Month: August 2021
Xiaomi Mi NoteBook Pro and Ultra launched in India with 11th Gen Intel CPU, 90Hz display Xiaomi Mi Notebook Ultra
After much teasing, Xiaomi has finally launched the Mi NoteBook Pro and Mi NoteBook Ultra in India at the Mi Smarter Living event which saw the launch of the Mi Smart Band 6 as well. The two new laptops join the already available series of laptops from Xiaomi in India.…
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ wants you to know it’s okay to like ‘Voyager’
This article contains mild spoilers for season two, episode three of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks.' This week’s episode of Lower Decks, “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris,” manages to squeeze two references into its title: a season one The Next Generation installment called “We’ll Always Have Paris,” and the name of…
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Jolla hits profitability ahead of turning ten, eyes growth beyond mobile
A milestone for Jolla, the Finnish startup behind the Sailfish OS — which formed, almost a decade ago, when a band of Nokia staffers left to keep the torch burning for a mobile linux-based alternative to Google’s Android — today it’s announcing hitting profitability. The mobile OS licensing startup describes…
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Microsoft’s Panos Panay now directly advises CEO Satya Nadella
It was just last February that Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay was promoted to lead the company’s entire Windows software and device teams, and now he’s moving up in the world again — he’s becoming an Executive Vice President who’ll be part of the Senior Leadership Team that advises Microsoft…
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The SEC and the DOJ just charged this startup founder with fraud, saying he lied to Tiger and others
Today, both the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Manish Lachwani, cofounder of a mobile app testing company Headspin, with fraud. The SEC says he violated antifraud provisions and the civil penalties it’s seeking include a permanent injunction, a conduct-based injunction, and an officer and…
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Pokémon Go’s pandemic-era distance changes are here to stay
Niantic announced Wednesday that it’s going back on at least one of its controversial gameplay changes to Pokémon Go. The company is permanently increasing the distance you can be from the real-world locations of Pokéstops and Gyms and still interact with them. The new base limit is 80 meters (262…
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