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Asus ROG Phone 5 shatters in JerryRigEverything’s durability test HIGHLIGHTS Asus ROG Phone 5 breaks under pressure in new video Asus ROG Phone 5 starts at Rs 49,999 in India ROG Phone 5 goes on sale from April 15 in India The Asus ROG Phone 5 has failed in a durability test by popular YouTube channel JerryRigEverything, shattering easily under hand pressure. The ROG Phone 5, ROG Phone 5 Pro and ROG Phone 5 Ultimate were launched earlier this month on March 10 in India with top-of-the-line specifications and features catered to gamers. The ROG Phone 5 is priced starting at Rs 49,999 in India and will go on sale from April 15. Ahead of its availability, JerryRigEverything’s Zack Nelson tested the ROG Phone 5 for durability and the metal chassis snapped in two when he applied pressure from his hand. While the Gorilla Glass Victus was able to withstand the stress, the vibration motor suffered severer damage. Zack notes in the video that the screen underneath just shattered after he tried ...

WhatsApp Said to Hire Amazon Pay’s Manesh Mahatme to Lead India Payments Business Manesh Mahatme, who has worked at Amazon Pay for nearly seven years, is reportedly due to join WhatsApp payments business soon.   WhatsApp has hired a top Amazon executive to head its payments business in India, two sources told Reuters, as the messenger service gears up to expand in the booming sector. Manesh Mahatme, who has worked at Amazon Pay for nearly seven years, is due to join WhatsApp's payment service soon, one of the sources said on Friday. WhatsApp and Amazon Pay were not immediately available for comment. Mahatme declined to comment. With more than 500 million users, WhatsApp counts India as its biggest market, where it is the newest entrant in India's digital payments sector, which PwC and Indian industry body ASSOCHAM say is set to be worth $135 billion (roughly Rs. 9,78,530 crore) by 2023. WhatsApp last year received a much-delayed approval for the launch of its payments system in...

Realme to launch Narzo 30 4G and Narzo 30 5G in India soon HIGHLIGHTS Realme CEO confirms Narzo 30 4G and Narzo 30 5G are coming soon Realme Narzo 30A and 30 Pro were launched in February in India No word on the exact launch date of Narzo 30 4G and 5G Realme CEO Madhav Sheth has confirmed that the company is going to launch the Narzo 30 4G and Narzo 30 5G in India. The Narzo 30 will join the Narzo 30A and Narzo 30 Pro that launched in February in India. However, the Narzo 30 was missing from the line-up, and it seems like the company will soon launch two versions of the phone. During the Episode 25 of AskMadhav on YouTube, Realme CEO confirmed that the company has already finished testing the Narzo 30 4G but seeing the increased demand of 5G phones, the Narzo 30 5G is also in development. At this point, there’s no word on the exact specifications of the Narzo 30. The Narzo 30 Pro is one of the most affordable 5G phones offered by Realme in India and the Narzo 30 could change that as it...

Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G, Galaxy A72 With Quad Rear Cameras Launched: Price, Specifications Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G, and Galaxy A72 come with up to 256GB of onboard storage. Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G, and Galaxy A72 were unveiled on Wednesday. All three phones come with an IP67-certified dust- and water-resistant design. The Galaxy A52 models and Galaxy A72 also feature quad rear cameras as well as a hole-punch display design. Samsung claims that its new Galaxy A-series phones deliver up to two days of battery life on a single charge. Other key highlights of Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G, and the Galaxy A72 include stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support, 800 nits of peak brightness, and in-display fingerprint sensor. The Galaxy A52 5G also comes with a 120Hz display. However, the regular Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 have a 90Hz display. Samsung has also partnered with Snapchat to bring a Fun Mode to the camera app available on the new Galaxy A-series phone...

Chromebooks are getting a new feature to improve handling Android app Google brought support for Android apps to Chromebooks all the way back in 2016, but the experience still leaves a lot to be desired. Thankfully, Google is making changes to improve how Chrome OS handles Android apps, making the feel a little more polished. According to ChromeUnboxed, Google is working on a feature that will lock resize restrictions for Android apps on Chromebook devices. The flag is currently live in the Canary Channel, and describes a feature that enables a compatibility mode for Android apps that are not optimized for large screens, imposing a restriction on resizing these apps. Once the feature is enabled, Android apps that don’t support large screen formats lose the ability to be resized on Chromebooks, while the maximum and minimize buttons are removed. You also can’t move these apps to the edges of the screen. ChromeUnboxed highlights an example where YouTube Music and Instagram are opened sid...

Facebook Signs Content Supply Deal With News Corp in Australia, Signalling Truce After Blackout The agreement makes News Corp the first major media outlet to strike a Facebook deal under controversial new laws. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reached a content-supply deal with Facebook in Australia, the companies said on Tuesday, a step toward settling a dispute that saw the social media giant briefly shut down thousands of pages in the country. The agreement, terms of which were not disclosed, makes News Corp the first major media outlet to strike a Facebook deal under controversial new laws that let an Australian government-appointed arbitrator set fees if companies fail to do so. Facebook's shutting out all media content in the country for a week last month angered world leaders, as the blackout included emergency services and government health pages. It ended the shutdown when Australia agreed to soften some parts of the new regulations. News Corp, which owns about two-thirds of...