Krishna Instagram has launched a dedicated Reels tab for users in India that will replace the Explore tab after testing it in August. The latest change will make it easier for people to discover new Reels creators and their videos in the app. India is the first market to get the dedicated tab, and according to … Read more
AU-G is a made-in-India PUBG Mobile alternative that is being published by Bengaluru-based nCore games, and Indian game industry veteran Vishal Gondal and actor Akshay Kumar have also taken to Twitter to promote FAU-G. FAU-G is short for Fearless and United-Guards, and tweets promoting the game say it will donate 20 percent of its revenue … Read more
PUBG is no longer available on Google Play and App Store, days after it was banned alongside 117 Chinese-origin apps. At the time of writing, the game — be it PUBG Mobile or PUBG Mobile Lite — continue to work for those who already have it downloaded. Gadgets 360 has reached out to Tencent for … Read more
Within the string argument to printf, the backslash (\) signals that a special effect is needed at this point. The character following the backslash specifies what to do. This combination (\ followed by another character) is referred to as an escape sequence. The following are some escape sequences you can use in a string in … Read more
The Internet Society Foundation today announced a new grant programme supporting research on the future and sustainability of the Internet. Open to independent researchers and research institutions around the world, grants of up to US$200,000 will be awarded for research lasting up to two years and focused on: Greening the Internet and/or The Internet Economy. Future thematic … Read more
Charlette N’Guessan is the first woman to win the prestigious prize since it was established in 2014, and the first winner from Ghana. The prize was awarded for BACE API, which uses facial recognition to verify identities remotely. N’Guessan and her team decided to go ahead with the project in 2018, after they discovered that … Read more
Hearing loss happens to many of us. The US National Institutes of Health, for example, estimates that one in eight Americans aged 12 years and older has hearing loss in both ears. Twenty-five per cent of adults aged between 65 and 75, and half of those aged 75 and older, experience disabling hearing loss. According … Read more
A University of Oxford paper which explores the hypothetical collapse of Facebook has recommended a new regulatory framework for ‘systemically important technological institutions’, which draws on existing regulation for global financial institutions and public utilities. Facebook going the way of MySpace is unlikely, with the company sailing mostly unharmed through its largest-ever advertiser boycott, increasing … Read more
Engineers who have designed Covid-19 applicable technologies including a high-performance ventilator, a personal respirator for healthcare workers and an environmentally friendly face shield have received awards from the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Academy recently launched a special set of awards for those who have created inventions designed to help with the pandemic. 19 individuals … Read more
According to the Financial Times, software giant Oracle has held preliminary discussions with ByteDance to discuss the potential acquisition of its subsidiary TikTok. Microsoft and Twitter are also involved in discussions. As trade tensions between the US and China escalate, US President Donald Trump is focusing his attacks on Chinese tech companies with a global … Read more