Twitter’s Android and iOS App Get ‘Data Saver’ Feature Twitter has today added a much-appreciated ‘Data Saver’ mode to its Android and iOS apps, making it easier for users with spotty connectivity to access tweets and engage in conversations. The data-saving mode was previously available only toTwitter Lite(or Twitter mobile website) users, but wasrecently extendedto web users through a progressive web app test. Reduce your data usage with data saver mode on Twitter for iOS and Android....

Windows 10 October 2018 Update Enables Ray Tracing Support For Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs As noted in our review and coverage of the Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs,ray tracing technology improves game visualsby a huge magnitude, but it was dependent on a number of pieces falling into place. Here’s the first of them all. Windows 10’s October 2018 Update brings support for theDirectX Raytracing (DXR) API,which means applications, or specifically games, can now make use of all the RTX advantages that the GPUs brought in, provided they have developed their games withreal-time ray tracingin mind....

[UPDATE: Back Now] Instagram Faces Widespread Outage As App and Website Go Down Update: Instagram is working just fine once again, so you can sigh in relief and get back to those Stories. Instagram’s app and web version seems to have been hit by a widespread outage as users all over the world are reporting that the service is down. We first came across the outage when trying to load a personalInstagramfeed, which didn’t show the Stories section on top....

Airtel Acquires Bengaluru-Based AI Startup AuthMe Indian telecom leader Bharti Airtel has announced the acquisition of AuthMe ID Services, a Bengaluru based startup focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solutions. As part of the “acquihire” deal, the core team of AuthMe will join Airtel and will be a part of Airtel X Labs in Bengaluru, the company said, without disclosing the transaction amount. Airtel set up Airtel X Labs with the aim of driving cutting edge innovation in the areas of AI, IoT (Internet of Things), augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)....

Amazon’s New Fire TV Stick 4K Streaming Dongle On Pre-order in India for Rs 5,999 Amazon has unveiled a new Fire TV Stick 4K, which brings Ultra HD or 4K, and HDR streaming through an HDMI dongle, the first of its kind from the company, just days after unveiling a newAmazon Echo smart speakers lineup. Competing with the Chromecast Ultra, the Fire TV Stick 4K will be available in India from November 14,and is priced at Rs 5,999, and you can currently pre-order it on Amazon India....

Apple Is Testing a Fix for the iPhone XS Charging Problems After recent reports that a small but substantial number of iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max units were not charging if connected while the devices were asleep, and after a long but not unusual silence from Apple regarding the issue, it seems the Cupertino giant is finally testing out a fix in the latest iOS 12.1 beta 2 update....

Apple’s New iPhones Expected to Rule Indian Market This Diwali The sales of newly-launched iPhone Xs and XS Max premium smartphones will pick up in India with the country entering the festive season from October 10, experts said today. Apple brought its much-awaited line-up of iPhones in India on September 28. iPhone XS with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage costs Rs 99,900; 4GB and 256GB variant is priced at Rs 114,900 and the 4GB with 512GB variant will come for Rs 134,900....