Snow-capped mountains, dizzying heights, fearless flying, and a fun-to-drive SUV. Is there a better recipe for a badass adventure? Not really! Watch our epic adventure, as we hit the roads and head to the paragliding capital of the country, Bir Billing, with a Kia Seltos.

Snow-capped mountains, dizzying heights, fearless flying, and a fun-to-drive SUV. Is there a better recipe for a badass adventure? Not really! Watch our epic adventure, as we hit the roads and head to the paragliding capital of the country, Bir Billing, with a Kia Seltos.

The Infinix Hot series of smartphones have always been about affordability, and the new Hot 9 with a price tag of&nbsp;₹8,499&nbsp;is no exception.&nbsp;
Naturally, at this price point, some of the specs on offer are reasonably humble. It's only got&nbsp;a HD+ screen, runs on an older processor, doest&nbsp;come with a whole lot of RAM, and only packs 64 GB of onboard storage, which fortunately can be further expanded to 256GB&nbsp; via micro SD slot.&nbsp;
But don't write off the Hot 9 just yet. This phone has a few tricks up its sleeve, like a massive 5,000mAh battery, a quad-camera setup and even a punch-hole display, something you don't usually see in the sub 10K category.

It's also not bad to look at, especially is this violet&nbsp;colour variant. The gem cut texture adds flair,&nbsp; and while the back is plastic, it gets a&nbsp;2.5D glass finish, making it feel more durable.
Be warned though, the back is a bit glossy, which means fingerprint smudges. But the protective plastic case that comes with the phone should quickly fix that problem.&nbsp;
The rest of the design is pretty standard. You get a good old fashioned headphone jack&nbsp;at the bottom, along with a single firing speaker which isn't all that loud. Infinix has also decided to stick with a Micro-USB port, which is fairly common at this price segment, but we feel that&nbsp;USB-C charging would have been a great addition.
Happily enough,&nbsp; there's a&nbsp;&nbsp;fingerprint sensor on the rear,&nbsp; which is not always a&nbsp;guaranteed inclusion for budget handsets.&nbsp;It's&nbsp;quick and sensibly placed, so your finger finds it every time.

On the back, you&rsquo;ll also find no less than four cameras comprising of a&nbsp;13MP primary snapper, 2MP Depth Sensor,&nbsp; 2MP Macro lens and a&nbsp; low light sensor.&nbsp;
In good lighting conditions, photos come out relatively well, and as far as affordable Android smartphones go, its camera is packed with features like&nbsp;Custom Bokeh,&nbsp;AI HDR, AI 3D Beauty, Panorama,&nbsp; and even Augmented Reality shots to play around with, if your feeling particularly bored during the lockdown.
The main 13MP snapper clicked decent pictures for the most part, but colours seemed to be somewhat on the duller side. The Macro mode could have been quicker when it came to capturing focus, but it still managed to deliver respectable results.
Sadly, Low light images were less than impressive, even with the night mode turned on. While the AI boosted up the brightness, there was still noticeable grain and noise in the background.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, the 8-megapixel front camera takes good enough portraits&nbsp;that should do the job for social media use.&nbsp;

In terms of display, the Infinix Hot 9 has a 6.6-inch LCD&nbsp; with a 20:9 aspect ratio. Clocking in at 720 x 1600 pixels, the front panel is definitely not the sharpest around. That said,&nbsp;the display offered decent brightness levels and is large enough to handle most of your content watching requirements. Although,&nbsp;it's worth noting that if you want apps like Netflix&nbsp;to display content in full screen, you'll have to change the default settings.&nbsp;
The punch hole on the upper left corner could have been a wee bit smaller but it isn't too intrusive&nbsp;and actually helps in lending the phone a&nbsp;90.5% Screen to body ratio.

Powering the device is the Helio P22&nbsp;&nbsp;Octa-Core&nbsp;chip and while it isn&rsquo;t the latest or most advanced one out there, it does get the job done when it comes to everyday stuff like opening apps, surfing the web and checking emails. However, it struggles with heavy multitasking and also when playing heavy graphic games.&nbsp;
The Infinix Hot 9 has a massive battery - 5,000mAh, which is very generous for the price, and easily got us through one day of heavy use, or two days of light use.&nbsp;It takes a while to top up, with 10W charging speeds, but the fact you won&rsquo;t need to charge it too often is pretty amazing.

The phone runs on Android&nbsp; 10 with Infinix&nbsp;&nbsp;XOS 6.1 Dolphin on top, that is both heavily customised and full of bloatware.&nbsp;&nbsp;It really isn't for everyone, but the UI is easy enough to navigate once you figure out where everything is. There's a&nbsp;face unlock feature as well, which works efficiently in good light but struggles in dim lighting.
&nbsp;To round up, the Infinix Hot 9&nbsp;seems to get most of the basics right.&nbsp;&nbsp;While&nbsp;heavy gaming and multitasking take a back seat for sure, t the phones large screen, long battery life and quad-camera setup should be sufficient for most buyers at this price point.

According to reports&nbsp;Vivo's X50 flagship series may hit the Indian market soon. Sources claim that the Vivo X50 smartphone will make it to India after its launch in China, that's scheduled for June 1. If it turns out to be true, it'll be the first X series device from Vivo in the country since 2018, with the brands focus mostly on the budget and mid-range Android segment in the past couple of years. The Vivo X50 Pro reportedly runs on the Snapdragon 765G chipset with at least 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage. It features a 48MP quad camera system, a 32MP selfie shooter and a 4,315 mAh battery.

Google has postponed the unveiling of the beta version of Android 11, it's next mobile operating system. The tech giant said the event scheduled for next week has been postponed in light of protests and unrest across the United States. The event was set to take place virtually, but Google has said more details on the new version will be announced soon. Protests have spread across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white police officer from Minneapolis pinned his neck under his knee for several minutes.

An Indian security researcher, Bhavuk Jain, has reportedly found a serious security flaw with Apple's 'Sign in with Apple' login service that was introduced with iOS 13 last year. 'Sign in with Apple' lets users protect their privacy by registering for apps and services with randomised email IDs, and in turn forwards mails from them to a user's actual email that remains protected. The flaw reportedly allowed a hacker to forge a token linked to any email ID and verify it as valid using Apple's public key, if the app or service didn't have its own security measures, potentially giving the attacker full control of the user account. Apple has reportedly fixed the flaw found in April, and awarded the researcher a $100,000 bug bounty.

Video game publisher Infinity Ward has finally added Duos mode to Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale&mdash;and it&rsquo;s available to play now on all platforms. With this addition, Warzone now supports solo, duo, trio, and quad playlists for its battle royale mode, as well as a quad playlist for Plunder. Like trios and quads, the duos playlist also gives players the option to disable auto-fill, just in case you feel like a 2v1 battle.

Video conferencing app Zoom is reportedly planning to add stronger encryption to its paid customers&rsquo; video calls, but won&rsquo;t extend it to users of its free consumer accounts. The company told Reuters that the plan was subject to change and that it wasn&rsquo;t clear whether some accounts, such as nonprofit users, might qualify for the more secure calls.

British car manufacturer McLaren has officially confirmed that its partnership with OnePlus has come to a &ldquo;scheduled conclusion&rdquo;. This means that there won&rsquo;t be any more OnePlus&rsquo; McLaren-branded handsets. The BBK-owned smartphone maker launched the OnePlus 7T McLaren Edition last year, with a distinct black-and-orange CMF (colour-material-finish) and a spec upgrade of 12GB RAM. OnePlus had also announced a McLaren-branded version of the 6T and also took inspiration from the car maker for its Concept One smartphone.

The latest OxygenOS 10.5.9 update for the OnePlus 8 Pro is disabling the colour filter camera on the smartphone, and therefore, rendering its basic X-ray capabilities useless. The controversial Photochrome filter on the sensor can allegedly see through some plastic objects as well as very thin clothing. OnePlus said that this update accidentally went out to some OnePlus 8 Pro devices, and will re-enable the filter in the next update.

According to reports, the Department of Telecommunications has banned popular file-sharing site WeTransfer.com citing public interest and national security. Indian daily Mumbai Mirror said that the department issued a notice to internet service providers (ISPs) across India to ban two specific pages of the website and then the entire website URL. At the time of making this video, though, the service was still accessible via some networks, including Airtel and ACT Fibernet, but not available through a Jio connection. The Netherlands-based independent file sharing service allows users to upload and share files up to 2GB in size for free--a feature that&rsquo;s quite useful for most people who are working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Samsung Galaxy Book S, which was launched in August last year with Snapdragon 8cx chipset, has now been upgraded with the power-efficient Intel Lakefield processor. Other specifications include Intel UHD graphics, 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM, and up to 512GB of eUFS storage. The laptop also comes with, 42Wh battery as well as LTE, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. The new Galaxy Book S will be available in the UK from June 12 at a starting price of &pound;999. Indian availability hasn&rsquo;t been announced yet.

According to a Flipkart listing, Samsung Galaxy M11 and Galaxy M01 will be launching in India on June 2. The Galaxy M11 is the successor to last year's M10s and could feature a 6.4-inch HD+ LCD display, a triple camera setup on the back and a large 5,000mAh battery. The Galaxy M01, on the other hand, will get a 13MP dual rear camera setup and a 4,000mAh battery, as per the Flipkart listing.

Electronics brand Panasonic has launched the Lumix G9 digital single lens mirrorless camera in India. It comes with a 20.3-megapixel Digital Live MOS Sensor, in-body 5-axis stabilisation and a dedicated high-resolution mode, which the company claims, can produce an 80-megapixel equivalent image. The camera features 4K 60fps recording, AF speed of 0.04 seconds, HDR, V-Log L, and Waveform Monitor (WFM). It has an OLED electronic viewfinder with 3.68 million dots resolution as well as WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2 for connectivity. The Panasonic Lumix G9 has gone on sale in India at a starting price of ₹98,990 for the body only.

Apple&rsquo;s most-powerful iPad, the new iPad Pro, has gone on sale in India via Apple&rsquo;s Authorised stores. The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at ₹71,900 for the Wi-Fi model and ₹85,900 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro, on the other hand, has a starting price of ₹89,900 for the Wi-Fi model and ₹1,03,900 for the Wi-Fi + Cellular model. The Magic Keyboard, meanwhile, costs ₹27,900 for the 11-inch iPad Pro and ₹31,900 for the 12.9-inch model. The new iPad Pro adds a 10-megapixel Ultra Wide camera, a A12Z Bionic Chip, studio-quality mics and a breakthrough LiDAR Scanner for depth sensing and augmented reality (AR).

According to the latest IDC report, Apple continues to dominate the market for wearable products, representing 29.3 per cent of the total share in the first quarter of 2020. Xiaomi comes a distant second with 14 per cent market share, and is followed by Samsung and Huawei respectively. Global shipments of wearable devices, which includes fitness bands, smartwatches, headphones and earbuds, grew 29.7 per cent year-over-year during the first quarter of 2020 with 72.6 million units.

The already delayed third season of Fortnite's Chapter 2 has been delayed yet again. The Season 3 premiere has been pushed back one week to June 11th this time, in order to "get everything ready". The current season was expected to wrap up by May 1st, but Epic Games hasn't made clear what has been causing the delays, although work from home orders amid the Covid-19 pandemic may have played a role in the matter.

Motorola has launched the Moto Z4 smartphone, their latest in the Z series. It gets a single rear camera setup that features a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor. There is also support for Moto Mods, and it comes with an in-display fingerprint scanner. The Z4 sports a full-HD OLED display, runs on a Snapdragon 675 SoC, gets 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. It's available in the US and Canada starting 6th June for $499, and is expected to be launched in India soon.

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