Xiaomi Launches Mi Notebook Pro 2 With 8th Gen Intel CPUs, 128GB SSD Earlier this month, Xiaomi refreshed its portfolio of performance laptops with theMi Notebook Pro GTX Editionwith powerful NVIDIA GPUs and latest Intel processors. And now, the company has broughtanother new laptop in the Pro series, called the Mi Notebook Pro 2, which is priced strategically to attract the average customer. Xiaomi’s Mi Notebook Pro 2 packs inlatest eighth-gen Intel Core CPUs with choices up to Core i7....

YouTube’s Non-Skippable Ads Rolling Out to More Creators Soon Google-owned YouTube is expanding the concept of non-skippable advertisements on its platform for the creators to monetise their content and earn more revenue. The change will begin rolling out from next week and eligible creators will get a notification in their dashboard, company officials said in a video uploaded on YouTube’s Creator Insider channel, late on Friday. Creators would also get an option to turn on non-skippable ads for already existing videos on their channels....

Aadhaar eKYC Must be Authenticated With On-The-Spot Facial Recognition, Say UIDAI After mandating aphased rollout of facial recognitionas an additional mode of authentication from September 15, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has now announced that eKYC photos will have to be verified on-the-spot with‘live face photo’capture to implementfacial identificationat banks or while buying new SIMs. In aninterview to the Times of India, UIDAI CEO, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, confirmed the news, saying that the new plan will not only make Aadhaar identification more secure, but also more inclusive....

Amazon-Exclusive Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Announced in India; to Go on Sale for Rs 34,990 From August 27 Following the unveiling in China and Philippines, Samsung has announced that it will be bringing its latest mid-range performer, the Galaxy A8 Star, to India. The smartphone comes with dual “IntelliCam” cameras, face unlock, and a Super AMOLED Infinity Display in an attire that reminds us somewhat of the Galaxy S8+ for a price of Rs 34,990....

Apple Poaches Tesla Employees to Work on Apple Car, Battery Technology Tesla’s finances have not been in the best state recently after the company posted arecord lossin Q1 2018, and till the end of 2018’s second quarter, the company was still unable to meet its production goal for the Model 3 EV. But Tesla is also facing another problem, and that is employee exodus courtesy of Apple. According to a CNBC report, dozens of engineers and supply chain managers have left Tesla to work for Apple on different projects such as Apple’s secretive‘Project Titan’car program, battery technology and optics among others....

Get the New Boogiedown Emote in Fortnite for Free by Enabling 2FA Fortnite is a huge game but that also means there are plenty of people out there looking to steal your progress and your login ID. Epic Games is looking to thwart any such attempts with a new feature for the game. As announced by Fortnite inan official tweet,Epic Games is offering a free Boogiedown Emote in Fortnite Battle Royale....

Google Could Abandon Pixel Brand Next Year With all these Google Pixel 3 XL leaks, there’s obviously a lot of talk about that dreaded notch and how Google has succumbed to industry trends. But a curious piece of information was dropped in the first review of the upcoming phone, which puts the future of the Pixel series in doubt. While mobile-review.com’sPixel 3 XL reviewwas not at glowing – thePixel 3 XLwas called “predictable and boring” – the author says that Google is currently building 7 prototypes of the Pixel phones....