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A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, including Apple and Alphabet’s Google. Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar teamed up with Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn to sponsor the bill, which would bar big app stores from requiring app providers

Motorola Edge 20 Fusion will be launched in India on August 17 and ahead of that, some of the phone’s key specifications have been revealed by Flipkart. The phone is expected to be a tweaked version of the Motorola Edge 20 Lite that was launched as part of the Motorola Edge 20 series in the

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 were launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday. While the Galaxy Z Fold 3 comes as a successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is a replacement of the Galaxy Z Flip and the Galaxy Z Flip 5G.

Apple’s next iPhone lineup will get at least three major new camera and video-recording features, which the company is betting will be key enticements to upgrade from earlier models. The new handsets will include a video version of the phone’s Portrait mode feature, the ability to record video in a higher-quality format called ProRes, and

The Oppo Reno 6 Pro was a decent upgrade to its predecessor, the Reno 5 Pro, but its new features didn’t quite justify the jump in price, in my opinion. The good news is that Oppo has also launched a more affordable non-Pro version, and comparing the two models, it might just be the more

Mi Mix 4 was unveiled at a special event in China on Tuesday as Xiaomi’s first commercial phone to carry an under-display camera. The new Mi Mix phone comes with a new camera technology that hides the front-facing sensor under the display. Xiaomi calls the camera ‘Camera Under Panel (CUP)’. The smartphone also carries triple

Apple on Monday said that iPhone users’ entire photo libraries will be checked for known child abuse images if they are stored in the online iCloud service. The disclosure came in a series of media briefings in which Apple is seeking to dispel alarm over its announcement last week that it will scan users’ phones,

Mi Pad 5 series is nearing its launch scheduled for Tuesday, August 10 and Xiaomi has now teased its keyboard accessory and retail boxes — different for the vanilla Mi Pad 5 and the Mi Pad 5 Pro. Additionally, the Mi Pad 5 tablet has also been spotted on the benchmarking website Geekbench. The listing

Poco F1 was the first smartphone to bear the Poco brand in India. It offered excellent value for money and was an easy pick for those purely looking for performance, particularly for gaming. While Poco has become an independent company and launched multiple series of smartphones since then, the Poco F1 has not had a

Xiaomi became the number one smartphone brand in the world for the first time ever in June 2021. The Chinese company sold the most smartphones in its history in June this year. The latest data comes from research firm Counterpoint and states that Xiaomi’s expansion in Huawei and Honor’s legacy markets including Africa, China, Europe,

OnePlus 9 Pro white colour variant has been teased online. The Chinese company has posted a teaser video and images just hours after COO Liu Fengshuo suggested the new colour variant on Weibo. Earlier this year, the OnePlus 9 Pro was launched in Morning Mist, Pine Green, and Stellar Black colours. The white colour option

Vivo Y53s launch in India is set for Monday, August 9, the Chinese company has confirmed to Gadgets 360. The Vivo smartphone initially arrived in Vietnam last month. It comes with features including a waterdrop-style display notch, and triple-rear cameras. The Vivo Y53s also includes a 64-megapixel primary camera and 128GB of onboard storage. In

Apple will roll out a system for checking photos for child abuse imagery on a country-by-country basis, depending on local laws, the company said on Friday. A day earlier, Apple said it would implement a system that screens photos for such images before they are uploaded from iPhones in the United States to its iCloud

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 will soon be unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event next week and ahead of the launch, renders and complete specifications have leaked. Both of Samsung’s upcoming foldable flagships have been at the centre of a lot of leaks and rumours over the past few

Mi Mix 4 has allegedly made its way to Geekbench and the listing hints at some of its specifications. Xiaomi recently announced that it will unveil Mi Mix 4 on August 10 in China and it will come with a host of improvements over the Mi Mix 3 5G that was launched 2019. Mi Mix

Apple persuaded a federal judge to throw out a $308.5 million (roughly Rs. 2,298 crores) jury verdict it lost to a privately-held licensing firm for infringing a patent associated with digital rights management. In a Thursday night decision, US District Judge Rodney Gilstrap said Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) intentionally delayed filing its application with

Samsung announced that Indian customers can reserve a pre-booking for its upcoming flagship smartphones by paying Rs. 2,000. Although it did not officially name the phones, Samsung will be launching its next generation foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, on August 11 at its Galaxy unpacked virtual event. Fans

Realme GT Explorer Master Edition may launch in India with a new colour variant — Suitcase Orange. Realme CEO Madhav Sheth confirmed that the Realme GT and a Realme GT Master Edition phone will launch in India on August 18. It looks like the Realme GT Explorer Master Edition will be the one launching in

Amazon and Flipkart are running their Independence Day special sales this week. Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2021 and Flipkart Big Saving Days sales both promise exciting deals on a large selection of electronics. The sales kicked off yesterday and will remain live until this coming Monday, August 9. We’ve handpicked the best deals and offers

OnePlus 9 Pro may be getting a new colour finish soon. The company’s COO Liu Fengshuo has shared an image of the OnePlus 9 Pro donning a white finish, hinting at a new colour option. The phone was launched in March this year, alongside the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9R. It was made available in

Realme Narzo 30 Pro 5G is getting its stable version of the Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 update in India. The update brings many new features, bug fixes, and improvements to the 5G-enabled smartphone. These are categorised under Personalisations, System, Security and Privacy, Games, Communication, Camera and more. The smartphone was launched with Android 10

Apple has started selling its Magic Keyboard with Touch ID as a standalone offering. Up until now, the wireless keyboard was exclusive to the M1-powered iMac that debuted in April. The Cupertino company is also selling the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac computers with Apple silicon. Alongside the new keyboard

Nokia 5.3 users in select countries including India have started receiving Android 11 update as brand-licensee HMD Global has announced the rollout starting today. It was released with Android 10 but Nokia has said it would be updated to Android 11 – however the last stable build of Android 11 released almost a year ago,

Samsung Galaxy S21 series is reportedly receiving the August 2021 Android security patch, with Samsung continuing to provide security updates to a significant number of devices in a timely manner. The Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and the Galaxy S21 Ultra are some of the first smartphones to receive the latest Android security patch update, with

WhatsApp for iPhone now lets you send photos and videos that can only be viewed once by recipients. The new change is currently rolling out to the iPhone users through a new WhatsApp version that is available for download through the App Store. The update also changes the style of in-app message notifications. WhatsApp has

OnePlus Nord 2 has been launched as the successor of the OnePlus Nord. The OnePlus Nord was an important smartphone for OnePlus, since it offered consumers an affordable option. The new OnePlus Nord 2 starts at Rs 27,999, which is slightly higher than the original Nord’s base price, but it’s positioned above the even more

iQoo 8 series is all set to launch on August 17, the company has confirmed. The phone is tipped to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ SoC and have multiple cameras at the back. The iQoo 8 will be the successor of the iQoo 7 launched in January. Rumours suggest that the iQoo 8

Samsung continued to reign supreme in worldwide smartphone shipments for Q2 2021, but Xiaomi gained the most, according to the last report by International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Xiaomi moved into the second position for the first time, nudging Apple to third place in Q2 2021. Huawei’s decline in shipments and

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic’s specifications have been detailed in a new leak. The rumoured smartwatches from the South Korean tech giant are said to come in two sizes each – 40/ 44mm and 42/ 46mm. The smartwatches will also reportedly be constructed from different materials like aluminium and stainless steel.

Vivo Y53s price in India has surfaced ahead of the official launch. The smartphone debuted in Vietnam last month with features including triple rear cameras and a waterdrop-style display notch. The Vivo Y53s also comes with a MediaTek Helio G80 SoC and supports 33W fast charging. Other key highlights include a 64-megapixel primary camera, 33W