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Vivo Nex  is set to  launch on Tuesday (June 12)  as the company's latest smartphone, but leaks and rumours are still pouring in from all corners. A lot of details regarding the upcoming handset have  already been leaked  in several previous reports. Recently, two variants of the smartphone were spotted on the company's site in China and the specifications were in line with earlier reports. It is highly expected that the Vivo Nex will arrive in at least two models, with Snapdragon 845 SoC and Snapdragon 710 SoC. Now, a new report has leaked the pricing details of both the variants. Additionally, a hands-on video has also been leaked, showcasing the Nex in all its glory. Notably, another leak has claimed that a model of the handset with 256GB inbuilt storage will also be unveiled. Coming to the pricing of the Vivo Nex, as per a  post  by a tipster on China's microblogging site Weibo, the smartphone's price will start at CNY 3,798 (roughly Rs. 40,...

While  HMD Global  is seemingly busy in making the newly launched  Nokia 2 (2018) ,  Nokia 3 (2018) , and  Nokia 5 (2018)  available across the worldwide markets, renders highlighting the Nokia 5.1 Plus have surfaced online. The renders showcase that the unannounced handset includes a notch design. In a separate news, the global variant of the  Nokia X6  with model number TA-1103 has received Taiwan's NCC certification. The Nokia X6  debuted  in China last month with an iPhone X-like notch design and a dual rear camera setup. The smartphone was  sold out in 10 seconds in the first sale  that was held through JD.com, Suning.com, and Tmall.com. As per the leaked CAD renders,  courtesy  OnLeaks and Tiger Mobiles, the Nokia 5.1 Plus will come with a thin-bezel display and include the notch - featuring a front camera, earpiece, and some sensors. On the back, the renders show a dual rear camera setup along with an LE...

OnePlus  on Monday partnered with  Gameloft  to launch an exclusive online racing championship called 'OnePlus Asphalt Cup' in India. The new championship is touted to be the first exclusive online racing championship on mobile in the country. It will run between June 13 and July 8 and is open for all mobile-gaming enthusiasts in the country who will play  Asphalt 8: Airborne . Top three winners will receive a combined cash prize worth Rs. 9 lakhs along with the  OnePlus 6  smartphones and  Bullets Wireless Bluetooth earphones . Participants will also receive in-game rewards worth Rs. 2 crores. The OnePlus Asphalt Cup is spread over four weeks with four time-limited events of five days each. Racers are notably allowed to play unlimited times to win the championship. Among all the participants, OnePlus says that top five racers each week will win a pair of its Bullets Wireless Bluetooth earphones that were launched alongside the OnePlus 6 flagsh...

Myanmar's hardline monks will dodge bans on  Facebook  and keep using it to "tell the truth", they said on Friday, after the social media giant barred several Buddhist nationalists for hate messages targeting Rohingya Muslims. United Nations officials investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar have said Facebook has been a source of propaganda against the minority in a country where it has become a near-ubiquitous communications tool as the economy opens up. Myanmar's nationalist monks and activists, who have emerged as a political force in recent years, have been sharing violent and angry rhetoric on Facebook targeting the minority, seen by many in the Buddhist-majority country as illegal immigrants. "It is a violation of freedom of expression," Thuseitta, a member of the Patriotic Myanmar Monks' Union told Reuters hours after Facebook identified him as a "hate figure". "We will keep using Facebook with different ...

Petrol prices on Saturday slashed by 40-42 paise per litre in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, compared with the previous day's rates. Diesel prices were lowered by 30-32 paise per litre, according to Indian Oil Corporation's website. According to the new rate chart, the revised petrol price in Delhi is  R s.  77.02 per litre, in Mumbai it is  R s.  84.84 per litre, in Kolkata it is  R s.  79.68 per litre and in Chennai it is  R s.  79.95 per litre on Saturday. The revised diesel price in metro cities are-  R s.  68.28 per litre in Delhi,  R s.  70.83 per litre in Kolkata, 72.7 per litre in Mumbai and  R s.  72.08 per litre in Chennai. Here are 5 things to know about petrol, diesel prices today: 1. The revised petrol and diesel rates are applicable from 6:00 a.m. on June 9, 2018. 2. Prices have been reduced for 11th consecutive day today. The continuing petrol price slash has taken the price reduction toll...

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी और चीन के राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग ने शनिवार को शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (एससीओ) सम्मेलन से इतर मुलाकात की. चिंगदाओ (चीन):  चीन के राष्ट्रपति शी चिनफिंग ने अगले वर्ष भारत में वुहान जैसी अनौपचारिक वार्ता के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के निमंत्रण को स्वीकार कर लिया है. विदेश सचिव विजय गोखले ने यह जानकारी दी. दोनों नेताओं ने डोकलाम गतिरोध के बाद दोनों देशों की सीमा सुरक्षा बलों के बीच बेहतर समन्वय और विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में संबंधों में मजबूती लाने के लिए 27-28 अप्रैल को चीन के शहर वुहान में पहली अनौपचारिक वार्ता की थी. प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने राष्ट्रपति शी के साथ द्विपक्षीय एवं वैश्विक मुद्दों पर विस्तृत चर्चा की थी जो भारत-चीन मित्रता को और शक्ति प्रदान करेगा. गोखले ने संवाददाता सम्मेलन को संबोधित करते हुए कहा कि दोनों नेताओं के बीच शनिवार की बैठक का एक महत्वपूर्ण परिणाम यह रहा कि चीनी पक्ष ने बताया कि उन्होंने 2019 में भारत में एक अन्य अनौपचारिक वार्ता के लिए राष्ट्रपति शी को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के न्योते को स्वीकार कर लिया है. उन्होंने कहा कि अनौपचारिक बैठक की...

Facebook shared personal information culled from its users' profiles with other companies after the date when executives have said the social network prevented third-party developers from gaining access to the data, the company confirmed Friday. The records included information about the friends of  Facebook  users, including phone numbers and breakdowns analysing the degrees of separation between people on the social networks, according to a Wall Street Journal report. In its confirmation of the story, Facebook acknowledged the information was given to a "small number" of companies including RBC Capital Markets and Nissan Motor Co., advertisers and other business partners. The companies had access to the data during a stretch of time in 2015 after Facebook had locked out most developers who build apps that work on its social network. Facebook gave select "whitelisted" companies extensions before they were also blocked from getting its users' per...

Amazon has given price cuts to its  Echo  and  Echo Dot  AI-based smart speakers in India, roughly two months after the  Google Home  and  Home Mini  went on sale in the country. The price of the Echo Plus, however, remains the same as before. The same goes for the Echo Spot, the only Alexa-powered device in India with a display; it was  launched in late April  in the country, about six months after the non-display Echo models. With the  new price cut , the Echo Dot can be purchased for Rs. 4,099, representing a Rs. 400 discount over its MRP of Rs. 4,499. It became available at roughly Rs. 3,149 thanks to a 30 percent discount Amazon was offering as an  introductory offer . When the Google Home Mini launched in India, it saw another  limited period price drop  — users would get a Rs. 1,000 discount on purchasing two Echo Dots on the same order. As for functionality, the Alexa-powered device is tiny and the ...

With  NASA's  Juno spacecraft needing more time to gather the mission's required data, the US space agency has decided to extend its science operations until July 2021, making way for the probe to spend three more years in orbit around Jupiter. Juno  is in 53-day orbits rather than 14-day orbits as initially planned because of a concern about valves on the spacecraft's fuel system.  This longer orbit means that it will take more time to collect the needed science data. Scientists hope that the extension of the spacecraft's operations will enable the mission to achieve its primary science objectives.  The end of prime operations is now expected in July 2021, with data analysis and mission close-out activities continuing into 2022, NASA said in a statement this week. An approval for the extension of the mission was expected as an independent panel of experts confirmed in April that Juno is on track to achieve its science objectives and is already retur...

Android P  Beta 2 aka Developer Preview 3 just dropped earlier this week, bringing several tweaks and bug fixes to the latest Android update. However, a report now reveals that it might also give a key feature that accompany the  Pixel 3  -  wireless charging . According to source code obtained from files of Android P Beta 2, the upcoming Pixel 3 and  Pixel 3 XL  could mark the comeback of wireless charging to  Google's  smartphone range. As per a report by XDA Developers, several code strands have been  discovered  in Android P's third Developer Preview that suggest a new Google-branded wireless charging dock might be in the works. This is revealed by the fact that the source code has several mentions of wireless chargers, combined with the preface com.google instead of com.android. According to the report, Google will create a separate category, under Connected Devices, for new-gen wireless docks codenamed 'Dreamliner'. Multipl...

A Japanese startup has announced it is designing an innovative unmanned spacecraft that will be put to trial in 2019 to fly commercially to space by 2023. PD Aerospace, based in Nagoya (central Japan), has raised JPY 520 million ($4.78 million or roughly Rs. 32 crores) from five companies, including one of Japan's largest airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA), for the project, Efe news reported. "Commercialization of space has progressed exponentially primarily in USA," PD Aerospace CEO Shuji Ogawa said in a statement on Friday, adding that the company seeks to "play a part in the future of space transportation for the new era as soon as possible". The aircraft would be equipped with an engine that would alternate between reaction mode and a rocket to create Japan's first passenger aircraft capable of reaching outer space up to an altitude of 100 km and reenter the atmosphere. Last July, the company had succeeded in an experimental propulsion system...

Researchers have developed an  artificial intelligence (AI) system that can automatically identify, count and describe wild animals using photographs collected by "camera traps", also called motion-sensor cameras. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), showed that the AI system could automate animal identification for up to 99.3 percent of images at an accuracy rate of 96.6 percent which was similar to the rate achieved by crowdsourced teams of human volunteers. "This technology lets us accurately, unobtrusively and inexpensively collect wildlife data, which could help catalyse the transformation of many fields of ecology, wildlife biology, zoology, conservation biology and animal behaviour into 'big data' sciences," said Jeff Clune, Associate Professor at the University of Wyoming in the US and senior author of the paper. "This will dramatically improve our ability to both study and cons...

Sony  has launched a new model in its popular Cyber-shot  RX100 series  - RX100 VI (model DSC-RX100M6). Sony's RX100 camera lineup is known for its compact form factor and high image quality. The new RX100 VI camera is being touted to be the first among RX100 models to come with a high magnification zoom lens. It packs in the Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 24-200mm f2.8 - f4.5 lens. Sony claims that the extensive zoom makes the camera "an ideal choice for capturing daily life, cityscapes, portraiture, sports, wildlife, and everything in between." Notably, the new Sony Cyber-shot RX100 VI compact camera will start shipping next month for $1,200 (roughly Rs. 80,400). The RX100 VI camera is equipped with a 20.1-megapixel 1.0-type stacked Exmor RS CMOS image sensor with DRAM chip and an upgraded Bionz X image processing system with a front-end LSI that claims to maximise the processing speed and optimise image quality. Also, the RX100 VI features the Fast Hybrid AF system with 31...

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a new feature that allows users to obtain their Aadhaar Update History. This can be downloaded and provided to various authorities on demand for availing various services. The CEO of UIDAI, Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, said, "This is yet another innovative and useful facility through which people can now obtain their own Aadhaar update history from the UIDAI's website and can use it in support of their assertion of address, etc. We have launched its Beta version." "To utilise this facility, the Aadhaar holder would have to go to the UIDAI website www.uidai.gov.in and click on Aadhaar Update History. A page will open where he will fill the Aadhaar number or Virtual ID (VID) and the security captcha. Then he will receive an OTP. After he enters OTP, he would be able to see his own Aadhaar Update History which can be printed for uses as required," he added. According to UIDAI sources, the Aa...

Facebook -owned  Instagram  announced a change to its Stories feature that will allow users to instantly repost a Story they are tagged in as theirs. "When someone mentions you in their story, you receive a notification in your 'Direct message' thread with that person. Now you'll see an option to add that content to your own story," Instagram wrote in a blog  post  late on Thursday. The feature "@mention Sharing" only applies to public accounts and is available as part of Instagram version 48 on Android and iOS. The original poster's username will appear automatically when a "Story" is reposted on a different account. Users will have choices and options to scale, rotate, position and add creative tools like text and stickers to the reposted "Story", Instagram added. The photo-sharing service Instagram was  recently reported  to be planning to bring longer videos on its platform, moving beyond the 60-second ca...

Xiaomi  has started calling beta testers for the  MIUI 10 Global ROM  to receive early feedback on the ongoing development. The beta testing has been started for the  Xiaomi Mi 6 ,  Mi Mix 2 ,  Mi Mix 2S ,  Redmi S2 , and  Redmi Note 5 Pro  (India)/ Redmi Note 5. Notably, the company already recruited a team for testing the Chinese version of  MIUI 10  that  debuted  last month alongside the Mi 8 flagship. The stable builds of MIUI 10 Global ROM  are expected to arrive  sometime in September. It includes a bunch of India-focused content, including Mi Music, Mi Video, enhanced Browser, and a new quick menu tab, alongside general enhancements such as an AI Portrait feature and an upgraded performance. The last date for participating in the MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM testing programme is June 11. Participants shortlisted by Xiaomi will receive a forum message on June 12. Further, the programme is live for all...

Xiaomi recently  launched the Wireless Mouse Youth Edition  in China, and priced it at just CNY 49 (roughly Rs. 500), making it the cheapest mouse available from the Chinese company. Now, a rather expensive Mi Gaming Mouse has been unveiled. The price tag attached to this mouse is CNY 249 (roughly Rs. 2,600), making it the most expensive of the lot. Xiaomi's Mi Gaming Mouse can be operated in two modes - wireless or wired. If gaming, users can opt for a wired connection for continuity and consistency, and wireless can be used for basic office and home usage. The mouse is available in China through Xiaomi Mall, Xiaomi Youpin, Xiaomizhijia, Jingdong, Tmall, and Suning,  reports  ITHome. The Mi Gaming Mouse sports a 7200dpi gaming optical sensor with the option to change the sensitivity for better aiming, and an LED indicator lets you see the sensitivity in real-time as well. There's also a quick aim key that will automatically adjust DPI for better aiming in ga...