A US federal court has asked tech majors Apple and Broadcom to pay $1.1 billion in fine to the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) in what is seen as one of the largest patent verdicts ever. The California-based research university alleged that the Broadcom wi-fi chips used in billions of iphones infringed on four patents relating to wireless data transmissions. According to reports, Apple plans to appeal the verdict calling itself &ldquo;merely an indirect downstream party.&rdquo;

A US federal court has asked tech majors Apple and Broadcom to pay $1.1 billion in fine to the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) in what is seen as one of the largest patent verdicts ever. The California-based research university alleged that the Broadcom wi-fi chips used in billions of iphones infringed on four patents relating to wireless data transmissions. According to reports, Apple plans to appeal the verdict calling itself “merely an indirect downstream party.”

Google has actively warned people off from sideloading the Google Play Store and other Google apps onto their new Huawei phones. Huawei phones released after last summer don't ship with Google apps due to the ongoing ban on US companies supplying technology to the Chinese tech giant. Google's Android and Play legal director Tristan Ostrowski wrote in a thread that sideloaded Google apps "will not work reliably" because uncertified devices may already be compromised or the apps may have been altered or tampered with to compromise user security.

Besides its flagship model--the Xperia 1 II--Sony has&nbsp;also launched a mid-range smartphone, the Xperia 10 II. It features a 21:9 6-inch full-HD+ OLED display, a Snapdragon 665 SoC, paired with 4GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The smartphone comes with a triple rear camera setup, an 8-megapixel selfie camera, a 3.5mm audio jack and a 3,600 mAh battery. The Xperia 10 II will arrive in Spring 2020, but pricing is yet to be revealed.

Chinese smartphone maker Realme has launched the first 5G smartphone in the Indian market, the Realme X50. It features a 6.44-inch 90Hz super AMOLED display with a pill-shaped hole-punch, a Snapdragon 865 5G chipset, up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB UFS 3.0 storage. The smartphone has a 64-megapixel quad camera setup, 32-megapixel in-display dual selfie camera with support for real-time selfie bokeh effect. It also packs a 4,200mAh battery with 65W Super Dart charging. The Realme X50 Pro 5G will be available from February 24th at a starting price of ₹37,999 via Flipkart and Realme.com.

Japanese tech company Sony has launched the next-generation flagship model, the Xperia 1 II. The smartphone features a 6.5-inch 4K HDR OLED display with a tall 21:9 aspect ratio and a Snapdragon 865 5G SoC. It packs three 12-megapixel rear cameras and a 3D depth sensor, with 20fps autofocus tracking burst and the ability to calculate AF/AE at up to 60 times per second. Sony claims the smartphone filters out wind noise while recording audio and features the company's built-in 360 Reality Audio decoding. In terms of specs, the Xperia&nbsp;1 II comes with 8GB of RAM, 256GB of onboard storage, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, dual front facing speakers and a 4,000mAh battery. Sony plans to ship the phone in &ldquo;select markets&rdquo; this spring, with a price tag that's yet to be announced.

HMD Global&rsquo;s 2019 flagship, the Nokia 9 PureView, has received a massive price cut of ₹15,000 in India. The smartphone, which was launched in India in July last year, is now available for ₹34,999 on the company&rsquo;s official India website in a single Midnight Blue colour. The Nokia 9 PureView features a penta-rear camera setup, a 20MP front-facing camera, 6GB of RAM, 128GB storage and a Snapdragon 845 processor.

South Korea&rsquo;s largest tech company Samsung&nbsp;has temporarily shut down operations at a plant in Gumi city after an employee was tested positive for the deadly novel&nbsp;coronavirus. The affected factory accounts for a small portion of Samsung's total smartphone production--mostly high-end devices meant for the domestic market. Reports say the case is particularly troubling because the city, which is about 200 kilometres southeast of Seoul, houses a collection of facilities operated by other tech firms as well, including&nbsp;LG.

Xiaomi&rsquo;s latest budget smartphone--the Redmi 8A Dual--has gone on a limited-period open sale in India until February 28th. Available in 2GB RAM and 3GB RAM variants, the smartphone sports a 6.22-inch HD screen, runs on the Snapdragon 439 chipset and houses a large 5,000 mAh battery. The 8A Dual also gets dual rear cameras with a 13MP primary sensor, along with 32GB of internal storage, that's expandable to 512GB with a microSD card. The Redmi 8A Dual is available at a starting price of ₹6,499 via Mi.com, Mi Home Stores and Amazon India.

Japanese camera maker Fujifilm has launched its new X100V compact camera in India, with powerful specs on board. It houses a 26.1-megapixel X-Trans 4 CMOS sensor, coupled with a second X-Processor 4, that not only improves street photography performance, but makes it more capable of shooting video as well. It can shoot 11fps with continuous AF, and brings over face and eye detection technology from the X-T3 and X-Pro3 models. The X100V houses a new 23mm f/2.0 fixed lens, that is still compatible with the company's older conversion lenses. The camera can record 4K at up to 30fps, and 1080p at up to 120fps for slow-mo footage. There's also a USB-C 3.1 port, and a claimed battery life of 350 shots with the EVF in use. While the company is yet to reveal the Indian prices, the X100V costs $1,400 in the US.

American audio technology company Dolby is launching Atmos Music in India after its official global launch in late 2019. The new 3D audio format allows engineers to create tracks with up to 128 separate channels and thereby, manipulate where sounds in a recording seem to be coming from. Renowned music director and composer AR Rahman&rsquo;s upcoming film &lsquo;99 Songs' will have the first album made for Dolby Atmos Music. However, it&rsquo;s worth noting that the new audio format isn't commercially available for consumers in India just yet since no streaming service supports it.

At ₹21,990 Rupees, the Sony &nbsp;WI-1000XM2 headphones aren't cheap and that high price could put some buyers off, but if your a fan of&nbsp;n neckband&nbsp;headphones, then it doesn't get any better than this.&nbsp;

Performance wise, they offer impressive audio reproduction and&nbsp;deliver a well balanced&nbsp;sound across multiple&nbsp;genres. Although,&nbsp;their out-of-the-box sound profile may not be to everyone's liking. Luckily, that's where the excellent Sony Headphone connect app comes into play as it &nbsp;gives you access to a graphic EQ, so you can customize the sound to better suit your preferences.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Battery life is decent for a headphone of this style, with 10 hours per charge. A recharge takes a snappy 1.5 hours, and just&nbsp;10 minutes of charge gets you 80 minutes worth&nbsp; of listening time.

The headphones come with a convenient&nbsp;carrying pouch which includes six different tip options to help you find the best possible fit, which is great.&nbsp;The earbuds themselves provide a good amount of&nbsp; isolation, but the addition of active noise cancelling is what&nbsp;makes them perfect for traveling. The ANC feature does a fine job of shutting out the world as it&rsquo;s got the same HD noise cancellation QN1 processor found on the renowned Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones.&nbsp;The innovative Adaptive Sound Control mode is also available over here. It lets the headphones detect if you&rsquo;re sitting, walking, running, or commuting, and they adjust your noise-canceling needs accordingly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

With the popularity of&nbsp;true wireless earbuds, wireless neckband headphones just aren't as appealing as they once use to be. But it seems Sony isn't too bothered by this fact as the company recently launched the WI-1000XM2&nbsp;&nbsp;Wireless Noise Cancellation Headphones in India at ₹21,990.&nbsp;Are they&nbsp;bliss for the ears or just an expensive pair of headphones? Let's find out!
Neckband designs can be polarizing and are not for everyone,&nbsp;but the WI-1000XM2&nbsp; easily have the edge over competition.&nbsp;Not only are they lightweight, but the flexible silicon design&nbsp;makes them perfect for all day wearing.&nbsp; You also get a 3.5mm AUX port if you&nbsp;prefer to go wired and a three button controller&nbsp;which didn't respond to inputs all that well.&nbsp;

A US court granted Apple a temporary restraining order against a man who has allegedly been stalking CEO Tim Cook since September 2019. According to court filings, Rakesh &ldquo;Rocky&rdquo; Sharma, a 41-year-old San Francisco man, twice broke into Cook&rsquo;s house in Silicon Valley, left &ldquo;disturbing&rdquo; voicemails and also tagged the Apple executive in multiple tweets containing "sexualised" and "inappropriate" photos. The order expires on March 3, when a hearing is scheduled to take place.

Last year, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds allowed PS4 and Xbox One players to battle against each other. And now, with the latest update, console players of the online multiplayer battle royale game can team up and form a single party. The cross party play feature, which is now live on PUBG's Public Test Server, unfortunately isn&rsquo;t available for PC players. Meanwhile, the update also brings the new 8v8 Team Deathmatch mode on seven different battlefields, some gameplay improvements and changes to grenades and molotov cocktails.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is the latest critic of Google&rsquo;s acquisition of fitness trackers company Fitbit in a $2.1 billion deal in November last year. The privacy watchdog warned that the accumulation of sensitive personal data by a major tech company could &ldquo;entail a high level of risk to privacy and data protection.&rdquo; Meanwhile, Google said that Fitibit users have command over their data, and that it would never sell personal information or use them for its ads.

Epic Games has finally brought the second season of Fortnite: Chapter 2. It introduces a team of secret agents that need to regain control of the battle royale island from covert operatives lying in &ldquo;top-secret hideouts&rdquo;. The Season 2 battle pass features new characters and skins, including Peely the banana in a tuxedo, a feline agent Meowscles, a man with a golden hand--and even Marvel&rsquo;s superhero Deadpool. Season 2 also adds four new locations, a Gear Specialist named Maya and allows people to choose from two sides--Ghost and Shadow--for character customisation.

Japanese electronics maker Sony has announced its new budget smartphone, the Xperia L4. It features a 6.2-inch HD+ display with a 21:9 aspect ratio and MediaTek MT6762 SoC, paired with 3GB of RAM. The Sony Xperia L4 comes with a 13-megapixel triple rear camera setup, an 8-megapixel selfie camera, and a 3,580mAh battery with fast charging support. The company hasn&rsquo;t revealed the prices of the smartphone, which will go on sale in select markets this spring.

Microsoft Office's all-in-one app is now publicly available for iOS devices, a couple of days after it was released for Android. Besides bringing together the functionality of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single app, it allows users to search through files saved on the cloud, scan real-world documents with Office Lens and read QR codes. The Office app is available for free download on both Android and iOS platforms. However, it doesn&rsquo;t support tablets and Chromebooks yet, and reportedly lacks a dedicated tablet user interface.

Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi has launched the Mi Electric Toothbrush T300 in India. It boasts a magnetic levitation sonic motor, metal-free brush head, IPX7 water resistance, and comes with customisable brush modes. It also tracks stats such as duration, extent and uniformity of your daily routine and is rated to deliver 25 days of usage on a single charge. The product claims to produce 31,000 vibrations per minute and is available under crowdfunding at a discounted price of ₹1,299 on Mi.com, with shipments starting March 10.

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