Fortnite Update 8.01 Adds Buried Treasure, Slide Duos Limited Time Mode, and More

Fortnite update 8.01 for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PC, and Xbox One is out now.

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Google Bolo education app launched in India

Google has launched a new education app in India called Bolo, which is designed to help primary-grade children learn to read in Hindi and English. Optimised for native Hindi speakers, Bolo comes with an in-app “reading buddy” called Diya to help encourage and aid its users while learning to read. The app is currently available on Google Play Store for free in beta version and works on all smartphones running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher. “Bolo is designed as a reading-tutor app that helps primary grade students to improve their reading,” explained Google Product Manager Nitin Kashyap in a press release. “We have been piloting Bolo in 200 villages, and the early results are very encouraging. We are now actively working with a number of nonprofit partners to take it to more people across the country who could benefit from it.” For installation, Bolo requires about 50MB of storage space on a smartphone. It can even be side-loaded, commented Kashyap after the product demo. Once installed it can run without an internet connection. Unlike most Google apps, Bolo can be used without signing in to an active Google account. To help the user learn to read, Bolo comes bundled with 50 stories in Hindi and 40 stories in English. Google plans to add more stories in the future. In addition, Bolo uses word games and in-app rewards to keep the user motivated to learn more. Google has launched Bolo specifically for India in an effort to bridge the learning gap in education. During the product presentation, the company presented data collected from the annual ASER 2018 report to show that of all students enrolled in grade 5 in rural India, only about half of them can confidently read a grade 2-level textbook. The new Bolo app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store for free.

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Researchers discover a new Spoiler flaw in Intel CPUs

Highlights Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in Intel Chips. The vulnerability is called Spoiler. Intel was made aware of Spoiler in December. Security researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Lübeck have published a paper outlining a vulnerability on Intel processors. The vulnerability only affects Intel chips and not AMD or ARM chips. The vulnerability affects Intel chips all the way back to the first generation of Core CPUs. According to the researchers, the potential attack vector is similar to Spectre, but not subject to the same mitigations. Just to be clear, Spectre and Spoiler are 2 different attacks.  The vulnerability affects “Speculative execution”. According to Wikipedia, Speculative execution “is an optimization technique where a computer system performs some task that may not be needed. Work is done before it is known whether it is actually needed, so as to prevent a delay that would have to be incurred by doing the work after it is known that it is needed. If it turns out the work was not needed after all, most changes made by the work are reverted and the results are ignored. The objective is to provide more concurrency if extra resources are available. This approach is employed in a variety of areas, including branch prediction in pipelined processors, value prediction for exploiting value locality, prefetching memory and files, and optimistic concurrency control in database systems.” The researchers say that how a PC’s memory works could be exploited by Spoiler. This could expose data from running programs. According the the researchers the only way to completely protect a system from Spoiler is by redesigning the silicon. This could be at the expense of overall performance. The researchers said, "There is no software mitigation that can completely erase this problem."  Intel was made aware of Spoiler in December. Intel told PC gamer, "Intel received notice of this research, and we expect that software can be protected against such issues by employing side channel safe software development practices. This includes avoiding control flows that are dependent on the data of interest. We likewise expect that DRAM modules mitigated against Rowhammer style attacks remain protected. Protecting our customers and their data continues to be a critical priority for us and we appreciate the efforts of the security community for their ongoing research."  Read More: Intel makes Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free, will be the foundation for upcoming USB4 standard Acer deemed as 2018's top PC gaming laptop brand in terms of units shipments by IDC AMD Radeon VII graphics card launched at Rs 54,990

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OnePlus March Madness offers for OnePlus 6T include special giveaways, additional Rs 2000 off on exchange and more

Highlights: OnePlus 6T now available with new offers like giveaways, no-cost EMI and more. The company will announce offers on the device throughout this month. There are also some “special giveaways” for those who purchase the handset. OnePlus has announced ‘March Madness’ offers for its OnePlus 6T smartphone, which, as the name suggests, is a month-long campaign. Under the campaign, the company will unveil new offers every week on the purchase of the OnePlus 6T on oneplus.in, Amazon.in, Croma outlets, Reliance Digital outlets, and OnePlus exclusive offline stores. The offers being announced over the period of March will include an additional Rs 2,000 off on exchange, up to six months of no-cost EMI, along with some exclusive offers when one uses credit and debit cards of select banks while purchasing the handset.  Additionally, OnePlus has announced inclusion of some “special giveaways” when one purchases the OnePlus 6T. These giveaways will be in the form of accessories bundles but the company is yet to reveal what goodies will be included in them. Like almost all smartphone manufacturers, OnePlus sometimes offers discounts on its devices. However, the new offers come at a time when reports regarding the company’s next flagship device, the OnePlus 7, are starting to pop up.   Well-known tipster Steve McFly, @OnLeaks, recently outed a render video and some images of the purported OnePlus 7. Going by the leaked renders, OnePlus might go with the trend and integrate a pop-up front camera behind the display, which would enable removal of the notch and hence, a near bezel-free design. Additionally, OnePlus is known to integrate technologies used by its sister companies Oppo and Vivo, and both the phone makers recently announced their newest handsets that features a pop-up selfie camera. So, while not confirmed, OnePlus might borrow the pop-up camera tech. Coming back to the leak, the OnePlus 7 is said to feature a 6.5-inch display. On the back are three vertically stacked cameras, below which is an LED flash. The power button and alert slider are placed on the phone’s right edge, while the volume rockers are on the left edge. The device could is also speculated to come equipped with an in-display fingerprint sensor.  Related Reads: OnePlus 7 leaked in renders and detailed video with motorised pop-up selfie camera, triple rear cameras, and a bezel-less display

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Foldable iPad renders appear online: This is what Apples foldable device could look like

Highlights LetsGoDigital has revealed renders of a foldable Apple device This is just a render, there is no information of when the device will be revealed. If you ever wondered what Apple’s take on the foldable device could look like, you need not imagine anymore. Renders of a foldable iPad come from Dutch technology website LetsGoDigital. There is no information on any launch window of the device. These are just renders. It is possible that Apple is looking at a foldable device in the future. The renders make the upcoming foldable iPad more in line with Huawei's foldable offering than Samsung’s. The display folds on the outside which means that when you fold the device, you will have a screen on both sides. Other reports online suggest that Samsung recently presented Apple with a foldable device. This device is smaller than Samsung’s own the Galaxy Fold. The device which Samsung showed Apple is 7.2-inch in size. It remains to be seen whether this rendered device is 7.2-inches when unfolded.  Apple is already late to the foldable device party. although, it could be said that the Cupertino-based tech giant is working to perfect its design before it makes it official. At MWC 2019, many smartphone manufacturers showed off their foldable concepts. Huawei, Samsung, TCL, Xiaomi and LG have shown their take on foldable devices. All these are concepts and while some of these devices have launch windows, no one really got in-depth hands on time with any of the foldable devices at MWC 2019. You can read more about the foldable phones here. Foldable and rollable screens aren't new to the world of technology, but 2019 is the year where we will see the launch of devices powered by these technologies. Besides foldable phones, we have also seen a rollable TV from LG which will launch in 2019. You can read more the rollable TV here. Apple has a history of redefining consumer technology products. It did so with the first Mac, it changed the portable music player industry with the iPod and has also made the first modern smartphone in the form of the iPhone. What it does with the foldable form factor is something we will have to wait for and watch. Also Read: Nokia 2 can finally be updated to Android Oreo but Nokia doesn't want you to PUBG competitor Apex Legends gains 50 million users in one month after launch

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Angry Birds Developer Seeks Backers for Its 'Netflix of Games' Service

Rovio Entertainment is in talks with "several" investors to take a stake in its subsidiary Hatch -- a "Netflix for games" platform.

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Disc-Less Xbox to be Called Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, Launch in April: Report

A cheaper disc-less variant of Xbox One S has been in the works for a while, and it may launch in April 2019, according to Windows Central.

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