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Two QD-OLED gaming monitors will be released in the near future.
LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its QD-OLED C2 TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, US. The 65-inch C2 features AI-assisted Deep learning applied to human face detection, sound and HDR. It comes with an AI-enabled AISound Pro, a feature that helps viewers get swept up in onscreen action by delivering virtual 9.1.2…
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The drummer for the band Earth, Wind & Fire has died.
Fred White, drummer of 1970s R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, passed away aged 57, his brother Verdine White announced on Instagram on Sunday. Fred won six Grammys with Earth, Wind & Fire and was nominated for 13 times. Verdine wrote, “But more than that…at home and beyond he was the wonderful bro that was…
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Brad Pitt and his co-star in the film ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ are on steroids.
Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie-starrer ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ is the latest film to earn over $700 million at the global box office, making it the fifth-highest grossing film of 2019. The film, which also stars Joaquin Adepo, won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Director. It is currently the third highest grossing…
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The Odyssey Neo G9 is even bigger than MiniLED.
Samsung has unveiled the Odyssey Neo G9, a 57-inch curved monitor with a 4K webcam. The monitor, which will be available from June 2021, comes with 480i refresh rate and has a screen coating. Samsung said it’ll be able to access streaming apps even when the display isn’t connected to any external devices. It also…
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You can’t go wrong with this review.
LG unveiled a 27-inch model of its fixed-curved OLED TV in India called the LG OLED C2. The 27-inch model has a resolution of 1,61,200 pixels, while the 52-inch model has a resolution of 1,55,800pixels. The fixed-curved model comes with a soundbar, surround soundbar and audio system. It’s priced at 2,699 (around 26,000), while the…
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The alleged Ukrainian strike seems to have killed a large number of Russian troops.
The Russian military has launched “air and sea-based cruise missiles” at energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted. This comes after a series of explosions took place on the Russian side of the Dnipro River on Sunday, damaging the offices of Russia’s puppet government in Ukraine’s Donetsk city. Ukraine’s military has claimed…
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The documentary criticizes the royals for their bias.
Prince Harry has said Meghan Markle’s popularity in particular caused problems at the Buckingham Palace. “Sometimes, you…you’re part of…problem rather than part of… solution and there’s…huge level of unconscious bias,” he added. Talking about Meghan’s engagement announcement in 2017, Harry said, “Meghan described her engagement announcement as…orchestrated reality show.” “I want a family, not an…
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Despite delivering a record 1.3 million vehicles, it still disappointed Wall Street.
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker Tesla has clarified that some of the EVs it ordered to customers for delivery at the end of the third quarter were “in transit at the end of the quarter”. Tesla added that it had been difficult to secure vehicle transportation capacity and at a reasonable cost during these peak…
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There is a military clash at the border with China.
Chinese Defence Minister Wang Wenin on Monday said that the ongoing border tensions between India and China are “peaceful and stable”. “We ask the Indian side to strictly control and restrain front-line troops, and work with China to maintain peace and tranquility on the border,” he added. Wenin’s statement comes after India withdrew troops from…
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The suspect in the Times Square machete attack is facing attempted murder charges.
The suspect in the machete attack against three police officers in New York had written a diary that expressed “his desire to join the Taliban in Afghanistan and die as a martyr”, reports said. The 19-year-old was arrested on Sunday after his arrest by the police. Trevor Bickford was charged with two counts of attempted…
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Three NYPD officers were injured in an attack on New Year’s Eve.
New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said that three police officers are in stable condition after they were attacked by a man with a machete outside of New Year’s Eve celebrations. One of the officers was shot in the shoulder and the other two were injured and taken to a hospital. The attack occurred…
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Croatia is a fully integrated EU member in the new year.
Croatia has become the 27th country to join the European Union’s visa-free Schengen zone, which allows citizens from other EU nations to travel to each other without a passport. Croatia joined the bloc in 2013 and became one of the first countries to introduce the euro. Croatia joined the EU in 2013 but had to…
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Steven Tyler is accused of sexually abusing a woman in the 1970s.
A woman has filed a lawsuit against Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, alleging sexual assault, coercion of an abortion and involuntary infamy in the 1970s when she was a minor and he was in his mid-20s. The lawsuit further alleges that Tyler has “intentionally publicized the acts he perpetrated” on Julia Misley through multiple books…
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The major Bay Area highway and some neighborhoods have been evacuated because of flooding.
As many as 126,000 people have been left without power in Oregon, 28,000 customers in Washington state and 22,000 in California due to heavy rainfall and wind, according to power Outage.us. The river storm began to sweep across the northern part of the state Friday and was expected to bring more rainfall through Saturday, according…
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A helicopter crash near Gold Coast has left four people dead and many others injured.
Four people have died after two helicopters collided in mid-air on the Gold Coast. The two helicopters had reportedly been taking off and the other was landing when the collision occurred. One of the helicopters had its cockpit window removed and was on the island while the other had crashed and was upside down, police…
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Researchers say the FBI’s statistics on hate crimes are incorrect.
The FBI reported 7,262 hate crimes in the US in 2021, an analysis by the Justice Department revealed. It added that homicides rose by 5% between 2020 and 2021 and that the steep Increases in violent crime were levelling off. However, several of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies, including New York and Los Angeles,…
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Telegram has added more text options and a blur tool.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has said Apple claims they review apps within 24 hours but, in our experience, it takes at least seven to 10 days for any meaningful product update to reach the App Store. Durov also added that the video messaging feature can be accessed by Tapping a button on the video but…
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Kaleidoscope is a general story about robbing a bank.
‘The Robbery of Roger and Leo in the Dark Side of the Dark Side of the Universe’, an eight-episode limited series based on a real heist, is released on Netflix Color in India. The show stars Giancarlo Esposito as Leo Pap, a criminal and mastermind behind a plan to steal $7 billion in bonds from…
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The way to break a bad habit.
If you want to break a habit, then identify what might be a trigger that generates the behavior, said psychologist and author Wendy Wood. “We tend to overestimate the extent to which our behaviour is driven by…wants,” she added. When people say ‘I want to build better habits’, almost always it’s three things, she further…
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South Korea says North Korea has fired two missiles.
North Korea on Friday launched its 27th missile this year, the most in a single year, according to a report by CNN. This is the first time an army unit was involved in the operation of tactical nukes, the report added. This comes as South Korea wraps up its Hoguk military drills, a joint amphibious…
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The opinion is that Putin is playing for time.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the memory of the Second World War became “completely compromised” after Russia invaded Ukraine. “Things we held dear, like the memory of the Second World War, for instance, became completely compromised,” he said. He added that if Russians don’t like the plan to call 300,000 people up,…
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The US and China are squeezing the Republic of Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday said his country is in a state of war with the US. He added, “At this moment, we are a fully ready to carry out any pre-emptive action against the US imperialists.” He further said that his country has the ability to strike the mainland of the US…
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A family is rescued from a helicopter crash by quarterback Blaine Gabbert.
A US man said that he used his jet-ski to help rescue people after a helicopter crashed into the water in Florida. The pilot conducted an emergency landing into the water near the Davis Islands Yacht Club after he heard a loud bang. He added that he told the passengers how to inflate their life…
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You can update computers to fix serious flaws.
Microsoft has released a security update for its Windows operating system that fixed 49 vulnerabilities, including a flaw used in attacks, on December 12. There was one fix for the two actively exploited bugs in the Patch Tuesday update. None of the issues that were addressed in the iOS 16.2 pre-launch update are known to…
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There is no substitute for emotional and empathy.
The tech industry’s celebration of AI technologies is not interested in equality, distributive justice and fairness, Lobel said. People on the inside of tech industry aren’t really interested in equality, distributive justice, and fairness- they are just celebrating technology for the sake of technology, she added. “AI technologies that make assumptions about emotions will likely…
