iOS 15.4 Update Release Timeline Revealed The iOS 15.4 update will finally reach the general audience next week after being in beta for a while now. Apple will also start rolling out the iPadOS 15.4, macOS 12.3, watchOS 8.5, and tvOS 15.4 updates at the same time for all users. However, there’s no word on when exactly these updates will go live. There are chances it may happen on March 18, considering it is when the new Apple hardware devices will be available for sale....

Now, let’s answer the most important question – How is the Cortex-A78C different from its predecessor? In an official blog post, ARM has stated that Cortex-A78C will support up to 8 big CPU core clusters to enable more homogeneous and scalable computing. The Cortex-A78, on the other hand, supports 4 big CPU core and 4 little CPU core configuration using ARM’s DynamIQ technology. Cortex-A78C also boasts an increased 8MB L3 cache memory....

Baby Shark is the First YouTube Video with 10 Billion Views Baby Shark crossed the 10-billion milestone this week. Released on June 18, 2016, the video has 10,014,416,671 views at the time of writing this article. Notably, Baby Shark became the most-viewed YouTube video in November 2020 with 7 billion views. To celebrate the occasion, Pinkfong, the company behind the song, urges everyone to share their Baby Shark dance moments with them....

For those who are unaware, following the early-access release of the much-anticipated PUBG Mobile alternative, it was found that Battlegrounds Mobile India was sending user data of Indian users to various Chinese servers, including one owned by Tencent. In the official statement shared by Krafton, it is “fully aware of the recent concerns over data handling in regards to Battleground Mobile India Early Access test” and is taking the issue “very seriously”....

Boult Audio X30 and X50: Specs and Features The Boult Audio X30 and X50 TWS come with an in-ear design and have a lightweight charging case. Both pairs of earbuds have 10mm drivers and feature 3 equalizer modes that offer HiFi, Rock, and Bass Boost modes. The X30 and X50 come with support for 45mm low latency Combat mode for enhanced gaming. Users can get up to 40 hours of playback time on a single charge....

The study, which was commissioned by BetVictor, was conducted on 32 good and expert players of four different FPS titles. The FPS titles included popular battle royale games like Apex Legends, Call of Duty Warzone, PUBG, and Valve’s tactical FPS title Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). The researchers measured the heart rate and blood pressure of the players before and after playing the game of their choice. With the acquired data, they created a graphical representation of how the games affected the stress levels of the players....

If you’re someone who likes to jazz up your Android homescreen, then you would love to give it a Galaxy S21 feel with these pastel-colored wallpapers. The leak comes from a Twitter user, named Rydah, who shared the wallpapers on his personal website. While it is not a reputable or known leakster, these wallpapers are unmistakably from Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra. We have already seen a couple of these in leaked renders....

The new service will enable gamers to access the entire EA Play library of more than 60 games, including some of its biggest and most popular titles, such as FIFA 20, Need for Speed Heat, Battlefield V, Titanfall 2, Mass Effect, The Sims and more. It will also include Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, which was released Windows, PS4 and Xbox One last year. On Android, gamers will only have access to seven titles, via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate....

Solana Mobile’s Saga Introduced Solana Mobile has introduced the Saga smartphone, which is the first Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 phone. It has been developed in partnership with OSOM. It is also revealed that the OSOM’s OV1 smartphone (introduced last year) is now Solana’s Saga phone. Besides the latest Snapdragon chipset, the Saga phone comes with a 6.67-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It comes equipped with 512GB of storage and 12GB of RAM....

Blood Pressure Monitoring on Apple Watch The patent, dubbed as Stretchable Blood Pressure Cuff, was spotted in the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database. It was filed on March 23 of this year and suggests that Apple is developing a stretchable watchband that will be able to measure the blood pressure of users. “A user may monitor one or more of their physiological parameters by attaching a monitoring device such as a blood pressure monitor to one of their limbs....

Called ‘The Next-gen Mobile Consumer’, the report also suggests that Fortnite (36%) and Battlelands Royale (34%) are the two other games that PUBG Mobile players in the country seem to prefer. Overall, mobile gaming in India is on the upswing, driven by people staying at home during the pandemic-induced lockdown. Interestingly, 15% of the gamers switched to paid mobile gaming apps during lockdown, with three out of every five gamers claiming that mobile gaming enabled them to overcome social isolation during the period....

Gboard to Soon Convert Text into Stickers According to a report by Android Police, Google is testing a new feature for Gboard that allows users to create customized stickers using simple phrases and emojis. The feature currently exists in the latest Gboard beta and might soon come to the stable version. The ability to create a sticker based on texts or phrases is similar to how one can choose the right emoji by typing in the description....

That doesn’t mean that the existing trash items will get deleted on October 13, though. The 30-day count starts on October 13 and files will remain until they hit this timeframe. “This change matches the policies of other G Suite products and services, such as Gmail. This will help ensure behavior is consistent and predictable for users across G Suite products, and will help make sure that items users trash are actually deleted as expected,” says Google....

Google App’s Darker Dark Mode in Testing It is revealed that the Google app on Android has a new dark theme, which is darker than the current gray background but not similar to the pitch-black theme being tested on the web version. It is more like a switch to the dark gray color from a light gray hue. A report by 9To5Google suggests that the new Dark mode appears on Google Discover and the main Seach results page....

Android App Archiving Coming to Phones This Year In an official blog post, Google reveals that app archiving will help free up 60% of the space on a smartphone that apps can occupy. It will be done by temporarily removing parts of the apps from the phone instead of fully removing those apps. With this, Google will introduce a new Android package called archived APKs to save user data as long as an app is archived....

That’s a pretty big deal, both for Qualcomm and Android smartphones. The US chipmaker has been steadily increasing the number of Mobile Platforms it makes that support the new 5G networks that are slowly rolling out around the world. Up until now, Qualcomm had chips in the 7-series and 6-series of chipsets that offered 5G outside of its flagship Snapdragon 8-series processors. Adding 5G to 4-series will bring the faster networking technology to a whole range of cheap smartphones, thereby helping in the growth of 5G adoption in the world....

The first change is regarding the duration of Instagram Live sessions. While Instagram offered a maximum limit of 1 hour until now, the Facebook-owned company has increased the duration to up to 4 hours. This should be primarily convenient for hosting live classes and virtual concerts. The increased limit is available to all Instagram users across the globe, but your account should not have a history of IP or policy violations....

Instagram Lite has been rolled out to expand the photo-sharing platform’s reach to more smartphone users. The Instagram Lite app is really small in size. It weighs just 2MB and should work perfectly fine on entry-level, low-powered Android Go phones as well. As seen in the screenshots below, the app is designed to offer the core experience of Instagram to users. The UI, including the bottom navigation bar and profile page, all look exactly the same as the main app....

Intel Arc GPUs Will Not Discourage Crypto Mining In a recent in-depth interview with Gadgets360, Intel’s SVP and GM of Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Raja Koduri, Jeff McVeigh, VP and GM of Data Center XPU Products and Solutions, and the VP and GM of Client Graphics Products and Solutions Roger Chandler talked about the company’s plans, driver features, and more with its upcoming GPU line. During the conversation, Chandler confirmed that the Intel Arc GPUs, codenamed Alchemist, Battlemage, Celestial, Druid, will not have any hardware or software lockouts that will bar the mining of cryptocurrencies....

Reliance Jio to Launch Satellite-based Broadband Service in India Reliance Jio announced to launch its satellite-based broadband service in India as part of its Jio Space Technology joint venture project with SES. The company says that the service will be able to deliver multi-gigabit links and capacity to retail customers and enterprises in India with a maximum speed of 100Gbps. The service, which is currently unnamed, will leverage a combination of geostationary (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites to deliver a high-speed internet connection to its customers....