TimeLine Layout

July, 2021

  • 16 July

    SC On Kanwar Yatra; Indian Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Killed In Afghanistan + Other News

    BCCL Citing the fear of a third Covid wave, the SC said the Yogi-government nod for a 100 per cent physical yatra is not advisable and asked it to reconsider the decision. “We are prima facie of the view that this is a matter concerning every citizen and all other sentiments, including religious are subservient …

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  • 16 July

    Delta Strain Was Behind Breakthrough Infection In India During Second COVID Wave

    The Delta variant of COVID-19 is wreaking havoc around the world and is behind the third wave of the pandemic in many countries. One of the biggest challenges Delta is posing for the world is its ability to escape antibodies.  This means that those who have been previously infected or have been immunised by vaccines are also not safe from …

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  • 16 July

    TN: 23-Yr-Old Kills Man To Protect Herself From Rape, Cops Let Her Go Under Section 100 Of IPC

    A 23-year-old woman who allegedly killed a potential rapist was let go by the police on grounds that she had acted only in self-defence. The police said the woman, a mother of two, was struggling to free herself from the clutches of the deceased when she pushed him, reports The New Indian Express. Jump To Woman killed a man to …

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  • 15 July

    OnePlus Buds Pro are designed to take on higher

    OnePlus is expanding its line of earbuds. After introducing the OnePlus Buds last year, on Thursday the company revealed the OnePlus Buds Pro, a new higher-end set of earbuds coming this year.  While the company has yet to announce a price, the new Buds Pro will feature what it calls “adaptive noise cancellation.” Using three microphones, OnePlus says that its …

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  • 15 July

    Square to build new Bitcoin business for developers of financial services

    Digital payments company Square will create a new business focused on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency to help developers design decentralized financial products, CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets on Thursday. The business will build “an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial services,” Dorsey said. The new …

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  • 15 July

    Pro

    Hi-fi manufacturer Pro-Ject is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a follow-up to its excellent Debut Evo turntable: the Debut Pro.  At a $899 retail price, it’s plain to see the new Debut Pro is gunning for the Rega Planar 3‘s dominance of the under-$1000 landscape. The Pro-Ject even manages to outdo the Rega in several key areas, including adjustable feet! …

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  • 15 July

    Klipsch speaker sale: Save $75 on Cinema 400 soundbar, 50% off R

    Merry Christmas (in July), one and all. That’s right, it’s everyone’s favorite invented holiday, and to celebrate Klipsch is having a sale. There’s a bunch of items on offer, from speakers to soundbars to subwoofers, and some of them are priced even lower than during Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. We’ve highlighted three of our favorite Klipsch speakers below.  …

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  • 15 July

    Elgato Facecam tries really hard to be a pro 1080/60p webcam

    Streaming-gear favorite Elgato has finally tossed a webcam at its gaming fans, the 1080/60fps Facecam. It’s the biggest challenger we’ve seen thus far for Razer’s Kiyo Pro, for the same $200 (£189), with class-leading software, including a real Mac app, that helps compensate for some of its weaknesses. It doesn’t have a built-in mic, which makes sense given that its …

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  • 15 July

    Android 12: All the features you’ll love, like Quick Tap, Scrollable Screenshots and improved privacy dashboard: Here’s how they work

    Android 12 is getting closer to an official release now that Google has rolled out Beta 3, which includes several new features and improvements. For example, there’s a new scrollable screenshots tool (finally!), and on-device search gets a big improvement when it comes to finding information inside third-party apps. Google also said it improved auto-rotation by using the front-facing camera …

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  • 15 July

    Google’s Pixel 6 XL tipped to get 5x telephoto camera, says report

    A major leak dropped last week, revealing reported specs of the upcoming Pixel 6 series. Now we’re getting even more clues on what Google’s upcoming flagship might look like, particularly its camera modules. According to a Thursday report by XDA Developers, Google’s updated camera app, Google Camera 8.3.252, has lines of code indicating that a new 5x zoom option will …

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