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Having unveiled its new brand logo in the country a few days ago, Kia India has today launched the 2021 Kia Seltos and 2021 Kia Sonet, with both SUVs gaining some key additions. The 2021 Kia Seltos is priced from Rs 9.95 lakh to Rs 17.65 lakh, while the 2021 Kia Sonet’s prices range from Rs 6.79 lakh to Rs 13.25 lakh (all prices, ex-showroom). Both SUVs are now pricier by a notable margin, but along with sporting the new Kia logo, also pack some more features and changes to equipment levels across variants. One of the key additions for the Kia Seltos is the arrival of the intelligent manual transmission (iMT) option. Kia first rolled out this ‘clutch-less’ gearbox on its Sonet compact SUV and is now offering it with the bigger Seltos as well, with a new HTK+ 1.5 petrol variant priced at Rs 12.19 lakh. That’s Rs 40,000 more than the HTK+ variant with a manual transmission, but the iMT version also gets automatic climate control and an electric sunroof, both of which are missing from t...

To enable Wi-Fi calling on your device, head to Settings > Mobile Data > Wi-Fi Calling. Apple says users who have enabled the service, their device's location may be used to aid emergencies. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aPNZIz

If the case is pursued, the EU could demand concessions and potentially impose a fine of up to 10 percent of Apple's global turnover - as much as $27 billion, although it rarely levies the maximum penalty. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2S9w7C2

Currently, Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi sells Redmi Note 10, Note 10 Pro, and Note 10 Pro Max in India at a starting price of Rs 12,499, Rs 15,999, and Rs 18,999, respectively. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3nCuBE9

The failure to halt climate change, the destruction of nature and other intertwined global crises poses an existential risk to humanity, ten Nobel laureates said Thursday following the first-ever Nobel Prize Summit. Only profound changes in the way society produces, distributes and consumes almost everything — starting with energy — can forestall potentially catastrophic changes, they said in a joint statement, also signed by 20 other top thinkers. "We need to reinvent our relationship with planet Earth," the statement said. "Without transformational action this decade, humanity is taking colossal risks with our common future." The risks of pandemics, they noted, are now greater due to the destruction of natural habitats, highly networked societies, and the spread of fake news on social networks. The Nobel winners said societies must repair and restore the "global commons" that have allowed our species to flourish — the climate, ice, land, ocean, freshw...

All devices are available to purchase on the Apple India store and Amazon. Notably, the new iMac 2021 and ipad Pro 2021 will be available to pre-book later today. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aSYzi7

The information for all over India includes the status of oxygen cylinders, concentrators, ICU beds, ventilators, the Remdesivir medicine and plasma donors. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3xAaeMp

Apple shared the development on its social media channels where it claims the search suggestions on the Apple App store will refine search to show more apps and games. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2PA2XLt

Jaguar Land Rover India is expected to launch the facelifted 2021 Land Rover Discovery in the coming months. The SUV has already been listed on the Land Rover India website and should debut here after the revised Jaguar F-Pace launches in May 2021. The website suggests the 2021 Land Rover Discovery facelift will be available in India with three engine options. The diesel option is the D300 with Land Rover's new 3.0-litre inline-six MHEV diesel engine in its 300 hp and 650 Nm guise. This version can do zero to 100 kmph in 6.8 seconds and reach a 209 kph top speed. There are two petrol engines on offer other than this. The base petrol engine is the P300 version with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine again making 300 hp and 400 Nm. Equipped with this, the facelifted Discovery can get from zero to 100 kph in 7.3 seconds and reach a 201 kph top speed. The top petrol engine is the P360 with its 3.0-litre inline-six MHEV motor that puts out 360 hp and 500 Nm. This can do 0 to 100 kph in 6...

According to multiple forum threads on official and unofficial Apple forums, Safari 14.1 appears to be broken on macOS Catalina and older – after Apple pushed a new update. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3u83Bii

Amazon has now posted four consecutive record quarterly profits, attracted more than 200 million Prime loyalty subscribers, and recruited over 500,000 workers to keep up with surging consumer demand. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Si58Ez

Spotify has rolled out the update for all users. The company, in its blog post, said that the update will reach all users in the coming weeks. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3t3O6Xp

China launched the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station on Thursday, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. Billions of dollars have been poured into space exploration as China seeks to reflect its rising global stature and growing technological might, following in the footsteps of the United States, Russia and Europe. The Tianhe core module, which houses life support equipment and a living space for astronauts, was launched from Wenchang in China's tropical Hainan province on a Long-March 5B rocket on Thursday, state television showed. Chinese President Xi Jinping called the space station a key step in "building a great nation of science and technology" in a congratulatory message Thursday. The Tiangong space station, whose name means "Heavenly Palace", is expected to be operational by 2022 after around 11 missions to deliver more modules and assemble them in orbit. Live footage...

Like its bigger tech peers, Twitter posted stronger-than-expected results for the first quarter on Thursday. But its lukewarm outlook sent shares tumbling after hours. The San Francisco-based company earned $68 million, or 8 cents per share, in the January-March period. That’s up from a loss of $8.4 million, or 1 cent per share, a year earlier. Revenue grew 28 percent to $1.04 billion. Analysts, on average, were expecting a loss of 2 cents per share on revenue of $1.03 billion, according to a poll by FactSet . In a tumultuous start to the year, Twitter permanently suspended its arguably most powerful and polarising user — former President Donald Trump — from its platform in January after the deadly riots at the US Capitol. It had also suspended more than 150,000 other accounts across its platform for what it described as “propagating a conspiracy theory” linked to dangerous behavior offline. Primarily these accounts were linked to QAnon, the unfounded conspiracy theory that cl...

American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. Sometimes called "the loneliest man in history" because of his long solo flight while his colleagues loped across the lunar surface, Collins never earned the same global name recognition as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But he was hailed as a lifelong advocate of space exploration: erudite and witty yet also self-effacing, maintaining in a 2009 interview with NASA that his historic accomplishments were "90 percent blind luck" and that astronauts should not be celebrated as heroes. "Mike always faced the challenges of life with grace and humility, and faced this, his final challenge, in the same way," Collins' family posted on his official Twitter account. Crewmate Aldrin led the tributes, writing on Twitter: "Dear Mike, Wherever you have been or ...

Among Us also gained popularity as Twitch streamers streamed the game online heavily last year. US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also made her debut on the platform with Among Us last year. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2R9yJzA

The wraps are off the Suzuki Misano EV roadster concept, commissioned by Suzuki from the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Turin, Italy. For decades, Suzuki has been making compact cars as well as a wide range of motorcycles, and to signify the company’s ‘two souls’, Suzuki wanted a concept that would represent the best of both worlds. A team of 24 masters students – from countries including India, Italy, Turkey, France, Lebanon, Israel, Spain, Albania and Belgium – at IED Turin set to work on this concept in 2020, which has been named after the Misano World Circuit motorcycle racetrack. At 4,000 mm in length, 1,750 mm in width and just 1,000 mm in height, the Suzuki Misano is a small, wide and low roadster with two seats, but not in the traditional side-by-side layout. To recreate the motorcycling experience, the Suzuki Misano has a tandem seating layout, with the cockpit offset to the left, and there’s even a small windscreen to add to the two-wheeler effect. In fact, Suzuki went...

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter missed its fourth scheduled flight on Thursday, with the space agency blaming a software glitch and vowing to try again the next day. "The helicopter is safe and in good health," said a statement, adding the rotorcraft had failed to transition to "flight mode." The team plans to attempt the flight once more on Friday at 8.16 pm IST (10:46 am Eastern Time) with data expected back at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory around three hours later. The software issue is thought to be the same one that delayed Ingenuity's maiden voyage, the first powered flight on another planet. Initially scheduled for 11 April, the historic feat occurred on 19 April. The reason was a glitch associated with the aircraft's "watchdog timer," which alerts Ingenuity to potential problems and pauses its processes if it thinks it has detected an error. Engineers made a coding tweak that allowed Ingenuity to overcome the problem and tra...

The recent report speculates that the "S" refers to the way the display folds itself. Over time, Samsung has patented different types of foldable devices. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3gQEM6I

Google Maps, Assistant, and Search are also adding advisories from the government to ease travel amid curfews and lockdowns. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3u65bBb

Microsoft had earlier rolled out the feature that significantly reduced the activity and resource consumption for tabs that were not in use. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3nx78Ez

The Microsoft Store will no longer charge game developers a 30 percent revenue split for listing games on their platform, as a clear part of their efforts to revamp the platform. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3uiDsxe

While mobile gamers in the country await the launch of PUBG Mobile India , the developers have shut down PUBG Lite i n India. PUBG Lite developers had announced last month, that the game will be discontinued starting 29 April. "We are deeply grateful for the passion and support from the astounding number of PUBG LITE fans that have been with us. During the strenuous times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope that PUBG LITE was able to provide our fans a fun way to stay safe. Unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to close service after much deliberation and the time has come for our journey to end. We regretfully inform you that service of PUBG LITE is scheduled to end on April 29th, 2021 (UTC)," the developers announced on 30 March. On 30 March, the PUBG Lite webpage was shut down and new downloads of the app were blocked. As of 29 April, PUBG Lite 's service has officially ended. And starting 29 May, player support will no longer be available. Notably, ...

Google is known for the perks it provides its employees in its offices which range from massage tables, catered cuisine, corporate retreats, and the likes. However, all of that has been on hold for the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the company to save a significant amount of money. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2R9IkX9

The Counterpoint report also said that the increase in computing power with 5nm chips and a lower price as compared to older smartphones helped the Galaxy S21 series quickly gain traction in Europe and North America. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3e6PVyJ

Facebook Marketplace, launched last year, was the company’s big e-commerce play announced last year – it is clearly on the route to success. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3vu2gmq

The Windows 10 May 2021 update, in terms of new features, will only offer external camera support for Windows Hello, and a ‘news and interests’ widget on the taskbar. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3gPiQZL

Apple is reported to launch the third-generation AirPods later this year. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ezL2Ny

Tata Group, one of India's oldest conglomerates, imported 24 cryogenic containers to transport liquid oxygen, while its Tata Steel unit ramped up oxygen supply. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3vtlE2R

Vivo has launched its latest flagship – the Vivo V21 – in India today. The smartphone's highlight is its 44 MP OIS selfie camera, which the company claims makes it the first smartphone in the world to feature the camera tech for selfies. For selfie videos, the Vivo V21 offers both Electronic Image Stabilisation (EIS) and Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS). Besides that, Vivo also claims that the V21 is the slimmest smartphone available in the Indian market. The smartphone is 7.29 mm thick. Vivo V21 pricing, availability, offers The Vivo V21 comes in two configurations: 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage: Rs 29,990 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage: Rs 32,990 The smartphone will be available in Sunset Dazzle, Dusk Blue and Arctic White colour options. Pre-booking for the smartphone starts today (29 April) and it will be available for purchase starting 6 May on Flipkart. Customers who pre-book the V21 online can avail an instant cashback of Rs 2,000 for purchases made via HDFC Band debit o...

Priced at Rs 29,990 (8GB + 128GB) and Rs 32,990 (8GB+256GB), the smartphone will go on sale starting May 6, on Flipkart, Vivo India e-store and all offline partner retail stores across India. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3t4AU4B

It would be a sight to see the speakers emerge as the motorized outer cover opens up when you power these on. The Bang & Olufsen Beolab 28 cost $14,750 for a pair. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2R3VeFY

Google Assistant Timer that that essentially works as a countdown timer is getting a big improvement. The update aims to make the virtual assistant more flexible, especially when a user fumbles or stops mid-sentence. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aPvfsR

12:51 (IST) The Vivo V21 comes in two configurations: 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage: Rs 29,990 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage: Rs 32,990 Pre-booking for the smartphone starts today (29 April) and it will be available for purchase starting 6 May. 12:48 (IST) Recapping the Vivo V21 features and specifications 12:47 (IST) The Vivo V21's display supports 90 Hz refresh rate It also supports HD content on Netflix. 12:46 (IST) Vivo V21 offers extended RAM technology Extended or virtual RAM is essentially a block of space in your phone's storage allocated by the OS to pretend to be RAM when you physical RAM runs short for actively running programs. 12:43 (IST) Vivo V21 is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800 SoC It supports UFS 2.2 storage and comes with 5G connectivity. 12:42 (IST) 12:39 (IST) Arctic White colour variant of Vivo V21 12:39 (IST) The Dusk Blue colour variant of Vivo V21 12:37 (IST) The Vivo V21 Sunset Dazzle colour opti...