Riot’s message to esports pros: We want no part of Hong Kong controversy

Oct12
by on October 12, 2019 at 12:37 am
Posted In: Asia, gaming, world


Earlier this week the bottom fell out at Blizzard when it banned an esports pro from competing after he spoke out in support of the Hong Kong protests. It seems half the gaming industry (to say nothing of the wider tech industry) has gotten caught up in the ensuing fallout — and now Riot Games is downright begging its esports pros not to drag them into it. John Needham, head of Riot Games’ League of Legends esports division, issued a statement on the official LoL esports Twitter account stating the company has asked its esports pros and commentators to “keep personal views on sensitive…

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Oppo’s new Reno Ace charges fully in just 30 minutes

Oct11
by on October 11, 2019 at 5:39 am
Posted In: Plugged


This year, we’ve seen some crazy charging tech from the likes of Xiaomi and Vivo. While the former’s method charges the phone with 4,000 mAh battery in 17 minutes, the latter’s tech does it in 13 minutes. However, both these are just concepts at the moment. On the other hand, their rival, Oppo has just released a new phone called the Reno Ace that charges fully in just 30 minutes. The phone comes with a 65W charger in the box – the highest in a commercially released phone. The company uses SuperVOOC 2.0 fast charging with new Gallium Nitride (GaN)…

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A bug in Indian local search app exposed over 156 million accounts

Oct10
by on October 10, 2019 at 5:44 am
Posted In: Uncategorized


A major flaw in an Indian local search app, Justdial, allowed hackers to log in to any of its 156 million users accounts. Apart from accessing user information such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses, the vulnerability allowed them to peek into financial details including balance and transactions of an account through JustDial Pay, the company’s payment service. First reported by MoneyControl, the bug was discovered by security researcher Ehraz Ahmed last month. It exploited the site’s Register API used for sign-ups. A video posted by Ahmed shows a hacker can use a person’s phone number as user name and…

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