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Siri will get support for football in Brazil, Russia, Denmark, Finland, Malaysia, Turkey, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Israel, along with the 26 other countries that already have support for Siri sports. As such, users in these countries will be able to ask Siri for scores, schedules, standings and team rosters. It’s not quite as full-fledged as Google Assistant’s features, but Siri can take care of your basic score needs this World Cup....

Everyone’s favorite battle royale title isfinally available on the fastest selling gaming console.Thedownload size of Fortnite on Nintendo Switch is about 2GBand the gameplay appears to be smooth and intuitive, asseveralreportssuggest. A much-welcome changeis native voice chat. It means you won’t need an additional voice chat app on your phone to talk to your friends during a game. Fortnite hasgarnered a cult following with its funky graphics and constant updates, and now that the game is now available on all major gaming platforms, it’s popularity (even Drake’s playing it) is bound to skyrocket....

After announcing itsAndroid Enterprise Recommendedprogram earlier this year, Google has nowadded several new smartphones and tabletsto the list of certified devices. This list primarily includes devices which match specific hardware and software requirements and have been deemed fit for enterprise-grade security by Google. Google isnow adding 17 new devices across different price bracketsfrom eight different manufacturers including two new ones – Sharp and Sonim. The list also gets Android tablets for the first time, both of which are from Huawei....

When you travel to a foreign city, Google Translate is possibly the most powerful tool that comes in handy during exploration. But, you may sometimes find yourself with a patchy network, which is when offline translations come into play. They aren’t quite accurate and Google wants to fix that by now allowing you to download neural network translations for offline use. Previously, the offline translations were not very consistent, but with the neural machine translation (NMT) tech, which is already used for online translations, users can get seamless translation even without a network....

The Ministry of Information & Broadcast recently posted a tender online seeking a company which candevelop an AI-powered predictive analysis tooland provide a team of 20 professionals who will be responsible for churning out information from the tool. The tool will primarily be used to capture the “chatter” on digital media platforms including all popular social media, Google Play Store,news websites, personal blogs, and even emails. This, as per the 66-page-longtender document, which was reported y Bloomberg....

What started as a simple photo sharing platform has quickly grown into a multi-faceted social network. Instagram, is now one of the world’s leading social media platforms and is used by millions for any number of things, other than just sharing photos today. While the app still serves as a photo sharing platform, it also offers Business profile users to sell their products and services. In light of this, Instagram is now working towards making things easier for both the seller as well as the consumer, by adding shopping links to Instagram Stories....

As the competition in the Indian telecom market gets intense, Reliance Jio is not looking back down and has today announced a new ‘Double Dhamaka’ offer for its prepaid users. The telecom giant is now looking to provide them with even more data for daily use. First posted by Sanjay Bafna of Telecom Talk on Twitter, theDouble Dhamaka offer will provide an additional 1.5GB of 4G data to Jio prepaid plan users on the daily....

Android offers aplethora of featuresand customization options that make it a favorite among millions of smartphone users worldwide. However, the one feature that is conspicuous by its absence is atruenative dark mode, even though it remains at the top of most users’ wish-list. What Google did do with the release of thePixel 2 series, however, was add light and dark themes that change automatically, depending on the wallpaper. As things stand now, if the wallpaper features light or neutral colors, the Pixel Launcher uses a light theme, and if the wallpaper is predominantly dark, then the Pixel Launcher uses a dark theme....

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)recently instructedthe country’s banks to cease offering its services for cryptocurrency-related transactions to individuals, as well as businesses. While the Delhi High Court hasquestionedthe basis of this ban, it feels like someone finally has some answers. TheRBI has responded to an RTI (Right to Information)filed by a startup consultantVarun Sethi, who hasposted the responseover on Twitter. RTI allows anyone in the country to ask questions to government bodies and obtain info on how they function....

Anew reportout of South Korea claims that both Samsung and LG are looking to bring sound-emitting OLED displays to their flagship phones next year. The development comes just days after another report claimed that theGalaxy S10will come with a piezoelectric speaker that will ditch the traditional speaker for good. As for the new report, it further states that Samsung’s sound-emitting panel will measure 6.22-inches diagonally, but there’s no word on how big LG’s display will be....

Apart from offering first-party support to the console, Microsoft also allows other third-party manufacturers to create peripherals for their gaming console. Seagate, one of the biggest names in the digital storage world, has come up with a new line of products specially designed for the Xbox One gaming console. The new game drive SSDs will beoffered in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB variants, and will be compatible with all three generations of the Xbox One over USB....

Nintendo Switch is finally getting its own Mario Party game and it’s called Super Mario Party, which obviously sounds like a souped-up version over every other game in this franchise. The game was revealed atNintendo’s E3 conferenceyesterday night. Super Mario Party is just that and much more, thanks to the unique gameplay elements in this title on Nintendo Switch. You can play fun and crazy games with a band of friends using the pair of Joycons, but the company has added one of the creative features to make this even exciting to play with friends....

After mega press conferences held bySony,Microsoftandothersover the first few days of the ongoingElectronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, it was the turn of Nintendo to take to the stage on Tuesday to make a boatload of announcements about a number of its upcoming projects. From thebig Fortnite announcementto a glimpse at a new Fire Emblem game, from the Super Mario Party news to the all-new Daemon X Machina, the Japanese video game giant made a splash at the event yesterday....