Monday, February 1, 2021

Google settles with US labor department over alleged hiring and pay discrimination - CNET

The tech giant will pay almost $2.6 million to employees and job applicants.

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The best fire pits for 2021: Tiki, BioLite, Solo Stove and more - CNET

We tried out a slew of popular fire pits from Solo Stove, BioLite, Tiki and others.

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Vivo recently launched the Vivo X60 Pro Plus in China, thus completing the X60 series, comprising the vanilla Vivo X60, X60 Pro and Vivo X60 Pro Plus. This new series of smartphones is set to be introduced in India. And they could arrive as soon as within the next 45 to 60 days.

According to the initial reports, the company is reportedly bringing its fully loaded Vivo X60 Pro Plus in the country while it's not clear if the base variant and the X60 and X60 Pro will also accompany their on-steroids sibling.

To recall, with the Vivo X50 series, the company focused on camera-centric features and had marketed the device as one in spite of not supporting processors of flagship grade. However, they did have features ad design that could put any top of the line product to shame. However, the X60 series comes with the latest flagship SoC from Qualcomm.

 Vivo X60 Pro Plus Launch date in India 

According to a report by 91mobiles, the Vivo X60 Pro Plus, which presents quite a challenge in pronouncing its name, is heading out of China within months of its introduction in January. The company may launch the phone around the last week of March or in the first couple of weeks of April. 

 Vivo X60 series price in India 

There is no clarity around the Indian pricing of the upcoming flagship series from Vivo yet, however, the vanilla X60 comes in three different variants based on memory and storage combinations back in China. The 8GB RAM+128GB is priced at CNY 3498, the 8GB RAM+256GB is priced at CNY3798 and the 12GB RAM+256GB retails at CNY 3998.

The Vivo X60 Pro only comes in 12GB+256GB and is priced at CNY 4498 back home while the X60 Pro Plus has a couple of variants and the 8GB+128GB is priced at CNY 56400 and the fully-loaded 12GB+256GB variant is pegged at CNY 5998.

Looking at the Chinese pricing, it is clear that the pricing of the X60 series in India may start around Rs. 37,000 for the base variant and the top-end version of X60 Pro Plus could easily be priced around Rs. 68,000 or more.

Vivo X60 Pro Plus

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Vivo X60 Pro Plus specifications 

As mentioned above, the X60 Pro Plus comes with flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC in tow, coupled with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. The phone has a 6.56-inch FHD+ (2376×1080) AMOLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. The display on this phone comes in a 19.8:9 aspect ratio with supports for HDR10 and HDR10+ content.

In terms of optics, the phone packs a quad-camera setup at the back with 50MP main sensor, a 48MP wide-angle lens, a 32MP portrait sensor, and an 8MP periscope lens with support for 60x Super Zoom. It also has a 32MP camera at the front housed in a hole punch cutout to take care of selfies and video calls.

This is Vivo’s first lineup after the company shifted to the new Origin OS and the Vivo X60 Pro Plus runs on an Android 11-based Origin OS skin. It comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor, a 4,200mAh battery that supports 55W flash charging via a USB Type C port

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The best mesh routers in 2021: Asus, Eero, Netgear Orbi, Google Nest and more - CNET

A good mesh router will spread fast, reliable internet speeds throughout your entire home -- and these are the best we've tested.

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UAE's Hope Mars probe could change everything we know about the red planet - CNET

The United Arab Emirates will arrive at Mars on Feb. 9. It could rewrite our understanding of the planet's atmosphere.

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The best office chairs of 2021 - CNET

If your office chair is causing you pain, it might be time for a new one.

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Trump names new impeachment trial lawyers as Senate tension builds. Today's update - CNET

With just over a week until the impeachment trial, the former president has signed on a new team of lawyers. Here's what's at stake, what's happening and what's next in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

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Following on from their collaboration on Black Panther, which earned over $1.3 billion at the global box office in 2018, The Walt Disney Company has announced an exclusive deal with writer-director-producer Ryan Coogler's multi-media company to produce television content for Disney Plus.

The five-year deal will see Proximity Media, which was co-founded by Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Peter Nicks, develop a new television series set in the Kingdom of Wakanda, home of the Black Panther.

"With Black Panther, Ryan brought a groundbreaking story and iconic characters to life in a real, meaningful and memorable way, creating a watershed cultural moment," said Disney's executive chairman Bob Iger in the announcement. "We’re thrilled to strengthen our relationship and look forward to telling more great stories with Ryan and his team."

Speaking on behalf of Proximity Media, Coogler said "we couldn’t be happier to be launching our television business with Bob Iger, Dana Walden and all the amazing studios under the Disney umbrella," also teasing that the company is "already in the mix on some projects that we can't wait to share."

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently revealed that Black Panther 2 would be moving forward despite the death of lead actor Chadwick Boseman, leading us to assume that the upcoming Disney Plus series will either follow side characters like Shuri (Letitia Wright) and Okoye (Danai Gurira), or see a new Black Panther crowned.

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2022 CT5-V Blackwing is the most powerful Cadillac ever - Roadshow

This top-dog Cadillac sport sedan hits like an artillery shell thanks to its 668-horsepower supercharged V8.

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Senate has a rare secret weapon to approve a stimulus check faster. Here's how it works - CNET

With control of the Senate -- just barely -- Democrats may need to use a special legislative process called budget reconciliation to push a big stimulus package through without bipartisan support. They'll have one shot.

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2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing takes flight for less than $60,000 - Roadshow

This high-performance sedan comes with 472 horsepower and a standard six-speed manual transmission.

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2022 Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing cars deliver world-beating performance video - Roadshow

These two ultrahigh-performance sedans are ready to pummel rival models from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

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China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft reaches Mars this month: What you need to know - CNET

Tianwen-1 contains an orbiter, lander and rover -- and could make China just the third nation to reach the surface of Mars.

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Netflix is already making a WallStreetBets/GameStop movie - CNET

Of course it is.

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The way in which you and your organization use Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system could be about to change completely as the software giant has been secretly working on developing a new PC-as-a-Service offering.

Up until now users have purchased new devices with the company's operating system pre-installed or installed it themselves after building a new PC. However, the new direction Microsoft appears to be moving in will see the company distribute its operating system and apps as a SaaS offering over the cloud.

In a now removed job posting for a program manager for the company's Cloud PC team, Microsoft provided further insight on its upcoming PC-as-a-Service offering, saying:

"Microsoft Cloud PC is a strategic, new offering that is built on top of Windows Virtual Desktop to delivering Desktop as a Service. At its core, Cloud PC provides business customers a modern, elastic, cloud-based Windows experience and will allow organizations to stay current in a more simplistic and scalable manner." 

PC-as-a-Service

According to a series of new support documents from Microsoft, the company has revealed that Cloud PC is currently being tested in the wild. The software giant is now in the process of adding Cloud PC APIs to Microsoft Graph.

We've also learned that Microsoft will offer several “service plans” for its customers to choose from that will provide them with access to different hardware configurations. 

According to Windows Latest, the medium configuration will include 2 vCPUs, 4GB of RAM and a 96GB SSD while the heavy configuration will be powered by 2 vCPUs, 8GB of RAM and a 96GB SSD. More demanding users though will be able to upgrade to the advanced configuration which includes 3 vCPUs and 8GB of RAM.

Microsoft's Cloud PC service will be optimized for general-purpose personal computing, speed and performance while on the business end, the company will focus on scalability and data processing.

When Microsoft's PC-as-a-Service offering launches sometime later this year, users will be able to access their Cloud PC from any device capable of running the Microsoft Remote Desktop client.

Via Windows Latest



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I 'Vibe Designed' a Website in Minutes Using Google Labs' Stitch Tool

Stitch puts UI design tools into the hands of anyone who can chat. from CNET https://ift.tt/i32ksQm