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Food ordering from platforms including Swiggy and Zomato may become costlier soon as they will be required to collect and pay tax on behalf of all restaurants starting January 1, 2022. The new move comes as a result of the update issued by the finance ministry under which food aggregators are directed to pay five

iQoo 9 series, which is rumoured to include the vanilla iQoo 9 and iQoo 9 Pro smartphones, will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The Vivo sub-brand  also confirmed that the smartphones will feature a VC three-dimensional heat dissipation system that will have a soaking plate with an area of

Crypto culture seems to be growing rapidly in India, with adoption increasing among young men and women. In its latest report, Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber claimed that out of its user-base of 14 million Indians, 15 percent are women. The findings come at a time when India is still deciding ways to regulate and

Oppo Enco M32 neckband-style earphones India launch has been teased by the company. The earphones will come with a fast charging technology, bass drivers and ergonomic fin design. These upcoming Oppo earphones are the successor to the Enco M31 earbuds that were launched in May last year. There is not much information about the price

Russia has blocked the website of OVD-Info, a prominent human rights monitor tracking political persecution, the group said Saturday, as authorities press ahead with a crackdown on dissent. Russia’s Supreme Court is considering whether to shut top rights group Memorial, which works with the monitor. OVD-Info, which tracks opposition protests and also provides legal support

Jio’s Rs. 2,545 prepaid recharge plan has got a new, limited-period Happy New Year offer. The yearly prepaid plan from Jio that typically comes with a validity of 336 days is now getting 29 days of extra validity. This means the Jio Rs. 2,545 prepaid recharge plan will now last a full 365 days. It’s

Honor Magic V foldable smartphone may be launched on January 10, as per a claim by a tipster. The Chinese company has already confirmed that it will introduce its first foldable phone soon. A report has suggested that the flagship will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, making it the first foldable

Starting July 1, 2022, e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Flipkart or online delivery aggregators such as Zomato won’t be able to save card information on their platforms, under new guidelines from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As per the new rules, customers carrying out an online transactions on any e-commerce platform will need

Elon Musk, the chief of Tesla and SpaceX, does not seem to have much faith in the buzzwords of today’s tech industry, neither Web 3.0 nor the metaverse. Musk would rather hype up Neuralink, a neuro-technology company that he co-founded and one that is working to develop chip-like brain implants to enhance the physical capabilities of humans through computers.

The Witcher: Blood Origin, which is set to arrive in 2022 as a prequel to the popular Netflix Witcher series has been teased in a post-credits scene after the final episode of The Witcher season 2, which returned to Netflix after two years on December 17. The Witcher: Blood Origin stars Laurence O’Fuarain, Michelle Yeoh,

Bitcoin’s value may be up 92 percent over the past year with a market capitalisation of over $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 75,87,463 crore) but there are still sceptics, including Eswar Prasad, an international trade policy professor at Cornell University and an author, believes that the largest cryptocurrency might not stick around for much longer. Prasad,

The power sector is undergoing a rapid change globally as the world shifts to renewable energy and cuts down on using fossil fuels. However, a big roadblock to generating electricity from wind and solar energy is their intermittent nature due to unfavourable environmental conditions. To address this problem, storage was found in hydrogen batteries. But

Noise Beads have silently debuted as the latest entrant in the growing market of truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds in India. The new earbuds come with a metallic finish and are claimed to deliver up to 18 hours of listening time on a single charge. The Noise Beads also come with touch controls and include

OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are getting OxygenOS 12 based on Android 12 again. The latest release is promised to resolve the problems that were introduced by the previous update, which started rolling out last week. OnePlus had suspended the last update for the OnePlus 9 series after users complained about the bugs and

Alibaba this week revealed an ambitious vision to grow its Southeast Asian e-commerce business to $100 billion (roughly Rs. 7,60,140 crore) in transacted sales as well as a pledge to reach carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030. China’s largest e-commerce company unveiled its vision Friday for its Southeast Asian e-commerce arm Lazada in presentation

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday that four telecom providers will pay a total of $6 million (roughly Rs. 45,60,81,000) to settle investigations into compliance with the agency’s 911 reliability rules during 2020 network outages. AT&T, CenturyLink, now Lumen Technologies, Intrado, and Verizon Communications will implement compliance plans to ensure adherence to FCC emergency

The Biden administration on Friday recommended Alphabet’s Google and Facebook parent Meta get permission to use an undersea cable system to handle growing Internet traffic with Asia. The administration urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant licenses for the companies to send and receive data on the existing 8,000-mile Pacific Light Cable Network. The

Sony has kicked off its year-end sale in India on Thursday, with discounts on its Bravia smart TVs and audio products. As part of the sale, the company is offering discounts, cashback offers, and a two-year warranty on specific Bravia TVs. Similarly, Sony has also discounted its audio products including true wireless earbuds, headphones and