HomeNewsPhotosTechnologyThe Tech Weekender: Valve announces new gaming handheld, Delhi Govt. and Google team up for seamless info on public commutes, Battleground Mobile tournament details leaked and more
The Tech Weekender: Valve announces new gaming handheld, Delhi Govt. and Google team up for seamless info on public commutes, Battleground Mobile tournament details leaked and more
Here are the biggest developments in the world of technology for the week ended July 16
Valve recently released a new handheld gaming console that is set to take on Nintendo’s Switch. The Steam Deck is a compact gaming PC that comes with a 7-inch touchscreen display surrounded by controller buttons and analogue sticks. It is powered by an AMD CPU and GPU and runs on a custom version of Steam OS. Steam Deck is priced at $399 (Roughly Rs 29,800) for the base model with 64GB eMMC internal storage. Additionally, there are 256GB and 512GB NVMe SSD storage models priced at $529 (Roughly Rs 39,500) and $649 (Roughly Rs 48,400), respectively.
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Apple is offering free AirPods with the Mac and iPad in India. The company is making the offer available for students under its annual Back to School offer. Students can avail the free AirPods on the purchase of eligible Mac and iPad models. Apple states that the offer is applicable for students who purchase the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro.
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After being first bought to light by the Anti-Cheat Police Department on Twitter, a console hack that enabled aim-bot and other cheats for Call of Duty Warzone on consoles has been shut down following Activision's strict actions against the developer's of the hack. The hack used machine learning to simulate controller input and had aim-bot with computer vision capabilities that made getting kills very easy. It would have required little or no effort on the players part with the cheats enabled.
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Battlegrounds Mobile India Season 20 kicks on July 14. The PUBG Mobile alternative is getting some significant changes in the latest July 2021 Battlegrounds Mobile india 1.5.0 patch, including new weapons and modes. As players gear up for the new season, some new details of the Battlegrounds Mobile india eSports tournament have leaked. According to reports, Krafton will host Battlegrounds Mobile india eSports tournaments later this year. The company has already listed a tab on the Battlegrounds Mobile india official website. However, the microsite does not reveal much details about the upcoming tournament.
Billionaire Richard Branson flew to the edge of space on July 11 on board the ‘Unity’ rocket ship his company, Virgin Galactic, had been developing for around two decades. Branson, nearly 71 years old, and five crewmates from his space tourism company reached an altitude of about 88 kilometres over the New Mexico desert in the United States. The altitude was enough for them to experience three-four minutes of weightlessness and see Earth’s curvature before safely gliding back to the company’s Spaceport America facility.
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The Delhi government joined hands with tech giant Google to provide real-time information about buses to commuters and make public transport in the national capital more user friendly. With this partnership with Google Maps, Delhi joins the league of global cities that provide seamless, real-time information about public transport, the city's Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said.
