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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons Will Feature Magnets and Mouse Functionality, Patent Suggests
Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 in January following several leaks about the hybrid console’s design and features. While the company stopped short of detailing the functionality and specifications of the Switch 2, the first-look trailer showed a revamped Joy-Con connecting mechanism. A patent from Nintendo published Thursday suggests the ...
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Moldova's 'First Dog' Goes Missing On New Year's Eve, Found A Day Later
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen suffered a minor hand wound when Codrut bit him during a November 2023 state visit.
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CD Projekt Red Announces Update 2.2 for Cyberpunk 2077, Won't Include New Game Plus+
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting yet another update, a year after it received the 2.1 update that introduced new features, activities and vehicles. Developer CD Projekt Red announced a surprise Update 2.2 for the sci-fi RPG Monday and said it would share details about the new features in a dedicated stream Tuesday.
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OnePlus Open Now Available on Amazon With a Try Before You Buy Option
OnePlus Open — OnePlus's first folding smartphone was launched in India last year and has been available through Amazon since. The e-commerce website now offers a new try before buy service for the foldable phone. Amazon's 'Try & Buy' programme allows users to have a hands-on experience with the OnePlus Open for 20 minutes. This facility is avai...
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iQOO 12 Android 15-Based FuntouchOS 15 Update Reportedly Rolling Out for Global Users
iQOO 12 was unveiled in China in November 2023 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset. It runs on Android 14-based OriginOS 4 in China out-of-the-box. For global and Indian users, the phone ships with FuntouchOS 14 based on Android 14. In September this year, Vivo and iQOO smartphones started receiving the Android 15-based ...
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Apple's Affordable Vision Pro Delayed Beyond 2027, to Get an M5 Upgrade Next Year: Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple has been rumoured to unveil an affordable version of the Vision Pro mixed reality headset sometime next year. Now, reputed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple has postponed its plans to unveil the budget Vision Pro successor beyond 2027. The Cupertino, California-based company is instead said to be planning to refresh the Visi...
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Record High Colombian Cocaine Production In 2023: UN
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, a United Nations report said.
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Ericsson Said to Have Bagged New 5G Contract from India's Bharti Airtel
Ericsson has said to have received a new multi-billion dollar contract for selling 5G equipment from India's Bharti Airtel. The new contracts are expected to boost Ericsson's revenue next year after seeing a big fall in contracts from India in the first half of the year.
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El Nino Drives Record Global Temperatures in 2023, Studies Reveal
New studies suggest the dramatic temperature increase seen in 2023 was largely influenced by the Pacific’s El Niño, which followed several years of cooling La Niña conditions. While researchers have ruled out some contributing factors, questions about this record-breaking year remain, particularly as temperatures exceeded typical El Niño patte...
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Karnataka Plans Tax Waivers for Hybrid Cars, Incentives for EVs
Karnataka plans to cut levies and offer financial incentives to companies in the clean mobility sector, including a steep tax cut for hybrid cars. The move could make the state, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, the second after northern Uttar Pradesh to provide tax breaks to hybrid cars, for which Toyota has lobbied New Delhi.
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First Face Transplant With an Eye Reportedly Does Not Show Any Signs of Rejects After a Year
In May 2023, Aaron James, an electrical lineman, became the first person to undergo a partial face transplant that included an eye. Now, a year later, doctors from New York University Langone Health report no signs of rejection, with blood flow reaching the transplanted eye. However, despite this positive development, James remains unable to see fr...
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Google Pixel Phones With Temperature Sensor Get Support for Body Temperature Measurement in Europe
Google Pixel users in Europe will now be able to measure their body temperature. This feature works by leveraging the Pixel Thermometer app and the temperature sensor that Google introduced with its Pixel 8 Pro last year. The sensor is also available in the new Pixel 9 Pro lineup. While its capabilities were initially limited to measuring the tempe...
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Mac Mini With Up to M4 Pro Chipset, Redesigned Form Factor to Be Launched in 2024: Report
Apple Mac Mini with an M4 chip could be launched this year, according to a Bloomberg report. The company's next-generation computer is said to be equipped with an M4 and M4 Pro chipset and arrive with a redesigned form factor that resembles the Apple TV 4K.
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Video Games Face Delay After Actors Go on Strike Over AI Use, but GTA 6 Reportedly Won't Be Impacted
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 was earlier believed to be affected by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA video game actors’ strike. A new report, however, has confirmed that the hotly anticipated game won't be impacted by the SAG-AFTRA action.
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Apple Vision Pro Gets New Immersive Video Content Including Films, TV Series
Apple Vision Pro, which was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023, will now support new immersive video content. Apple announced on Thursday that new series and films captured in Apple Immersive Video will be available exclusively to Apple Vision Pro users starting this week. The company's immersive video technology utilise...
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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons Will Feature Magnets and Mouse Functionality, Patent Suggests
Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 in January following several leaks about the hybrid console’s design and features. While the company stopped short of detailing the functionality and specifications of the Switch 2, the first-look trailer showed a revamped Joy-Con connecting mechanism. A patent from Nintendo published Thursday suggests the ...
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Moldova's 'First Dog' Goes Missing On New Year's Eve, Found A Day Later
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen suffered a minor hand wound when Codrut bit him during a November 2023 state visit.
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CD Projekt Red Announces Update 2.2 for Cyberpunk 2077, Won't Include New Game Plus+
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting yet another update, a year after it received the 2.1 update that introduced new features, activities and vehicles. Developer CD Projekt Red announced a surprise Update 2.2 for the sci-fi RPG Monday and said it would share details about the new features in a dedicated stream Tuesday.
-
OnePlus Open Now Available on Amazon With a Try Before You Buy Option
OnePlus Open — OnePlus's first folding smartphone was launched in India last year and has been available through Amazon since. The e-commerce website now offers a new try before buy service for the foldable phone. Amazon's 'Try & Buy' programme allows users to have a hands-on experience with the OnePlus Open for 20 minutes. This facility is avai...
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iQOO 12 Android 15-Based FuntouchOS 15 Update Reportedly Rolling Out for Global Users
iQOO 12 was unveiled in China in November 2023 with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and a dedicated Q1 gaming chipset. It runs on Android 14-based OriginOS 4 in China out-of-the-box. For global and Indian users, the phone ships with FuntouchOS 14 based on Android 14. In September this year, Vivo and iQOO smartphones started receiving the Android 15-based ...
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Apple's Affordable Vision Pro Delayed Beyond 2027, to Get an M5 Upgrade Next Year: Ming-Chi Kuo
Apple has been rumoured to unveil an affordable version of the Vision Pro mixed reality headset sometime next year. Now, reputed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple has postponed its plans to unveil the budget Vision Pro successor beyond 2027. The Cupertino, California-based company is instead said to be planning to refresh the Visi...
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Record High Colombian Cocaine Production In 2023: UN
Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine exporter, set a new record last year for production of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf it is made from, a United Nations report said.
-
Ericsson Said to Have Bagged New 5G Contract from India's Bharti Airtel
Ericsson has said to have received a new multi-billion dollar contract for selling 5G equipment from India's Bharti Airtel. The new contracts are expected to boost Ericsson's revenue next year after seeing a big fall in contracts from India in the first half of the year.
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El Nino Drives Record Global Temperatures in 2023, Studies Reveal
New studies suggest the dramatic temperature increase seen in 2023 was largely influenced by the Pacific’s El Niño, which followed several years of cooling La Niña conditions. While researchers have ruled out some contributing factors, questions about this record-breaking year remain, particularly as temperatures exceeded typical El Niño patte...
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Karnataka Plans Tax Waivers for Hybrid Cars, Incentives for EVs
Karnataka plans to cut levies and offer financial incentives to companies in the clean mobility sector, including a steep tax cut for hybrid cars. The move could make the state, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, the second after northern Uttar Pradesh to provide tax breaks to hybrid cars, for which Toyota has lobbied New Delhi.
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First Face Transplant With an Eye Reportedly Does Not Show Any Signs of Rejects After a Year
In May 2023, Aaron James, an electrical lineman, became the first person to undergo a partial face transplant that included an eye. Now, a year later, doctors from New York University Langone Health report no signs of rejection, with blood flow reaching the transplanted eye. However, despite this positive development, James remains unable to see fr...
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Google Pixel Phones With Temperature Sensor Get Support for Body Temperature Measurement in Europe
Google Pixel users in Europe will now be able to measure their body temperature. This feature works by leveraging the Pixel Thermometer app and the temperature sensor that Google introduced with its Pixel 8 Pro last year. The sensor is also available in the new Pixel 9 Pro lineup. While its capabilities were initially limited to measuring the tempe...
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Mac Mini With Up to M4 Pro Chipset, Redesigned Form Factor to Be Launched in 2024: Report
Apple Mac Mini with an M4 chip could be launched this year, according to a Bloomberg report. The company's next-generation computer is said to be equipped with an M4 and M4 Pro chipset and arrive with a redesigned form factor that resembles the Apple TV 4K.
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Video Games Face Delay After Actors Go on Strike Over AI Use, but GTA 6 Reportedly Won't Be Impacted
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6 was earlier believed to be affected by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA video game actors’ strike. A new report, however, has confirmed that the hotly anticipated game won't be impacted by the SAG-AFTRA action.
-
Apple Vision Pro Gets New Immersive Video Content Including Films, TV Series
Apple Vision Pro, which was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023, will now support new immersive video content. Apple announced on Thursday that new series and films captured in Apple Immersive Video will be available exclusively to Apple Vision Pro users starting this week. The company's immersive video technology utilise...
