As blockchains receive continuous fine-tuning and improvements, developers are identifying crucial issues that are restricting the advances in interoperability and scalability of the technology. One such issue is called ‘blockchain fragmentation’. As the term suggests, it refers to a situation where the ecosystem of a blockchain is divided into multiple smaller on-chain networks, each facilitating…

JBL unveiled several new speakers at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) on January 6. The newly launched products include the JBL Horizon 3 mini speaker as well as JBL PartyBox 520, JBL PartyBox Encore 2, and JBL PartyBox Encore Essential 2 party speakers. The JBL Horizon 3 is said to offer users the company’s signature stereo sound…

Fact-checkers are headed to the dustbin of history at Meta. “We will end the current third-party fact-checking program in the United States and instead begin moving to a Community Notes program,” Meta’s Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan announced in a company blog on Tuesday. Kaplan added that Meta would also be addressing the “mission…

The next full Moon, known as the Wolf Moon, will occur on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 5:27 p.m. EST, illuminating the night sky for observers worldwide. This celestial event marks the first full Moon of the year and holds significance in various cultural and astronomical traditions. Visible for three days, from January 12 to…

Nubia Music 2 has been unveiled in Malaysia as a successor to the 2024 Nubia Music. The phone is equipped with a 2.1-channel audio system which has three full-range speakers. It is said to offer up to 95dB volume, which is claimed to be 600 percent louder than other competing devices in the segment. The…

Asus ZenBook A14 was unveiled by the company as a lightweight Copilot+ PC equipped with the company’s ‘Ceraluminum’ chassis and a 14-inch Asus Lumina OLED display. It is powered by Snapdragon X series chips that deliver 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS) that enables support for AI features, along with 32GB of RAM and up…

Microsoft announced its partnerships with the government and industry leaders over artificial intelligence (AI) on Wednesday. The announcement was made by company CEO Satya Nadella in New Delhi on day two of its AI Tour. On Tuesday, Nadella announced the tech giant’s intentions to invest $3 billion (roughly Rs. 25,753 crores) in the country to…

Social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday scrapped its US fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topics such as immigration and gender identity, bowing to criticism from conservatives as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time. The move is Meta’s biggest overhaul of its approach to managing political…

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design was unveiled in September last year as the world’s first triple-screen foldable phone. Ever since then, rumours about Samsung’s first tri-fold handset started surfacing on the Web. A new report out of Korea suggests that Samsung could unveil a triple folding smartphone in the second half of this year. The…

iOS 18.2.1 update for iPhone was rolled out by Apple on Monday. It is smaller in size compared to previous updates which introduced notable features and brought Apple Intelligence — the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) suite. As per the Cupertino-based technology giant, the iOS 18.2.1 update brings fixes for important bugs, perhaps discovered in iOS…