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Amazon Echo Studio was first released at Amazon's annual event in 2019 priced at $199.99. In India, the Echo Studio price was ₹22,999. Now, nearly two years later, Amazon has launched a special version of Echo Studio that has been designed in partnership with famous American singer Billie Eilish who is known for songs like Happier Than Ever, All Good Girls Go To Hell, Getting Older, and Everything I Wanted among others.

Niantic and Pokemon Go are celebrating Fashion Week and Furfrou, the poodle Pokemon is making its Pokemon Go debut. Now Furfrou is a Pokemon that can change form and you might get lucky and be able to catch some of them too.

Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday said it was suing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) following the leak of a confidential CCI report into an antitrust investigation of the US tech giant.

Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Duo 2 at the Surface launch event but alongside the folding device, two more PC class products came out. One of them is the long awaited Surface Pro 8 while the one is is the Surface Laptop Studio; Microsoft’s take on a hybrid portable workstation.

In what will interest many buyers, Poco X3 Pro, Moto G40 Fusion prices have been cut for the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale. So, if you have plans to buy a new smartphone, this might be the right opportunity.

Bluetooth headphones are now part and parcel of the smartphone-toting world. They provide convenience and utility in the same package and get rid of the clumsy wires without affecting the quality of sound. They also have an added benefit - boost users' 'cool' quotient.

Realme is a name that is known for pocket-friendly and feature-stuffed smartphones that are stylish to look at. Lately, the company has also been expanding its footprint in the home appliance market by launching smart TVs in India.

A few months ago there was some trouble regarding Sony PlayStation 4’s internal CMOS battery and “how it should die” when Sony eventually pulls PS Store support off the console rendering the system effectively useless for all intents and purposes.

The Redmi 9 Activ and Redmi 9A Sport are two new phones headed for India but there’s a catch. Based on a recent report, both these budget phones from Xiaomi will be largely based on last year’s Redmi 9 models, and that these phones will mostly be new versions rather than proper upgrades. Xiaomi is yet to make anything public.

Apple Inc. will give store employees as much as $1,000 in one-time bonuses next month, a rare move that follows a tumultuous effort to get its retail operations back on track after pandemic shutdowns.

HP has announced its 11-inch HP Tablet PC that has some unique specs and is Windows 11 compatible.

Xiaomi has launched two new models under its affordable Redmi TV lineup for the Indian market, which have been dubbed as the Redmi Smart TV 32 and the Redmi Smart TV 43. Redmi Smart TV price in India starts at ₹15,999. These smart TVs will be available on sale during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale and the Diwali with Mi sale. There will be a special launch price on these models that will be revealed later.

A major update was rolled out to Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) gaming console earlier this month. This Playstation update brought tons of new features including a variety of enhancements such as control centre customisation, screen reader controls, new resolution selector, and new trophy tracker, 3D audio support for built-in TV speakers, and PS Remote Play app and PS App enhancements.

iQOO grabbed a lot of attention with its iQOO Z3 earlier this year and now, it is preparing an updated version of the same.

Xiaomi has announced a new Gaming laptop under its Redmi brand. The Xiaomi Redmi G Gaming laptop is an upgrade to last year's Redmi G. It packs Intel and AMD variants. Both of them feature a 144Hz refresh rate display and 16GB of RAM.

September is drawing to a close, but if you’re a streaming service subscriber, there’s even more content awaiting you at the end of this week. Binge watchers will be happy to know that new TV shows and movies are coming to their favourite streaming services, such as Netflix, ZEE5 and Amazon Prime. We provide here your weekend streaming guide to the upcoming movies, web series:

BeepKart, a full-stack online retailer of used 2-wheelers, has announced that it has raised a $3 million seed round led by Stellaris Venture Partners and Chiratae Ventures. The round also saw participation from angel investors including tech founders like Varun Alagh (Mamaearth), Sahil Barua (Delhivery), Vivekananda Hallekere (Bounce), Kunal Shah (CRED), Ramakant Sharma (Livspace) and Rajesh Yabaji (Blackbuck). Founded by Hemir Doshi and Abhishek Saraf, BeepKart is taking a tech-first approach to address the trust deficit in the massive used 2-wheeler market.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of technology to think and act similar to a human and is being utilized to help fight off potential cyberattacks. Employing AI and machine learning to detect vulnerabilities significantly enhance human capabilities, as AI can analyze and report millions of cyber threats in a fraction of the time it might take a person to do the same.

We are just a couple of days away from the Surface hardware event on September 22. Microsoft is expected to announce a slew of surface products including the Microsoft Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop 4 and more.

A couple of months after Nintendo announced the refreshed version of the popular console, the upcoming Nintendo Switch OLED console has reportedly been spotted for the first time. This was at a retail display outlet in Tokyo, giving users a good look at the device’s upgraded OLED display ahead of the official launch next month.