Raging Fires In Northern California Have Turned Whole Town Orange, All Thanks To Climate Change

High winds, dry vegetation and unseasonably warm weather fueled several wildfires in Northern California as hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate, state fire officials said.  Fire crews were working on multiple fronts to contain at least seven active fires that ignited within the CZU Complex Fire burn area in Santa Cruz County. Several nearby neighborhoods were evacuated and firefighters struggled …

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CRPF May Induct Women Personnel In Its Special Jungle Warfare Commando Force 'CoBRA'

In what could be a milestone development, the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF is considering induction of women personnel in its specialised jungle warfare commando force CoBRA. Ten Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) units with over 12,000 personnel were raised under the CRPF in 2009 for undertaking intelligence-based jungle warfare operations. Facebook “We are favourably considering inducting women …

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$50 Beats Flex headphones now available in blue and gray

Announced back in October alongside the new iPhone 12 models, Apple’s Beats Flex earphones were initially available in Beats black and yuzu yellow, with flame blue and smoke gray options slated for early 2021. Those two additional colors are now available for $50 (£50, AU$80).   See it at Amazon While the Flex isn’t a true-wireless headphone — there’s a wire …

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LG exploring options that include scrapping the smartphone business

Despite recently premiering its new rollable phone tech and capturing its fair share of buzz at the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, LG may be considering getting out of the smartphone game altogether, according to a Wednesday report by The Korea Herald. The tech giant is facing stiff competition from other manufacturers as it looks to balance a $4.5 billion loss over …

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Netflix subscriber growth soars past 200 million members

Netflix’s subscribers surpassed 200 million as the company closed out 2020, a milestone further cementing Netflix as the world’s biggest subscription streaming video service of its kind.  By comparison, Disney Plus — which has been the breakout hit in the so-called streaming wars, when a parade of new Netflix rivals launched — ramped up to 86.8 million subscribers in its first year. …

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Disney Plus: Everything coming in February 2021

WandaVision got off to a stellar start on Disney Plus and, for the foreseeable future, subsequent episodes of the show — releasing weekly — will dominate the service in much the same as The Mandalorian did in December/January. What else is there to look forward to? Cheaper By The Dozen and its sequel make an appearance in Feb, as does five seasons …

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Biden to be sworn in as president, India pushes back against WhatsApp

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Samsung goes retro with Galaxy Buds Pro cases that look like your old flip phone

Samsung is looking to tap into nostalgia with retro charging case covers for its Galaxy Buds Pro earbuds. The cases resemble an Anycall T100 or Anycall E700 clamshell phone, and come following Samsung’s Unpacked event last week, in which the phone maker debuted its new flagship Galaxy S21 line, as well as the Galaxy Buds Pro earbuds and SmartTag object tracker. According to some …

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Qualcomm’s new chip will boost gaming on phones from Motorola, Xiaomi and others

Qualcomm just launched a new high-end Snapdragon 888 smartphone processor, but it’s already got another chipset available to power slightly cheaper phones. The company on Tuesday unveiled its Snapdragon 870, which will be used by companies like Motorola and Xiaomi in their upcoming devices. The Snapdragon 888, unveiled in December, powers Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 lineup and will be in most high-end Android phones …

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MediaTek’s new chipsets pack in features for high

A week after Qualomm’s latest high-end 5G processor arrived in Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 lineup, rival MediaTek unveiled new chipsets of its own: the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100. The new processors from the Taiwanese chipmaker bring improved AI, camera and multimedia capabilities but lack super-fast 5G found in chipsets from Qualcomm and Samsung.  The new Dimensity chipsets are built …

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Flash sale: The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus tablet with extras for $60

Every now and then, a store beats Amazon at its own game. Today, that store is HSN, which not only has a lower price, but also extras to sweeten the deal. For a limited time, and while supplies last, you can get the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus tablet for $60 with promo code HSN2021. That’s $20 below Amazon’s current …

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