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Dubbed as “Harmony Square”, this simple web game is designed to prepare people to spot fake news on the internet. It has four short decision-based chapters which will help players to master different techniques of spreading fake news and trolling people on the internet. Upon completion of each chapter, players will master one of these techniques. Be the CDO of a City Apparently, your job as a Chief Disinformation Officer (CDO) in Harmony Square demands you to spread fake news about the social, political, and cultural issues in Harmony Square and troll the netizens....

Dubbed FairTEC, it aims to collectively address the social and environmental impacts of modern digital technologies. The initiative was started by six European companies, each with varied technological expertise, to provide the end-users with a sustainable digital environment and promote responsible use of mobile devices. Now, we have already seen major tech giants take significant steps to reduce carbon emissions and adopt environment-friendly ways for business operations. Apple, which powers its massive Apple Park facility with solar energy, stopped shipping power adapters in iPhone boxes for the sake of reducing e-waste in the environment....

The game developer, n-Core Games, took to Twitter last evening to share the minute-long teaser video (attached below). It reveals what the graphics and gameplay of this story-driven, FAU-G, might look when it launches next month. Yeah, the tweet also confirms the November 2020 time frame for the game’s India launch. It was initially reported to arrive by October-end. But now, it looks like we will have to wait a few more weeks to install it on our smartphones....

Discovered by tipster Mukul Sharma (aka stufflistings), a recent trademark application by ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, suggests the possible return of the platform in India. The trademark application is for a platform dubbed TickTock and was recently filed by the Chinese giant at India’s CGPDTM (Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks) platform. Image Courtesy: Mukul Sharma (Twitter) So, as per the trademark application, it will be a service relating to “hosting multimedia entertainment content, hosting of multimedia and interactive applications....

Everything You Need to Know About Fade in Valorant New Initiator Agent: Fade Fade joins the Valorant roster as an initiator, and much like Sova, Skye, Breach, and Kay/O, she comes with a unique ability set to reveal, tag, and near-sight enemies in the battle arena. As per the game’s lore, she comes from Turkey and has the ability to tap into her enemy’s fears. You can check out the reveal video of Fade attached right below....

Steam Sale Dates Announced Valve, as per its official Newsroom post, will hold three major Steam sales before the end of 2021. The first will be the Steam Halloween Sale event that will start on October 28 and last till November 1. The second will be the Steam Autumn Sale event, starting from November 24 and ending on November 30. And the last event will be the Steam Winter event that will go live on December 22 and last till January 5, 2022....

Vivo Y02: Specs and Features The Vivo Y02 gets a flat-edge design with a 2.5D unibody and a thickness of 8.2mm. It has a massive camera housing at the back, which looks rather hideous, and a waterdrop notch at the front. The phone comes in Orchid Blue and Cosmic Grey colorways. It is said to be resistant to scratches and fingerprints. The device features a 6.51-inch Halo FullView LCD IPS display with an HD+ screen resolution and a blue light filter....

New Vi Recharge Plans Detailed The Rs 195 prepaid plan comes with unlimited calls, 2GB of data, and 300 SMSs for the entire validity period of 31 days. This plan also includes access to Vi Movies and TV on the Vi app. The Rs 391 plan has more benefits to offer for 31 days. This includes 2GB of data per day, unlimited calls, and 100 SMS a day. You can also access Vi Movies and TV, the weekend data rollover option, and up to 2GB of backup data every month....

Vi Hero Unlimited Plans Details All the Vi Hero Unlimited plans come with the “Data Delight” benefit, which provides users with an additional 2GB of data for free. It can be availed via the Vi app or by dialing “121249.” Then, there’s the facility of using unlimited data from 12 am to 6 am in the morning. The plans also include the weekend data rollover option, which will accumulate the leftover data during the week so that people can use it over the weekend....

What is Android Private Compute Core (2021) We have discussed the basics of Android Private Compute Core, along with the features supported in Android 12. There’s also a section to enable one of the smart features in Android 12, which you can navigate to using the table below: What is Android 12 Private Compute Core? Android 12’s Private Compute Core is a unified secure environment that acts as a sandbox for features that process sensitive data....

Message Reactions on WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out The announcement comes from a recent Facebook post by Mark Zuckerberg. Although, you should know that message reactions have just started rolling out, which means that it will take some time to reach all users globally. I, for one, wasn’t able to access message reactions on WhatsApp at the time of writing. My colleague Uday was partially able to use them on WhatsApp for Web, but not on mobile....

The feature was spotted by reliable WhatsApp insider WABetaInfo and is currently a work-in-progress. As per WABetaInfo, the new “Request Payments Info” feature resides in the latest beta version of WhatsApp (v2.21.8.10). The developers submitted the beta build of the app to the Google Play Beta Program recently. The “Request Payments Information” will let users request a report containing data about their payment information. That means, it will be a sensitive report as it will include your banking and account details, as well as information from WhatsApp LLC....

New Updates to WhatsApp Message Reactions in Tow WABetaInfo‘s recent report says that WhatsApp is planning on adding the new ability to see detailed message information for shared media. This essentially means that users will soon be able to see which media in the automatic album has been reacted to. Currently, that is not possible, and to see the reactions, users are required to open the album. It is suggested that a future update will show a small thumbnail of the media that a person has reacted to with the type of reaction, of course....

The report comes from reputable WhatsApp tipster WABetaInfo. The tipster spotted the “Pause voice recordings” feature in WhatsApp beta for iOS recently. However, it is still under development and is also expected to arrive in the coming days. Now, coming to the working of the feature, the pause voice recording feature works exactly how it sounds. It will let you pause a voice recording on WhatsApp mid-way. Once you pause it, the app will stop recording your voice and will be in paused mode....

Windows 11 Home vs Windows Pro: Comprehensive Comparison (2021) We have enlisted all the major differences between Windows 11 Home and Pro in this article. In addition, we have also briefly discussed the common things and new features the Pro edition brings for business users. You can expand the table below and move to whichever section suits your fancy. Windows 11 Home vs Pro: The Similarities Before we dive into the differences between Windows 11 Home and Pro, let’s briefly discuss what features are common on both editions of Windows 11....

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543: What’s New? Firstly, the latest Windows 11 build now includes new Narrator voices, which are aimed to be more natural for the ease of scrolling the web, reading, and more functions. These new voices, Jenny and Aria, will make use of the PC’s on-device text to speech and will work offline once downloaded. However, they are only available in US English at the moment. To get the new Narrator voices, users can head to the Narrator Settings -> Select the “Add” option under the “Add Natural Voices” option -> Select either of the options available and install them....

This Could Be the Xiaomi 12 Lite A bunch of real-life hands-on images have surfaced on Weibo, and they seemingly belong to the Xiaomi 12 Lite. The smartphone is spotted with the model number “2203129G.” If you go by the images, the Xiaomi 12 Lite adopts a flat-edge design, which is missing from the other Xiaomi 12-series models. The rectangular rear camera hump is still there but the Lite variant goes for bigger camera housings to stand out a bit....

Mi Power Bank 3i Features Now, Xiaomi already sells many different power banks in India, what is so different about the Mi Power Bank 3i? First up, the 10,000mAh power bank 3i supports dual-input (via the USB Type-C and micro-USB port) and dual-output (via USB-A ports). The 20,000mAh power bank 3i, on the other hand, supports dual-input and triple-output. The USB Type-C port aboard the 20,000mAh power bank supports USB-PD (power delivery) and can be used to charge devices....

Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 Pro: Specifications From the outside, the charging case looks almost exactly like that of the standard Mi True Wireless Earphones 2. The earbuds have an in-ear design with silicone tips (for superior noise cancellation and better fit) in contrast to the half-in-ear design of the standard ones. Here, the stem is also thinner in comparison to the previous-gen TWS earbuds. Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 Pro is equipped with a large 12mm dynamic coil and LCP liquid crystal composite diaphragm to offer a clean sound experience....

As per a recent report by market research firm Canalys, the global smartphone shipments grew by 12% during the Q2 of 2021. While Samsung garnered the highest share in terms of the number of smartphones shipped globally, Xiaomi trumped Apple to become the second-largest smartphone vendor in the world. Image Courtesy: Canalys According to the report, Apple captured a 14% market share during the second quarter of this year, with a meager growth rate of 1%....