Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone starrer 83 movie to launch its NFT collection this week

Over the last few weeks, we have seen many Bollywood actors entering the non-fungible token (NFT) race. The newest addition is Ranveer Singh’s 83 movie, which is set to release on December 23. Director and Producer Kabir Khan has announced to launch of the film’s digital collectibles or NFTs beginning December 23.

Speaking to IANS Khan said, “we are delighted to venture into this exciting arena of digital possibilities to provide Bollywood and cricket fans the opportunity to benefit from the movie’s box-office success in a manner never done before.”

It has been revealed that the “83″ collectibles will include — autographed physical cricket memorabilia, video scenes, animated digital avatars, and unseen posters and images. The report suggests that producers have partnered with NFT Labs and Social Swag, which is an influencer-led fan engagement platform, to launch the exclusive release of 83’s NFTs collectibles.

NFT and Bollywood superstars

If you are wondering what NFT is, it basically allows creators to develop unique digital artworks of any form and sell directly to fans and collectors via Blockchain technology.

Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sunny Leone, among others have already announced their entrance to the NFT world. While Salman Khan announced the launch of the NFT collection, Bachchan launched NFTs including his autographed vintage posters and a recital of his father’s poem Madhushala, which were sold for around Rs 7.18 crore. Additionally, fashion designer Manish Malhotra also sold NFT series of 5 digital sketches for roughly around Rs 2.8 lakh.

Announcing his NFT collection, Khan said in an Instagram post, “Aa raha hoon main, NFTs leke (I am coming with NFTs). Salman Khan Static NFTs coming on @bollycoin. Stay tuned, bhai log! https://ift.tt/3lHSxqg #NFTs #ComingSoon.” Read more about Salman Khan’s NFT collection here.

Khan announced to launch his NFT collection with BollyCoin, which is a dedicated Bollywood-themed NFT platform developed by filmmaker-actor Atul Agnihotri. The platform allows investing in clips and stills from films, iconic dialogues, posters, unseen footage, social media content and merchandise from film personalities. As per bollycoin.com, the platform has partnered with production houses such as Salman Khan Films, Arbaaz Khan Productions, Sohail Khan Productions, and Reel Life Productions.

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How chip shortage is forcing the world’s biggest automobile company to shut factories

After the end of the second phase of the coronavirus crisis, the demand for cars in the country is increasing continuously. But due to the shortage of semiconductors, the companies cannot react to the expected target.

Toyota, one of the biggest vehicle manufacturers globally, is also affected by the chip shortage. The global chip shortage has earlier forced to stall Toyota’s 27 production lines in 14 factories worldwide in September. The auto manufacturer giant has now extended stoppages at some factories in Japan due to a supply shortage. The company claims that the halts on production will directly affect about 14,000 vehicles in December.

Earlier, the company said that it hopes to return to average production for the first time in seven months in December. But the production at the factories was halted, and the suspension is expected to continue for now. The company claimed to lose 3,500 vehicles due to the chip shortage. In addition, it will keep its target to produce 9 million vehicles worldwide during the financial year ending on March 31.

The production cuts which have affected the Lexus models and its Land Cruiser are still trying to make up for the production lost due to the supply-chain disruptions in Malaysia and Vietnam.

To recall, the Japanese automaker revealed that it produced 627,452 vehicles in October, down from 845,107 units a year earlier. Toyota said last month that it would cut global production for a third time this year as the worldwide shortage of automotive microchips continues to bite.

According to the automobile industry body SIAM, deliveries of small cars and sedans stood at 64,235 units in September. It has been 61% weaker than 1.6 lakh units in September last year. If we talk about SUV and UV, their wholesale sales have fallen by 9% to 87,720 units compared to 96,633 units in September last year.

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Gurman: ‘Strongly believe’ Apple will launch a new external display for Macs

A wave of rumors recently has indicated that Apple is ramping up its efforts to launch a new external display at lower price than the Pro Display XDR. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes that he “strongly believes” Apple will “launch a new external monitor for its latest Macs.”

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Former Apple exec Jony Ive goes in-depth on design process and more

Last month, Apple’s former design chief Jony Ive gave us a rare peek of its design process when he shared images of a work in progress on a seal for the Terra Carta environment award. Now, Wallpaper publication posted an interview where Jony Ive and Prince Charles discuss the importance of the Terra Carta award for the environment.

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Netflix vs Disney+ Hotstar vs Amazon Prime Video: Which one is worth your money and why?

The explosion of streaming services has made it quite confusing for the viewers to pick one to invest in, especially when the subscription costs are quite high for many. While everyone needs a piece of the pie but are they really worth investing in? Well, there are three major things that matter the most while choosing a video streaming service: content, features and budget.

Giving a price cut at a time when rivals like Amazon Prime Video increased its subscription cost was an excellent move by Netflix to get the full attention of the consumers in India. For the unversed, the new mobile Netflix subscription cost is Rs 149 per month, down from Rs 199. The basic plan is now priced at Rs 199 per month, down from Rs 499 and the premium plan is priced at Rs 649 per month, down from Rs 749. High subscription cost was one of the major reasons why it was difficult to recommend the platform to users. Although its prices are still high as compared to other streaming services, the recent price cut is now making a compelling case for Netflix.

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As for content, I think it was majorly the Netflix shows and movies that made headlines this year. Not to mention Money Heist, Squid Games, Lucifer, Sex Education, The Witcher all these binge-worthy shows are available on Netflix. The streaming service also offers a healthy mix of movies, shows, documentaries, K-dramas, and so on. One of the best things about the platform is that it maintains its momentum and keeps on refreshing the content every other week.

Not only this, Netflix lets you can create up to five individual user profiles per subscription. For the unversed, Netflix-compatible devices are smartphones, tablets, computers, smart TVs, TV streaming devices and set-top boxes. The US-based streaming service offers content in SD, HD and 4K resolution. In terms of features, the UI of Netflix is quite user-friendly. Some of these features include “Popular Picks for You”, “Continue Watching”, “Trending Picks for You”, and so on.

In my personal opinion, Netflix is the best option for you if you are a binging enthusiast like me, but I will understand why some of you might beg to differ. I mean, Netflix does have a few drawbacks. I mean no Harry Potter? Only a couple of Marvel movies! and of course, no Marvel’s original show (at least not the new ones)? Well, this might give you major FOMO and if that is something that you cannot miss out on, I think you should choose Disney+ Hotstar.

Disney+ Hotstar’s partnership with Pixar and Marvel is the biggest convincing factor why people choose the platform. However, you need to weigh your priorities because obviously, you will still be missing out on some of the major shows like Stranger Things, You, Sex Education and so on.

Amazon Prime Video on the other hand has a few reasons why one might think of it as a good option. What is its major highlight you ask? Harry Potter! All the new Fantastic Beast saga movies are available just on Prime Video. While it does have some good shows like The Wheel of Time, Young Sheldon, Jack Ryan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mirzapur, The Family Man and so on but personally, I still find myself opening the Prime Video app once in a blue moon.

While one might still be convinced by the content offered by the platform, Prime Video has increased its prices in India. Hence, making consumers re-think if they really want it. To be fair, Amazon does offer a handful of services along with the streaming service, but to choose it just because of its streaming service is not a smart decision in my opinion.

It all comes down to users’ priority and pocket. While Netflix seems like a content-rich platform with a reasonable cost at the moment which is what an average viewer is looking for, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar have their own perks.

For Hindi movie buffs on a budget, streaming services like Zee5, SonyLiv and more are also good options to choose from.

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Google Maps is testing a new ‘Dock to bottom’ feature: Report

Google is reportedly working on a new feature for Google Maps that will allow users to dock locations at the bottom of the map page. This feature is likely to be called “Dock bottom”. According to a report by Search Engine Roundtable, users will see a “dock to bottom” button in the Google Maps app that will let them quickly locate the saved or the docked location on the map. This feature can be useful for businesses to help users locate a specific place precisely on Google Maps.

Right now, the Google Maps app and the desktop site show only one information panel on the left side. The report further reveals that the docking feature will also come with a close option. Upon clicking the close option, the dock will hide from the Google Maps page. The feature might also help users plan a trip and dock specific local businesses they want to visit without any hassel. However, it is not yet confirmed if or when will this feature roll out for the users.

The ‘dock to bottom’ feature testing was reported on Twitter recently.

I don’t know if it’s just me or others seeing this “dock to bottom” option in the Google Search / Maps results page? @synup #SEO pic.twitter.com/GxVo7mvJdn

— Ashwin Ramesh (@ashwin_ramesh) December 9, 2021

Last month, Google Maps had added a new feature that could inform users about the live busyness trends of a specific place. The Area Busyness feature is designed to help users plan their travel according to the crowdedness of a place, given that we are still in the middle of a pandemic. The newly introduced Directory tab of Google Maps allows users to navigate through famous public places like airports, malls and transit stations.

Additionally, Google Maps for iOS has received the much-awaited Dark Mode. While Google added the greyscale interface on the platform in August some outlets like The Verge cite to have witnessed the floater on Maps since September. Although the general mass wasn’t able to access the feature back then.

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OnePlus rolls out a new Android 12 based OxygenOS update for OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro

OnePlus has rolled out a new update of OxygenOS based on Android 12 for OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro users. The company has announced that the new update will resolve issues and fix bugs that were introduced in the previous update. Notably, this previous update was rolled out just last week, but the company had to suspend it as users reported errors, bugs and more issues.

As per a blog by OnePlus, “In this build, we concentrated on solving the issues that were most reported recently, including the failure to connect to the mobile data in certain scenarios, phone notifications not being visible, freeze issues, some display problems, etc. This update has reached a few users already and will continue to roll out incrementally.”

The latest version is marked as C.39 whereas the earlier version was C.36. Users who did not update to C.36 are advised to wait before updating to the latest version so that they know if it is stable and bug-free or not. According to OnePlus, the most reported issues of the previous update include the failure to connect to mobile data, phone notifications were not visible, freezing of the system UI, display issues and more.

According to OnePlus, issues like autofill in Google Chrome, the temporary lack of access to the Ultra HD 48M / AUX camera on GCam will be fixed “in the follow-up update plan”.

Just like always, this update will be available to users in a phased manner so some OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro users will have to wait for the update for at least a few days.

New features and improvements

With the update, the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro users will get access to all Android 12 features such as — hibernation, microphone and camera indicators, approximate location permission, and others.

Additionally, the new OxygenOS update brings more adjustable levels for systemwide dark mode, improvements to Cards on the Shelf, Work-Life Balance 2.0, switching layouts with a pinch gesture, improvements to image previews, and much more.

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