Nishant Padhiar takes a look at the Bose Home Speaker 500. It's Bluetooth-enabled, and works with Amazon's Alexa voice assistant. Sound quality at higher volumes isn't the best, and more options are available at its price point, which is ₹40,000. For more, log on to stuff.tv/in

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.

Samsung has revealed the Indian price of its second foldable phone--the Galaxy Z Flip--a week after its official launch in the US. It will be available for ₹1,09,999, with pre-orders starting February 21. The Z Flip features a 6.7-inch full-HD Dynamic AMOLED display, and a secondary 1.1-inch cover display that shows quick notifications and call alerts. It packs 8GB of RAM, sports a dual rear camera setup with two 12-megapixel lenses and is powered by a 3,300 mAh battery. The deliveries for pre-orders will start from February 26.

The personal details of more than 10.6 million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels in Las Vegas last summer have been published on a hacking forum, according to reports. Online publication ZDNet&nbsp;which first confirmed the hack said, the leaked files included details like full names, home addresses, phone numbers, emails, and dates of birth. Besides regular tourists and travelers, the leaked files also include information on celebrities, tech CEOs, reporters and government officials who&nbsp;visited the hotel. A spokesperson for MGM Resorts confirmed the data breach and said the hotel has notified all the affected guests.

South Korean electronics maker LG has added another variant to its W series--the LG W10 Alpha. The smartphone features a 5.7-inch HD+ Raindrop Notch display and Unisoc SC9863 processor coupled with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. It packs a single 8-megapixel camera sensor at the back along with an autofocus lens and a 3,450 mAh battery. The LG W10 Alpha costs ₹9,999 and while the company hasn&rsquo;t announced its availability yet, it&rsquo;s likely meant for the offline market.

According to Reuters, Facebook is facing a lawsuit from the US Internal Revenue Service over claims that the social media giant owes more than $9 billion in unpaid taxes. The entire case is based around Facebook handing out its intellectual property to a subsidiary in Ireland in 2010 to cut its overall tax bill. And while Facebook Ireland paid its US counterpart more than $14 billion from 2010 to 2016, IRS argues the valuation of the IP was too low and should be taxed accordingly.&nbsp;

Qualcomm has officially unveiled its third-gen 5G modem--the Snapdragon X60. It features the world&rsquo;s first 5nm 5G baseband that enables up to 7.5 Gbps download and 3Gbps upload speeds and supports extensive carrier aggregation, sub-6 GHz bands, and mmWave. The Snapdragon X60 also adds support for high-quality voice service over 5G network and promises superior power efficiency. The new Qualcomm X60 5G modem is expected to appear on devices starting early 2021.

Google parent company Alphabet is ending its patronage of Makani, a project that aimed to generate power using wind turbines attached to kites. Last year, the team successfully put its 20kW demonstrator kite off the ground and expanded this into a model capable of generating up to 600kW. However, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reportedly under pressure to reduce Alphabet&rsquo;s losses from its &ldquo;Other Bets&rdquo; segment and the severance appears to be part of a wider cost-cutting at the company.

A report from Cisco has predicted that the number of people that use the Internet in India will rise to over 907 million by the year 2023. Accounting for 64% of the country's population, Cisco said this number will be driven by digital literacy, mobile penetration, and the spread of Internet connectivity to remote areas of the country. The report projects that 38% of all networked devices in India will be smartphones, while 12% will be connected televisions.

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