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The new Alder Lake CPUs, as per Intel, will be manufactured using the company’s 7nm architecture and will pack Performance as well as Efficiency Cores. Intel referred to the Performance Cores as P Cores and the Efficiency Cores as E Cores. Now, the P Cores will be based on the “Golden Clove” architecture, while the E Cores will be based on “Gracemont” architecture. In the case of the Gracemont-based cores, Intel took a different approach with a physical silicone size and throughput efficiency to deliver multi-threaded performance to a significant number of individual cores....

iPhone 13 May Offer 25W Fast Charging According to the report citing sources in Apple’s supply chain, the iPhone 13 series may support up to 25W fast charging. While this is not a significant leap, it should result in a minor improvement in the overall charging time. And of course, take this with a grain of salt since this is a rumor at this point. Notably, the jump to 25W matches the charging speed offered in Samsung’s Galaxy S21 lineup....

According to MacRumors, Kuo further claims that the iPhone 14-series, to be launched in 2022, will also ship with the same ultra-wide camera with f/1.8, 6P lens. According to him, Largan is likely to be the major supplier of voice coil motors (VCM) for the new cameras with about 70% of orders for the ‌iPhone 13‌. The company currently supplies around half of the VCM in iPhone 12’s ultra-wide cameras....

iPhone 14 Pro with 48MP Cameras Might Happen According to analyst Jeff Pu, the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are expected to come with a 48MP main camera. This new information backs a previous report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which hinted at the same possibility. If this turns out to be true, it will be a first for Apple and a major upgrade from the 12MP cameras seen on the current-gen iPhone 13 series....

Jio’s Cheapest Plan Discontinued The Re 1 prepaid plan no longer exists on the Jio website or the MyJio app. This comes after Jio recently reduced the plan’s data allowance from 100MB to 10MB. Its validity was also decreased from 30 days to 1 day. Nonetheless, this plan became the cheapest of them all. There’s no word on why Jio decided to discontinue the plan soon after it launched and revised it....

Kerala to Set up Drone Research Lab According to a recent ANI report, Kerala police chief DGP Anil Kant announced the government’s plans to set up a drone research lab and drone forensic lab in a press meet on Friday. The research lab will be set up in collaboration with the Cyberdome of the Kerala Police. Fort the uninitiated, Cyberdome is a technological research and development center of the Kerala Police Department....

Before going to the price and availability, let’s take a look at the key specs and features of Lava Agni 5G: Lava Agni 5G: Key Specs and Features Starting with the display, Lava Agni 5G boasts a 6.78-inch Full HD+ display with support for a 90Hz refresh rate. It has a 91.73 percent screen-to-body ratio and a center punch-hole cutout to house the 16MP selfie shooter. Speaking of the cameras, the device rocks a triple-camera setup at the back, placed inside a rectangular module on top of a matte-finish back panel....

Japanese Professor Develops Lickable TV Screen A Japanese professor at Tokyo’s Meiji University named Homei Miyashita recently developed a multi-sensory display that can mimic the flavors of food items displayed on it. Viewers can then lick the screen to taste the food. Using this special screen, Miyashita developed a new device called “Taste The TV”, aka TTTV. In a recent YouTube video by The National News, Miyashita explained how the TTTV works and what was the aim of creating such a device....

In a tweet on Thursday, Thackeray said that he and Desai invited the Tesla team to Maharashtra in line with the state government’s mission of bringing more jobs to the region. However, he also claimed that his firm belief in sustainable and environment-friendly growth has made him take an active interest in bringing the electric automaker to the country. “I was present not because of just the investment but my firm belief in electric mobility & sustainability,” he tweeted yesterday....

Nick James, a usual Tesco shopper, recently went to grab his click-and-collect order for a kilo of apples from his nearest Tesco grocery store, when he got a huge surprise. Upon opening his bag of apples, he saw a brand new box of an Apple iPhone SE. He shared his experience via a tweet, which you can check out below. — Nick James (@TreedomTW1) April 10, 2021 Now, Nick is one of the lucky customers who got an Apple iPhone SE with his order of apples....

Mi LED TV 4C 32-Inch Mi LED TV 4C is a smart HD-ready TV that boasts a 32-inch display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The LED panel supports a 60Hz refresh rate, 178-degree viewing angle, and a response time of 8ms. It also supports the company’s proprietary Vivid Picture Engine to produce sharp and vibrant colors. However, the bezels around the display look to be thicker than the other Mi smart TV models....

The Chinese giant is fixing this mistake with the launch of the new Mi Notebook 14 e-Learning Edition in India today. Let’s see how different it is from the existing models: Mi Notebook 14 e-Learning Edition: Specifications As the name suggests, this laptop is made for students who are attending lectures on Zoom or Google Meet at home. So yeah, there’s a built-in webcam on this variant, something which was missing on the standard one....

Microsoft Tests New “Drop” Feature According to a recent report by Neowin, Microsoft has added a new “Drop” option in the Edge Canary channel that lets users save any file or note in Edge on their PC and access them in Edge on signed-in devices like smartphones, tablets, or laptops. That said, the feature is built into Microsoft’s web browser and leverages OneDrive to share the saved files and notes across multiple devices....

The announcement comes from Erik Schwiebert, Microsoft’s principal software engineer for Apple products in the Office Experiences group via Twitter. In a follow-up tweet, Schwiebert says the executable binaries are roughly 50 percent larger and the overall apps are almost 25 percent larger than before. Schwiebert clarifies that the Redmond giant doesn’t have an official timeline as to when customers should expect a stable public release. Moreover, he added that the beta release is just an ‘initial peek for customers to test on hardware they may be acquiring this week....

Outlook Lite App in the Making Microsoft has recently updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap and we can find mentions of an Outlook Lite app for Android. This would essentially bring in the Outlook features stuffed in a relatively smaller app size for phones low on RAM. It is said that the new app will launch this month. The app’s description reads, “An Android app that brings the main benefits of Outlook in a smaller app size with fast performance for low-end devices on any network....

Moto X40: Specs and Features The Moto X40 doesn’t feature an extraordinary design and includes rounded edges and a square-shaped rear camera hump. The front has a 6.7-inch curved display with support for a 165Hz refresh rate, a screen resolution of 1,080 x 2,400 pixels, 10-bit colors, HDR10+, and DC Dimming. The phone comes equipped with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. On the camera front, the Moto X40 offers three rear cameras, including a 50MP main camera, a 50MP ultra-wide lens, and a 12MP telephoto lens....

According to reports popping up all over the internet, including on Apple’s Support Communities, some iPhone 12 units are exhibiting weird display behaviour. This includes flickering screens, as well as a green tint on the screen. These issues are reportedly cropping up across the iPhone 12 line up when brightness is lower than 90 percent. That means the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max are all susceptible to this issue....

Netflix’s Ad-Supported Plan New Details Appear As per the code of the Netflix app (courtesy of Steve Moser), the ad-supported plan will not support offline viewing, a feature that is available for the other existing Netflix plans. This may come as a disappointment for many as many rely on the functionality to easily stream their favorite movies and shows even when the internet is erratic. It is also revealed that the plan will have support for 480p resolution, which for today, isn’t the best for a good viewing experience....

New Netflix Subscription Prices in India The mobile-only Netflix plan is now priced at Rs 149 a month. It was earlier priced at Rs 199. It supports 480p video playback and can only be accessed on a smartphone or a tablet. You cannot use the base plan to watch content on a laptop or smart TV. The Basic plan is now priced at Rs 199 a month, coming down from Rs 499 (a massive 60% decrease)....

Nvidia-Arm Collaboration No Longer Happening The decision to call off the Nvidia-Arm deal has been accredited to various regulation challenges. It is suggested that the deal would have affected Arm’s free licensing model, and hence, faced regulation lapses in the US and even Europe. For those who don’t know, the ARM architecture (Advanced RISC Machines) is used by various Apple products, Qualcomm, and various other chipmakers. This acquisition could have proved problematic for these companies and now that the deal no longer exists, this might be a sigh of relief to them....