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Vu Ultra 4K Android TV Lineup Launched in India Starting at Rs. 25,999 As promised last week, Vu Technologies has debuted its new Vu Ultra 4K Android TV lineup in India today to rival its arch-nemesis Xiaomi. It comes in four different sizes – 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, and 65-inch. All of the TVs boast a 4K resolution, Android TV 9.0, Dolby Audio support, and more. Specs and Features All of the four variants feature the same bezel-less and premium design....

What is Twitter Fleets and How to Use It? Twitter has beentesting its transient tweetsthat vanish after 24 hours feature for quite some time now. Dubbed as “Fleets”, this feature allows you to create a tweet that doesn’t go on your main timeline. If you have ever used Snapchat Stories feature that was later adopted by Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, you already know what Fleets look like. That being said, Twitter has not just copied the “Stories” feature, rather it has implemented its take on it....

WhatsApp Numbers Were Showing up in Google Search Results; Fixed WhatsApp has finallyfixed a privacy flaw that exposed contact numbers of users via Google Search. Athul Jayaram, an independent cybersecurity researcher brought the issue into attention. The issue arises because of aWhatsApp feature. Dubbed Click to Chat, the feature lets you text a WhatsApp user without having to save their number in your contacts. The links are generated in the format “https://wa....

[Update: Confirmed]Twitter May Soon Let You Request Account Verification A couple of years back, Twitter disabled the feature that allows users to request account verification. As spotted by app reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong,the option to request verification might be making a comeback. According to Wong’s tweet, the feature will be incorporated in Settings -> Account -> Personal Information -> Request Verification. Do note that thefeature is not live on Twitter yet....

[Update: Rescheduled for June 11]Sony Postpones June 4 PlayStation Event in Light of US Protests Sony has been really slow with the PS 5 news, and it seems the wait is only going to increase. Afterscheduling a PlayStation 5 eventfor June 4, Sony has today confirmed that the event has been postponed. The decision has been taken in light of the anti-racism, and anti police brutality protests in the US. In its post announcing the postponement, Sony says“we do not feel that right now is a time for celebration....

Aarogya Setu App Gets 30 Million Installs on JioPhone After releasing for smartphones a few months back, the Indian government recently releasedAarogya Setu app for feature phonesrunning on KaiOS. According to the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), the app has now hit 30 million (3 crore) installations. The government took to Twitter to share the news. The numbers don’t really come as a surprise considering the user base for JioPhones in the country....

Apple to Announce Its First ARM Mac Chips at WWDC: Report Apple has long been rumoured to be planning a switch from using Intel processors to ARM-based chips in Macs. As such, we have seen a lot of reports and rumours about the company launching anARM powered MacBook. Now, a new report from Bloomberg suggests that Apple will announce its plans to switch over to ARM chipsets as soon as this month....