Cab hailing platform Ola plans to start its operations in London soon, and has already started hiring licensed drivers. This comes a day after Uber lost its commercial license to operate in the region following repeated safety failures. The Bengaluru-based company, which entered the UK with operations starting in Cardiff in last year, has expanded across Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, and other British cities.

Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has announced its latest flagship chipset for 2020 smartphones--the Snapdragon 865. The new chip supports the X55 5G modem launched earlier this year, but does not come integrated with it. It also gets better AI operation, up to a 25% better GPU performance, and is capable of 15 trillion operations per second, which the company says is twice as much as the 855. The 865 is expected to come on future flagships from Xiaomi, Oppo and other top-spec 2020 devices. Along with the 865, the company also announced the Snapdragon 765 and 765G chipsets, and both come with an integrated 5G modem. Nokia will be the first company to launch a 5G-enabled phone in the first quarter of 2020 with the 765 chip.

DTH operator d2h has introduced the d2h Magic Voice Enabled stick in India at ₹1,199. The smart device now supports Alexa and also gets a voice-enabled Bluetooth remote,which lets users control their set top box using voice commands. It comes preloaded with streaming services like ZEE5,&nbsp;Watcho,&nbsp;Hungama&nbsp;Play among others. The stick is being offered to customers for a monthly service charge of ₹49.

Qualcomm has announced the launch of its new 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform, the Snapdragon XR2. The company claims&nbsp;it can be used across various&nbsp;augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality user cases. It also promises&nbsp;twice the CPU and GPU performance over the Snapdragon 835 chipset. The actual products using the new platform are expected to&nbsp;arrive in late 2020 or early 2021.

To commemorate its sixth global anniversary, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus is offering tempting discounts on its popular OnePlus 7 series in India. The OnePlus 7T 8GB RAM + 128GB storage model gets a price cut of ₹3,000 and is now available for ₹34,999. Meanwhile, the OnePlus 7T 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant receives a discounted price of ₹37,999. The OnePlus 7 Pro also gets a ₹10,000 discount and now costs ₹42,999 for the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. Likewise, the OnePlus 7 Pro 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant is priced at ₹39,999 under the latest offer. The&nbsp;OnePlus 6th Anniversary sale will continue until 17 December.&nbsp;

After killing the headphone jack, Apple is now going after the charging port. The tech giant is reportedly planning to get rid of the lightning port for its 2021 flagship iPhone, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a long history of accurate predictions relating to future Apple products. Kuo predicts that the most expensive new iPhone in the next two years will charge and sync completely wirelessly. He also said that Apple will be releasing the long-awaited budget iPhone SE 2 in early 2021.

According to estimates provided by analytics firm Sensor Tower, Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM) has been downloaded more than 172 million times and has garnered nearly $87 million (~₹621 crores) in global player spending within just two months of its launch. The free-to-play first-person shooter game, which reached a record-breaking 100 million downloads in just its first week, saw a somewhat modest 21 million installs in November. It's also worth noting that the game was downloaded 17.5 million times in India, which accounts for the second most installs after the US.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has launched the world&rsquo;s first modular MicroLED display &lsquo;The Wall&rsquo;. The &lsquo;ultra-luxury&rsquo; display comes in a variety of ratios and sizes--from 146-inch in 4K, 219-inch in 6K and 292-inch in 8K definition. The display features the 0.8mm pixel pitch technology, AI up-scaling, Quantum HDR technology, peak brightness of 2,000 nits and 120Hz video rate for a rich experience. Samsung claims that the display blends seamlessly into its surroundings, thanks to its slim, bezel-less infinity designs and customisable deco frames. &lsquo;The Wall&rsquo; is available in India at a price ranging from ₹3.5 crore to ₹12 crore.

According to a report by tech research firm Comapritech, India is the fifth worst country after China, Malaysia, Pakistan and the US in terms of extensive and invasive use of biometric data. India&rsquo;s relatively lower rank would have sunk further if the law enforcement agencies had access to the Aadhaar database. About 50 countries were analysed for the research to find out where biometrics are being taken, what they are being taken for, and how they are being stored.

Finnish mobile company HMD Global has launched the Nokia 2.3 budget smartphone at an event in Cairo, Egypt. The entertainment-focused smartphone features a 6.1-inch HD+ display, a dual rear camera setup, and a 4000mAh battery that promises two days of juice. The Nokia 2.3 is powered by MediaTek Helio A22 chipset and packs 2GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage that can be extended up to 400GB via a MicroSD card. The smartphone is priced at &euro;109 (₹8,700), however, there&rsquo;s no word on Indian availability as of yet.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is something truly special, with its unique foldable OLED screen. It's certainly a stepping stone on the path to more innovation from the smartphone industry, but is this first foldable offering worth the hype at ₹1,64,999?

Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched the Watch GT 2 in India, at a starting price of ₹14,990. It comes in two sizes--42mm and 46mm, with the former available in a single variant, and the latter in three variants. There's a Sport version for ₹15,990, a Leather Sport model for ₹17,990, and a Titanium Grey variant for ₹21,990. The Watch GT 2 offers a host of new features, including 15 sports modes, 10 training modes, an enhanced music player and Bluetooth voice calls. Both the 42mm and 46mm models come with an always-on OLED display, run on the Kirin A1 chipset, and claim to provide a 14-day battery life. The Huawei Watch GT 2 is set to go on sale from December 19 at midnight.

Tesla's Model X electric SUV and its rival, the Porsche Taycan, have both received a 5-start rating from European car safety agency Euro NCAP. The Model X scored 94% for safety assist, and 98% for adult occupant protection, while the Taycan EV scored 73% and 85% in the same departments respectively. To recall, the first iteration of the Tesla Model X was released in July 2016, while the Porsche Taycan was released in September earlier this year.

Popular smartphone game PUBG Mobile will soon be getting support for 90 frames per second gameplay, according to announcements made at the Snapdragon Tech Summit. This means that smartphones with 90Hz refresh rate on their displays like the OnePlus 7T and Nubia Red Magic 3S will soon be able to provide a much smoother experience when playing the game. Support for 10-bit HDR&nbsp; was also announced, promising better dynamic range than standard HDR. However, there's no word yet on whether PUBG Mobile will support 120fps gameplay on phones that come with a 120Hz refresh rate display, like the Asus ROG Phone 2.

Five months after lyrics website Genius accused Google&nbsp; of illegally lifting lyrics from their platform,&nbsp; it has now filed a lawsuit against the search giant&nbsp; and its partner for exactly that. Genius alleged that Google&rsquo;s anti competitive behaviour has harmed its business, and therefore, has sought $50 million in combined minimum damages. In response to its earlier allegation, Google had said that they don&rsquo;t crawl or scrape websites, and these lyrics come directly from content providers. However, Genius claims that Google&rsquo;s partner LyricFind pulled song lyrics directly from its pages which it was able to track via a clever watermarking scheme.

Sony has introduced its new flagship Alpha 9 II mirrorless camera in India, a couple of months after its US launch. It gets the same 24.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor as its predecessor--the A9--but now has an updated Bionz X processor for faster autofocus. Other updates include better connectivity and file delivery, continuous shooting at up to 10 fps with mechanical shutter, and a 5-axis in-body image stabilisation. Sony&rsquo;s latest camera offering for photojournalists is priced at ₹3,99,990 and is available across major electronic stores from December 5.

Chinese tech giant Huawei has now confirmed that it will&nbsp;launch the Watch GT 2 in India on December 5. Last week, the &lsquo;Notify Me&rsquo; page listing had gone live suggesting that the smartwatch will be available exclusively via Amazon and Flipkart. The new wearable offers a host of new features, including 15 sports modes, 10 training modes, an enhanced music player and Bluetooth voice calls. Both the 42mm and 46mm models come with a 1.39-inch always-on OLED display, run on the Kirin A1 chipset, and claim a 14-day battery life. The GT 2 was first launched in Europe at a starting price of &euro;229 (~₹17,990).

The Huawei Watch GT 2 has been listed on the company&rsquo;s India website, and the &lsquo;Notify Me&rsquo; button suggests that the smartwatch will be available exclusively via Amazon and Flipkart. The new wearable offers a host of new features, including 15 sports modes, 10 training modes specifically for running, an enhanced music player and Bluetooth voice calls. Both the 42mm and 46mm models come with a 1.39-inch always-on OLED display, run on the Kirin A1 chipset, and get a claimed battery life of 14 hours. Although the launch date and price is still unavailable, the GT 2 was launched in Europe at a starting price of &euro;229 (~₹17,990).

According to reports, Nintendo's Switch gaming device will launch in China on December 10. The handheld console will retail for &yen;2,099, and comes bundled with New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey are available separately on pre-order. The device will officially be called the "Tencent Nintendo Switch (Official Mainland China version)", and will come with a one year warranty. However, it isn't clear yet whether the cheaper Switch Lite console will make it to China anytime soon.

According to reports, Microsoft is working on a cheaper, disc-less version of Project Scarlett, codenamed "Lockhart". Previous reports speculated that there would be two versions of the next-gen console, one with high-end specs codenamed "Anaconda", and "Lockhart", which is expected to be a more affordable, cloud-based device. New reports seem to indicate there will be more than just one version of Project Scarlett, although there's no certainty over whether both devices will be released at the same time next holiday season.

A group of twenty women has filed a lawsuit against American ride-sharing service Lyft, alleging they were sexually assaulted or raped by Lyft drivers. The suit is in addition to a previous one filed in September, where fourteen unnamed women accused the company of not doing enough to protect female passengers using the service. The new lawsuit alleges that Lyft was aware of sexual predators operating it's service, but did little to address the problem, and instead hid the extent of sexual assault issues. Lyft has not stated how it will fight the lawsuit, but has issued a statement of how it will attempt to improve the safety of female passengers.

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