Weekly Tech News Headlines – Jan 30 2021

 Biometric feature for WhatsApp WebWhatsApp who was recently facing heat due to its revised privacy policy, is now all set to bring a new Biometric feature to its service. The new authentication layer will be provided for those using its web and desktop versions. So if a smartphone supports, users will not be able to add in a Biometric login, which will use different methods to sign in through fingerprint, face ID or iris ID.The additional layer of security will prohibit illegal logins to your WhatsApp account on the web. In order to link WhatsApp Web or Desktop to your…
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Indian Ministry of Information Technology banned PUBG mobile and other 117 apps – Full list here

  Indian Ministry of Information Technology today has made its latest digital strike on China by banning hugely popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile including 117 other Chinese apps which are Prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order.The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affaris has sent recommendation to MeitY for blocking these malicious apps after receiving credible inputs for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an authorized manner to server located outside India. This 2nd strike comes after Indian Govt. ban of 59 Chinese apps in the month…
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How to run 90fps smooth PUBG Mobile gameplay on OnePlus devices

 Recently OnePlus has announced that PUBG Mobile will offer 90 frames per seconds smooth gaming experience for their device users. OnePlus will be the first company to enable this feature in smartphones. This feature will give players with OnePlus phones an edge over opponents using the slower framerate. If you own any of the below OnePlus device, you can run PUBGM on 90fps:OnePlus 7 ProOnePlus 7TOnePlus 7T ProOnePlus 8OnePlus 8 Pro Steps to enable:Launch PUBG Mobile on your smartphone.On the home screen, tap on the Settings gear icon then tap the Graphics section on the right side from the menu.Under Graphics,…
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PUBG Mobile 1.0 Beta released with redesigned Erangel 2.0 map and more

PUBG Mobile has finally got the Erangel 2.0 map with 1.0 Beta update. PUBG mobile team has shared a teaser video on their official twitter account. The testing for the beta version has begun and based on the feedback provided by players there may be several changes before a stable version is released. Recently, PUBG Mobile confirmed the 1.0.0 Beta update on its Discord server.“For the past few months, we’ve been sharing our plans to bring our very first map, Erangel, up to the same level of polish as our more recent maps. We started way back with an initial…
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LIVIK: PUBG Mobile starts rolling out new map into devices

The latest update for PUBG Mobile (v0.19.0) has started rolling out to players via the Google Play Store and it introduces a new 2km x 2km Nordic-style map called Livik for shorter 15-minute, 52-player matches.Livik map is exclusive to mobile platform and this is the first time developers has launched a new map outside their PUBG desktop game version.The update also kicks off Royale Pass Season 14 of the game, introduces Spark the Flame-themed game mode, The Ancient Secret mode, and much more.1. New Livik MapThe Livik map is now available. This Nordic-style map measures 2km x 2km, with 52…
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PUBG Mobile: Soon to introduce new map ‘Livik’ to its players

On June 25th, PUBG Mobile on its official account on Twitter, announced a newest mobile exclusive app ‘Livik’. This map is currently playable in the Beta version of PUBG Mobile. This will be the first map that is exclusive to PUBG Mobile and has not first made its way to the PC or console versions of the game. As of now company has not announced the date of introduction of this map into regular version.The map is currently named as ‘secretmap’ in Beta version. Looking at the first glance of map gameplay, it can be said that it is a…
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