The consumer finance unit of China’s Ant Group will boost the company’s capital to CNY 30 billion (roughly Rs. 35,377 crores) from CNY 8 billion (roughly Rs. 9,434 crore), and introduce 4 new strategic investors, an exchange filing released on Friday said. The unit, Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance, is under regulatory pressure to fold Ant’s
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It’s not every day that I come across a smartphone that can do something extraordinary. Most premium smartphones these days look attractive and have an array of cameras at the back, but the buck pretty much stops there. So, when HMD Global launched The Nokia XR20 in India I was quite interested, mainly because I’m
Google Fit for iOS has reportedly gained the ability to track and measure heart and respiratory rate using an iPhone’s camera. The fitness app can measure a user’s heart rate when they apply light pressure on the rear camera lens. It can also work if the user’s smartphone doesn’t have an active internet connection. The
Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Jack Dorsey has been blocked on Twitter, the social media
Hide My Email has been provided as a feature in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 to let you hide your personal email address and keep it private. The feature enables Apple devices to share unique, random email addresses that users can use on websites and apps asking their personal email address for signups. The random
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more This article was contributed by Noah Shin. Full disclosure: I am a graduate student finishing his studies in media and communications. I consider myself pro-internet, but I have
iQoo 9 series will be launching in China on January 5, as per a leaked poster that recently surfaced online. The Vivo sub-brand has also teased the launch of its upcoming smartphone series, which is said to comprise the vanilla iQoo 9 and iQoo 9 Pro. iQoo shared an image of the iQoo 9 that
In this article 9618-HK 700-HK JD.com plummeted Thursday after Tencent announced it will be giving most of its shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant away to its shareholders. Tencent said it will declare a one-time dividend in which it will distribute more than 457 million Class A ordinary shares of JD.com to shareholders, with a
Russia has blocked the website of OVD-Info, a prominent human rights monitor tracking political persecution, the group said Saturday, as authorities press ahead with a crackdown on dissent. Russia’s Supreme Court is considering whether to shut top rights group Memorial, which works with the monitor. OVD-Info, which tracks opposition protests and also provides legal support
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) will ban devices used by players to cheat in the popular battle royale game, according to publisher Krafton. The change in policy will take effect today, December 24, and Krafton will ban devices which are running software that helps gamers cheat. Cheating in popular games like Battlegrounds Mobile India or PUBG:
Oppo Reno 7 5G has received a special version that the Chinese tech giant has dubbed as Oppo Reno 7 5G New Year Edition. The special edition model brings a new colour to the smartphone and has a special logo etched at the back panel. Oppo Reno 7 5G New Year Edition has been launched
Microsoft said it won’t be fixing or is pushing patches to a later date for three of the four security flaws uncovered in its Teams business communication platform earlier this March. The disclosure comes from Berlin-based cybersecurity firm Positive Security, which found that the implementation of the link preview feature was susceptible to a number
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more This article was contributed by Kay Khemani, managing director of Spectre.ai When you look around the public sphere — billboards, buses, subway stations, and your very smartphones —
NASA’s largest space telescope launch countdown has begun. The James Webb Space Telescope will be launched today on Christmas Day, December 25, and space enthusiasts can watch all the action live. The telescope is scheduled to be launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 7:20am EST (5:50pm IST). The space agency
WhatsApp has been spotted working on an ability to let users upload a photo or video as a Status update when they are sending the media content to a recipient in a chat. The change may come as an extension to the option to edit recipients of media content before sending them in chats —
In this article NVDA FTNT ASAN SYNA UPST Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Technology stocks have been far from a sure bet since 2021 began its stretch run in mid-November. Inflationary concerns and fears of rising interest rates pushed investors out of software and internet
A Moscow court said it was fining Google RUB 7.2 billion (roughly Rs. 735 crore) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in Russia. Moscow has increased pressure on big tech this year in a campaign that critics characterise as an
PUBG: New State has kicked off its holiday celebrations with two new redeem codes which grant free rewards to players in the popular battle royale game. After the game recently crossed the 45-million download mark, Krafton says it has shared these codes to thank gamers for their support. The in-game rewards include “Winter Carnival” crate