Asus TUF Gaming A15, A17 with Ryzen 4000 Processors Launched Starting at Rs. 60,990 Asus launched its latest premium ROG laptops, including theZephyrus G14 and G15, earlier this year. Today’s announcement sees the company expand its affordable TUF gaming laptop lineup. This includes two new laptops – the TUF Gaming A15 and A17, both of which are backed by the latestAMD Ryzen 4000 Seriesmobile processors. It may come as a surprise to some but the new TUF gaming laptops bring high refresh rate screens, RGB-lit keyboard, and a lot more....

BSNL Launches 1-Year Validity Plan Worth Rs 365 With Free Data, Voice Calls for 60 Days BSNL has introduced a new Rs. 365 prepaid validity (PV) plan with a 365-day validity. ThePV 365 planalso offers additional benefits, including up to 250 minutes of voice-calling and 2GB of high-speed data usage per day for a period of 60 days. The free voice-calling benefits will extend to all local and national calls, as well as national roaming, including Mumbai and Delhi, where the company falls back on the MTNL network....

COVID-19 Impact: Global Smartphone Sales Declined 20% in Q1, 2020 Global smartphone sales declined 20.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020 due to theimpact of COVID-19, according to data from US-based research and advisory firm, Gartner. In a report published Monday, the company said that the global lockdowns combined with the economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic led to a major decline in demand for smartphones around the world as consumers stopped spending on nonessential products during the first quarter....

Facebook Staff Stage ‘Virtual Walkout’ Over Trump’s Inflammatory Posts SomeFacebookemployees on Monday staged a ‘virtual walkout’ to protest CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action on a series of controversial posts from Donald Trump. As part of the walkout, the aggrieved employees, who are already working from home because of the pandemic, took the day off work. In response to the walkout, Zuckerberg moved his weekly meeting with employees to Thursday....

Google Duo Adds New Emojis, End-to-End Encryption Message Google’s video calling app Duo is making visual changes to let users know that it has end-to-end encryption. As reported byAndroid Police, theapp will now show users a ‘Call is secured using end-to-end encryption’ text on the call screen. It is worth noting thatGoogle Duo has had end-to-end encryption ever since its inception in 2016. However, Duo users might not be aware of the existence of the feature, which might be why Google is emphasizing it with this update....

June Pixel Drop Brings Bedtime Mode, Better Adaptive Battery to Pixel Phones Google is releasing the third Pixel feature drop today. The drop brings in a bunch of new features to Pixel phones, and this time the company is focusing on sleep, and personal safety among other things. Here’s what’s new in the latest Pixel feature drop. Improvements to Adaptive Battery The adaptive battery feature in Android learns your usage patterns and helps you save battery....

Microsoft Blocking Windows 10 May 2020 Update on Some PCs Following Critical Issues Microsoft is blocking theWindows 10 May 2020 Updateon a large number of devices after discovering a series of critical issues. The company has published a list of at least 10 known issues that it says it is investigating, while one of the bugs have already been mitigated. Some of the problems include unexpected BSODs or reboots, inability to connect to more than one Bluetooth device, intermittent mouse input with certain apps and games, and more....