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Sennheiser Announces Special Edition HD 458 BT Noise Cancelling Headphones Sennheiser has today announced a special edition of its HD 458BT noise cancelling wireless headphones. The headphones will go on sale during theAmazon Prime Daysale that’s scheduled to begin August 6. The HD 458 BT feature a no-frills design with red accents to add a little flair. The headphones also come with a hard shell case for safely carrying them around....

Swiggy Adds Health Hub That Curates Healthy Food Along with Nutritional Values Swiggyhas added a dedicated ‘Health Hub’ in the food discovery section of its app. Health Hub lets usersbrowse curated health menu and dishesmade in collaborations with nutritionists and top restaurants. Swiggy Health Hub iscurrently live in almost 30 areas in Bengaluru. It offers over 10,000 healthy dishes sourced from over 1,000 restaurants. The company will expand the feature to Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai in the coming weeks....

Telegram is Testing Chat Heads for Messages on Android Telegramadded a whole bunch ofnew featuresearlier this week. Now, with the latest beta version (6.3) of the app, the company istesting chat bubbles for messages on Android. The featurecurrently exists in a hidden debug menu, which you can easily access to enable it. Right now, chat bubble support on Telegram seems to be available only on Android 10+ devices. To enable it, you will have to firstlong-press on the app versionin Telegram’s Settings until you see the shrug (¯_(ツ)_/¯) emoji....

You Can Now Play Games on Google Assistant Smart Displays TheGoogle Assistantis quite useful, but it’s also a fun assistant to have. I’m sure you already know that you can play games with the Google Assistant on your smartphone or smart speaker, and they can be quite fun. However,Googleis now adding games to Smart Displays as well. This means you can now play games on your Nest Hub, or other smart displays such as ones from Lenovo....

‘BlackRock’ Android Malware Can Steal Credit Card Details, Warns CERT-In India’s top cyber-security agency, CERT-In, has issued an advisory about the ‘BlackRock’ Android malware. According to researchers, the Trojan can expose banking credentials and other critical data to cyber-criminals. It can extract login credentials and credit card information from a wide range of banking apps. Themalwarecan also steal private data from email apps, e-commerce apps and social media apps, CERT-In warned....

“Tap, Tap” App Brings Back Tap Gestures to Your Android Phone WithiOS 14, Apple introduced aback tap gesture that you can use to launch any app. Google has been working on a similar feature with thefirst developer preview of Android 11and added new capabilities with thesecond developer preview. However, the software giant decided to remove it in the following beta releases but that did not stop a developer from porting the feature to work with most Android phones....

[Update: Official Statement] Huawei Slashes More Than 50% Workforce in India; Reduces Revenue Estimate Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and theescalating anti-China sentimentsin the US and India,Huawei is now cutting its India revenue target for 2020 by up to 50%. The company isalso laying off more than half its employees in the countryamidst growing calls to boycott Chinese products and services in Asia’s third-largest economy. According to sources quoted by ET,“Workforce in network support, field deployment, outsourcing and sales department is being impacted majorly as there are no new projects or any clarity on new business from telecom operators”....