According to reports, the upcoming Samsung galaxy Note 10 is rumoured to lose its 3.5mm audio jack and all physical buttons from the phone's body. Android Police reports that the Galaxy Note 10 may use capacitive or pressure-sensitive areas on the device. The decision to remove the headphone jack may prove to be controversial, with Samsung being one of the only companies to still include one on their entire range of smartphones.

Lenovo and Motorola have announced that some of their products will be receiving a nearly 75-day free warranty extension. The offer is applicable to smartphones and accessories whose warranty was set to expire between March 15 and April 20, but owning to the Covid-19 pandemic, the deadline will be pushed to May 31. The sister companies join a list of smartphone makers including Huawei, Realme, Samsung and OnePlus, that have extended warranties on their devices.

Controversial Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group Technology has released court documents that indicate social media giant Facebook attempted to purchase its Pegasus spyware. The infamous software has the ability to hack even Apple devices and load malware to monitor and steal data--all through a well disguised malicious link.&nbsp;Reports say the NSO CEO claimed Facebook representatives approached the company to purchase the right to use specific capabilities of the Israeli spyware in October 2017, but the firm declined the sale on the grounds that it only sells its products to a "sovereign government or government agency".

According to reports, vulnerabilities in Apple's Safari browser could have potentially let hackers take over a target's webcam and microphone on iOS and macOS devices. A security researcher found that a hacker could have exploited three bugs in the default browser through something as simple as one malicious link to be able to spy on a victim. The weakness in the Apple browser reportedly concerned the permissions it asked from a user for specific websites, and how easily it could be tricked into recognising a malicious threat as a legitimate page and grant it access. It's worth noting that the vulnerability has been since patched, and the security researcher used Apple's bug bounty program to alert the company, receiving $75,000 for the submission.

According to reports, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is working on a new 144-megapixel sensor. Although there&rsquo;s no official word, the gigantic camera sensor could reportedly feature in Xiaomi&rsquo;s Mi CC10 Pro or the Mi 10S Pro. This comes soon after the news that Samsung is developing a 150-megapixel nonacell sensor that is almost one-inch in size and can combine nine pixels together into a single pixel.

Disney+ streaming service is all set to launch in India on April 3rd, a week after its initial release date. The company had earlier postponed the dates after the IPL 2020 tournament was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike international markets, where it&rsquo;s been launched as an independent service, Disney+ content will feature in India&rsquo;s popular OTT service, Hotstar. All DIsney+ originals, including The Mandalorian, will be available to Disney+ Hotstar Premium users, the subscription for which costs ₹1,499 per year.

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has apologised for the video conferencing app&rsquo;s many privacy and security issues even as daily users balloon to 200 million due to more people working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a blog, Yuan said that Zoom will stop adding new features for the next 90 days and instead focus solely on addressing privacy issues. The app has recently been hit with what&rsquo;s come to be known as &lsquo;Zoombombing&rsquo; when people intrude on meetings and digital classes and even bombard chat participants with offensive content.

Google is publishing location data from users in 131 countries, including India, for governments to evaluate how effective their lockdown measures have been to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The downloadable Community Mobility Reports provide &ldquo;aggregated, anonymous data&rdquo; from users who have activated their Google&rsquo;s "location history" feature on their devices. According to a blog post by the search giant, the trends will display "a percentage point increase or decrease in visits" to locations like parks, shops, homes and places of work but not "the absolute number&rdquo;.

Google has reportedly announced $6.5 million in funding to fact-checkers and non-profit organisations fighting misinformation globally around the novel coronavirus. It&rsquo;s a part of Google News Initiative (GNI), which is also providing an online resource hub, dedicated training and crisis simulations for reporters covering the crisis all over the globe.

After much ado and a confusing soft launch, streaming service Disney+ has finally made landfall in India. It brings a variety of new shows and movies, including exclusive titles like The Mandalorian and films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unlike international markets, Disney+ content in India will be integrated with popular OTT platform Hotstar, and the new content will be available as part of the Disney+ Hotstar Premium subscription that will cost ₹1,499.

Sony has introduced two new mid-range Bluetooth headphones, the true wireless WF-XB700 earbuds and the over-ear WH-CH710N. The earbuds have an in-ear design and are part of Sony's Extra Bass series of audio products. However, they don&rsquo;t feature any active noise-cancellation or gesture support, instead use physical buttons for controls. The WH-CH710N, on the other hand, features improved noise-cancellation over its predecessor with the help of dual microphones. It claims to have 35 hours of battery life. The true wireless earbud is priced at $130, while the wireless headphone costs $200.

Known for its Pegasus spyware that allows remote surveillance of smartphones, NSO Group Technologies from Israel may be providing its government with spyware to track people inside its borders. The move is reportedly in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus in Israel that has over 6,800 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Earlier in the week, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennet confirmed that the administration was working on approving a new software to track citizens and enforce social distancing norms. Israel is reportedly already using phone location data from cell towers and card payment records to track people and prevent large gatherings. Sources claim the software tool in question traces a person's every step and analyzes their movements to assign a rating between 1 and 10 based on the likelihood they may be carrying the virus.

American video game publisher Activision has released a remastered version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - the campaign. The iconic first-person shooter comes with enhanced audio and graphics, such as HDR support and resolutions of up to 4K on next-gen consoles. The PC version, on the other hand, will be fully optimised, offering uncapped frame rates and ultra-wide monitor support. However, the title doesn't include&nbsp;multiplayer&nbsp;gameplay and is only available on PS4 for the time being for $20. Xbox One and PC gamers will have to wait until April 30 to play the remastered Modern Warfare 2.

According to reports, Apple will be launching the iPhone 9 or the iPhone SE 2 on April 15 in the US. Earlier reports suggested that the Cupertino-based tech giant had decided to postpone it indefinitely because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report said that the company decided to fix the date in an internal meeting, however, there hasn&rsquo;t been any confirmation regarding the iPhone 9&rsquo;s launch as yet. The smartphone, which is an upgrade to its popular iPhone SE, could trigger new price wars in the mid-range segment.

Amid the nationwide lockdown, the Noida authority has launched a mobile app to deliver medicines and food items to residents at their doorstep. Called Noida Authority Apurti Suvidha app, the app is available&nbsp;for&nbsp;Android users currently and will soon be released on the Apple app store, the officials stated. The app will consist of details of vendors based on the area in Noida where the resident lives.

Lenovo has announced that its new Legion 5i and 7i gaming laptops will be the first to feature Nvidia&rsquo;s Advanced Optimus, a technology that manages G-Sync graphics dynamically to preserve battery life. This will allow games to run buttery smooth and higher refresh rates to eliminate stuttering and screen-tearing. Both the models pack the newly announced 10th-generation Intel Core H-Series mobile processor, which promises &lsquo;desktop calibre performance&rsquo; in a portable machine.&nbsp; The Lenovo Legion 5i will start at $999, while the Lenovo Legion 7i will cost $1,199 for the base model.

Nvidia has announced the suped-up versions of its standard RTX 2080 and 2070 offerings--the GeForce RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super mobile GPUs--for the next-gen gaming laptops. The company has also upgraded its Max-Q technology for thermal and power management in slim gaming laptops, which should boost performance and power efficiency significantly. Meanwhile, Nvidia&rsquo;s Advanced Optimus upgrade allows for G-Sync displays and refresh rates up to 120 Hz at 4K with minimal latency. The company said that&nbsp;firms like Acer, Asus, Gigabyte and Razer will soon start shipping gaming laptops powered by the RTX 20 Super mobile GPUs.

According to a&nbsp;Wall Street Journal report, Apple is struggling to prevent &lsquo;iPhone 12&rsquo; delays as travel bans and work-from-home during the Covid-19 pandemic has affected its engineering and prototyping processes. The report further goes on to say that Apple&rsquo;s engineers are using video calls to direct Chinese colleagues through iPhone prototype assembly since a bulk of its supply partners are located in China. The tech giant is also allowing hardware engineers to take home prototypes of unreleased products for the first time.

Google is axing another one of its experimental apps, Neighbourly. The search giant said it&rsquo;s shutting down the app on May 12 as the project didn&rsquo;t take off as expected, but users have another six months to download their data. The Q&amp;A social app was launched two years ago as a test in Mumbai to let people explore their neighborhood with help from local experts. Later, it expanded to other cities in India but failed to attract enough users and never came out of beta.&nbsp;

Taiwanese computer hardware company Gigabyte has introduced three new versions of its Aorus gaming laptops: the Aorus 15G, 17G, and 17X. All the three laptops pack an Intel 10th-Gen Core processor, ranging from the Core i9-10980HK, Core i7-10875H, and Core i7-10750H. Gigabyte has also injected NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER graphics for the next-gen gaming laptops. Apart from the new components, these laptops boast 240Hz panels, full mechanical keyboards and Gigabyte&rsquo;s exclusive Windforce Infinity cooling technology. The Aorus 15G starts at $1,699, the 17G costs $100 more, while the high-end 17X starts at $2,399. It&rsquo;ll officially go on sale on April 15th in the US, however, Indian pricing and availability haven&rsquo;t been announced yet.

Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is reportedly working on developing 'Shorts' as a direct rival to popular chinese video sharing app TikTok. A report from The Information says 'Shorts' will let people upload short video clips to a mobile app, with background music, much like TikTok. The advantage YouTube may reportedly have here is with the music licensed to it thanks to YouTube Music. If the firm was to launch 'Shorts' it would be entering a market dominated by TikTok, which has seen a 125% growth in the last two years with an estimated 800 million monthly active users, as compared to YouTube, that sees around 2 billion.

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