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Realme debuts P-series smartphones in India: Models, prices, specs and more | Gadgets
15Apr By adminNo Comments
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Realme debuts P-series smartphones in India: Models, prices, specs and more | Gadgets

3 min read Last Updated : Apr 15 2024 | 2:04 PM IST Chinese smartphone brand Realme on April 15 debuted in India the Realme P-series. The inaugural models in the series are the Realme P1 5G and Realme P1 Pro 5G. While the vanilla model in the series boasts a flat AMOLED display of 120Hz refresh rate, the Pro model boasts a 3D curved AMOLED display of 120Hz refresh rate. Below are the details: Realme P1 Pro 5G: Price and variants 8GB RAM + 128GB storage: Rs 21,999 8GB RAM + 256GB storage: Rs 22,999 Realme P1 Pro 5G: Availability and introductory offers The Realme P1 Pro 5G smartphone will be available in limited sale on April 22 from 6 PM to 8 PM on the company’s official website and e-commerce platform Flipkart. The first sale period for the smartphone...
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Roku says 576,000 streaming accounts compromised in recent security breach
12Apr By adminNo Comments
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Roku says 576,000 streaming accounts compromised in recent security breach

Just weeks after a security hack exposed more than 15,000 Roku accounts, the company said Friday that a second security breach impacted more than 576,000 accounts.In a statement on its website, the company said it found no evidence that it was the source of the account credentials used in either of the attacks or that Roku's systems were compromised. Instead, the company said, login credentials used in the hacks were likely stolen from another source for which the affected users may have used the same username and password. This type of cyberattack is known as "credential stuffing."Roku said in fewer than 400 cases, the "malicious actors logged in and made unauthorized purchases of streaming service subscriptions and Roku hardware producing using the payment store in these accounts, but t...
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Meta tests new auto-blur tool and other features on Instagram designed to fight sextortion
11Apr By adminNo Comments
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Meta tests new auto-blur tool and other features on Instagram designed to fight sextortion

Meta is trying out new tools on its Instagram platform to combat the sexual extortion of teens, including a feature that will automatically blur photos containing nudity in direct messages.The social media company announced in a blog post Thursday that new features, including the auto-blur technology, are part of a campaign to fight sexual scams and make it tougher for criminals to contact teens. "This feature is designed not only to protect people from seeing unwanted nudity in their DMs, but also to protect them from scammers who may send nude images to trick people into sending their own images in return," the company said. Meta also owns Facebook and WhatsApp but the nudity-blur feature won't be added to those platforms.Sexual extortion, or sextorti...
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Google makes it easier to find your missing Android device
8Apr By adminNo Comments
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Google makes it easier to find your missing Android device

Gadgets and apps to help find lost items Gadgets and apps that can help find lost items 04:46 Google is making it easier for people to find their misplaced devices, including Android phones. The Alphabet-owned search giant on Monday released a new version of its "Find My Device" feature that integrates a new, crowdsourced network of over 1 billion Android devices, according to Google. It's Google's equivalent of Apple's popular "Find My" feature...
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Soon, you could play Mario, Contra, and other retro games on Apple iPhones | Tech News
8Apr By adminNo Comments
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Soon, you could play Mario, Contra, and other retro games on Apple iPhones | Tech News

Representative image: Backbone One Controller for iPhone Apple has announced that it will allow video game emulator applications on iPhones through its App Store. Unlike recent App Store changes that Apple made to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union region, this change will be applicable globally. With emulators, Apple is opening up its iPhone ecosystem to run retro gaming console emulators. Essentially, it would allow iPhone owners to play older-generation video games from the likes of Nintendo, Mitashi, and more. What are emulators Emulators are applications that let you run software and games independent of the operating system. For instance, you could use a Windows emulator on Mac to run Windows-only programs. In the context of this ar...
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What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and ‘Food, Inc. 2’ chows down
8Apr By adminNo Comments
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What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and ‘Food, Inc. 2’ chows down

A Billy Joel concert special celebrating his residency at Madison Square Garden and Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal playing cowboys and former lovers in Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: a sequel to the powerful documentary “Food, Inc.,” a reboot of “Dora the Explorer” on Paramount+ and Linkin Park's first career-spanning greatest hits collection.— A song can transport you back to a different time in your life with just a note. The new film “The Greatest Hits,” starring Lucy Boynton, draws on this idea and makes it literal for a woman mourning the death of her boyfriend (David Corenswet, ak...
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Kiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’
4Apr By adminNo Comments
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Kiss sells catalog, brand name and IP. Gene Simmons assures fans it is a ‘collaboration’

It’s never really the end of the road for Kiss. The hard rock quartet have sold their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group in a deal estimated to be over $300 million, it was announced Thursday.This isn't the first time Kiss has partnered with Pophouse, which was co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. When the band's current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — took the stage at the final night of their farewell tour in December at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, they ended by revealing digitized avatars of themselves. The cutting-edge technology was created by George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, in partnership with Pophouse. The two compa...
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Tesla sales drop as competition in the electric vehicle market heats up
3Apr By adminNo Comments
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Tesla sales drop as competition in the electric vehicle market heats up

Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition in the electric vehicle market increased worldwide and price cuts the company enacted months ago failed to entice more buyers.The Austin, Texas, company owned by Elon Musk, said Tuesday it delivered 386,810 vehicles from January through March, almost 9% below the 423,000 it sold during the same period last year. The company blamed the decline in part on phasing in an updated version of the Model 3 sedan at its Fremont, California factory. Plant shutdowns due to shipping diversions in the Red Sea, and an arson attack that knocked out power to its German factory also caused fewer deliveries, it said. Last year, Tesla dramatically lowered prices by up to $20,000 for some models. In March, it temporarily knocked $1,000 off the Model Y, its ...
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George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI
3Apr By adminNo Comments
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George Carlin estate settles with podcasters over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI

LOS ANGELES -- The estate of George Carlin has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued over a fake hourlong comedy special that purportedly used artificial intelligence to recreate the late standup comic’s style and material.In the settlement agreement filed with a federal court Monday, and a proposed order from both sides that awaits approval from a judge, the podcast outlet Dudesy agrees to permanently take down the special and to refrain from using Carlin's image voice or likeness in the future without the express written approval of the estate. The settlement meets the central demands laid out by the Carlin estate in the lawsuit filed on Jan. 25. “I am grateful that the defendants acted responsibly by swiftly removing the video they made,” Carlin's daughter Kelly Carlin ...
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