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JioBook: Specs and Features The website listing showcases the JioBook in blue. With an ABS plastic build, the laptop is seen with a minimal design with just the Jio logo on the lid. The display has significantly thicker bezels. It’s an 11.6-inch LED display with a screen resolution of 1366×768 pixels. As rumored previously, the laptop is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset, along with 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 32GB of eMMC storage....

Krafton Will Hardware-Ban Cheaters in BGMI Now, for those unaware, cheating and the use of illegal programs like aimbots and wall-hacks have been prevalent in BGMI. Players often rely on cheats and hacks to win matches unfairly. Krafton has banned millions of player accounts to punish the cheaters and restrict them from playing the game. However, once an account of a player gets banned, they create another one and join the game to cheat again....

LG Waterless Washing Machine Details According to recent reports, LG has started the development process of the waterless washing machine. The South Korean giant started working on the project through a regulatory sandbox program after the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy approved the trial of the technology. The technology involves using carbon dioxide as a replacement for water in washing machines. LG has apparently found a way to turn environmental carbon dioxide from its natural gas form into a liquid state by a refrigeration and compression process....

Logitech G502 X: Specs and Features The Logitech G502 X gaming mouse features hybrid optical-mechanical switches with the help of the LIGHTFORCE microswitch technology. The combination of optical and mechanical switches ensures better performance, fast speed, and reliability. All three models include the HERO 25K high-precision gaming sensor for 1:1 ratio accuracy at sub-micron levels. There’s the reversible and removable DPI-shift button, which makes way for all sorts of hand sizes and grip types....

The new MX Anywhere 3, which is this year’s upgrade to the MX Anywhere 2S, comes with customisable side buttons that can control your camera and mic in video calls. Obviously, since the buttons are customisable, that means you can program them to do other tasks instead. However, the microphone ability sounds really interesting, at least to me. Bear in mind that the feature reportedly only supports controlling the camera and mic on Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls....

Mi Smart Band 5: Specs & Features Mi Smart Band 5 looks pretty much like its predecessor but brings some upgrades on multiple fronts. It now includes a 20% larger display in comparison to its predecessor. Mi Smart Band 5 includes a 1.1-inch color AMOLED touchscreen as compared to a 0.95-inch screen aboard last year’s Mi Smart Band 4. The display boasts a 126 x 294 resolution and up to 450 nits of peak brightness....

The Redmond giant announced the addition of xCloud to the Xbox App via an official blog post. In the post, Jason Beaumont, partner director of Xbox Experiences, wrote that the Xbox Cloud Gaming service will allow users to turn their budget and low-spec PCs into a gaming device by simply connecting a compatible Xbox controller via Bluetooth or USB. So, with xCloud Gaming in the Xbox App, players will be able to start playing a game on their PCs from the “cloud games” section....

Xbox App on iOS and Android Gains Stories Microsoft recently shared an official blog post to announce new features and changes coming to the Xbox app on Android and iOS. As part of the May update, the Xbox app will gain support for Snapchat or Instagram-like Stories that lets gamers create, share, and view Stories in the Xbox community. The company says that the Stories functionality “lets you showcase your skills and keep up to date with your friends....

The Xbox Wireless Headset The company announced the Xbox Wireless Headset via an official blog post and a promo video (attached below) showcasing it in all its glory. The device is engineered to deliver “best-in-class audio and chat performance, outstanding design and comfort, and unique experiences that are tailored for each gamer,” says the blog post. The team behind the development of the Xbox Wireless Headset “spent countless hours studying what makes for a great audio experience” for gamers and came up with the said device....

MIUI 13 Launch Date Is Now Official Xiaomi confirmed the news via a recent Weibo post. The Xiaomi 12 phones and MIUI 13 will be announced at an online event scheduled to take place at 7:30 pm CST (5 pm IST). While Xiaomi hasn’t revealed much about the successor to MIUI 12, it has left out some hints to give us an idea. It is revealed that MIUI 13 will ensure better system fluency and stability....

Moto G42 India Launch Soon The Moto G42 now has a micro site on Flipkart, which confirms that it will launch in India on July 4. This coincides with the Xiaomi 12S series launch in China and globally. The listing has also revealed the Moto G42 details, which by the way, are already known. The Moto G42 will come with a 6.4-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a center-placed punch-hole. There’s no support for a high refresh rate....

MSI’s latest offerings come with the new 11th-gen Tiger Lake chipsets from Intel, packed in designs that will not just fit in an office space, but also look really impressive. MSI claims the Summit series’ design is one of minimalism and modernism. Plus, the laptops come with advanced security features which are a need of the hour for business devices. The company unveiled a total of four new Summit laptops, two in the E-series and two in the B-series....

Is Netflix Struggling to Curb Password-Sharing? According to a recent report by Rest of World, the early rollout of Netflix’s new feature that let users add up to two additional accounts by paying extra is not streamlined. The publication spoke to various Netflix subscribers in Peru and determined that they have not received uniform messaging or notification from Netflix regarding the new feature. It is said that after Netflix began charging people extra for additional accounts earlier this year, some users outright canceled their Netflix plan....

With the Object Selection tool, users will be seamlessly able interact with multiple objects present in the image. Cool, right? The feature will be available in the toolbar along with the Quick Selection Tool and Magic Wand Tool. To use the feature, you will have to simply choose it from the toolbar and draw a rectangle over your intended subjects. The AI will do the rest of the work for you and will provide you with the selected objects....

Apple TV 4K 2022: Specs and Features The new Apple TV supports 4K, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision for rich visuals. And there’s support for Dolby Atmos, 5.1, and 7.1 audio for a surround sound experience. The A15 Bionic chipset offers up to 50% faster CPU and 30% improved GPU performance than the predecessor Apple TV 4K launched last year. The new Siri remote control comes with support for a USB Type-C port for charging, which is an interesting move....

Nokia-ZEISS Partnership Ended! In a statement to Nokiamob, it has been confirmed that Nokia and ZEISS are no longer partners. This means that the future Nokia smartphones won’t come with the ZEISS branding. A reason for this decision has not been provided. The statement reads, “After the long and successful collaboration, in 2021 ZEISS and HMD Global have mutually agreed not to prolong their non-exclusive partnership which included collaboration for imaging technologies of “Nokia” branded smartphones with ZEISS as consulting and development partner....

Now, if you are not living under a rock, then you would definitely know about the whole Epic versus Apple legal battle that has been going on for the past few weeks now. As retaliation against Apple, Epic even released a video mocking the iconic 1984 ad for the Macintosh. Well now, Epic aims to establish the fact that it is all because of Apple’s blunder that millions of Fortnite players won’t be getting the latest updates for the game....

Drop Location & Mode of Payment Visibility for Ola Drivers Ola’s co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal recently took to Twitter to answer, well, the “2nd most popular question” of why Ola drivers abruptly cancel rides for passengers. In the tweet, Aggarwal included a video, announcing a new feature for Ola’s driver-partners on the Ola Driver app. The new feature will enable drivers to view the approximate drop location of passengers and the mode of payment before accepting a ride....

Nothing to Launch Wireless Earbuds This Summer With the new funding round, Nothing has raised over $22 million from investors. The previous $7million round includes notable early investors such as Tony Fadell (the inventor of iPod), YouTuber Casey Neistat, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and Product Hunt CEO Josh Buckley, among others. “Pei’s vision for smart devices is compelling. We have high confidence that with Carl’s global mindset, the Nothing team will have a meaningful impact on the market for consumer technology,” said Tom Hulme, General Partner at GV in a statement....

OnePlus Watch: Launch Date In an official tweet shared over the weekend, OnePlus confirmed that its smartwatch launches on 23rd March. The caption reads – “You asked for it. You’re getting it.” It is a reference to Lau’s poll from last year about which new product OnePlus should add to its portfolio. He had then said, “Many of you said you wanted a watch, and as you might have heard over the weekend — we’re making one, to be released early next year....