Borderlands 3 Trailer Reveals Game's Release Date?

The Borderlands 3 release date may have been revealed in the Borderlands 3 gameplay trailer.

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Redmi smartphone powered by Snapdragon 855 spotted with Xiaomi CEO Lei jun

Highlights: Redmi smartphone with Snapdragon 855 allegedly seen in an image.  The phone is kept on a table, behind Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. The handset is said to feature a notch-free display and a pop-up camera.    After launching the Redmi Note 7, Redmi confirmed that it is working on a Snapdragon 855 powered smartphone. It was also reported that the company will price the phone at RMB 2,500 (Rs 26,000 approx) but no other details regarding it have been revealed since. Now, a new image circulating on Weibo has surfaced online, where Redmi CEO Lei Jun can be seen holding a phone. However, the Redmi phone powered by the Snapdragon 855 is said to be placed on the table behind Jun. Two phones can be seen in tha image, on a table place behind the Xiaomi CEO. There a dark coloured phone and another with a red edge, these are reportedly Redmi's upcoming Snapdragon 855 phones, not the one held by the company executive.  While the image doesn’t give away too much, the report claims that the phone will feature a notch-free, thin-bezel display. Since there’s no notch, the company is said to use a pop-up front camera. A highly-zoomed crop of the image suggests that there might, in fact, be no notch on the phone’s display. There is a 3.5mm audio jack on the device and a seam on the edge’s right portion seems to suggest a pop-up camera. However, since the image is super-blurry, it is difficult to ascertain anything else about the alleged Redmi phone. There’s also no reason to believe whether the handset in the image is actually a Redmi phone with the Snapdragon 855 SoC, but since it appeared on SlashLeaks, it's possible there is some truth to the matter.  The upcoming Snapdragon 855 running smartphone will be Redmi’s first flagship handset. This comes after the company split from Xiaomi so that the latter’s phones generate more business in its segment. The company now has three brands, Poco for ‘affordable premium’ smartphones, Mi for premium phones and Redmi for budget phones. IDC released a report as per which Poco F1 is now the top online selling smartphone in Rs 15,000 and above segment in Q4 2018 with 22.4 percent share. Related Reads: Poco F1 becomes top online selling smartphone in Rs 15,000 and above market in Q42018: IDC  

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PS5, Next Xbox Specifications: Sony, Microsoft 'Aiming Higher' Than Google Stadia's Promised 10.7 Teraflops Performance

It appears that the PS5 and next Xbox or whatever Sony and Microsoft decide to call their PS4 and Xbox One successors may counter Google Stadia in terms of pure specifications.

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ISRO launches EMISAT and 28 nano satellites in PSLV-C45 mission

Highlights: ISRO launches electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT and 28 other nano satellites. The launch was done under the 47th mission named PSLV-C45. The satellite was launched to provide a microgravity environment for research organisations to perform experiments. In yet another space feat, ISRO has successfully launched the electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT along with 28 other nano satellites of other countries under the 47th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) named PSLV-C45, from Sriharikota. The Indian space agency said that the EMISAT was successfully injected into the sun-synchronous polar orbit and the other 28 customer satellites will be placed into their designated orbits. “India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its 47th mission (PSLV-C45) successfully launches EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Weighing about 436 kg, EMISAT based on ISRO’s Indian Mini Satellite -2 (IMS-2) bus platform. The satellite is intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement,” ISRO has announced. The 28 international customer satellites are from four countries - Lithuania, Spain, Switzerland and the US. All these satellites are being launched under commercial arrangements, ISRO noted. This is the 71st launch vehicle mission for Sriharikota. Countdown for launch of #PSLVC45 began at 06:27 am (IST) on Sunday, and the countdown for the liftoff began at 9:27 am on Monday, ISRO said. Mission Accomplished! Thank You for your support#PSLVC45#ISROMissions pic.twitter.com/KCOsPKAVpt — ISRO (@isro) 1 April 2019 “1200 people watched and enjoyed today's #PSLVC45 launch from the new viewers' gallery at Sriharikota. Next time we will have 5000 people watching the launch,” Dr K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO, said. According to the space agency, the PS4 (fourth stage rocket) orbital platform is envisaged to provide a microgravity environment for research organisations and academic institutes to perform experiments. “In this mission, the PS4 hosts three payloads, namely, Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO, Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS) from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India and Advanced Retarding Potential Analyzer for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS) from Indian Institute of Space Science and technology (IIST),” ISRO said in a statement. The latest development comes almost a week after India tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile in the Mission Shakti operation. The missile intercepted its target and destroyed it in three minutes. Related Read: Mission Shakti: PM Modi wants draft space doctrine prepared around ASAT missile: Report

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Xiaomi Mi Fan Fest 2019 announced with deals, discounts, Re 1 Flash Sales and more

Highlights: Xiaomi Mi Fan Fest 2019 announced from April 2 till April 6.  The company will offer its products at discounted prices during the sale.  Buyers can also participate in interactive games and take up partner offers.  Xiaomi celebrates its anniversary in India with its Mi Fan Fests and it has announced the Mi Fan Fest 2019. Just like every year, Xiaomi will host an event and announce some deals and offers on its products. The Mi Fan Fest 2019 will take place from April 2 to April 6, on the company’s website and on the websites of its online retail partners. The offers will also be available from the company’s Mi Home, Mi Store and partner offline stores. During the fest, buyers will get to purchase Xiaomi products like phones and accessories at lower prices. Additionally, there will be some interactive games for participants and users stand a chance to win prizes like Xiaomi phones, accessories, Mi coupons and more.  Xiaomi will also host a Re 1 Flash Sale during the fan fest, where it will offer some of its products like the POCO F1, Mi Soundbar, Mi LED TV 4A PRO (32), and more for jus Re 1. This Re 1 sale will take place each day of the sale and alongside this, a new Mystery Box Sale has also been announced wherein customers should be able to buy bundled products of up to Rs 2,400 for INR 99. The Re 1 Flash Sale will commence at 2 PM each day of the fest, while the Mystery Box Sale will begin at 4 PM.  The company has also revealed some of the discounted products that will be up for grabs during the Fan Fest sale. The 6GB+128GB variant of POCO F1 will be on sale priced at Rs 20,999,  while the Redmi Note 5 Pro (4GB+64GB) and (6GB+64GB) will be available at Rs 10,999 and Rs 11,999 respectively. The 4GB+64GB version of the Redmi Note 6 Pro will also be discounted and available for Rs 10,999. The Mi LED TV 4 PRO (55) will be priced at Rs 45,999.  Additionally, buyers will also get to avail other partner offers. There's a 5 percent instant discount of up to Rs 500 when using HDFC Bank Cards and EMI transactions to pay for Mi LED TV, Mi Soundbar and smartphones. Mobikwik users will receive a 15 percent instant MobiKwik SuperCash, of up to Rs 2000, which is applicable on all products and those who use Mi Pay could win Mi TVs and Redmi Note 7. One can access the Mi Fan Festival 2019 page here.  Related Reads: Xiaomi India teases Smart Cooking contraption on April Fools' Day. Prank or Real? Xiaomi Mi A3 could sport in-display fingerprint scanner: Report Xiaomi's foldable phone appears in new video      

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Facebook is now giving users more power to customise their News Feed

Highlights: Facebook has introduced updates to two tools to give users more power to control their News Feed. The  “Why Am I Seeing This Post?” will give users an answer to the post displayed on Feed. The “Why am I seeing this ad?” will give additional details about the ads that are being displayed. Facebook has announced that it is bringing improvements to two of its tools related to the News Feed: “Why Am I Seeing This Post?” and  “Why am I seeing this ad?.” The company says that the move will give users the ability to control the experience on the platform by further personalising what to see on their News Feed. The social media giant says that both of these updates are part of its ongoing investment in giving people more context and control on the platform. “News Feed is always personalized to you — and starting today you’ll have even more information and control over your experience. We’re introducing ‘Why am I seeing this post?’ to help you better understand and more easily control what you see from friends, Pages and Groups in your News Feed. This is the first time that we’ve built information on how ranking works directly into the app,” Product Manager Ramya Sethuraman said in a blogpost. With this update, users will be able to tap on posts and ads in News Feed, get context on why they’re appearing, and take action to further personalise what they see. “Why am I seeing this post?” can be found in the drop down menu (the three dots) on the top right corner of a post. Once you tap the option, you will be redirected to a page that will explain how your past interactions impact the ranking of posts in your News Feed. The possible reasons for it are: the post is from a friend, a Group you joined, or a Page you followed. Facebook also explains that the information displayed in a person’s News Feed generally has the biggest influence over the order of posts, “including: (a) how often you interact with posts from people, Pages or Groups; (b) how often you interact with a specific type of post, for example, videos, photos or links; and (c) the popularity of the posts shared by the people, Pages and Groups you follow." Facebook has also provided shortcuts to controls, such as See First, Unfollow, News Feed Preferences and Privacy Shortcuts, to help users personalise their News Feed. “During our research on ‘Why am I seeing this post?’, people told us that transparency into News Feed algorithms wasn’t enough without corresponding controls. People wanted to be able to take action, so we’ve made it easy to manage what you see in News Feed right from this feature,” Sethuraman added. When it comes to ads, the tool will include additional details about the ads that are being displayed on users' News Feeds as well as information on how an advertiser’s list matches their Facebook profiles. The tool was launched in 2014 and factors like basic demographic details, interests and website visits contributed to the ads in the users’ News Feed. “Businesses can reach their customers by uploading information they already have, such as emails or phone numbers. We then try to match the ad to the most relevant audience without revealing any identifiable information back to the business. ‘Why am I seeing this ad?’ will now provide details such as when the advertiser uploaded the information or if the advertiser worked with another marketing partner to run the ad,” Sethuraman noted. In February, Facebook introduced a new background location control to Android users giving users more choice over how the social media giant collects and stores their location information -- something which already works on the iOS app. At the time of rolling this out, the company had claimed that it neither made any changes to the choices that have been previously made nor was collecting any new information as a result of this update. Related Read: Facebook lobbied in India, US, UK and multiple other countries against data privacy laws: Report

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Microsoft Surface Book 2 refreshed with Intels latest 8th Gen i5 processor

Highlights: Microsoft Surface Book 2 updated with latest Intel i5 processor. The 13.5-inch variant of the laptop now comes with the Intel Core i5-8350U processor. The laptop’s new variant is priced at $1,499 (Rs 1.03 lakh approx). Microsoft has refreshed the base variant of its Surface Book 2. The laptop will now be available with Intel’s latest 8th Gen quad-core i5 processor, alongside the standard 7th Gen Core i5 and the 8th Gen Core i7 processors. With the new addition, the company has also discounted the 7th Gen Core i5 variant, which is now listed at  $1,299 (Rs 90,000 approx). The Surface Book 2 with the Core i5-8350U processor is priced at $1,499 (Rs 1.03 lakh approx) and is listed only with the 13.5-inch display model. The new variant of the laptop will be available only with 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage, while the 16GB RAM model of the 13.5-inch Surface Book 2 is only available with the 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor. The new processor on the Surface Book 2 features quad-cores and is also clocked slightly higher for turbo frequency, at 3.60GHz. Additionally, the Core i5-8350U features 6MB of smart cache memory, while the Core i5-7300U comes with 3MB of smart cache. Other specs of the device remain the same. It sports a 13.5-inch Pixelsense display, with 3:2 aspect ratio and a 3000 x 2000p resolution. The laptop’s screen has 10-point multi-touch support and the company claims it can deliver up to 17 hours of battery life on a single full charge. The laptop comes with two USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) Type-A ports, and one USB Type-C port. It also sports a UHS-II SDXC card reader and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Microsoft has not updated its India website and it remains to be known whether the new Surface Book 2 variant will be made available in India. However, the 13.5-inch 7th Gen Intel Core i5-7300U, 13.5-inch 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8650U and the 15-inch 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8650 processor are listed on the company's India website.  Related Reads: Microsoft launches Surface Book 2 and Surface Laptop in India: Price, configurations, availability, specs and more Microsoft Surface Book 2 First Impressions: There isn't another like this

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