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According to recent reports, Swiggy and ANRA Technologies will collaborate to start delivering food packages via drones. ANRA has reportedly received the final clearances from various Indian authorities such as the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to start Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone deliveries in the country. The team at ANRA launched its first sortie in India recently on June 16. It commenced after months of planning, assessments, and air traffic control integration....

Developer Builds an AirDrop App that Uses the MacBook Notch An Australia-based iOS developer named Ian Keen recently took to Twitter to show a nifty macOS app that transforms the notch on the MacBook Pro models into an AirDrop app. With Keen’s app, users can simply drag a file and drop it on the notch area to open up the AirDrop UI on the latest MacBook Pro. When dropping the files onto the area, the app even lights up the notch to indicate that the AirDrop UI is triggered You can check out the working of the app in a short video included in Keen’s tweet, which is attached right below....

Skin-Implantable COVID-Vaccine Chip Unveiled The COVID-vaccine microchip, developed by a Sweden-based company named Dsruptive Subdermals, is a skin-implantable computer chip that can store an individual’s vaccination details. It is a 12-14mm long chipset, containing an NFC antenna, and is made of, what the company calls, a “bioglass” material. In a recent AFP News video on Twitter, Hannes Sjoblad, the Managing Director of the company, detailed the microchip. You can check it out attached right below....

Beykpour revealed the company’s plans in response to cybersecurity expert Jackie Singh’s tweet urging Twitter to ‘focus on real problems’ such as coordinated inauthentic behavior, disinformation, and harassment in the platform. — Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) November 17, 2020 Of course, this doesn’t mean that Twitter is going to immediately add a downvote button. In a follow-up tweet, Beykpour mentions that the downvote button specifically is not the only solution and the company is exploring other incentives/disincentives as well....

According to the poster: “…these (India servers) are not fully live just yet. We’re doing some small scale tests over the next couple weeks, so you may see it pop in and out of availability. We’re basically making sure our connections and routing with main ISPs are working correctly. Today’s showed some player isp’s routing people through Singapore and then back to Mumbai, for example – not great for ping....

Valve’s Steam Deck Teardown Video Valve starts off the video by acknowledging that you have every right to open up your PC and do what you want. However, it strongly recommends not opening it. “The Steam Deck is a very tightly designed system and the parts are chosen carefully for this product with its specific construction, so they aren’t really designed to be user-swappable,” says the company. The teardown video highlights what to expect if you plan on disassembling the Steam Deck anyway....

Now, if you are unaware, the Cupertino tech giant introduced a new image format for the photos taken on the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro models. This new format, ProRAW, brings support for RAW photos natively to the iPhone. This means users can now capture RAW photos with the default camera app of the new iPhones. So, to test it out, YouTuber Matt Bircher (Twitter/ @mattbricher) shot some pictures with Apple ProRAW tech to compare them with other standard RAW photos captured with a third-party app....

The company recently took to Weibo to announce the launch date for the next OriginOS update, dubbed OriginOS Ocean. In the Weibo post, Vivo shared a short cinematic video to announce that it will unveil OriginOS Ocean on December 9 at 7:00 PM (local time). You can check out the screenshot of the post right below. Apart from the launch date of the OriginOS Ocean update, Vivo also announced that it will start recruiting “internal beta experience officers” starting today....

WhatsApp Bans New Accounts! As per the latest user safety monthly report, WhatsApp has banned 19,10,000 accounts during the period of May 1 and May 30, 2022. The idea of banning accounts regularly is to prevent any harmful behavior on the messaging platform. For this, WhatsApp uses an abuse detection system, which includes three stages of an account: at registration, during messaging, and in response to negative feedback. These are analyzed based on user reports and blocks with the help of a dedicated team....

Windows 11 New Privacy Feature Introduced Microsoft’s VP of OS Security and Enterprise recently, David Westin, recently highlighted the new Privacy Auditing feature, which will help people see a history of the ‘sensitive’ devices accessed by the various apps available. This will help people keep a track of the hardware permissions given to an app so that further changes can be made. New Windows 11 Privacy Auditing features allow you to see history of sensitive device access like the Microphone pic....

Xiaomi Book S: Specs and Features The Xiaomi Book S can be used both in tablet and laptop modes, depending upon the need of the hour. The device has a sleek and compact design. It comes with a 12.4-inch WQHD+ LCD touch display with a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, a 16:10 aspect ratio, and a peak brightness of 500 nits. The display gets a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for protection....

Redmi 10 Heading to India Next Week The Redmi 10 will launch in India on March 17, most likely at an online event. Since Xiaomi held a physical event for the Note 11 Pro earlier this week, one can’t tell. The company has revealed a few details about the upcoming device in teasers, suggesting that it will focus on the cameras, display, and the battery backup, on a budget. As per the Redmi 10 landing page, it will come with a different design with a smudge-free back finish....

YouTube’s “Listen with YouTube Music” Option Might Launch Soon According to a recent report by XDA developers, a few code strings were found in the beta version 17.05.33 of the YouTube for Android app, hinting at the arrival of the “Listen with YouTube Music” button. Although not much is known about the new button as of now, we can safely assume that users will be able to directly play a song on the YouTube Music app that they started listening to on the main YouTube app....

5G Spectrum Auction Day 1 Updates The government has received around Rs 1.45 lakh crore as the bidding amount, which exceeded the expectation. To recall, the highest bidding amount has been Rs 1.09 lakh crore back in 2015. The bidding participants include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and for the first time, the Gautam Adani-led Adani Group. 5G services, which will be faster than 4G, are expected to start rolling out in many cities by the end of this year, which is an expectation we have been hearing for a while now....

For starters, iOS 14.1 brings support for playback of 10-bit HDR video, along with the capability to edit such videos in the Photos app. This particular functionality is limited to iPhones 8 and above, however, so if you’re using an older iPhone, you won’t be able to play 10-bit HDR videos, or edit them directly on your iPhone. Apart from that, there are a ton of bug fixes in the mix....

Asus ROG Phone 6 Details Asus has already confirmed that the ROG Phone 6 will be the “first gaming smartphone” powered by the latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. Now, the company has confirmed that the device will be the first gaming smartphone with an IPX4 rating. It is also revealed that the phone will sport an advanced cooling system to reduce throttling. Asus recently took to Twitter to confirm both the above features of the upcoming ROG Phone 6....

Flora Menace Mode Starting with the new Flora Menace Mode, Krafton says that the new mode will be “all about surviving the invasion.” It will be available on Erangel, Sanhok, and Livik in BGMI and will allow players to fight robots in spaceships floating in the sky. Moreover, there will be a number of “mysterious plants named Yarilo” spread across the maps. These will help players regain their HP (health points) in times of crisis....

Logitech Lift Vertical Mouse Details Logitech recently launched the Lift vertical mouse for users, which is designed to deliver a comfortable experience to users when working for long hours. Users can hold the mouse in a natural handshake position that reduces strain on their wrists. The Logitech Lift is set at a 57-degree angle along with the necessary buttons and scroll wheel at a convenient location. The mouse is 2.8-inches tall, although it is shorter than the MX Vertical....

The Corrale hair straightener comes with three heat settings – 165°C, 185°C, and 210°C, which the company claims will suit most hair types. Dyson has used flexible 65 microns manganese copper alloy plates in this product. According to Dyson, this is the only hair straightener with flexing plates. The company claims these plates will result in up to 50 percent less breakage and frizz. The straightener’s 4-cell lithium-ion battery offers up to 30 minutes of continuous usage on a single charge....

According to Chudnovsky, “We feel people should be able to choose different messaging apps and the default on their phone. Generally, everything is moving this direction anyway”. He also alleged that Apple’s practices are unfair to third-party developers, because it doesn’t give them a level playing field on iOS. A more open OS, like Android, will allow other developers, like Facebook, to compete on even terms, he said. Chudnovsky further claimed that Apple may be unwilling to make the change because that might hurt iPhones sales in the long run....