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Microsoft Edge will soon support real-time translation of videos on several platforms, the company announced on Tuesday (May 21). It was announced just a day after the company introduced its Copilot+ PCs, which are also capable of translating pre-recorded as well as live videos in real-time. Leveraging generative AI, Microsoft says the upcoming feature can not only translate captions on Microsoft Edge but also dub videos in the viewer’s native language – all in real time.

The real-time video translation feature will be able to translate spoken content in the form of captions as well as dubbing. It is aimed at making videos accessible to a wider range of people, especially to those with disabilities. Microsoft says the feature is currently able to translate English to five languages – Hindi, German, Spanish, Russian, and Italian. Furthermore, it can also translate Spanish to English.

Poco F6 Pro is set to launch globally on May 23 alongside the base Poco F6. The company had previously teased the design of the upcoming handsets and has now confirmed some key specifications and features of the phones including chipset, display, charging, and camera details. Poco has also revealed the colour options of the smartphones. Days before the launch, a leaked unboxing video of the Poco F6 Pro has now surfaced online giving us a glimpse at the phone and its packaging.

Poco confirmed that the Poco F6 Pro is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC paired up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of onboard storage. It is said to offer an AnTuTu score of 1,642,770. The phone will pack a 5,000mAh battery with 120W HyperCharge support and a WQHD+ Flow AMOLED screen. It will also carry a 50-megapixel Light Fusion 800 primary rear image sensor.

Microsoft plans to release the coming installment of the “Call of Duty” videogame to its subscription service, in a departure from its longtime practice of only selling the title independently, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The move is expected to be announced at the company’s annual Xbox showcase, scheduled for June 9, the person said on the condition of anonymity as the plans are private.

CoinDCX has released a report that attempts to highlight issues with India’s crypto tax policies, while seeking reforms from the government in order to improve compliance and tax transparency in the country. The FIU-registered crypto exchange is the latest of many firms that have attempted to appeal to the government to reduce the taxes on cryptocurrencies in the country — including the one percent tax deducted at source (TDS) for crypto transactions, and 30 percent tax levied on incomes generated by crypto activities.

Acer unveiled its sub-brand Acerpure in India on May 16 at an event in Bengaluru. The lifestyle brand, available in several Asian and European countries, makes its entry into the Indian market with a slew of new products, including air purifiers, fans, cordless vacuum cleaners, robotic vacuum cleaners and water purifiers. The newly launched Acerpure Air Purifiers feature LCD panels while the robotic vacuum cleaners offer up to 5,000pA suction power and 65dB noise level.

Acerpure Air Purifiers have a starting price of Rs. 9,990 in India. The price of the Acerpure Cozy Air Circulator Fan starts from Rs. 7,490. They are currently up for sale from Acer online store, Acer Exclusive stores and other e-commerce platforms.

CMF Watch Pro 2 will likely launch later this year as the successor to the CMF Watch Pro, which was unveiled in September 2023. The purported smartwatch has not yet been officially announced but reports suggest that it may come to the markets soon. The moniker has not been confirmed either, but a new CMF model was spotted on a certification site recently, and it is expected to be the Watch Pro 2. It is likely to come with upgrades over the CMF Watch Pro

Google I/O 2024 began with multiple major artificial intelligence (AI) announcements. On Tuesday, the tech giant held the day 1 keynote session where it introduced new AI models, integrated AI with Google products, and teased new capabilities for Pixel smartphones and Android 15. During the event, the company also announced several new features for Google Search. The Search Generative Experience (SGE), available to only some users, is now being launched in the US as AI Overviews. New multimodal capabilities for the Search engine were also unveiled.

Crypto price chart reflected volatility with most altcoins trading in losses on Monday, May 13. Stepping into the third week of this month, Bitcoin saw its trading value remaining close to the mark of $60,000 (roughly Rs. 50 lakh). On Indian exchanges like WazirX, CoinDCX, and CoinSwitch, Bitcoin is trading at $65,477 (roughly Rs. 54 lakh) after seeing a minor gain of 0.78 percent. Internationally, BTC is trading at $60,999 (roughly Rs. 50.9 lakh) on exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, and CoinMarketCap.

Ether showed a slight price dip on Monday. The second most popular asset on the crypto chart, ETH recorded a loss of 1.43 percent to trade at $3,119 (roughly Rs. 2.60 lakh) on Indian exchanges like CoinDCX. Internationally, the asset is priced somewhere around $2,883 (roughly Rs. 2.40 lakh).