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Some Windows 10 Users Seeing Subtle Reminders to Update Their PCs Microsoft has an infamous track record of forcing new Windows updates on its users,regardless of the build’s stability. The company has been striving to make its update process less aggressive in the recent past and now, the Redmond giant appears to be testing a new approach to politely remind users to update their systems. As spotted by Albacore on Twitter, Microsoft is finally taking it easy on Windows updates by adding a banner below the ‘Active hours’ section on the Update page....

Xiaomi Teases Wireless Charger Launch for March 16 in India Havingunveiled the Redmi Note 9 ProandRedmi Note 9 Pro Maxin India earlier this week, Xiaomi has now started teasing the launch of a new product on the official Mi India Twitter handle. The 6-second teaser video, which urges users to ‘Cut the Cord’, suggests that Xiaomi is looking to launch either awireless charger or a wireless-charging power bankthat the company already sells in china....

YouTube Replaces Trending Tab with ‘Explore’ on Android and iOS After almosttwo years of testing, YouTube has finally started rolling out theExplore tabon its Android and iOS apps. The announcement was made earlier today on its support page. From now on, you will see the new ‘Explore’ tab in place of the Trending tab in the bottom navigation bar. The latter used to show the trending videos in your region. But, the aspect that makes the Explore tab different from the current Trending tab is that it allows you toeasily access new and fresh contentacross Gaming, Music, News, Movies, Fashion & Beauty categories....

Activision Blizzard Cancels Overwatch League Events in March and April Activision Blizzard has officially called off all Overwatch League events scheduled for March and April due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The matches will still go on as per the plan. “The health and safety of employees, fans, players, teams, and partners is paramount to Activision Blizzard Esports. After careful review and working in close collaboration with our teams, we are canceling all Overwatch League events scheduled for March and April....

Adware Accounts for 72% of All Malware: Avast Adware or software that hijacks a device in order to spam the user with unwanted ads now accounts for 72 per cent of all mobile malware, says a new report from cybersecurity firm Avast. The remaining 28 per cent consist of banking trojans, fake apps, lockers, and downloaders, according to statistics gathered by Avast’s Threat Lab experts. The data showed that the share of adware among all Android malware types increased by 38 per cent in the past year alone....

Airtel Has the Best Download Speeds and Network Quality in India Airtel leads the race among the telecom operators in terms of download speed and consistency in quality among other parameters, according to a Tutela report. The report said that Airtel was the fastest network, offering amedian download speed of 7.4 Mbps.Vodafone Idea provided a download speed of 6.5 Mbps followed by Jio, which had a 5.3 Mbps median download speed....

Amazon India Now Lets You Search with Voice on Android Amazon has added a new Voice button powered by virtual assistant Alexa to its shopping app in India. The feature lets you use voice commands to perform various tasks including search, reorder, order tracking, and the ability to add a product to your shopping cart. Getting started with the new Speak to Shop feature is quite simple. All you have to do is tap on the Voice button present in the top right corner of the Amazon India app beside the shopping cart....