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Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc named Microsoft executive Chris Suh as its new chief financial officer on Monday, replacing Blake Jorgensen.

Jamaica will roll out its digital currency across the country in the first quarter of this year as part of an effort to lower transaction costs and provide financial services to citizens who do not use banks, a central bank official told Reuters.

PlayStationmaker Sony is escalating its competition with Xboxmaker Microsoft by buying the video game studio behind one of Xbox's hit games.

News18 Tech spoke to Pankaj Kedia, Managing Director, Emerging Markets at Dolby Laboratories and Counterpoint's Research Director Tarun Pathak to understand India's Smart TV market and latest trends.

WARM's official Google Play listing notes the app requires the phone to run on Android 5 and above, and it is 16MB in size.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series will include three models - the regular Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Pro+, and Galaxy S22 Ultra.

China has selected 15 pilot zones and identified several areas of application to "carry out the innovative application of blockchain" technology, according to a joint government statement on Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his administration to consider an apparent new system to ban "toxic" internet content, although details were not released.

Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints.

The Xiaomi Service Plus app will also be available to download on Getapps - Xiaomi's own app store.

Facebook Messenger will now let users edit videos before sending them. Other features that the platform is getting include 'save media' and verified badge.

The report adds that the OnePlus Nord 2T might cost under Rs 30,000. Some high-end storage variants (12GB + 256GB) may cost between Rs 30,000 and Rs 40,000.

The 'Federal Digital Identity' would hope to ease the process of eKYC with just one unique ID.

Users can redeem these free codes by logging on the Garena website and going to the Rewards section on the Free Fire website (rewards.ff.garena.com), and then log in using the same credentials as the game.

WhatsApp's multi-device support that allows users to use the app on up to four different devices involves mapping device identifiers to an account key on WhatsApp's servers in a way that is still encrypted.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series will be launched on February 9, 2022.

In 2019, the smartphone market shipped 1.37 billion units. In 2021, the market saw a total of 1.35 billion shipments.

With this Apple also introduced a slew of new features that are aimed at providing a hassle-free experience to the users and giving them the flexibility to adjust their phone settings as per convenience.

The Amazon Grand Gaming Days sale will go on till January 30.

The two companies will also focus on shaping and growing the cloud ecosystem in India to accelerate their digital transformation journeys.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series has been leaked on several occasions. The Galaxy S22 series will come powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in the US and North America, while Europe will get the Samsung Exynos 2200 variant.

Britishvolt said on Friday it will develop batteries for a fullyelectric sports car in partnership with British carmaker Lotus, the first publiclyannounced customer for the electric vehicle (EV) battery startup.

Apple shook off supply shortages that have curtailed production of iPhones and other popular devices to deliver its most profitable holiday season yet.

Apple Inc on Thursday reported record sales in the holiday quarter, beating estimates as it benefited from high iPhone demand in China and withstanding supply chain constraints and Omicron variant disruptions.

SoftBank Group Corp Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure is in advanced talks to leave the Japanese conglomerate, after a fallout with founder Masayoshi Son over his pay, a person familiar with the matter said.

Tesla Inc on Wednesday forecast annual sales would comfortably grow by more than 50% yearoveryear in 2022 despite supply chain issues that would limit electric vehicle production.

Tesla Inc on Wednesday forecast supply chain issues would persist throughout 2022 and limit electric vehicle production, while posting record quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street expectations.

Tesla Inc on Wednesday expected supply chain issues to continue through this year, after posting record quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates.

Tesla Inc on Wednesday expected supply chain issues to continue through this year, after posting record quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates.

Tesla Inc zipped past Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday as the world's most valuable automaker handed over a record number of vehicles to customers despite supply chain headwinds.

Global pop artists like Travis Scott, Justin Beiber, Marshmello, and more have earlier hosted concerts in the metaverse.

WhatsApp is also working on a feature that will allow users to import their chats from an Android smartphone to a new iPhone.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is said to come with an S-Pen slot and will replace the Galaxy Note smartphones.

Allegations that Alphabet Inc's Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, an Arizona judge ruled on Tuesday, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general.

At the time iPhone SE 2020 was launched, the phone ran on iOS 13 out of the box.

The Canalys report also hinted at the fact that low-end smartphones like JioPhone Next that aimed to upgrade feature phone users to smartphones made a strong start in Q4 2021.

The Realme 9i comes with a triple rear camera setup that includes a 50-megapixel primary shooter.

The pop-up asks users for a sum of Rs 29,000 as the penalty to unlock their computer.

Meta's new RSC supercomputer consists of 760 Nvidia GGX A 100 systems containing 6,080 GPUs.

The Oppo Reno 7 Pro will come with a 32-megapixel Sony IMX709 sensor at the front to capture the sharpest selfies.

The OxygenOS 12 update is rolling out in a staggered manner, meaning only a small percentage of OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro users are receiving it.

Xiaomi has set up a dedicated microsite that highlights Redmi Note 11S' quad rear camera system - seemingly featuring a 108-megapixel sensor.

Through the 12-character redemption codes, players can get various gifts like free diamonds, gold, skins among others, added directly to their gaming wallet.

Google says the Google Drive security banner feature is rolling out gradually, and more users will get it in the coming days.

OnePlus 10R will reportedly feature a 120Hz AMOLED display, at least 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

Apple this year may unveil its M2 chipset that could power the 2022 iPad Pro models.

As a part of the Flipkart 'The Grand Gadget Days' sale, gadgets like smartwatches, laptops, wireless earbuds, and monitors are getting a price cut.

Instagram Remix was introduced last year, inspired by TikTok's Duets feature.

Vodafone Idea had posted a loss Rs 4,532.1 crore in the same period a year ago.

Realme has also acknowledged some of the known issues such as slow reboot time, battery problem, no camera watermark.

Verizon Chief Revenue Officer Frank Boulben has written to the board of Orange withdrawing from the race to head the French telecom firm, Le Figaro reported on Saturday.

Verizon Chief Revenue Officer Frank Boulben has written to the board of Orange withdrawing from the race to head the French telecom firm, Le Figaro reported on Saturday.

PM Modi will unveil a hologram statue of Netaji on January 23, 2022. The hologram statue of Netaji will be powered by a 4K projector capable of delivering brightness levels of 30,000 lumens. So, here's how to create a 3D hologram image using your smartphone to understand how this tech works.

It was earlier reported that the iPhone SE+ 5G will retain the 4.7-inch LCD display that the iPhone SE (2020) uses.

On January 24, NASA will fire the James Webb telescope's thrusters to fire it into the its orbit around the sun.

A group of employees at an Activision Blizzard studio that works on the "Call of Duty" franchise said on Friday that they had formed a union and would seek voluntary recognition from the company, signaling organized labor's first foothold at the video game giant.

Brazilian financial services provider Dock said on Friday it will start using cryptocurrencies to process international remittances as it expands to Latin America and Europe.

NASA on Wednesday embarked on a monthslong, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope https://ift.tt/3H3fHQx into focus, a task due for completion in time for the revolutionary eye in the sky to begin peering into the cosmos by early summer.

The success of Microsoft’s biggest deal ever rides on rehabilitating Activision Blizzard’s culture, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella declared after announcing the $69 billion transaction.

Luxury carmaker MercedesBenz will partner with selfdriving sensor maker Luminar Technologies Inc to enable fully automated driving on highways for its nextgeneration vehicles, Luminar's founder said.

Google is filing an appeal at the European Union's top court against an earlier decision to uphold a $2.8 billion antitrust fine, a spokesperson for the Alphabet unit said late on Thursday, the company's second bid to overturn the penalty.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms removed a network of fake accounts that originated in Iran and targeted Instagram users in Scotland with content supporting Scottish independence, the company's investigators said on Thursday.

The Amazon Great Republic Day sale began on January 17 for everyone and January 16 for Amazon Prime subscribers.

Torontobased 1Password said on Wednesday it had raised $620 million in a funding round led by investment firm ICONIQ Growth, which more than tripled its valuation, as the cybersecurity startup aims for strategic acquisitions to boost its growth.

Walt Disney Co on Wednesday named company executive Rebecca Campbell to lead its new hub for international content creation to expand regional content for its streaming services.

Apple's mixed reality headset is said to come with two processors and multiple cameras. It was earlier reported to be launched later this year.

The Realme Book Enhanced Air comes with a 14-inch 2K IPS display with a 3:2 aspect ratio and 400 nits of peak brightness.

Microsoft's $68.9 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard makes it the third-largest gaming company in the world after Tencent and rival Sony.

A report in Canalys also hinted at Apple being the most popular brand across the world in Q4 2021, followed by Samsung.

Rumble Inc, a YouTubestyle website popular among U.S. conservatives, has acquired a stake in payment processor Parallel Economy, the companies said on Tuesday, as a cottage tech industry evolves to oppose socalled cancel culture online.

Italian luxury down jacket maker Moncler said that key data on its customers was safe following a cyber attack it suffered last year, after some data was released on the dark web on Tuesday.

AT&T and Verizon Communications on Tuesday agreed to temporarily defer turning on some wireless towers near key airports to avert a significant disruption to U.S. flights.

The OnePlus Buds Z2 are priced at Rs 4,999 in India. They were launched alongside the OnePlus 9RT in India.

WhatsApp is bringing many new features this year to both Android and iOS, alongside the desktop and web clients.

The PlayStation 5 standard edition with a disc drive is priced at Rs 49,990 and the Digital Edition is priced at Rs 39,990 in India.

For MacOS users, this vulnerability can be avoided if they switch to a third-party browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but that option is not available for iPad and iPhone users.

The Realme 9i will come with a triple rear camera that includes a 50-megapixel primary shooter and two 2-megapixel secondary shooters. Up front, the Realme 9i comes with a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.

Australian lithium miner Allkem Ltd said on Tuesday lithium carbonate prices for the second half of the fiscal year 2022 were expected to jump 80% from the first half because of booming demand for the metal used in electric vehicle batteries.

British selfdriving technology startup Wayve said on Tuesday it has raised $200 million from investors to scale up its autonomous driving technology globally and launch more pilot projects with commercial fleet partners.

The chief executives of major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending "catastrophic" aviation crisis in less than 36 hours, when AT&T and Verizon are set to deploy new 5G service.

Flipkart's Big Saving Days coincides with the Amazon Great Republic Day Sale that will go on January 20.

India made a policy pitch to latch on to the digitisation opportunity eyeing Rs 90,000 crore investments in semiconductors alone. Supply shortage of chips has been due to rapid demand growth. Large players have been able to manage their supplies.

Often seen tweeting about cryptocurrency and AI, Elon Musk does not shy away from sharing memes that most professionals would hesitate in a strict corporate environment.

Dell Inspiron 16 Plus (7610) Review: It comes with a starting price tag of Rs 1,29,990, which is still not the most expensive laptop when compared to rivals. But does the laptop deliver?

The Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2022 is now open to all customers and will continue till January 20.

C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), a scientific society operating under MeitY, will serve as the nodal agency for the programme.

As per the renders, the Samsung Galaxy S22+ looks similar to the Galaxy S21+ with triple rear cameras and a hole-punch display.

The US software giant, which first detected the malware on Thursday, said the malware attacks did not make use of any vulnerability in Microsoft products and services.

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2021 is now live for Prime members. Check out these top six phones getting a price cut at the sale event.

Even though it's published as a PDF file and distributed on a messaging platform, The Continent feels like an old-fashioned newspaper.

You can attach one or more forms to your Google Sheets in just a few simple steps.

Many companies in the US have been strengthening their COVID-19 rules, mandating vaccination and delaying back-to-office plans as the Omicron variant increases infections across the country.

The temporary policy of weekly testing comes as cases of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus surge in the country.

Alphabet Inc's Google is temporarily mandating weekly COVID19 tests for any person entering Google offices or facilities in the United States, the tech giant said on Friday.

Alphabet Inc's Google is temporarily mandating weekly COVID19 tests for any person entering Google offices or facilities in the United States, CNBC reported on Friday, citing a memo obtained by the news channel.

A group of states led by New York asked a U.S. federal appeals court on Friday to reinstate an antitrust lawsuit filed against Facebook.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it will require operators of Boeing 787s to take additional precautions when landing on wet or snowy runways at airports where new wireless services are deployed from next week.

Netflix Inc has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company said on Friday, to help pay for new programming to compete in the crowded streaming TV market.

Netflix Inc has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company said on Friday, to help pay for new programming to compete in the crowded streaming TV market.

Second Life, which was launched in 2003 still makes money and has a considerably larger community than most VR platforms.

Yaantra, incorporated in 2013 by Jayant Jha, Ankit Saraf and Anmol Gupta, repairs and sells refurbished consumer tech products such as smartphones and laptops.

The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Alphabetowned Google, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc, on Thursday to discuss software security after the United States suffered several major cyberattacks last year.

Microsoft originally discontinued its Xbox One X and digital Xbox One S ahead of the Xbox Series X launch in 2020.

A total of 20 startups were chosen from over 700 applicants for Google for Startups Accelerator.

Boult Audio AirBass Y1 is IPX5 water resistant and it can comfortably be used outdoors or in the gym.

Twitter would work with the federal government and the broader industry "to develop a Code of Conduct in line with global best practices, applicable in almost all developed countries."

Ren wrote that if the central bank followed his suggestion, China could add 50 million births over the next decade.

The Sony WF-1000XM4 is a perfect combination of good hardware and software capabilities delivering great music listening experience, call quality and noise cancellation that helps you to focus. Here's full review of Sony WF-1000XM4.

The Rapoo V700 RGB Gaming Mechanical Keyboard is available on most of the online platforms and partner offline stores for Rs 4,999.

Recently, a smartphone believed to be Redmi Note 11S was spotted on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification website with the model number 220111TSI.

Meanwhile, several mock-ups show the iPhone 14 series without a notch on the front panel.

The Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds will be available starting January 16, 2022 at a price of Rs 19,990 in India. These TWS earbuds support both Android phones and iPhones and come with a companion app called Sony Headphone Connect.

Beginning from wearing mask whenever we are outdoors, there are some gadgets and tech to help you carry on during this wave and in the long run.

The Sennheiser HD 450SE wireless headphones carry a price tag of 14,990. Customers will be able to purchase the device from Amazon.

S Somanath is a well-known aerospace engineer and rocket scientist. Somanath will replace Kailasavadivoo Sivan as the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), after his tenure ends on January 14, 2022.

Apple Inc said on Wednesday it has removed from its App Store several knockoffs of Wordle, a websiteonly word game that has seen a recent surge in popularity thanks to celebrities like Jimmy Fallon.

Google is one such service that lets you sign up through it for almost any other online platform like Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

While announcing the end of support for old phones, Blackberry said applications for BlackBerry Link, BlackBerry Desktop Manager, and BlackBerry Blend would continue to have limited functionality.

The JBL Tour One has been launched at a price of Rs 25,999 and is available for purchase on JBL's official website (in.jbl.com).