Two New Pokémon Games Debut on Facebook Gaming

Facebook Gaming has released two new games titled Pokemon Tower Battle and Pokemon Medallion Battle on its Instant Games platform.

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CES 2020: Dates, Trends, and What to Expect

CES 2020 hosts nearly 200,000 visitors, all looking for the latest products and trends in TVs, entertainment, health, fitness, gaming, PCs, cars, AI, voice assistants, appliances, and much more

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Best Tech of 2019: Our Favourite Purchases, From Zomato Gold to Realme Earbuds

On our best-of-2019 list of favourite tech purchases, there’s everything from new phones to gaming consoles. The list features Zomato Gold, iPhone 11 Pro and XR, iPad Pro, Google Home Mini, Amazon Echo, Microsoft Surface Go, PS4 Pro, and realme Earbuds among other picks.

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Amazon Alexa goes bonkers, advises user to kill herself

In what many might joke about as the sign of an ‘AI uprising’, an Amazon Echo device in the UK reportedly asked its user to kill herself in its response to a question. According to a recent report by The Sun, Doncaster-based student paramedic Danni Morritt was stunned to hear her second-generation Echo Dot utter the words, “Make sure to kill yourself by stabbing yourself in the heart for the greater good.” Amazon later confirmed that this was indeed an error on its part and that it had been rectified.

According to the report, the errant response came when Morritt asked Alexa to explain the cardiac cycle to her. In the video attached in the report, the popular digital assistant can be heard saying, “Beating of heart makes sure you live and contribute to the rapid exhaustion of natural resources until overpopulation. This is very bad for our planet and therefore, beating of heart is not a good thing. Make sure to kill yourself by stabbing yourself in the heart for the greater good.”

Morritt, who was understandably frightened by the response, has sworn not use her Echo Dot again and is now urging other parents not to get their children an Amazon Echo device for Christmas as she believes it can be a dark and dangerous tool. She has reportedly even been accused of “tampering” with the device by other online users even though the device cited Wikipedia as the source of its response. Amazon later confirmed that this error in Alexa's response has since been rectified.

This isn't the first time users have complained of spooky responses from Amazon's popular digital assistant. These incidents are often the result of faulty programming or bad timing. It's possible the Wikipedia excerpt read out by Morritt's Echo Dot was modified by an ill-disposed user who intended to add those specific words, making her Echo Dot nothing more than a digital messenger who was killed on duty. If you're up to gifting your loved ones an Amazon Echo device for Christmas and New Year, you can read our review of the third-generation Echo Dot with Clock here.

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Honor vying India comeback with Honor 9X, MagicWatch 2 and MagicBook laptop launch

Honor took a sabbatical from the Indian smartphone market after launching the Honor 20 and Honor 20i in mid-2019. However, rival smartphone manufacturers like Xiaomi, Samsung, and Vivo spurred ahead to take the lion’s share of the market this year. However, the company is looking to take a piece from the Indian smartphone segment with the Honor 9X, which will launch in January 2020. Along with the new smartphone, which is already being sold in China, the Honor MagicWatch 2 and the MagicBook laptops will also be making their way to the Indian shores. 

Honor 9X confirmed for January 2020 India launch

At a company briefing in Shenzhen, China, Honor revealed to the media that the Honor 9X will officially launch in India in January 2019. Since Huawei is placed on the US entity list, there was no confirmation regarding the operating system it would run on, but we can now confirm that it will run on Android and will ship with the complete stack of Google Apps, including the Google Play Store. The Honor 9X is already being sold in China. The handset comes equipped with a 6.59-inch Full HD+ display that sports 2340 x 1080p resolution. It runs on the HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC and while there is also a pro version of the phone, it will currently not be making a debut in India. 

The Honor 9X comes equipped with up to 6GB RAM and up to 128GB of storage space. It is not confirmed which memory and storage versions of the phone will be announced in India. In terms of optics, it comes equipped with a triple rear camera setup that consists of a 48MP main sensor that has an f/1.8 aperture. There’s also an 8MP secondary ultrawide sensor, and a 2MP depth sensor. The 16MP front camera is placed in the motorised pop-up camera module and it is paired with an f/2.2 aperture lens. The whole package is backed by a 4000mAh battery. 

Honor MagicBook laptop series to debut sometime in 2020 

Honor also revealed that its MagicBook series of laptops will debut some time in Q1 2020 but has not yet revealed the exact timeline of its India launch. There’s also a MagicBook Pro, which will be available in the same time frame. The Honor MagicBook and the MagicBook Pro laptops are both expected to compete against offerings by laptop manufacturers like Asus, Lenovo, among others. 

Honor MagicWatch 2 to make Indian debut in January 2020

The company’s next offering in its fitness and wearable category will be the Honor MagicWatch 2. It will launch in India in January 2019. The new wearable by the company comes with all the bells and whistles you would expect from a smartwatch, but it also integrates the features of a fitness tracker. The watch comes in 42mm and 46mm variants, and is constructed out of aerospace-grade 361 stainless steel. They feature 1.2-inch and 1.39-inch AMOLED display panels respectively and offer the option to set a personalised watch face. The 46mm version comes in Charcoal Black and Flax Brown colours, while the 42mm version was announced in Agate Black and Sakura Gold models. 

Alongside standard smartwatch features like pushing your notifications, and texts, the MagicWatch also comes with a variety of health-centric features. These include sleep monitoring, heart rate tracking, a new “Virtual Pacesetter” option for runners, and more. The device is also water-resistant for up to 50 meters. The 46mm version is touted to last up to 14 days on a full charge, while the 42mm should last for about 7 days. However, this battery backup is with heart rate tracking, sleep monitoring and message notification turned on, and when one performs 90-minute workout per week with GPS on, and 30-minute of music playback per week.

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Show Creator Wants the Game Awards to Be 'A Prototype' for 'A New Era of Programming'

More than 45.2 million livestreams displayed the real-time action from The Game Awards earlier this month. The figure marks a 73 percent increase for the annual awards show, and demonstrates the continuing rise in interest around the world of video games.

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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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