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Did you see the battery saver on your Android Pie device activate automatically last night? Well, you are not alone as several devices running the latest iteration of Android noticed this power-saving kick in out of the blue. Reddit is flooded with reports that several Google Pixel devices, along with the Essential Phone,  Nokia 7 plus  and the  OnePlus 6  – all running some form of Android Pie (stable or beta builds) were affected by this weird bug. Battery saver helps keep your device running for a little longer by limiting unnecessary background apps, lowering the brightness, and not using mobile data. A lot of users called it a standard practice, with OEMs A/B testing features prior to official rollout. But it surely has creeped out many other people. Well, as per an  official statement posted by Google on Reddit, it was an accident which  stemmed from an internal experiment  and extended beyond the scope of devices that shou...

Apple launched three new iPhones this year and all three are powered by the company’s latest  A12 Bionic chipset. Built on a 7nm process, the A12 Bionic chipset features a next-gen neural engine that unlocks quite a few new features in the camera app. Apple spoke at length about the all new Smart HDR feature that the company claims is capable of delivering  “photos with high dynamic range and great image detail, advanced bokeh quality in Portrait mode photos and dynamic depth of field that is user adjustable in the Photos app.” Now that might not immediately make it clear, so if you’re still wondering what exactly this Smart HDR is, then you are in the right place. A Little Help From Neural Networks Simply put, Smart HDR will allow users to click better pictures that have little to no loss of detail due to overexposure or shadows – you won’t get pictures which look black in the darker areas or a blinding white in the wel...

The Poco F1 has gained a significant amount of popularity worldwide, thanks to its powerful specifications, a  camera that clearly feels out-of-budget , a  sturdy build , and features such as the  liquid cooling tech . These great features, despite  certain flaws , have resulted in a substantial revenue with Poco’s parent Xiaomi raking  Rs 200 crore in the very first sale  itself. In spite of the Poco F1’s popularity, many wanting to own the device have faced difficulty in scoring one due to the rush at the flash sales. But as Poco’s global Product Head, Jai Mani, promised at the launch event, the issue is close to being resolved. The  #MasterOfSpeed  is now within even more reach.  #POCOF1  6GB RAM + 128GB UFS 2.1 internal storage goes on open sale starting midnight tonight! Get it on  https://t.co/DREiXV90LG  and  @Flipkart . RT if you're planning to get one!  pic.twitter.com/XCq5mH9bzF...

The  Meltdown  and  Spectre vulnerabilities rocked the entire PC industry, and despite several patches to mitigate the risks, new  variants  of the flaws continue to surface. And it seems there is no respite for security professionals. Finnish cybersecurity company, F-Secure, has discovered a new firmware flaw which affects all modern laptops and can be exploited to steal encryption keys and sensitive data. The vulnerability allows a malicious party to perform a cold boot attack on a device which they can physically access, and all it takes is just 5 minutes to get past the security layers of a Windows or macOS-powered laptop and steal sensitive information. “It takes some extra steps compared to the classic cold boot attack, but it’s effective against all the modern laptops we’ve tested” , said F-Secure Principal Security Consultant, Olle Segerdahl. Modern laptops come with a safety mechanism to thwart cold boot attac...

OnePlus fans, here’s some bad news. No longer can you use the brand as a champion for the headphone jack. Co-founder Carl Pei has confirmed that the  OnePlus 6T  will miss out on a 3.5mm headphone jack. In an interview with  TechRadar , Pei dropped the bombshell but did not use the OnePlus 6T name, instead saying  ‘next OnePlus handset’   will not have the headphone jack. “When we started OnePlus, we set out to make the best possible smartphone, but making a great phone doesn’t mean putting every component available into the device. You’ve got to make decisions that optimize the user experience, and understand that at times things that provide user value can also add friction.” OnePlus also announced new  Type-C Bullets  earphones, which will be launched alongside the OnePlus 6T. The company cited a study conducted in early 2017, which showed 80% of users used wired headphones regularly, but the sa...