Demonetization and Aadhaar Led to Growth in Digital Payments: RBI After the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in 2016 pushed digital payments, Aadhaar-enabled electronic know your customer (eKYC) resulted in an exponential growth of such payments in the country, according to a new report by the Reserve Bank of India. Transactions in which both the payer and the payee use digital modes to send and receive money are referred to as digital or electronic payments....

Fiat Chrysler Working with Silicon Valley Startup on Autonomous Vehicles Silicon Valley self-driving startup Aurora has said that it would collaborate with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to expand autonomous technology on commercial vehicles. Aurora, a two-year-old startup based in Palo Alto, California, confirmed the signing of an accord with FCA to forge a powerful partnership on the development of self-driving commercial vehicles. Aurora will integrate its self-driving system, the Aurora Driver, with FCA’s commercial vehicle lines in the US....

Galaxy M40 Brings a Powerful Processor But is Still Overpriced! Samsung had been stuck with its J-series and On-series smartphones in the budget and mid-range segment for many years. All these smartphones were not competitive enough from a feature-to-price perspective, so Samsung revamped its lineup with the debut of a trio of phones under the Galaxy M-series moniker earlier this year. TheGalaxy M10 and M20 were first to arrive, followed by the Galaxy M30 which brought along an AMOLED display and triple cameras at Rs 15,000 a couple of months ago....

Galaxy M40 Launched with Punch-hole Display, Snapdragon 675 at Rs. 19,990 Redmi and Realme may be at each other’s throats to capture a bigger chunk of the budget and mid-range smartphone market in India, but Samsung isn’t giving up. The Korean giant revamped its budget strategy earlier this year with the launch of the first batch of M series smartphones. It was the first time in a long time that we saw Samsung offering a boatload of features at competitive prices....

Garmin Refreshes Flagship ‘Forerunner’ Series in India Refreshing its flagship ‘Forerunner’ series, US-based wearable major Garmin on Monday launched its Forerunner 245 and Forerunner 245 Music smartwatches in India for Rs 29,990 and Rs 34,990, respectively. “Garmin India launched the Forerunner 245 and Forerunner 245 Music for all those enthusiasts who wish to combine intelligence, style and futuristic features, all in one. With features like body battery, VO2 max, incident detection, race predictor etc....

Google Maps Testing ‘off-route’ Alert Feature in India As part of the many new features Google is experimenting with and adding on Maps, the search engine giant is testing an “Off-route” alert feature, exclusively in India for now. Intended to keep users safe while they are riding in a taxi,the “Off-route” feature would notify users everytime their cab gets sidetracked from the intended course by 500 metres, XDA Developers reported on Monday....

Google Wants Huawei Ban to be Removed Google and the White House budget office are among the organisations that are seeking reprieve from ban on doing business with Chinese technology company Huawei, according to media reports. Google has asked to be exempted from any ban on Huawei, warning the Donald Trump administration that it would risk compromising US national security if it went ahead with export restrictions on Huawei, according to a report in Financial Times....