Yahoo, LinkedIn, Fortnite: Why Are Foreign Tech Firms Pulling Out of China?

Yahoo is leaving the China market, suspending its services there as of Monday amid what it says is an “increasingly challenging” business and legal environment.

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Forza Horizon 5 Review: Everything You Love, in Mexico

Forza Horizon 5 review: the Xbox and PC exclusive racing game from developer Playground Games takes players to Mexico, the biggest open world for a Forza Horizon game. Forza Horizon 5 release date is November 9 for everyone, and November 5 for premium buyers.

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Microsoft will launch its own Metaverse, complete with the dreaded Powerpoint

The Metaverse is all anyone can talk about, and rightly so: the concept has the power to change communications as we know it. Not wanting to miss out on the opportunity, Microsoft recently announced that it will be launching its own Metaverse, and users will be able to access business tools like MS Excel and Powerpoint on it.

Microsoft’s version of the Metaverse will be apt for professionals

Microsoft has already begun working on its first offering - a virtual version of Microsoft’s Team Chats, which will have digital avatars and the MS Office Suite. The company claims that this will be available by the first half of 2022. 

“This pandemic has made the commercial use cases much more mainstream, even though sometimes the consumer stuff feels like science fiction,” Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

Talking about the way the Metaverse is perceived by the average consumer, Nadella said “There is nothing creepy about visiting a Covid ward remotely for a doctor to be able to help their patients, or to be able to do remote assistance in a manufacturing line in a time of Covid crisis when that manufacturing line needs to be fixed by an engineer working from home,”

What is Microsoft’s Metaverse?

Microsoft talked about the new Teams feature during its conference, Ignite, and said that users will be able to create a virtual space where they can meet and discuss ideas. It leverages Microsoft’s own technology, Mesh, which combines virtual and augmented reality through the use of specific goggles, including the brand’s HoloLens. 

“You could, for instance, experience a Best Buy store in the metaverse” and check out displays and devices, Microsoft’s Vice President, Jared Spataro said. “Today when you think of a website, it is not very well connected to the physicality of what we experience.”

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Elon Musks Starlink satellite internet will target rural districts in India

SpaceX recently filed papers with the Indian government to register a local unit of Starlink, it’s satellite internet division. The local unit is called Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited, and will enable the company to apply for any pertinent licenses needed to facilitate its businesses.

Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited launched in India

"Pleased to share that SpaceX now has a 100 percent owned subsidiary in India," country director for Starlink in India, Sanjay Bhargava, said in a LinkedIn post. "We can now start applying for licenses, open bank accounts, etc," 

Starlink plans to launch low-earth orbiting satellites in order to offer low-latency broadband internet services all over the earth. The company will specifically target rural areas, as these places lack the infrastructure needed for regular internet services. 

Other companies such as Amazon's Kuiper, OneWeb, which is co-owned by the British government and India's Bharti Enterprises are striving to achieve the same goal in India. 

When will Starlink come to India?

During a presentation, Starlink announced that it aims to have 200,000 Starlink devices in India by December 2022, 80 percent of which will be in rural districts. The company has already received over 5,000 pre-orders for its devices in India.

Apart from offering internet services, Starlink will also offer satellite phones, network equipment, wired and wireless communication devices, as well as data transmission and reception equipment.

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Ex-Activision, Lucasfilms Developers Announce New Open-World Game With NFTs

MetalCore players will have the opportunity to earn in-game rewards and become virtual landowners, through which they’ll be able to mine resources and generate tax revenue.

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WhatsApp to reportedly remove time limit for Delete for Everyone feature

WhatsApp is the world's biggest instant messaging platform today, with millions of messages flowing through the platform daily. The application has managed to become so because of its ability to consistently reinvent itself by bringing new features to users. And the latest in this list could be a WhatsApp feature that will likely be very well received by its users. 

As per reports, WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature to remove the time limit for deleting a message from the chat. It is being reported that the ‘Delete for Everyone’ option which was first introduced in 2017, will now be getting an upgrade. This upgrade will be a major one as the feature initially had a time limit of seven seconds which later got extended to 4,096 seconds (roughly an hour) in 2018. However, now this could be changed to remove the time limit completely. 

For now, there’s no official word on this matter by Meta, but it appears the feature will soon be rolled out to the application and the company will make an announcement on it. The information about this updated ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature comes courtesy of notable tracker WABetaInfo. 

WABetaInfo has also made some other interesting revelations recently. It has also been reported that WhatsApp Beta for iOS (v2.21.220.15) is getting a new video playback interface that will allow users to pause, play the video in fullscreen, or close the picture-in-picture window. Interestingly, the publication claims some iOS beta testers have already started receiving this functionality. 

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Netflix adds 5 games to its Android app including those based on the Stranger Things show

Netflix has announced that Android users will now be able to play games on the app. Initially, this will include five titles that will range from casual games to more immersive experiences. The games that will initially be available are Stranger Things: 1984, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, and Teeter Up. 

In a post on the official Netflix website Mike Verdu, VP, Game Development stated, “Whether you’re craving a casual game you can start from scratch or an immersive experience that lets you dig deeper into your favourite stories, we want to begin to build a library of games that offers something for everyone. We’re in the early days of creating a great gaming experience, and we’re excited to take you on this journey with us.”

Netflix games: Details

Netflix games will be available for free to all Netflix subscribers. As such, players will get no ads, additional fees or even in-app purchases. The games are currently limited to Android users and they will see a dedicated games row and games tab from where they can download the game and play. 

It should also be noted that every profile in an account will get access to these games. However, 'Kids' profiles will not be able to access these games. Further, the company notes that the game will automatically default to the user’s preferred language on the Netflix profile. However, in case the language is not available in the game, it will default to English. 

Further, Netflix notes that while some of the games will require an internet connection, others will be available to play offline. 

It is interesting to Netflix is now offering gamers considering that the platform is already home to a number of TV shows based on popular games. This includes animated shows such as Castlevania as well a live-action adaption of The Witcher (review) series of games, which itself is based on a series of fantasy novels written by Polish author, Andrzej Sapkowski.  

Also read: 5 shows on Netflix based on video games

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