Gamer Takes Over Airport Monitor; Plays Apex Legends Waiting for hours at the airport can be really boring and frustrating. To cope up with boredom, a man reportedly took over one of the monitors at an airport to play Apex Legends. The incident took place at Portland International Airport. The man pluggedhis PS4 into an airport monitor that’s supposed to display the airport mapand started playing the game. One of the fellow passengers spotted the gamer and took to Twitter to share the incident....

Google is the Top Buzzing Brand in India, Followed by WhatsApp: Report YouGov recently released its 2019 Buzz Rankings for the Indian market. From the top 10 rankings, it is clear that a majority of buzzing brands in India are US-based companies. Software giantGoogle secured the first place, followed by Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Other US-based brands that made it to the list include YouTube, Amazon, Instagram, and Facebook. On the other hand, Swiggy, MakeMyTrip, Zomato, and Flipkart are the Indian brands in YouGov’s BrandIndex Buzz Rankings list....

Google Releases 3D Model of a Fruit Fly’s Brain Researchers from Google and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus have created a sophisticated 3D neural representation of a fruit fly’s brain. The 3D map is called connectome and it contains around 25,000 neurons along with about 20 million synapses. The researchers claim that their work is thelargest synaptic-level connectome created so far. The process involved imaging, reconstructing, and proofreading the 3D model for accuracy....

India Should Manufacture 5G Telecom Equipment Locally: TRAI Chairman India is gearing up to embrace 5G technology. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman RS Sharma reportedly encourages using locally manufactured equipment in core telecom networks. “5G is important for India from a strategic point of view. Trai has given a recommendation two years back to the government as to why it is important for us to manufacture telecom equipment locally....

Indians Used Smartphones About 3.5 Hours Per Day in 2019: Report It is no surprise that people use smartphones extensively here in India. Have you ever wondered how long that it could possibly be? Well, App Annie’s “State of Mobile: 2020” report sheds light on exactly that with some shocking statistics. According to App Annie, Indians spentabout 3 hours and 30 minutes per day on smartphones. That’s a 25% increase when compared to 2017....

OpenMTP is an Open-Source Android File Transfer App for macOS If you have used a Mac, you must be aware that transferring files between an Android smartphone and a macOS system using a USB cable through Google’s outdated Android File Transfer app has always been an inconvenient experience. An app developer named Ganesh Rathinavel has come up with an alternative app named OpenMTP that gives you the plug and play experience that you’re used to with Windows PCs....

Play Valve’s Half-Life Series for Free Now on Steam Valve is currently offeringall games in theHalf-Lifeseries for freeon Steam. The offer is valid until the latest game in the series – Half-Life: Alyx launches sometime in March. “Half-Life: Alyx is set before the events of Half-Life 2 and the episodes, but the games share characters and story elements. The Half-Life: Alyx team believes that the best way to enjoy the new game is to play through the old ones, especially Half-Life 2 and the episodes, so we want to make that as easy as possible....