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Reliance Jio has caused massive disruption in the telecom industry, and now it’s looking to do the same in the broadband sector with the recently announced Jio GigaFiber. The GigaFiber, which is Reliance’s FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) broadband service, is expected to roll out to over 1100 cities later this year, possibly from August 15. And now it has removed FUP limits from its broadband plans. It’s sort of unheard of in India butAirtel has started removing the FUP (Fair Usage Policy) limit on its broadband plans to allow users unlimited downloads at full speeds....

Reports in the Chinese online media seem to suggest that Xiaomi is rolling out LDAC support to all its smartphones that are running Android Oreo beta. The new feature will also be available on the stable versions when that finally rolls out.A multitude of Xiaomi devicesare expected to get Android Oreo-based MIUI 10in the days ahead, so all those devices will likely have native LDAC support sooner rather than later....

Every five years, as India approaches the parliamentary elections, leading political parties engage in blame games to mobilize voters. Corruption is a big problem in India and scams thus make up huge portion of political campaign speeches. Congress’ spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil has alleged that BJP party members in Gujarat haveconverted black money into bitcoin by means ofhawalatransactions. While the general speculation is that black money hoarders in Gujarat have traded nearly Rs....

The European Parliament has voted against a highly controversial copyright reform proposal, which could have changed the concept of a free and open internet, and created a major rift between content creators and the platforms on which their content was shared. Copyright Directive, as the proposal was called, sought to force online platforms such as YouTube and Google to share revenues with creators and news publishers, and even directed them to add content filtering platforms to prevent any content from being shared without the copyright holder’s consent....

Cryptocurrencies are in a murky legal state in India, especially after the RBI circular which barred banking entities from allowing business transactions for virtual currencies. The RBI asked banks to no longer offer its services forcryptocurrency-related transactionsto citizens, as well as businesses. But, this directive was contested in Supreme Court and they have refused to put a stay on the same. This meansinteraction of entities dealing in cryptocurrencies with banks has come to an end today, on July 6th, as originally planned....

While Elon Musk is busy working on his ambitious superfast underground transportationprojectand courtingcriticismover his views on AI, the Tesla chief has also offered to help rescue a team of young soccer players fighting for their life in a cave in Thailand. The plight of the trapped boys and their 25-year-old coach, who were first thought to have died, has received media coverage across the globe. Musk has volunteered to send a team of engineers and technology used by his companies to aid rescue efforts....

At its 41st Annual General Meeting yesterday, Reliance Jio announced its second generation ‘smart’ feature phone, theJioPhone 2. The original JioPhone was an instant success in the market, taking over the feature phones segment in no time. The new JioPhone 2 has a number of hardware improvements and additional software features, which definitely make it an attractive option for those who don’t want a full-fledged smartphone, but also want 4G connectivity on the go....

Macs come with a ton of great keyboard shortcuts and bindings that make it really easy to perform a lot of tasks in the system. However, if there is one major keyboard shortcut that’s missing from macOS all these years, it’s that you can’t perform a right-click on a selected item using the keyboard. This particular feature has been present on Windows keyboards since time immemorial and it sucks that MacBooks don’t have it....

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working to realise the dream of India’s first manned space mission. As reported byBusiness Insider, the Indian space agency successfully executed theirCrew Escape Systemas a part of their Indian Human Spaceflight Programme (HSP) on July 5. The Crew Escape System is an integral safety measure put in place for emergency situations. It pulls the whole astronaut cabin out of the launch vehicle in case something goes wrong during the launch....

As Facebook’s stock price continues to climb charts, its co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now overtaken Warren Buffet to become the third-richest person on planet Earth. First reported byBloomberg,Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is now an astonishing $81.6 billion. He now only trails after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($142 billion) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($94.2 billion). So the three wealthiest people in the world all made their fortunes through tech companies they started in their youth....

Oppo recently launched the Oppo Find X in Paris last month. And while the device was launched in China immediately following that, there’s an official India launch date now too. We had previously covered news ofOppo sending out media invites for a press conference the company is hosting in New Delhi on July 12. Now, it has been confirmed that the Chinese company will belaunching the Oppo Find X in India on 12th of July, thanks to an official teaser posted on the company’s website....

However, the announcement created a lot of confusion among people interested in availing the offer, like which feature phones can be exchanged, whether the sum to be paid is refundable or not, what JioPhone model they get in the exchange, etc. Well, if you had any doubts or queries regarding the Monsoon Hungama offer, we are here to help you and bring you all the details on how to avail the exchange offer....

Samsung is expected to unveil the next generation of the Gear S series of smartwatches, dubbed theGear S4, on August 9 alongside theGalaxy Note 9. But according to new information from noted Samsung tipster,IceUniverse, Samsung’s smartwatch line-up is set to receive a major overhaul, right from their name to the operating system and some hardware upgrades. The tipster has revealed that the Gear S4 might well be christened theGalaxy Watch, which actually sounds much better and exudes a Samsung brand personality, much like the Apple Watch and Google’s rumoredPixel Watch....