Reliance Jio Hikes Prepaid Tariffs, Reduces Data Allocation Followingsteep price hikesfrom both Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio on Wednesday also announced plans to increase its prepaid tariffs by up to 40 percent,its second in just over a month. The new all-in-one (AIO) tariff plans start at Rs. 199 for 28-days and go up to Rs 2,199 for 1-year. All of them offer unlimited on-net (Jio to Jio) voice calls and 100 daily SMSes, but differ in their validity periods, daily data allocations and off-net (Jio to non-Jio) voice calling minutes....

Snapdragon 865 Brings Support for 144Hz Display, 8K Video Recording, and More Yesterday, Qualcommunveiled its newest flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 865, on stage at its Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii. The chipmaker took the veil off its new chipset during the first keynote address but didn’t shed light on many technical details. Well, the chipmaker has today revealed everything about the Snapdragon 865 chipset, so let’s not waste time and dive straight in....

Sony Launches Alpha A9 II Camera for Professionals in India Sony has today announced the launch of a brand new camera to its line-up of professional grade shooters. The Alpha A9 II from Sony packs in a bunch of impressive camera features, along with improvements across the board to make the camera a worthwhile proposition for professionals in the country. The Alpha A9 II comes with improved connectivity, including wired connectivity options in the form of an ethernet port supporting gigabit connectivity....

TikTok Sued for Tracking, Collecting, and Disclosing Data of Children TikTok is one of the most popular apps in the world right now, but the journey hasn’t been entirely free of hurdles. The app has faced criticism for a variety of reasons, and was evenshortly banned in Indiabefore theban was liftedby the Madras High Court. Now, the app, along with its parent company Bytedance, and Musical.ly (which was acquired by Bytedance in 2017 and rebranded as TikTok) are all being sued in the United States for allegedly mishandling personally identifiable data about children....

You’ll Now Have to Declare Your Birthdate to Join Instagram Instagram has announced a couple of crucial changes that it says will make the platform safer for minors. Firstly, the company says it will now require all new users to declare their birthdates when creating an account on the platform. In an officialblog poston Wednesday, the Facebook-owned company said that the new policy will help prevent underage people from joining Instagram, thereby making it a safer place with more age-appropriate experiences overall....

‘Red Magic 5G’ to be Powered by Snapdragon 865, Confirms Nubia Following theofficial unveilingof the Snapdragon 865 and 765 mobile platforms in Hawaii earlier this week, awhole host of smartphone vendorshaveannounced plansto launch smartphones powered by the two SoCs. Nubia has now become the latest brand to jump on the Snapdragon 865 bandwagon by confirming that its next-generation gaming handset, theRed Magic 5G, will be based on Qualcomm’s newly-announced flagship chipset....

Apple Announces the Best Apps and Games on the App Store in 2019 Apple hasannouncedits lists of the best apps and games on its platforms in 2019. On the iPhone, the company picked an AI-basedphotography app, while a sketching app took the honors on the iPad. A professional publishing software, meanwhile, came out on top on macOS. The company also announced winners on Apple Arcade and Apple TV. iPhone App of the Year – Spectre Camera ‘Spectre Camera’ uses AI to enable users to snap long exposure photographs....