now, you can make your own straightforward shortcuts with a direct timer. You can also measure and convert measurements, such as inches to centimeters, more conveniently. There’s a “Get Last Import”...
Australian Test captain Tim Paine has revealed he was not one bit surprised when Aaron Finch officially replaced him as the One-Day International captain insisting his plan was always to just focus on the five-day format.
Hard-hitting batsman Colin Munro said that he can't wait to get back into the New Zealand dressing room as they gear up to face Pakistan in a three-match T20I series in their first international game in more than seven months.
"I think I'm much fitter than many youngsters in the country for sure. I don't know, right now I'm not disappointed. There's nothing in my mind. Because I have to contribute to my team to win a game and that's very important."
Cricketnext looks at five young players who will be looking to catch the eye in the 85th edition of Ranji Trophy.
The pathway isn’t easy, and performance in Ranji is definitely no guarantee of a spot in the bigger teams.
Former national coach Darren Lehmann has revealed how he paid a heavy emotional toll over the ball-tampering scandal also claiming that under-fire Cricket Australia could have done more to support him.
Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed vowed that his all-conquering Twenty20 team will continue their hot streak in their three-match series against New Zealand, starting in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
New Zealand have managed only one win in four T20Is that they have played in the UAE.
Chetan Sharam played 23 Tests, taking 61 wickets at an average of 35.45. His ODI career was slightly longer as he played 65 matches and took 67 wickets at an average of 34.86.
"I'm out here in Australia with the opportunity to represent them. So I'm flying the South African flag high and that makes me very proud as a cricketer and as a person."
The probe panel originally comprised Former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Rakesh Sharma, former Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Barkha Singh and Former CBI Director P C Sharma.
Former India Captain and Cricket Association of Bengal President Sourav Ganguly has taken direct aim at the Supreme Court Appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) saying he feels a “deep sense of fear” about the way Indian cricket is being administered.
Ever since Cristiano Ronaldo revealed the reason behind his transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus, there have been many questions raised on the manner in which Florentino Perez handled the entire situation.
To put things in perspective, 1911 was the year that the Titanic set sail for New York from Southampton and met its unfortunate end.
Apple released watchOS 5.1 earlier today, but has temporarily removed it from availability after users reported that their watches were rendered unusable by attempting to install the update. 9to5Mac’s Guilherme Rambo experienced the issue, as well as several MacRumors readers.
Serious issues with the Apple Watch can be more complicated to resolve than with iPhones or other devices, because there’s no way to plug the device into a computer and reinstall the software yourself. The only recourse tends to be contacting Apple for service. The issue seems limited to the brand new Apple Watch Series 4, too, which is likely to compound frustration for affected users.
watchOS 5.1 includes the 70-plus new emoji that came with iOS 12.1 today, as...
Facebook has started banning both individual accounts and pages, as well as associated groups, that are affiliated with the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys. The news was first reported today by Business Insider, which noted that members of the Proud Boys and adjacent online communities had begun complaining about the takedowns on Twitter.
The removals come in response to an act of violence in New York City earlier this month, in which members of the Proud Boys assaulted anti-fascist protestors outside a Republican club in Manhattan where Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, also an original co-founder of Vice Media, was speaking. Facebook confirmed to The Verge that it was banning Proud Boys members and affiliated groups and pages...
An executive at Google parent company Alphabet’s X division has resigned after being named in a high-profile New York Times investigation into the company’s mishandling of sexual harassment claims, according to Axios. The executive, Rich DeVaul, held the title of “Director of Rapid Evaluation and Mad Science” at X, formerly known as Google X and the division responsible for Alphabet’s experimental “moonshots” projects like self-driving car unit Waymo and the Google Glass wearable headset. He did not receive an exit package of any sort, Axios reports.
The initial investigation primarily centered on Android co-founder Andy Rubin, who an employee accused of sexual assault in 2013. After Google investigated the claims and found them to be...
The world’s biggest search engine is getting into the Halloween spirit today with a special playable Google Doodle. While Google has busted out game Doodles in the past (including for Halloween 2016), this is the first time the information giant has made a multiplayer game that players can jump into with other people online. Think of it as the opposite of Slither.io.
The rules of Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel are simple. You play a cute apparition picking up “spirits” and bringing them back to your base for points. All non-deposited spirits will trail behind you, like a tail. The trick is that anybody who touches your tail can steal your unbanked spirits — but you can steal other people’s spirits, too. As you score points, spirits...
The era of Facebook’s nonstop growth has long since come to an end. Although the company is far from the point at which it might start to shrink, its growth in the US and Canada, as well as Europe, has stopped entirely and appears to occasionally decline.
In its 2018 third quarter earnings report out today, the social network confirmed that the number of daily active users in US and Canada has remained flat at 185 million, while the number of European users has slipped from 279 million to 278 million. The latter may be a direct result of recent European privacy regulations, namely GDPR, which initially caused Facebook to lose 1 million monthly active users after it went into effect in May.
Overall, the company continues to grow thanks...
Apple’s newest iPad Pro, announced today in New York, is one of the most expensive tablets the company has ever made. The cheapest option starts at $799 for the 64GB 11-inch iPad Pro, and it can run all the way up to a whopping $1,899 for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with LTE. That makes the new iPads also the most expensive to repair, if you’re out of warranty and don’t have AppleCare+, Apple’s extended warranty program.
Apple’s support page for iPad repairs lists the fees to repair each tablet if it’s out of warranty. AppleCare+, which costs $129 for a two-year iPad Pro warranty, covers two incidents of accidental damage. But if you let your complimentary limited warranty run out after 90 days, and you damage your new 12.9-inch iPad Pro...
Apple just updated its Shortcuts app, adding a weather integration, new measurement conversions, and better iCloud sharing, among other features. Now, Shortcuts lets you check upcoming weather forecasts with the “Get Current Weather” and “Get Weather Forecast” actions that are available for you to add to any custom shortcut.
You can also create an alarm, toggle an alarm, and start a timer. Previously, the app had some shortcuts that you could try to use as timers (like the Laundry Timer Shortcut, which was effectively a countdown clock). But now, you can make your own straightforward shortcuts with a direct timer. You can also measure and convert measurements, such as inches to centimeters, more conveniently. There’s a “Get Last Import”...
Today, Apple is widely expected to introduce two new computers: a revamped iPad Pro and the long-awaited successor to the MacBook Air. There have been a lot of rumors and leaks about the iPad, which has led to a palpable level of excitement for this event. The new MacBook — whatever Apple ends up calling it — has slipped under the internet’s collective hype radar a little bit.
I think that’s a mistake. The iPad Pro might be the more interesting product, but in this moment the stakes are much higher for the MacBook.
The story for the iPad Pro is pretty clear to me. Apple needs to continue its long journey of iterating on the iOS platform to make it ever more capable, until someday it’s truly ready to fully supplant the Mac as the primary...
Former Indian Women’s team coach Tushar Arothe, who was removed earlier this year after complaints from senior players about his training methods, is unconvinced about India’s chances at World T20 starting in West Indies on November 9. Arothe, who was replaced by former India spinner Ramesh Powar, believes that the team may not be adequately prepared for the assignment and has raised questions about the fast bowling and fielding standards.
A new pair of wired earbuds from Blackloud is offering a much simpler way to access local FM radio when the internet’s down or you’ve maxed out your data plan. It might be crackly and prone to interference, but traditional FM radio transmissions are free, and much more reliable in a crisis.
The Blackloud AF1 FM headset works by building its FM tuner into an in-line control box, while the cable functions as the antenna. The headphones then plug into your iPhone via the Lightning jack (a USB Type-C model for Android handsets is planned for next year), and you control radio playback via a companion app. It’s a brute-force solution, since most smartphones still contain hidden FM receivers.
Nevertheless, you can see how it might be useful in...
Former Indian Women’s team coach Tushar Arothe, who was removed earlier this year after complaints from senior players about his training methods, is unconvinced about India’s chances at World T20 starting in West Indies on November 9. Arothe, who was replaced by former India spinner Ramesh Powar, believes that the team may not be adequately prepared for the assignment and has raised questions about the fast bowling and fielding standards.
At 33, Rayudu is certainly not a long term prospect for the Men in Blue in the 50-over format but he is doing the job for the side and that is all that matters at the moment with the World Cup just a few months away.
Nine wickets in six games at an incredible average of 18.88 at the U-19 World Cup at the start of the year - which India won – propelled Shivam Mavi to a 3.2 crore IPL contract with the Kolkata Knight Riders. Among those left mighty impressed were the likes of Sourav Ganguly and Ian Bishop, who observed him operate at the U-19 World Cup from the commentary box.
For the first time, Apple is holding a hardware event in Brooklyn, New York. This means the event is happening three hours earlier than usual, but you’ll still be able to livestream it on Apple’s website.
Apple made dozens of custom logos for this event and we’re expecting new iPad Pros, a refreshed MacBook Air, updated iMacs, and the return of the Mac Mini. There’s also a chance of a wildcard — possibly the rumored updated AirPods getting announced or an answer to the missing AirPower charging pad.
Even as the venue moves all the way to the East Coast, we’ve got our team out here as always, ready to deliver breaking news updates on everything Apple. Here’s how to keep up.
Starting time: New York: 10AM / San Francisco:...
It was an awful weekend of hate-fueled violence, ugly rhetoric, and worrisome retreats from our democratic ideals. Today I’m focused on two ways of framing what we’re seeing, from the United States to Brazil. While neither offers any comfort, they do give helpful names to phenomena I expect will be with us for a long while.
The first is stochastic terrorism: “The use of mass, public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random.” I encountered the idea in a Friday thread from data scientist Emily Gorcenski, who used it to tie together four recent attacks.
In her thread, Gorcenski argues that various right-wing...
The Committee of Administrators (COA) wants the BCCI to appoint an ombudsman and an Ethics Officer at the earliest to deal with any disputes leading up to the much-awaited Annual General Meeting and elections.
India pacer Khaleel Ahmed received an official warning and one demerit point after he was found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the fourth ODI against the Windies on Monday (October 29).Halloween is a property of many timelines, and perhaps the loneliest of them all is the one occupied by Halloween III: Season of the Witch. As the only Michael Myers-free installment of the whole horror franchise, the standalone 1982 film was an attempt to rebrand the slasher saga as an anthology series, and fans and critics alike didn’t much care for the change of pace.
After the hostile response received by this departure, the franchise ultimately resumed its regularly scheduled programming with 1988’s tellingly titled Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. In the year’s since, however, the defenders of this red-headed stepchild have only grown in numbers, and among them is apparently writer-director Brandon Tobatto, who pays tribute to this divisive cult flick with his own short sequel, named Return of the Witch.
The 27-minute film is now up on YouTube and available for your enjoyment:
Tobatto has previously offered the following synopsis, which suggests that just as Blumhouse’s new Halloween introduced us to the daughter and granddaughter of Laurie Strode, Return of the Witch also sees the horror pass down between generations:
“After finally coming to terms with the fact that his family’s legacy has been forever tarnished by the events of Halloween 1982, Connor Cochran, grandson of Conal Cochran and heir to the ‘Silver Shamrock’ company, has decided to re-emerge from the shadows and rid the world of the stigma it has placed upon his family name. With this new ‘Shamrock Unlimited’ brand looming over the nation, will Connor Cochran right the wrongs of his grandfather… or FINISH what Conal Cochran started all those years ago?”
Of course, if you see yourself as more of a Halloween traditionalist, there’s a Michael Myers movie in cinemas right now that’s faring well critics and even better with audiences. With a domestic total of over $120 million and counting, David Gordon Green’s film is now the highest-grossing slasher movie of all time, ensuring that while the Season of the Witch may have come and gone, the masked murder that started this whole property still has at least one more October night left in him.
With Avengers 4 scheduled to bring Marvel’s Phase 3 to a close, we’ve been hearing a lot of reports lately about the passing of certain torches to the next generation of heroes, from rumors of a new Captain America to a new Hawkeye.
So, when it was announced a few days ago that 22-year-old Katherine Langford would be featuring in the Avengers: Infinity War sequel, it wasn’t long before a wave of speculation came our way over the actress’s potential role, with many of these theories placing her as the daughter or young successor to a pre-established character.
Popular suggestions have included Scott Lang’s daughter Cassie and Clint Barton’s daughter Lila – both of whom are said to have grown up after the film’s widely predicted time jump. The latest rumor from MCU Cosmic, however, posits that the parents in question could be none other than Tony Stark and Pepper Potts.
Since the couple were still childless at the end of Infinity War, this would imply a leap forward in the timeline by a couple of decades or so, prompting the follow-up suggestion that this character may be part of a future that a time-traveling Stark will have to sacrifice in order to undo the Snap.
While the report rightly stresses repeatedly that it’s offering little more than a rumor, there are certainly worse guesses for who Langford could be playing. After all, Tony and Pepper’s conversations about having a child will have to go somewhere, and a family connection like this sounds like it could add something new to the drama without diverting too much time and attention in a film that already looks to be packed full of familiar characters.
Either way, we’ll see what Langford brings to the MCU when Avengers 4 hits theaters on May 3rd, 2019.
