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  Best Smartphones in India Under Rs. 50,000: Realme 16 Pro+ 5G,  Oppo Reno 15 and More

  The sub-Rs. 50,000 smartphone segment in India has plenty of value-driven offerings. They offer good cameras, capable processors, a premium gaming experience, longer battery life, and reliable software support. Here are some of the top smartphones in India that offer decent features under Rs. 50,000. The list includes Realme 16 Pro+ 5G, Samsung Gal...

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  Google Play Store Could Soon Let Users Try Out Paid Games Before Purchasing Them: Report

  The Google Play Store could soon launch a new "Try before you buy" feature. The feature could allow users to try out paid games for free before making a purchase. Once the trial period ends, users can purchase the games, and they will be able to carry over the progress made during the trial. Trials are expected to be limited to one trial per game l...

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  Fortnite Returns to Google Play Store After Extended Legal Battle

  Fortnite has returned to the Google Play Store in the US, Epic Games announced on Friday. This marks the culmination of a five-year legal battle, which began in 2020, when Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google for their allegedly unfair and anti-competitive platform rules. While the multiplayer game returned to the App Store in May, G...

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  Google’s Year in Search 2025: Top Trending Topics in India—From Gemini to Squid Games

  Google on Thursday announced the Year in Search 2025, revealing several notable trends with regard to searches made by users in India this year. The most trending search in 2025 was the Indian Premier League, owing to the strong affection for the sport in the country. Gemini, surprisingly, was the second most trending search, which indicates increa...

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  Google Play Best of 2025: District by Zomato, CookieRun Among Top Apps and Games on Play Store in India

  Google’s Play Best of 2025 award winners were announced on Tuesday (November 18), listing the top-performing games and apps in India. While Zomato’s events and ticketing platform was this year’s received the title of the best app on Google Play Store in 2025, CookieRun India was the best game in the outgoing year. Moreover, Intamart, the quic...

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  Google’s Big AI Updates: Gemini, DeepMind, NotebookLM News From the Week

  Google rolled out a wide set of AI upgrades across its products last week. NotebookLM led with six new features, including custom video overview styles, chat history, image as a source and global flashcards and quizzes. Google Photos added Nano Banana editing, AI templates, an Ask button and expanded Help me edit. Updates also arrived for Messages,...

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  Google DeepMind Introduces SIMA 2, a Gemini-Powered AI Agent That Can Play Video Games

  Google DeepMind has unveiled SIMA 2, an upgraded Gemini powered AI agent that can reason about its actions, plan tasks and interact with users through text while playing 3D open world games. The system shows better generalisation to new titles, accepts multimodal prompts and improves through self generated training data. DeepMind sees SIMA 2 as a s...

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  Best Emulators for PC in 2025: BlueStacks, GameLoop, PCSX2, and More Options You Can Try Out Today

  Emulators have become essential PC tools in 2025, enabling users to run Android apps, mobile games and classic PS2 titles with ease. Popular options like BlueStacks, MEmu Play, GameLoop, PCSX2 and MuMuPlayer offer strong performance, broad compatibility and features suited to different needs. BlueStacks and MEmu focus on Android gaming, GameLoop ta...

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  Google Proposes Play Store Reforms in Settlement With Fortnite Maker Epic Games

  In a joint filing in the federal court in San Francisco, Alphabet and Epic Games asked US District Judge James Donato to consider a proposal resolving Epic’s 2020 antitrust lawsuit, which accused Google of illegally monopolizing how users access apps and make in-app purchases on Android devices.

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  Google Brings Major Changes to Play Store Operations in the US After Epic Games Ruling

  Starting October 29, Google can no longer restrict the use of alternative payment systems in the US Play Store. Also, the tech giant can not force the developers to use Google Play Billing for payments. The latest update is in line with an injunction resulting from the Epic vs. Google case. Google has listed out the changes being made today on this...

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  YouTube to Enforce Stricter Age Restrictions on Violent Gaming Videos, Livestreams

  YouTube will introduce stricter content rules from November 17 to limit video game footage featuring “graphic violence.” The updated policy, part of efforts to protect younger viewers, expands existing Community Guidelines to cover more forms of violent depictions. It will target scenes showing realistic human characters being tortured or large...

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  Inside Google Hyderabad's Vibrant Diwali Party That Has The Internet Buzzing

  The Instagram video, shared by Nihar Darnay, showcases Google's stunning Diwali decor, featuring vibrant lights, rangoli designs, food stalls, games, and painting activities.

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  OpenAI Does It Again: While Google and Meta Play Catch-Up, Sora 2 Changes the Game

  OpenAI’s new iOS-only social media app is quickly gaining traction, letting users create AI-generated videos of themselves or others and share them publicly. The app builds on the popularity of short, vertical video formats with an AI twist. Rivals are also moving in—Meta recently introduced its Vibe feed, while Google found success with Gemini...

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  YouTube Premium Lite Subscription Launched in India With Limited Ad-Free Video Playback, Lower Cost: Price, Benefits

  YouTube Premium is the video streaming platform’s flagship subscription in India, which is priced at Rs. 1,490 per year. Now, the company is offering a more affordable plan for users in the country, dubbed YouTube Premium Lite. According to the company, “most” videos will be ad-free for subscribers from categories including gaming, fashion, b...

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  Google Play Gets a Major Upgrade With Gamer Profiles, Rewards System and Gemini Live Guidance

  Google Play is set for a major revamp with new gaming-focused features, Google announced on Tuesday. The update adds tools to help players track stats and achievements across devices, alongside a dedicated “You” tab, gamer profiles, and Gemini Live integration. Google Play Games on PC has also exited beta and is now widely available.