GTA 6 release date is tipped and it’ll just disappoint you !!

Grand Theft Auto 5 or GTA 5 has been one of the most popular video games of the decade. And while the rumours of GTA 6 has been there since past three years, developer Rockstar Games has been staying mum on the title and if it is being worked upon or not. If you are one of those GTA fans who is waiting for GTA 6 to arrive on PlayStation, Xbox consoles or PCs, you might (yet again) be facing some disappointment. That’s because experts are claiming the title to…

Facebook has launched Avatars in India: Here’s how you can create your own

New Delhi: Facebook has advanced through the years by introducing stickers, GIFs, and videos that can be posted in statuses and the comment section as well. Now, Facebook has come up with a cartoon-like creation that would represent and look like the user himself. Facebook on Tuesday announced the launch of a cartoon-like representation of users, called Avatars. A lot like the Bitmoji stickers used in Snapchat, an Avatar aims to give a personal touch to the user’s character. Users can create their own Avatar from a variety of faces,…

PUBG Mobile launching Livik map on July 7: Here’s what to expect !!

PUBG Mobile’s new and exclusive map ‘Livik’ will be available on July 7. Here’s what players can expect from the new map. PUBG Mobile is gearing up for a new and exclusive map ‘Livik’. The new map will arrive on July 7 along with PUBG Mobile 0.19.0 update. Ahead of the launch, PUBG Mobile has shared more details on what players can expect. In a recent post by PUBG Mobile developers, details on what went behind making the map were revealed. What we know so far is that it’s going…

Apple drops some arcade games in strategy shift to keep subscribers !!

Apple has shifted the strategy of its Apple Arcade gaming service, canceling contracts for some games in development while seeking other titles that it believes will better retain subscribers. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant scrapped development contracts with multiple game studios earlier this year and informed them of the new approach, according to people familiar with the matter. On calls in mid-April, an Apple Arcade creative producer told some developers that their upcoming games didn’t have the level of “engagement” Apple is seeking, the people said. Apple is increasingly interested in…

‘One Nation One Ration Card’ will be reality soon, will benefit migrants: PM Modi

New Delhi: Announcing the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced that the government is working to make ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ a reality soon. Addressing the nation via a televised speech, PM Modi said that efforts are being made to provide one ration card that can be used across the country by the poor. “Now a ration card is also being arranged for the whole of India ie one nation, one ration card,” he said. PM Modi said that…

Will push for economic activities while observing precautions: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked people to continue to take precautions to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. In his televised address to the nation – his sixth since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, PM Modi said people had strictly followed social distancing norms during the lockdown but appeared to have become negligent ever since the country switched into the unlock mode. This is the time when people need to take precautions, more than ever before, he said. PM Modi also announced the…

Bounce Lays Off 130 Employees As Covid-19 Impact Hits Mobility Startup !!

Bengaluru: Two-wheeler rental startup Bounce has decided to lay off around 22% of its workforce or 130 employees owing to the major Covid-19 impact on the mobility industry. Bounce cofounder and CEO Vivekananda Hallekere said, “Unfortunately, the way the external environment has continued to shift means our medium-term workforce needs have changed as several new business lines, products, and projects we had planned will have to either transform or be put on hold in the coming quarters.” He added that the layoffs have come as “an outcome of a change…

Indian websites not accessible in China as Xi Jinping govt blocks VPN !!

New Delhi: While Indian newspapers and TV channels continue to pick up reports about the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from Chinese Communist propaganda sites, the Indian newspapers and websites cannot be accessed in Beijing now without Virtual Private Network (VPN) server. According to diplomatic sources in Beijing, the Indian TV channels can be accessed through IP TV as of now. However, Express VPN has not been working in the Communist state for the past two days on iPhone as well as on desktops. VPNs are powerful tools which allow users…

Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal bids for satellite firm OneWeb !!

OneWeb makes so-called low-Earth orbit satellites that provide high-speed communications. It faces competition from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink project and Jeff Bezos’s Amazon-linked Project Kuiper. Indian telecommunications tycoon Sunil Mittal has submitted a bid for OneWeb, the bankrupt satellite firm whose investors include SoftBank Group Corp., people with knowledge of the matter said. An arm of Mittal’s Bharti Enterprises Ltd. conglomerate made an offer for London-based OneWeb with backing from the UK government, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The UK…

Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches !!

A Google spokeswoman said the company did not yet know how the ads had got through its approval process, which uses a combination of automated and manual review. Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data. A Google spokeswoman told Reuters that the company’s misrepresentation policy barred such ads, which were found by the non-profit watchdog Tech Transparency Project when searching for terms such as “register to vote,” “vote…