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Acer has announced the Predator Triton 900 which now comes with a convertible screen that flips around.The panel is a 4K UHD touchscreen with Nvidia’s G-Sync, all supported by that CNC-machined hinge. The idea is that in addition to using it like a regular laptop, you’ll be able to bring the screen closer to you (and the front-mounted keyboard), in addition to being able to flip it around or convert it down into a tablet....

It was recently reported that Samsung willditchthe iris scanner on the upcoming Galaxy S10 series and will employ in-display fingerprint sensors on all variants of the flagship device. A few days later, another report from Taiwan’s Digitimes added that Samsung will opt for anultrasonicin-display fingerprint sensor instead of the optical sensor used by the likes of Vivo and Huawei. The latest report from Korea-basedTheInvestorcorroborates the previous rumors, adding that all three Galaxy S10 variants will feature an in-display fingerprint sensor....

Like it or hate it,the ‘notch’ is here to stay. With almost all major Android OEMs (barring Samsungand HTC) adopting the notch in at least some of their devices, it’s no surprise that the design element that was onceuniversally reviled, is now not onlygaining wider acceptance, but is even being touted as amuch-wanted design elementamong smartphone buyers at all price-segments. Motorola is the latest company to have jumped on the notch bandwagon with thelaunch of the P30recently in China, and if a few leaked images are anything to go by, the company is looking to continue that trend with a couple of its upcoming devices....

APK Mirror, the APK file-hosting service owned by Android Police’s parent company, Illogical Robot LLC, has announced that it now has an official channel on the encrypted messaging platform,Telegram. Available atthis link, the channel is expected to keep Telegram users updated about new files and apps available on APK Mirror going forward. Personally, many of us here at Beebom use the service regularly to install apps and games, and I’ve personally downloaded Pokemon GO, Fortnite and other software from the site when they were yet to be available widely....

Google has denied the claims that its search engine is “biased towards any political ideology”, thus responding to US President Donald Trump’s accusation that those search algorithms are designed to silence conservative voices. “When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds. Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology,” Efe quoted Google as saying in a statement....

LG G7 One The LG G7 One is a high-end device which packs a6.1-inch QHD+FullVision display with a 19.5:9 aspect ration, encased in a sleek body which isIP68 certifiedand also meets the durability parameters of theMIL-STD 810Gmilitary-grade durability standards. The device is powered by Qualcomm’s last year flagship chip, theSnapdragon 835, coupled with4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage,which can be expanded up to 2TB via a microSD card....

Heat sinks or dissipation solutions have long been used in performance desktops to keep temperatures under control. But with the evolution of smartphones and their highly powerful internals, the concept is luring phone makers as much as those in the business of PCs. Early examples of liquid cooling on smartphones include a concept by Fujitsu, and the likes ofSamsung Galaxy S7, Lumia 950XL, and Sony Xperia XZ5. But it was not until Xiaomi launched a gaming phone under anew brand Black Sharkthat the technology rose up with the hype wave....

Android 9 Pie has brought along its fair share ofdigital wellbeing tools, but Google has today made it simpler for users to track their YouTube usage, thanks to tools available within the app. YouTube has now added a new ‘Time Watched’ section in user’s account page (accessible from the top right corner), which will display you theamount of time spent watching videos each day. It not just shows stats in hours and minutes for the current day, but also the previous day and the whole week....

Having lost out to Walmartin its bid to buy Flipkart, Amazon is nowtraining its gunson one of the largest offline retailers in the country, Future Group.According to Business Standard, the US tech giant begun formal negotiations with the Kishore Biyani-led company to buy a 12 to 15 percent stake for around $600-700 million (roughly Rs. 4,200 crore to Rs. 4,900 crore). According to unnamed sources quoted by the report, the two sides have signed a term sheet, which suggests that the two have officially entered a pact to take the talks further....

Bloomberg spoke to people familiar with the matter about the new iPhones and has come out with the report that the new iPhones will indeed come in three different sizes, offering a varied set of features at varying price points to appeal to a wider audience. According to the report, the new iPhones won’t make any major design changes, so much so that the people Bloomberg spoke to labelled this as an ‘S year’ for the iPhones — a term the company uses for iPhones that don’t change much in the way of design and only upgrade the internal hardware of the phone....

Delhi’s Vasant Kunj PVR has become the first multiplex in India to have an LED screen instead of standard projection systems typically found in public theaters. The Onyx Cinema LED panel fromSamsungcomes with a high dynamic range (HDR), specialized low-tone greyscale settings and what the company is calling an‘infinite contrast ratio’. According toSamsung’s official press release, the peak brightness level of the panel is around 10 times greater than what’s generally offered by standard cinema projectors (146fL versus 14fL)....

One97 Communications Ltd., the parent company of Paytm, has the backing of investment giants such as SoftBank and Alibaba Group, and it seems that the company is in line to add another investment behemoth to this list. According to reports today, Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to buy a small stake in Paytm at a value of approximately Rs 2,000-2,500 crore, which translates to an investment of around $300-$350 million....

TheNokia 6.1 Plushas been made official, and at a price ofRs. 15,999the phone brings in a nice glass and metal build,dual rear cameras, stock Android, and more. In India, the smartphone is competing against the likes of Xiaomi’s popularRedmi Note 5 Pro(Rs. 14,999), and the stock Android boastingMi A2(Rs. 16,999) launched earlier this month. So if you’re wondering as to which of these phones is the one you should go for, well we’ve compared the three phones to make your life easier....