Asus ROG Phone 3 12GB RAM variant for the first time going on sale in India today i.e. August 21. As of now, only the Taiwanese smartphone maker organized sales of 8GB RAM variant in India which retails for Rs 49,999. So if you are a gaming nerd and looking to buy max out variant […]
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Chennai Super Kings' practice has begun in full flow, and so has skipper MS Dhoni's. The 39-year-old, who has been out of action since last year's World Cup exit from the semi-final against New Zealand, is certainly not out of touch. Dhoni smashed some monstrous sixes, that went beyond the stands, on Thursday.
After the rain-affected second Test match between England and Pakistan ended in a draw, the teams will meet again for one final time in the series, which is commencing on Friday at The Rose Bowl in Southampton.
Ace India cricketer Suresh Raina announced his retirement on August 15, along with MS Dhoni, bringing end to a golden era. Wishes poured in from around the world, after two highly successful careers culminated after serving the nation for so long.
Hat-tricks in IPL: Spinner Amit Mishra leads the pack with three hat-tricks to his name and Yuvraj Singh is second on the list with two.
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Facing higher production costs due to the inclusion of 5G hardware in this year’s “iPhone 12” series, Apple is attempting to use less expensive components in other areas, according to analyst Ming-chi Kuo (via MacRumors and AppleInsider). One of the biggest cost reductions is believed to come from battery technology; Kuo says Apple is reducing the number of layers in the battery board and placing cell components in a smaller area.
This will result in a battery board that’s 40 to 50 percent cheaper than the iPhone 11’s equivalent part, according to Kuo, and next year’s iPhone batteries will get a further 30 to 40 percent price decrease due to additional design changes. Apple is also said to be trimming battery costs for a third-generation...
Paul snared the first four-wicket haul of the tournament and Hetmyer smashed a 44-ball 71 as Guyana logged their first win of the Hero Caribbean Premier League, beating St Kitts & Nevis by three wickets.
As teams begin to arrive in the UAE for Indian Premier League , hosts Emirates Cricket Board have expressed their desire to allow spectators in the stadiums.
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Fortnite-maker Epic Games and Apple are currently embroiled in a public battle over Apple’s App Store policies, and in the latest move in the dispute, Epic has announced a Fortnite tournament taking place August 23rd where players can compete to win anti-Apple prizes.
Last week, Epic added a new direct payment system to Fortnite in violation of Apple’s policies. Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store the same day, and shortly after, Epic launched a campaign against Apple by suing the company, releasing a “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite” video mocking Apple’s famous “1984” ad, and promoting the hashtag #FreeFortnite.
All of your friends. Fabulous prizes. And one bad apple. We’re droppin the #FreeFortnite Cup on August 23.
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Fortnite-maker Epic Games and Apple are currently embroiled in a public battle over Apple’s App Store policies, and in the latest move in the dispute, Epic has announced a Fortnite tournament taking place August 23rd where players can compete to win anti-Apple prizes.
Last week, Epic added a new direct payment system to Fortnite in violation of Apple’s policies. Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store the same day, and shortly after, Epic launched a campaign against Apple by suing the company, releasing a “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite” video mocking Apple’s famous “1984” ad, and promoting the hashtag #FreeFortnite.
All of your friends. Fabulous prizes. And one bad apple. We’re droppin the #FreeFortnite Cup on August 23.
Check out our...
The CW’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” was a huge deal, as it explored the concept of a DC multiverse for the first time in live-action, connecting various pre-existing franchises together in the process. The DCEU is now set to follow suit with 2022’s The Flash. We already knew that Michael Keaton would be reprising his portrayal of Batman from the Tim Burton movies in the Ezra Miller vehicle, and today, we got official confirmation that Ben Affleck will also be back as Bruce Wayne.
Director Andy Muschietti revealed the bombshell in an interview with Vanity Fair. As for how it’ll feature two separate versions of the Dark Knight, the filmmaker explained that The Flash will open the doors to a “a unified multiverse” that brings together all these different iterations of the same characters.
“This movie is a bit of a hinge in the sense that it presents a story that implies a unified universe where all the cinematic iterations that we’ve seen before are valid,” Muschietti said. “It’s inclusive in the sense that it is saying all that you’ve seen exists, and everything that you will see exists, in the same unified multiverse.”
For anyone who’s seen “Crisis,” Muschietti’s words are very familiar. It’s clear that the Scarlet Speedster’s solo film will actually be piggybacking off what The CW crossover event already established – that the DCEU and the Burtonverse, as well as many others, are part of the same multiverse.
The opening montage of the first episode of “Crisis” included a scene set on Earth-89, with the presence of Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl) confirming it as the Burtonverse. In episode 4, Ezra Miller dropped by for a shocking cameo, where he encountered Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen in the Speed Force. It’s been revealed that Warner Bros. requested Miller’s appearance and now we know that’s because they had plans to build on what “Crisis” established in The Flash.
We shouldn’t expect as many crossovers and cameos as in “Crisis,” but it’s likely that there are even more familiar faces in The Flash on top of Keaton and Affleck. Will WB return the favor and invite Gustin aboard? Anything’s possible.
Ben Affleck is coming back as Batman! No, not just via the Justice League Snyder Cut. We got word this afternoon that the Batman V Superman star will be reprising his role as the DCEU’s original Dark Knight in The Flash. This was confirmed by director Andy Muschietti in an interview with Vanity Fair, following We Got This Covered’s scoop last month, and now it’s 100% official. And, as you can imagine, the news has broken the internet.
Affleck’s gone from a controversial choice to play the character when he was first announced to a widespread favorite in the role amongst the fans, many of whom were crushed when it seemed like he would only get the two and a bit movies (BvS, JL and his Suicide Squad cameo) to give us his take on the hero. So, the announcement that he’ll be teaming up with Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen again for The Flash has DC lovers ecstatic, and here are just some of the reactions going around on Twitter.
There’s a lot of shock out there, for one.
I’m truly shook. Honestly more shook than when the Snyder Cut was announced because I knew it was coming. I had no idea about Affleck returning.
— Richard Newby (@RICHARDLNEWBY) August 20, 2020
And happiness. There’s a whole lot of that, too.
Ben Affleck returning as Batman for the flash movie is making me so happy pic.twitter.com/vJWaUvemgp
— terynce kaseyᵇˡᵐ (@teryncekasey) August 20, 2020
And tears.
"it’s Barry’s story, but their characters are more related than we think. They both lost their mothers to murder, and that’s one of the emotional vessels of the movie. That’s where the Affleck Batman kicks in.” – Andy Muschietti
I'm crying pic.twitter.com/kBljyzqjbV
— Alex (@speedsfxrce) August 20, 2020
All the DC announcements we’re getting lately are straight out of fans’ dreams. Anything is possible!
the Snyder Cut is coming out, Ben Affleck's playing Batman again.. ANYTHING is possible at DC right now
— Alex (@speedsfxrce) August 20, 2020
That trickster!
Ben Affleck with a flash Shirt. He's been teasing us for months now! My Batman is back in Flash!
pic.twitter.com/zEYK4c1gbp
— Bruised Wayne (@bruisedwayne69) August 20, 2020
For others, the biggest thing to celebrate is that Affleck’s in a much better place than he was a few years ago. Congrats, Ben!
Ben Affleck is sober, in a healthy relationship, and coming back as Batman. I’m so fucking happy for this guy. pic.twitter.com/qefVOMYgEy
— |Blake| The Villain (@Enemies_Allies) August 20, 2020
Remember, Michael Keaton is also in The Flash, and Robert Pattinson’s The Batman comes out next year.
Affleck, Pattinson, and Keaton are all gonna be wearing their cowls on the screen as THE BATMAN around the same time. pic.twitter.com/N4sfm2qWUv
— Walt (@UberKryptonian) August 20, 2020
So… When are we getting that Batfleck movie?
THIS DAY KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!!! WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR A SOLO BATFLECK MOVIE?????https://t.co/LLZJMAQewq
— TheSnyderCut (@RTSnyderCut) August 20, 2020
He really did.
Ben Affleck said pic.twitter.com/0jbF66Rm05
— Oracle (@4eyedRaven) August 20, 2020
Warner Bros., you know what you need to do next.
Zack Snyder is back.
Ben Affleck is back.Now give Henry Cavill another Superman movie! pic.twitter.com/7gbNFQVCol
— Walt (@UberKryptonian) August 20, 2020
We’ve been promised that Affleck will have a “substantial” role to play in the movie. As one person above quotes, Muschietti has teased that Bruce and Barry will form a bond over the death of their mothers. And fans will surely know that Barry’s grief over the loss of his mom will lead to him changing the past, bringing about the Flashpoint timeline in the process.
Tell us, though, how excited are you for Ben Affleck’s return as Batman in The Flash? Join the discussion in the comments section.
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We already knew that Sarah Cooper, the comedian that has gone viral for her impersonations of Trump, is getting a comedy special on Netflix. And today, Cooper has inked a deal with CBS to adapt one of her books into a TV series, according to Deadline and Variety.
CBS plans to develop a comedy show inspired by Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings. The show will focus on three females working at a predominantly male company. As you might have guessed from the name of the book, the show will tackle today’s gender politics and their impact on the trio’s professional and personal lives. Cooper will also be involved in the series serving as a co-writer and executive producer.
Image: Sarah Cooper
We already knew that Sarah Cooper, the comedian that has gone viral for her impersonations of Trump, is getting a comedy special on Netflix. And today, Cooper has inked a deal with CBS to adapt one of her books into a TV series, according to Deadline and Variety.
CBS plans to develop a comedy show inspired by Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings. The show will focus on three females working at a predominantly male company. As you might have guessed from the name of the book, the show will tackle today’s gender politics and their impact on the trio’s professional and personal lives. Cooper will also be involved in the series serving as a co-writer and executive producer.
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The Last Light, Magic Leap’s in-house mixed reality experience thought to be lost after nearly everyone who made it was laid off, got a surprise — and official — release this week. (We spotted the release thanks to a tweet from former Magic Leap employee Alexandria Heston.)
In The Last Light, you follow along as a young woman, Kayah, moves through a story about her family that plays out on objects in the room in front of you. “It is not a game or a tech demo,” said former Magic leap employee Anastasia Devana on LinkedIn. “It’s essentially a short film that is best experienced alone, in a quiet area, and uninterrupted for around 35-40 minutes or so.”
The Last Light was originally set to premiere at SXSW in March, but the festival was...
Nokia Flipkart partnership continues and the new product to launch from this is a media streaming box. The coalition sticks to the budget formula, much like the Smart TV, we saw earlier this year. Anyway, coming back to the Nokia Media Streamer, because of its pricing, it is likely to be compared against the Mi […]
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Google’s popular services including Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Search suffered severe service disruption. Users took to social media to report the major outage from different parts of the world including India. Google has also issued a brief statement acknowledging the breakdown. “We are investigating reports of an issue with Gmail. We will provide more […]
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Asus Zenfone 7, an upcoming phone which is likely to debut in India as Asus 7z, is the latest victim of online specs leaks. That’s right, the Asus Zenfone 7 key specifications have appeared on the web before the 7 series launch on August 26. Asus is expected to announce Zenfone 7 Pro and Zenfone […]
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Delhi Metro Services have been shut ever since the pandemic hit and we are in the sixth month of home-only life. We don’t even know when the services will resume. But when it does, it seems Delhites will be enjoying contactless and cashless travel. Yes, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), in partnership with Autope, has […]
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The Last Light, Magic Leap’s in-house mixed reality experience thought to be lost after nearly everyone who made it was laid off, got a surprise — and official — release this week. (We spotted the release thanks to a tweet from former Magic Leap employee Alexandria Heston.)
In The Last Light, you follow along as a young woman, Kayah, moves through a story about her family that plays out on objects in the room in front of you. “It is not a game or a tech demo,” said former Magic leap employee Anastasia Devana on LinkedIn. “It’s essentially a short film that is best experienced alone, in a quiet area, and uninterrupted for around 35-40 minutes or so.”
The Last Light was originally set to premiere at SXSW in March, but the festival was...
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Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto both seem pretty useful for drivers — simply plug in your phone to charge, and it’ll link up with your car’s bigger touchscreen to give you directions to your doctor’s appointment, play music from your Spotify playlist, or send a text. Google also has an easier version that lets you connect wirelessly to your car stereo without even taking your phone out of your pocket — but it was limited to Google and Samsung phones. Now, Google has quietly announced that any phone running Android 11 will be able to connect to Android Auto, cable-free.
Google’s updated Android Auto support page now notes that “any smartphone with Android 11.0” will be able to connect to Android Auto wirelessly. It’s likely in...
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Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto both seem pretty useful for drivers — simply plug in your phone to charge, and it’ll link up with your car’s bigger touchscreen to give you directions to your doctor’s appointment, play music from your Spotify playlist, or send a text. Google also has an easier version that lets you connect wirelessly to your car stereo without even taking your phone out of your pocket — but it was limited to Google and Samsung phones. Now, Google has quietly announced that any phone running Android 11 will be able to connect to Android Auto, cable-free.
Google’s updated Android Auto support page now notes that “any smartphone with Android 11.0” will be able to connect to Android Auto wirelessly. It’s likely in...
A day after Realme dropped hints about its upcoming Realme X7 Pro smartphone, fresh new leaks have emerged from China. While Realme Confirmed 120Hz AMOLED screen, Digital Chat Station, a popular tech tipster in China, has revealed its display size, optics details, and information related to battery charging capabilities of the phone. The Realme X7 […]
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A number of Google services including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Groups, Chat, Keep and Voice are experiencing service disruptions, the company is reporting on its G Suite Status Dashboard.
We’ve verified that file uploads are failing across Google’s services, including uploading attachments in Gmail to both personal and G Suite gmail accounts. In some cases trying to simply compose a new email or a reply fails.
Google first said it was investigating issues with Gmail at 6:29AM BST (1:29AM EST). As of 8:09AM BST (3:09AM EST) Google says its investigation is ongoing, and that it intends to provide an update by 9AM BST (4AM EST) about when the issues should be resolved.
Downdetector is showing a spike of reports for issues with Gmail and G...
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Taiwan is planning to lock out video streaming services from Chinese tech giants Baidu and Tencent. While such services are ostensibly already illegal in the self-governing island republic, Baidu’s iQiyi and Tencent’s WeTV currently operate under a legal loophole that allowed them to partner with local companies. Now, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs says that Taiwanese companies won’t be able to provide these services as of September 3rd.
The move shows how Chinese tech companies are facing increasing difficulty in pushing into other markets as geopolitical tensions continue to rise. President Trump has moved to ban Tencent’s WeChat and ordered ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok’s US operations, while India blocked dozens more...
Restrata, the UK based safety and security company, has trumped Tata group to secure the deal for building the bio-security bubble for IPL 2020 in UAE according to Times of India.
Justin Langer is ready to embrace change to keep his Australian cricket squad on the road. Bigger squads, a lot of compromise on schedules, and even less time with families.
Harbhajan Singh will not travel with the Chennai Super Kings squad to Dubai on Friday as his mother is unwell, Times of India reported.
What's Suresh Raina's secret behind performing in hot and humid Chennai for Chennai Super Kings in IPL? Rasam and curd rice!Charlize Theron occupies a rare space in Hollywood because not only is she widely recognized as one of the finest actresses of her generation, having won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award for her transformative performance in Monster and scored further nominations from the same bodies for her work in North Country and Bombshell, but the 45 year-old is also regarded as one of cinema’s premiere action stars.
Not a lot of talents can pull off the jump between critically-acclaimed dramas and action-packed blockbusters, but Theron made it look easy in the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road, Atomic Blonde, The Fate of the Furious and most recently Netflix’s smash hit The Old Guard. You can fully understand why she was furious about being offered the role of Wonder Woman’s mother when she could quite easily have played the title character herself.
That being said, not all of her entries in the action genre have been home runs, and one of her more forgotten efforts is set to land on Hulu next month. Aeon Flux had decent pedigree, with Theron headlining the 2005 live-action adaptation of the cult favorite animated series, with rising star Karyn Kusama behind the camera in what was her follow-up to breakout feature-length debut Girlfight.
However, the highly-stylized movie didn’t find much love with critics and holds a weak 9% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and it didn’t fare much better with audiences either after earning just $52m at the box office against a $65m budget. Theron did the best she could with the material, but there were far too many issues in the story department to salvage Aeon Flux, and it’ll be interesting to see if her recent successes will result in the movie finding a new audience when it arrives on Hulu.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said he wouldn't be surprised if India Prime Minister calls on MS Dhoni to play in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
