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Electric car and industrial batteries sold in Europe will soon face legally binding environmental standards, the European Commission said on Thursday, as it seeks to give local producers an edge in a rapidly growing global market.

Google's Look to Speak app is available for Android smartphones, and its iOS availability details remain unclear. It works with Android 9.0 and above, including Android One.

Australia locked in plans on Tuesday to make Facebook Inc and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a worldfirst move aimed at protecting independent journalism that has drawn strong opposition from the internet giants.

Some iPad users have also reported battery draining issue with the iPadOS 14.2 software update. Apple is yet to state about the alleged battery problem with old iPhone models.

The In-App Notifications feature is currently available to WhatsApp users with the iOS version of the app. Users can check its availability by heading to Settings, then select Notifications, and check for In-App Notifications.

In the statement to Reuters, Google’s spokesman did not specify which precise policies it felt were violated by IAC and did not mention what exact options it was considering.

Gionee is said to have made $4.2 million (roughly Rs 31 crores), affecting close to 21.75 million smartphones between December 2018 and October 2019.

Xiaomi Mi 11 series will be the first Xiaomi smartphone series to come with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 888 chipset.

The Nokia 3.4 first debuted in September this year and is available to purchase in select countries. The phone packs triple rear cameras and Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 SoC.

It seems a new WhatsApp Desktop beta is doing rounds which includes the ability to do WhatsApp voice calls and WhatsApp video calls, including group calls, from the desktop app. This should be, if and when, should be available for Windows 10 and Apple Mac...

EA Sports has introduced dual entitlement with FIFA 21. This means that those who buy FIFA 21 on their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, won't have to buy the game separately for the next generation consoles when and if they buy one.

Pixxel has also signed an agreement with in-space satellite transportation and infrastructure company Momentus for launching its second satellite in 2021. Pixxel has announced plans to make and launch a constellation of 30 satellites between December 2022...

Apart from the new Cortana functionality, Microsoft also fixed some bugs on Windows 10.

South Korean battery makers LG Chem and SK Innovation are sparring over whether the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) should consider recent electric vehicle recalls in a trade secrets case.

China's Chang'e5 lunar vehicle has finished collecting samples of lunar rocks and soil more than a day ahead of schedule in the first lunar sample retrieval mission since the 1970s, the country's space agency said on Thursday.

A group of U.S. states led by New York is investigating Facebook Inc for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant next week, four sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.