Samsung, Ericsson sign agreement, end legal battle over patents

Swedish telecom company Ericsson and South Korean giant Samsung have ended their legal disputes over patents, signing an agreement to cover all cellular technologies.

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Xiaomi may launch Redmi K40 gaming phone with MediaTek Dimensity 1100

Xiaomi launched the Redmi K40 gaming phone in China last month. The smartphone comes powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor. According to a leakster, the company may soon launch a Lite model of the phone with a lighter MediaTek chipset.

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Instagram Stories now support auto-generated captions: Here’s how to enable it

The company announced via Twitter that it has now added a new sticker for Stories which will automatically turn what users are saying into text — making it essentially work like live transcription.

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National Technology Day 2021: Date, History, and Significance

National Technology Day 2021 marks India’s entry into the elite club of nuclear-armed nations. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared May 11 as the National Technology Day after India conducted three successful nuclear tests at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan under Operation Shakti in 1998.

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Oppo launches online store in India, announces offers on Oppo smartphones, earphones and other devices

Smartphone brand Oppo has launched its online store in the country. The platform will offer access to over 80 Oppo products like smartphones, IoT gadgets, and wearables. Additionally, the company has announced a limited-time offer for the buyers on its e-store. The deals will be valid from May 11 to May 17.

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Alibaba's Ant Group will let more users test China's digital yuan

MYbank, an online bank in which Ant has a 30% stake, is now allowing some users to link accounts with China's digital currency app, state-backed media said.

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Samsung Galaxy M51 price slashed in India

The first Samsung smartphone with 7000mAh battery -- Galaxy M51 — has received its second price drop. Launched last year, the company has reduced the price of Galaxy M51 for the second time.

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Flagship Fest on Flipkart: Discount on iPhone 12, Asus ROG Phone 5, Motorola Razr, Google Pixel 4a and other smartphones

Flipkart is running a smartphone sale called the Flagship Fest. The sale started today and will continue till May 14. As part of the sale, buyers will get a 10% instant discount on Citibank credit and debit cards. There is also an extra Rs 500 off on EMI transactions above Rs 20,000 made using the bank’s card

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Vivo promises three years of Android OS upgrades to these smartphones

Vivo, the BBK-owned smartphone brand, has announced that its flagship X series smartphones will be eligible for major Android OS upgrades and security updates for three years. “The premium X series models that are not eligible will continue to receive regular Android security updates,” said Vivo.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 expected to launch in August Galaxy Unpacked event

Samsung has already confirmed that it will not launch a new Galaxy Note smartphone this year. The company aims to bring its S Pen experience to other high-end smartphones and is focusing a lot on the new foldable Galaxy Z series smartphones

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SpaceX accepts dogecoin as payment to launch lunar mission next year

"SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year - Mission paid for in Doge - 1st crypto in space - 1st meme in space", Musk said in a tweet.

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From Amazon to Tata, Reliance to Vedanta, industry steps up to combat coronavirus

India has reported more than 3,00,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for two weeks, and reached more than 4 lakh new daily cases over the weekend. More than 2.42 lakh people in India have died from the virus infection

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UP police to take action against those spreading rumours that COVID spreads through 5G trials

An audio message claiming that the 5G trials were the reason behind the sudden surge in COVID cases in India has been doing the rounds. In the message, a man can be heard saying that because of 5G testing people are dying in states like UP, Maharashtra and Bihar.

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Chip shortage in focus as Japan automakers ready to report profit drop

Blackouts in Texas where a number of chipmakers have factories and a fire at Renesas Electronics Corp's chip plant in Japan have exacerbated the supply crunch.

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Is Epic Games' showdown with Apple turning into a mismatch?

If Epic Games hopes to dismantle the fortress surrounding Apple's iPhone and its app store, the video game maker probably will need to roll out some heavier artillery heading into the second week of a trial threatening Apple's $2 trillion empire. So far, at least, Epic has been having trouble proving its allegations that the iPhone maker's 13-year-old app store has turned into an illegal monopoly.

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Twitter-rival Koo says to double headcount; lot of headroom for growing user base

Koo, which was launched last year, has seen a massive surge in its user base over the past few months after Union ministers and government departments endorsed the homegrown microblogging platform following a spat with Twitter.

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Clubhouse Android App Public Beta Launched in US After Popularity Dwindles

Clubhouse Android app has been launched in the US roughly a year after its launch on the iOS platform. The Android version of the app is currently a public beta.

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Microsoft may have ‘killed’ Windows’ answer to Chromebooks

Sometime in 2019, Microsoft had spoken about Windows 10X, a lighter version of Windows which could take on ChromeOS. The idea may have been been shelved for good.

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Elon Musk admits some of his tweets land him in 'trouble'

Tesla and SpaceX CEO was at his hilarious best as he hosted the popular American TV show Saturday Night Live for the first time, acknowledging that his public comments on Twitter do get him in trouble at times.

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Oxygen concentrator: When is it useful and what you should know before buying online

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Amazon app quiz May 10, 2021: Get answers to these five questions and win Rs 15,000 in Amazon Pay balance

Results of today’s quiz will be announced on May 11.

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Flipkart daily trivia quiz May 10, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts and discount vouchers

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize.

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How a security researcher ‘hacked’ Apple AirTag

According to a German security researcher "Stack Smashing" tweeted about how he managed to “break into the microcontroller of the AirTag.” This enabled him to re-flash the microcontroller that enabled them to modify elements of the item tracker software.

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