Realme X2 Pro Master Edition to enter first sale at 8:55PM tonight at Rs 34,999

Realme announced the Realme X2 Pro Master Edition along with the Realme X2 Pro and Realme 5S in late November but this is the first time it’s set to go on sale since. Available on Realme.com and Flipkart, the flash sale period will start tonight at 8:55 PM and most likely end in a matter of seconds. If you were planning on gifting yourself the Realme X2 Pro Master Edition for Christmas and New Year, you’ll want to stay on the product page and keep your mouse at the ready ten minutes before the clock strikes nine.

The news of tonight’s sale comes from Madhav Sheth, the CEO of Realme Mobiles, on Twitter. During the sale, the Realme X2 Pro Master Edition will be available in both Concrete and Red Brick colour options at Rs 34,999. The Realme X2 Pro Master Edition comes in a single variant, which features 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage space. The handset is sold with Cashify’s device exchange offer and Bajaj Finserv’s No Cost EMI payment option along with a 10-per cent cashback offer from MobiKwik.

The Realme X2 Pro Master Edition is powered by Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, so it’s easy to see why it’s going on sale specifically at 8:55PM tonight. The handset also sports a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels. The screen is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and capable of refreshing at 90Hz. On the back panel, the handset has as many as four cameras, with the primary sensor being a 64MP Samsung GW1 unit with an aperture of f/1.8. The other sensors include a 13MP telephoto unit, 8MP wide-angle unit, and a 2MP portrait unit. On the front, there’s a single 16MP sensor for selfies.

Understandably, the Realme X2 Pro Master Edition is a special edition of the Realme X2 Pro that’s currently selling in the market at a starting price of Rs 29,999. The two colour options Concrete and Red Brick are inspired by the work of Japanese Industrial Designer Naoto Fukasawa. “realme created its custom RP paint and combined it with industry-leading lacquered glass coating technology to realize Naoto Fukasawa's exceptionally high standards for design,” explains Realme in the Master Edition’s product page. The rear panel of the handset incorporates a laser-engraved replica of Fukasawa’s signature for added authenticity. You can read our review of the Realme X2 Pro here.

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Realme 5i, Realme C3 could launch soon as they appear on Singapores IMDA Certification Site

Phone leaks just don’t seem to be slowing down. A week before 2019 ends, two new Realme smartphones have popped up in the rumour mill. The Realme C3 and Realme 5i were spotted on Singapore's IMDA (Infocomm Media Development Authority) website. The naming scheme suggests that both these phones could be budget offerings from the company. Other than the names, we don’t have a lot of details about the two devices. 

The latest development comes from a tipster on Twitter. He tweeted the news about two phones along with a screenshot of the IMDA listing page. Realme C3 is seen to bear the model number ‘RMX1941' along with details such as support for LTE. Hence, suggesting that it will be a non-5G smartphone. Further, the handsets were listed by Sinoppel Device Pte. Ltd. which is the local office of Oppo Mobiles. Realme C3 is expected to be the successor of Realme C2 that was launched as an entry-level smartphone by the company earlier this year.

On the other hand, Realme 5i is listed with model number ‘RMX2030,' which is the same number that was seen earlier this month on the Wi-Fi Alliance certification website. The Realme 5i is stated to support LTE as well. Hence, we can expect both Realme 5i as well as the Realme C3 to launch in the Indian market. However, the company already has Realme 5 and Realme 5s in the Realme 5 series. Realme 5i could be a slightly bumped up version of the previously launched Realme 5s. The smartphone manufacturer may be looking to fill a price gap with Realme 5i or it may as well replace the Realme 5s.

Both the Realme 5i and Realme C3 are expected to be launched in the coming months. They could be Realme’s initial two launches for 2020. As we close in on the launch, we should hear more details about the two devices.

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Vivo Y11 with 5000mAh battery, Snapdragon 439 SoC and more launched for Rs 8,990

Vivo has launched a new entry-level smartphone, the Vivo Y11. The handset is all set to go on sale through offline as well as online channels. To recall, Vivo Y11 was first unveiled in October in Vietnam. Now, it has been introduced in the Indian market as well. The smartphone comes with a waterdrop-style notch, dual rear camera setup and more. Here’s all you need to know about the Vivo Y11.

Vivo Y11 specifications

Vivo Y11 features a 6.35-inch HD+ (720x1544 pixels) LCD screen with waterdrop-style notch. It is powered by the 12nm octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 SoC. It comes equipped with 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The handset runs Funtouch OS 9 on Android 9 Pie. It has a rear fingerprint scanner as well.

On the optics front, Vivo Y11 sports a dual rear camera setup: a 13MP primary sensor with an f/2.2 lens + a 2MP secondary sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. On the front lies an 8MP selfie shooter with an f/1.8 aperture. Moreover, camera features include PDAF, palm capture, voice control, time-lapse, slow, live photos, HDR, professional mode and more.

The Vivo Y11 packs a 5000mAh battery. Connectivity options on the Vivo Y11 include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS/ A-GPS, Micro-USB, USB OTG, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It weighs 190.5 grams. 

Vivo Y11 price in India 

Vivo Y11 is priced at Rs 8,990 for the single 3GB RAM + 32GB storage option. It will be made available across offline channels, Vivo India e-store, Amazon.in, Paytm Mall, Tata Cliq, and Bajaj EMI E-Store starting December 25. However, it will go on sale on Flipkart from December 28. The Vivo Y11 will be offered in two colour options: Mineral Blue and Agate Red.

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Chinese hackers allegedly bypassed 2 factor-authentication, claims report

Security researchers have discovered a hacker group has been bypassing 2FA, more commonly known as two-factor authentication. The group, known as APT20, has ties to the Chinese government and that they have been targeting other government entities. A Dutch security firm called Fox-IT was the one to discover the attacks and publish a report on it.

The hacker group’s activities date back all the way to 2011, however, the report states that security researchers lost track of APT20 once they change their modus operandi. Its only in the last two years that Fox-IT has been able to figure out what the group has been up to. The group had allegedly been infiltrating targeted computers using a sophisticated method of first isolating a vulnerable machine on the target network. Then, the group would install web shells and start looking for administrator passwords on the machine. What stood out to the researchers was that fact that APT20 was able to connect to VPNs protected by 2FA.

Fox-IT notes that they aren’t sure about how APT20 managed to bypass 2FA on those VPN accounts, but do offer a hypothetical. “The software token is generated for a specific system, but of course this system specific value could easily be retrieved by the actor when having access to the system of the victim.

As it turns out, the actor does not actually need to go through the trouble of obtaining the victim's system specific value, because this specific value is only checked when importing the SecurID Token Seed, and has no relation to the seed used to generate actual 2-factor tokens. This means the actor can actually simply patch the check which verifies if the imported soft token was generated for this system, and does not need to bother with stealing the system specific value at all.

In short, all the actor has to do to make use of the 2 factor authentication codes is to steal an RSA SecurID Software Token and to patch 1 instruction, which results in the generation of valid tokens.”

While the hacker group was only focused on infiltrating government institutions, what’s rather scary is that they were able to find a way to circumvent 2 factor authentication, currently one of the most secure ways of keeping your account safe. The report doesn’t state whether the fundamental nature of 2FA has been violated, or whether it was only a weak link in the entire authentication chain that allowed the hackers to pull this off.

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Redmi K20 receives Android 10 in latest MIUI 11 update

Redmi K20 users received the MIUI 11 software update in late October this year and witnessed a number of visual changes in their phone’s user interface (MIUI). But the update did not bring with it then an Android version upgrade. Now though, it’s finally here. According to a recent post on the Mi Community, the latest software update for the Redmi K20 contains Android 10, the latest version of Google’s popular mobile operating system. If you’re a Redmi K20 user, you can expect to get the update in the coming weeks.

According to the post, Redmi K20 users in China have begun receiving an MIUI 11 software update containing Android 10. Weighing in at 2.3GB, the new update is named ‘MIUI V11.0.2.0.QFJCNXM’. The update reportedly comes with several Android 10 features such as better location control and privacy settings. According to a recent report by Gizchina, the update also packs a ‘mature’, ‘modern’ design language, a ‘dynamic font system’, and ‘natural sound system’. What’s more, the update includes apps such as Mi Work Kit, Mi Go Travel Kit, and support for quick reply. 

According to the report, one of the notable features in the MIUI 11 update is a new service called ‘Efficiency Innovation’. It’s a ‘system’ that supports cross-platform file transfer at high speeds. This means it’ll work not just with other supported Redmi devices and PCs but also with Oppo and Vivo phones. The update is also now home to an improved screen-casting service, which will work with over 300 TVs. The update also enables the Redmi K20 to print wirelessly on over 2000 supported printers without any extra drivers.

Now that the Android 10 update is available to Redmi K20 users in China, we can expect it to land in India soon. But we’re not sure how many of these aforementioned features will make it to India. The Redmi K20 was launched earlier this year at a starting price of Rs 21,999. It’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chipset with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage space. The Redmi K20 has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen with a fingerprint scanner underneath it. There’s also a triple rear camera setup and a 4000mAh battery on board. Read more on the Redmi K20 here.

Inline image courtesy: Gizchina

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Realme X50 5G will launch on January 7, company confirms

Staying true to earlier reports, Realme X50 5G launch date has been revealed today by the company. While the launch of X50 5G was teased by the company’s CMO, it didn’t reveal the exact date. Now, Realme has said that its first 5G smartphone- the Realme X50 5G will go official in China on January 7. The company has already shared most of the key specifications of the upcoming 5G smartphone. 

Realme X50 5G is said to feature a 6.6-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate. It is confirmed to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G SoC. The smartphone could come equipped with 8GB RAM. Moreover, the company has also said that all of the components inside the Realme X50 5G will be cooled by a “five-dimensional ice-cooled heat dissipation system.” According to the Realme, this system will cover 100 percent of all the heat-generating components. The cooling solution will also include an 8mm ultra-large liquid-cooled copper tube.

Realme X50 5G could come with a quad rear camera setup, which includes a 60-megapixel primary camera with Sony IMX686 sensor, an 8-megapixel wide-angle shooter, and two 2-megapixel shooters (one for macro and one for portraits). The smartphone is likely to have dual selfie shooters. It may include a 32-megapixel main shooter and an 8-megapixel wide-angle shooter.

Realme X50 5G is confirmed to support dual-channel Wi-Fi and 5G for online connectivity at the same time. The company has revealed that Realme X50 5G will cover all the mainstream frequency bands for 5G connectivity, including n1, n41, n78, n79. In a teaser poster, Realme X50 5G will come with support for Enhanced VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge technology that is said to charge the device up to 70 percent in just 30 minutes.

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Grand Theft Protest: Hong Kongers and Chinese Gamers Battle Online

Grand Theft Auto's wildly popular online multiplayer game has become the latest venue for Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters and Chinese nationalists to wage their ideological battles, with protests now breaking out in the virtual world.

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