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Apple AirPods could soon ensure the safety of users, suggests a new patent. The Cupertino-based tech giant has received a patent for an AirPods safety feature from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that could detect when a user is at risk. The AirPods will either pause or lower the volume, to help users

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday urged states to take a serious look at huge opportunities in electronics manufacturing space, where India has proven its mettle as an “important trusted partner” for the world. He also said that having dedicated zones in industrial corridors for electronics manufacturing would yield rich benefits, including driving massive job

The phased manufacturing programme and the production-linked incentive scheme have gone a long way to cut mobile imports that fell by 33 percent in fiscal 2022, and pushed local production up by around 26 percent during the year, says a report. A Crisil report said that local production of mobile phones has been logging in

Apple AirPods Max was launched in India back in December 2020. The second generation of the AirPods Max is not even in the lineup yet. But the US Patent and Trademark Office has now officially granted a patent to Apple that may possibly hint at an AirPods Max Smart Case. The upcoming case may have

Redmi has announced the launch of the K series smartphone in India. It was confirmed via a tweet by the company, citing that “Redmi K IsBack”. It can be speculated through the tweet that the company is now gearing up to launch Redmi K50i in India. Recently, it was also reportedly spotted on the Bureau

WhatsApp Reactions updated beta version is being rolled out to a bunch of testers for both Android and iOS, as per a report. This new feature will allow WhatsApp users to react to messages by using any available emoji on the keyboard. Currently, there are only six reaction options available for users on both the

Apple has hiked by nearly a fifth the cost of its flagship iPhone phone in Japan, which is battling a weakening yen currency and rising inflation. The Cupertino, California-based manufacturer’s entry level iPhone 13 now costs JPY 117,800 (roughly Rs. 69,000), Apple’s website showed, compared to JPY 99,800 (roughly Rs. 58,500) previously. With the dollar up

Apple Books app has stopped working for some people after they installed the iOS 15.5 update, as per user reports. People have complained that they were not able to open any books on the app. A reasonable chunk of people also reportedly pointed out that the app is crashing and their saved PDFs are gone

Facebook parent Meta Platforms has reportedly reduced its target for hiring engineers in 2022 to around 6,000-7,000, down from an initial plan to hire about 10,000 new engineers. According to Reuters, the statement comes Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who cited the figure during a weekly employee Q&A session on Thursday. In another update, Meta

A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission has urged the chief executives of Apple and Alphabet’s Google to kick Chinese-owned TikTok out of its app stores. Brendan Carr, the FCC commissioner, said in a letter to the CEOs, dated June 24 and sent on FCC letterhead, that video-sharing app TikTok has collected vast troves

Apple has been trying to develop its own 5G modem chip for iPhones as the tech giant is reportedly planning to partner with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Now, an analyst has said that a survey conducted by him has indicated that the Cupertino-based company has failed to develop its own 5G modem chips

Apple had unveiled the new 13-inch MacBook Pro (2022) with the M2 chip during the company’s WWDC 2022 keynote. The new M2 chip powering the Apple laptop was claimed by the company to be an upgrade over its previous generation M1 chip. Now, two YouTubers have posted videos claiming otherwise. The new chip paired with

Google has announced several new features for Chrome web browser on iPhone and iPad. The new Chrome version for iOS is bringing five new additions to the web browsing application including enhanced Google Safe Browsing, AutoFill passwords on any application, return to recent tab feature, and more to improve the user experience for iPhone and

Apple AirPods beta firmware has reportedly started supporting a higher quality Bluetooth codec for the AirPods Max. This is expected to improve the Apple headphones’ voice calls quality. The upcoming AirPods Pro is also expected to feature the next version of the H1 chip. The report also added that the true potential of the Low

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) is reportedly going to launch with a long list of features like heart rate detection, hearing aid function, and a USB Type-C port. The report, based on information received, has also shared the renders of the rumoured earphones from Apple. As per the new renders and an earlier report, the

Apple is adding a message filter on iOS 16 for people using two SIMs on their iPhones. The new feature will filter messages received by a user into two different categories based on the SIM on which the SMS or iMessage is coming through. The tech giant is reportedly also attempting to improve the edit

Apple is reportedly going to introduce filter extensions for messages in 12 sub-categories within Transactions and Promotions on iOS 16 only for the Indian users. These sub-categories include Finance, Reminders, Orders, Health, Public Services, Weather, Carrier, Rewards, and more. The new update is said to allow developers to incorporate these filters to classify non-personal messages

WhatsApp for iPhone has been spotted working on updating message reactions on the platform by expanding the list of emojis available to react to messages. At present, WhatsApp supports a total of six emojis for reactions. The app is, however, now found to get an option to let users use any of the available emojis

Apple is reportedly adding a feature to iOS 16 for users to avoid the CAPTCHA verification prompt. The tech giant had earlier shared a video on the Apple Developer website highlighting the technical details about how the feature will work. The Apple devices running iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura are said to get

Apple is facing a £750 million (878 million euros, $918 million) lawsuit in Britain after a consumer rights champion on Thursday filed a claim accusing the US tech giant of secretly slowing down older iPhone models. Justin Gutmann says Apple “throttled” the performance of older iPhone handsets after users installed upgrades that they were told