Priyal Tech

October is  booked for the Pixel 3 hype  but Microsoft is planning to steal some limelight by  holding an event on October 2 in the New York City . A day after  Google sent out invites  for the October 9 launch, Microsoft is asking a “ moment of your time ” to  launch something new . Microsoft’s alleged dual-screen and foldable Surface phone has been among the key things making rumors but  we may not see it just yet . Instead, as  The Verge points out, the event could be about  refreshes of its Surface hardware  series – including the  Surface Laptop  and the Surface Pro notebooks – with latest Intel CPUs. The  Surface Studio desktop is also due for an upgrade  since its debut in 2016. While these are the most obvious updates we expect from Microsoft, the use of words like “moment” and “time” has got many thinking that the tech giant  could also launch a smartwatch  or something with a similar ut...

Activision and Treyarch have finally released the first trailer for the   Battle Royale mode called ‘Blackout’   in the next installment in the   Call of Duty   franchise,   Black Ops 4 . The trailer is about 2 minutes and 15 seconds long, and shows off what   Black Ops 4   players can expect when the   much-awaited game   is released next month. As can be seen below, the trailer depicts exhilarating combat sequences on land, in air and under water. Explosions rock Nuketown as US Marines in boats, choppers and heavy-duty Hummers fight not only human adversaries, but also zombies, which make an appearance yet again in the CoD franchise. The all-new Battle Royale mode, ‘Blackout’,   replaces the single-player campaign   as one of the ‘three pillars’ alongside the Competitive Multiplayer mode and the Zombies mode in the upcoming Black Ops title. Describing the new title as   ‘A true celebration of the (COD) s...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with top  Uber  officials to discuss the future of mass mobility in India, the US-based ride aggregator has announced. According to an official press release, Eric Allison, the Head of Aviation Programs at Uber and Nikhil Goel, the Head of Product at the company’s Aviation unit, met the PM on Friday to discuss how a multi-modal mobility platform can contribute to the economy while helping reduce pollution and congestion. The meeting reportedly took place in New Delhi on the sidelines of the ongoing Global Mobility Summit, MOVE, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister on Friday, and is being organized by the  NITI Aayog  to  ‘showcase innovation and build a platform to shape the future of mobility ‘. During the course of the meeting, Allison apprised the PM of the potential of Uber Elevate, and showcased the exciting future that Uber Air can bring to the region and to the world, the press release said. Atte...

US President Donald Trump’s proposed $200 billion tariffs on China-make products will make  Apple Watch , AirPods headphones, HomePod smart speaker,  Macs  and key computer parts more expensive, the company has said. In a letter written to the US Trade Representative on Friday,  Apple  some of its popular products will get hit by the 25 per cent increase in import tax. Other products are Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, Apple Pencil, Apple adapters, chargers, cables and cords, Apple main logic boards with microprocessing units, memory modules, video graphic/audio cards and PCBAs, Apple computer parts (e.g., housings and internal components) and printed circuit boards, among others. “ Because all tariffs ultimately show up as a tax on US consumers, they will increase the cost of Apple products that our customers have come to rely on in their daily lives ,” Apple wrote in the letter to Trump administration. According to a report in The Verge, Apple ask...

Apple has finally  removed  a popular anti-malware program called  Adware Doctor from the Mac App Store for allegedly stealing user data, almost a month after an unidentified cyber-security researcher, who goes by  @privacy1st  on Twitter, first contacted the company with their concerns regarding the software. According to the researcher, the program was collecting users’ browsing history on the sly and sending them over to servers in China. Privacy 1st @privacyis1st What is sad is that it was reported by me on 12th of August and Apple didn't even care... Attached are email screenshots 10:04 PM - Sep 7, 2018 47 31 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Privacy 1st  also made a proof-of-concept video detailing suspicious behavior in the app, following which, cyber-security researchers Patrick Wardle of Digita Security and Thomas Reed of Malwarebytes independently investigated i...