Tech
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Google Chrome to Notify You of Resource Intensive Pages
A lot of us might have eliminated data usage concerns with cheap unlimited internet packs. However, data usage is still a concern for a huge chunk of internet users. To address those concerns, Google Chrome is working on adding a bunch of tweaks to give you more control of your…
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Google Adds Google Photos for Custom Background in New Tabs on Chrome Dev Versions
The developer channel of Google Chrome recently received a highly-anticipated feature. The desktop version of the Chrome browser will now allow you to customize your new tab page. In the developer channel, you can set a picture from your Google Photos as the background image of the new tab page.…
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NVIDIA Employs Gaussian Regression Algorithms To Reimage Distorted Photos Accurately
NVIDIA has long been known for its immaculate Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), its main product being the NVIDIA GeForce card. With that, the company has always been front and center in the research and development of experience enhancing artificial intelligence in video games, graphic design, data processing, and automotive vehicles.…
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How France’s World Cup Victory Could Potentially Add Value To Its Tech Industry
Britain and France have long been rivals on many fronts, but recently their rivalry has seen new grounds. London and Paris have been battling it out on the technological scene to attract multinational tech businesses to their quarters in hopes of establishing themselves as Europe’s tech capitals, as is Silicon…
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HTC Vive Pro Can Use More Base Stations than Officially Supported After Steam Update
VR has been in spotlight for quite some time, some hailing it as the next big thing in Consumer Technology. Many big companies have banked on VR’s hype and went on to make headsets which have seen much success, most notably HTC’s Vive, Sony’s Playstation VR and Facebook’s occulus rift. …
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BT Plans to Upgrade 13 Million Homes to Ultrafast Broadband Using G. Fast by 2033
According to the National Infrastructure Assessment Report 2018, the UK government revealed plans for making full fibre connections available to all in UK by 2033. The move came after the country slipped four positions down from its previous spot in the worldwide broadband speeds list. This report mentions government’s initiatives…
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PayPal Customer Told Dying Was Against Terms of Service
After the husband of PayPal user, Lindsay Durdle had reported her passing, PayPal sent a letter telling them that death was a breach of condition. Mr. Durdle’s experience started after he sent Mrs. Durdle’s death certificate, her will, and his ID as PayPal requested. Later he received a letter addressed…
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Google Chrome’s New Material Design Refresh Is Optimized for Touchscreens
Google has been working on a refresh of its original design philosophy called material design. This design refresh was featured heavily in Google I/O 2018 and finally looks like it’s coming to Google Chrome for desktops. The Canary build of Google Chrome for Windows/OSX/Chrome OS now features this new material…
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UK slips below Madagascar and Bulgaria in Global Broadband Speed League
Survey results revealed by UK’s famous broadband, TV and cable company Cable.co.uk show that the country has slipped way below countries like Madagascar (22nd place) and Bulgaria in the annual league table of international broadband speeds. Going down from its previous 31st place, the country now stands at the 35th…
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Nikon Launhes Coolpix P1000 Featuring 125x Zoom and a Dual Detect Optical VR
Nikon today announced its ‘most extreme zoom’ Coolpix P1000 with an unbelievable telephoto reach of 3000mm equivalent. Being put up for availability from September 2018, this new camera from Nikon comes with some amazing specs and features. Nikon P1000 Tech Specs The latest compact digital camera by Nikon is an…
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 uses SenseTime AI to support Multiple Faces
Face Unlock is still developing as a feature and has miles to go to become the perfect and most convenient unlocking method. One of the few technical drawbacks of Face Unlock was that it couldn’t store multiple faces for unlocking. Till now, smartphones were only able to process unlocking via…
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App Researcher Finds Hidden Snapchat and Amazon Partnership with “Camera Search” Feature
An unreleased feature for the Snapchat app that adds the ability to scan the real world for products found on Amazon has been uncovered by Ishan Agarwal. Ishan is an app researcher who tipped of TechCrunch to the code today. Snapchat had previously added integration with Shazam so the foray…
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Revamped Rainmeter 4.2 Final Release Now Includes UsageMonitor
Rainmeter is a free and open-source desktop customization utility for Windows, released under the GNU GPL v2 licence. It allows users to create and display user-generated customizable desktop widgets or applets called “skins” that display information. Lately, a new update has been introduced by the developers of this utility: Version 4.2. Version 4.2 of Rainmeter brings many new features to…
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Groupon Up for Sale Alibaba and IAC Potential Acquirers
According to a report on Recode, Groupon, the Chicago-based company that pioneered daily deals and coupons, might be looking for an acquisition. The company’s 10 year streak as an independent organization seems to be coming to an end. Executives from Groupon, as well as bankers who represent the company, have…
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Sony Mistakenly Uploaded an Entire Movie on Youtube instead of its Trailer
Sony Pictures Entertainment planned to release the promotional trailer of its limited release film ‘Khali the killer’ on Youtube. Apparently, though, the entertainment giant mistakenly released the entire film instead of the trailer on the platform. The complete film, which is one hour and thirty minutes long, stayed on Youtube…
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Samsung’s Foldable Smartphone Might Have a 3000-6000mAh Foldable Battery
Samsung’s much-rumored foldable Galaxy X still hasn’t been officially announced. The frequent leaks have made it pretty certain, though, that the foldable smartphone might be ready for launch soon. A recent report on ithome reveals that the battery of the Galaxy X might be foldable too. The battery is also…
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Random Photos Are Being Sent by Samsung’s Messaging App
Samsung Galaxy phone users could have a serious case of the Mondays because of a bug in their Android messaging app that sends their camera roll to random contacts. Thankfully, Samsung is aware of the issue and there’s a couple of ways to safeguard your private photos while they work…
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WhatsApp’s Latest Update makes it easy for Group Admins to Control Groups
Communication in group chats is reportedly going to become a lot more convenient with the latest update that WhatsApp has rolled out. The new option will allow for the restriction of sending messages to group administrators only. This seemingly small change will have a huge impact on how information can…
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Nasdaq Deploys New Software Algorithms to Track Precise Modification Times
Google, Standford University and a whole mess of top computer scientists have announced they’ve now developed chronological technology that’s so precise it can track time down to 100 billionths of a second. By comparison, the ext4 file system only counts time down to nanoseconds. Most matrices can’t even keep track…
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StumbleUpon Shifts to a New Discovery Platform called Mix
StumbleUpon is reportedly shifting to a new discovery platform after sixteen years, as conveyed through a tweet by the StumbleUpon Team. StumbleUpon is a fairly old social networking platform that was there way before tweets, posts, snaps and pins were in fashion. According to the official website, the platform had…
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Opera Allows Users to Upgrade to the Latest Version of Their Browser
The Opera web browser released version 54.0.2952.41 today, and precompiled binaries are already available for several popular platforms. It looks like Opera’s current developers are rededicating themselves to ensuring that their browser is compatible with as many different desktop and laptop platforms as possible. The official FTP site is currently…
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Rugged Smartphone based on Snapdragon 210 Costs More than iPhone X
Under its Toughbook series, Panasonic has been selling rugged devices for quite a long time. A recent announcement made by the company declared that Panasonic Toughbook FZ-T1 is out in the market as a new smartphone. Similar to other Toughbook devices, this new addition to the series has arrived with…
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Dropbox Releases Code for New DivANS Compression Algorithm
If you thought that 7-Zip provided excellent compression ratios, then you might be in for a treat since Dropbox released their new DivANS compression algorithm as an open-source project. Developers claim that DivANS can compress data more densely than 7-Zip, Brotli or even Zstandard. The code makes extensive use of…
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Adobe’s Engineers Develop AI Routine to Track Fake News Images
Adobe announced that they were working on new artificial intelligence technology that could spot the differences between genuine news photos and fake ones. Their flagship product Photoshop has long been used by those who had wanted to generate phony images for use with manufactured news stories. Considering the recent attention…
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Apple, Microsoft and Google introducing standardized USB HID for visually impaired
Within the fast moving world of today, a life without having know how of technology is just as living in the stone age in the modern times. Having access to technology is a right of all. This fact got perceived by Apple, Goolge and Microsoft which led them to the…