Fortnite Maker Epic Games Hit With $520 Million Penalty Over Alleged Violation of Children's Privacy

Epic Games, creator of the popular battle royale game Fortnite, will pay a record $520 million penalty to settle accusations of violating children's privacy and tricking users into making purchases, according to the US Federal Trade Commission. The Fortnite maker said it had eliminated pay-to-win and pay-to-progress mechanics, along with random loot boxes on 2019, and...

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Fire-Boltt brings launches three new smartwatches in India: Fire-Boltt Tank, Fire-Boltt Epic Plus and Fire-Boltt Rise

Fire-Boltt has announced the launch of three new smartwatches within the affordable segment. Talking about the launch, the Co-Founders, Arnav Kishore and Aayushi Kishore said “ "2022 has been a phenomenal year for Fire-Bolttt as we bagged the top slot in the Indian smartwatch market and became the fourth largest smartwatch brand globally*. This latest collection of smartwatches is an ode to our ever-expanding consumer base. All three smartwatches target the different segments of our consumers and have been carefully crafted to best suit their needs."

  Fire-Boltt Tank

The Fire-Boltt Tank sports a 1.85-inch HD display with a 240x280 resolution. It offers 123 sports modes, and an upgraded health suite with sp02 monitoring, heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, reminders to drink water, and more. It offers a 7-day battery (on normal usage) and 30 days of standby. The smartwatch offers camera control, has an alarm, in-built games, and over 100 watch faces. It is priced at ₹1999.

Fire-Boltt Epic Plus

The Fire-Boltt Epic Plus has a 1.83-inch Full Touch HD display. It offers an upgraded health suite that includes menstrual cycle tracking, SpO2 monitoring, and heart rate tracking. It also has 120 sports modes. Other features include camera control, weather update, and music control. It is priced at ₹1199

Fire-Boltt Rise

The Fire-Boltt Rise has a 1.85-inch HD display with a 240x280 pixel resolution. Its features include sleep monitoring, heart rate tracking, and SP02 monitoring, and it offers 123 sports modes. The smartphone lets users make calls, access weather updates, and control their cameras remotely.  It is priced at ₹1999.

The smartwatches are available to purchase on Flipkart and Amazon.

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Infinix Zero Ultra launch set for December 20: Expected price, specs, and more

Infinix’s new premium flagship, the Infinix Zero Ultra will be launching in India on December 20. The smartphone will feature high-quality specifications like a 200MP camera, 180W fast charging, and a curved AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. 

The Infinix Zero Ultra will be 5G-enabled, which is thanks to the MediaTek Dimensity 920 SoC. The phone was supposed to launch in India in October but was delayed. It will share the stage with Infinix Zero 20, which will also be launched on December 20.

Infinix Zero Ultra: All You Need to Know

When it comes to the build and design of the Zero Ultra, the phone has curved edges on both sides of the display, and the front camera is positioned in the center, with the volume and power buttons present on the right edge of the phone. 

On the back, there are triple camera sensors with an LED flash. The Infinix logo is engraved on the back of the phone. The phone also has a USB-C port at the bottom, along with the SIM tray and the speaker grille.

The Infinix Zero Ultra boasts a 6.8-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 900nits peak brightness, 460Hz touch sampling rate, punch-hole cutout, and a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 920 6nm processor along with Mali-G68 MC4 GPU, which is also coupled with 8GB of RAM and 256GB in-built storage. The phone will run on Android 12 XOS.

When it comes to the camera, the phone has a massive 200MP primary camera with 13MP ultrawide camera and a 2MP depth sensor. The front camera is 32MP as well. The phone sports a 4,500mAh battery with 180W fast charging. Infinix’s new ‘Thunder Charge’ system brings a plethora of software and hardware security mechanisms that ensure proper charging and prevent overheating.

The phone is priced at $520, meaning it may be around the price range of Rs. 45,000 in India.

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Gmail to soon get end-to-end encryption: How it will work

Google has announced that it will soon upgrade its popular emailing service, Gmail to include end-to-end encryption. The feature currently remains in beta-testing and is available only for Google Workspace, Education Standard, Education Plus and Enterprise Plus which means only normal education accounts.

Google has announced that users can sign up for Gmail client-side encryption until January 20, 2022.

For users, this means that user data and attachment is encrypted and shall remain unreadable to anyone outside the sender and receiver/s which means that even Google cannot access it.

This feature will ensure that the email is encrypted by the sender which can be decrypted only by the receiver on their own device.

It is important to note here that Gmail is not the first platform owned by Google to have end-to-end encryption. It is already available on Google Meet, Sheets, Slides, Docs, Google Drive and Google Calendar. Out of all of these it is only in Calendar that it is available in beta version.

Google has also clarified that it will only be the email’s body and attachments which will include images that will be encrypted. But whatever is in the header of the email including timestamps, subject and the recipient list will not be encrypted. 

Even if you have applied for the beta version of the end-to-end encryption, it is likely that it will not be available by default. To enable it, users will have to go to Admin Console and then to Security wherein they will find Access and Data Control under which you can toggle the notification of Client-side encryption. 

“In an upcoming release” as said by Google, client-side encryption will be brought to the Gmail applications in Android and iOS as well.  

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Assassins Creed Codename Jade gameplay leaked online: Details

A video which reportedly shows the gameplay of Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade has surfaced online. The leaked footage shows that that game is placed in China. It is slated by Ubisoft as a “AAA RPG”, an RPG action-adventure game.   The leaked gameplay reflects improved graphics and appears to use on-screen touch controls, as compared to the previous Assassin’s Creed games. It will also feature all the iconic gameplay of the franchise. 

VGC recently shared the news of the leak about this game, which is said to be developed by Tencent along with Ubisoft. However, no comments have come from the company so far. It remains uncertain as to when the game shall be released. This will be the first open-world Assassin’s Creed game made exclusively for mobile devices. VGC also reports that the game will allow players to create their own characters.

Ubisoft had earlier confirmed the release of the next two flagship Assassin’s Creed games, codenamed Red and Hexe, after next year’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage. These will be released as a part of the Infinity franchise hub.

Red is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec and is being helmed by the same creative director and is set in Feudal Japan. It is unlikely to be a 2024 game as Ubisoft calls it the “period three” in the Assassin’s Creed series.

Hexe, on the other hand, is led by Watch Dogs: Legion fame Clint Hocking as the creative director and is being made by Ubisoft Montreal and Far Cry 2.   Earlier, Ubisoft and Netflix announced their partnership on a new Assassin’s Creed mobile game along with two other mobile titles. These will be made exclusively available to Netflix members globally with no ads or in-house purchases. It is said to be released in 2023 on Netflix itself.

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Twitter to ban accounts that only promote other social media websites, among other changes

Twitter has announced that the platform will get rid of accounts that have been created just for promoting other social media platforms, as well as those that have been created just for sharing links. This move will have significant impacts on content shared from social media platforms such as Instagram, Mastodon, Facebook, Tribal, Nostr, Post, and Truth Social. It will, however, allow cross-content posting. 

“We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.” said Twitter Support. 

Twitter has also removed labels that promote smartphones

Twitter has also finally done away with labels that show the device the tweet was posted through. Responding to a user’s comment last month about new Twitter changes, Musk said "And we will finally stop adding what device a tweet was written on (waste of screen space & compute) below every tweet. Literally, no one even knows why we did that ..."

Musk asks users if he should step down

Interestingly, Elon Musk also recently put up a poll asking users whether he should step down from his role at Twitter. “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” he tweeted, basically putting his job on the line. At the time of writing this, a majority of users have tweeted yes, with a 43.3% saying no.

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Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e launched in India: Here are the top 5 features

Samsung expanded its entry-level offerings today by launching the brand new Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e - smartphones that promise to offer “unmatched performance” within this segment. 

Speaking about the launch, Akshay Rao, General Manager, Mobile Business, said “Galaxy A04 and Galaxy A04e carry forward the A series legacy with segment-leading features like 8GB memory with RAM Plus, high storage of up to 128GB, a massive 5000mAh battery and Face Recognition to unlock your phone. With these awesome features, the new Galaxy A04 and Galaxy A04e smartphones are targeted at consumers looking for smooth multitasking at an affordable price,”. 

Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e: Top Features

The following are some of the top features of the two smartphones:

50MP Camera

The Samsung Galaxy A04 comes with a 50MP dual rear camera, which has been described as the “best-in-segment”. The Samsung Galaxy A04e, on the other hand, comes with a 13MP dual camera setup. Both smartphones are equipped with a 5MP front camera for selfies. The camera offers features like a rear depth live focus camera which is said to ensure good quality portraits, along with slo-mo, and panorama features.  

Face recognition

The Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e are both equipped with Face Recognition software that ensures better security. 

Large display

The Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e come with a 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V display. The display comes with tiny bezels to ensure an immersive experience.  

Huge Battery 

Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e are equipped with a 5000mAh battery. The smartphones support Adaptive Power Saving mode which switches to power-saving mode based on your usage. Once the battery drops below 50%, the mode puts apps to sleep. The smartphones are also equipped with AI Power Management which sets apps to sleep mode if they have not been used for three days. The apps go into deep sleep if they have not been used in a month.

Quick Performance 

Both smartphones run on a  MediaTek Helio P35 processor. The processor can clock up to 2.3GHz. Samsung Galaxy A04  and Samsung Galaxy A04e offer 8GB RAM (with RAM Plus feature). Both smartphones run the Android 12 full version. 

Samsung Galaxy A04 and Samsung Galaxy A04e price in India

The 3GB + 32GB variant of the Samsung Galaxy A04e is available for ₹9,299, while the 3GB + 64GB variant is available for ₹9,999. The 4GB + 128GB variant is available for ₹11,499. 

The 4GB and 64GB variant of the Samsung Galaxy A04 is priced at ₹11,999 while the 4GB and 128GB version of the smartphone is available for ₹12,999.

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