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Debit Cards Breach, All Things Reliance Jio, Samsung Galaxy On Nxt, and More Tech News This Week

Debit Cards Breach, All Things Reliance Jio, Samsung Galaxy On Nxt, and More Tech News This Week 3x2g2u

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 2 November 2016 12:34 IST

Highlights

A huge security breach compromised millions on Indian debit cards
Jio is the slowest 4G network in India, according to TRAI
Xiaomi says it sold 1 million smartphones in India in 18 days

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One of the biggest developments of the week was that a huge security breach took place that potentially compromised the data of blocked 600,000 cards after the breach. It goes without saying that you should change your ATM PIN as a security measure.

(Also see: How to Change Your Debit Card PIN Online)

As usual, there were plenty of phones launched during the week. The launched for Rs. 13,399. The company is offering a free Bluetooth speaker worth Rs. 3,000 alongside, and announced a 10 percent cashback offer for Citibank cardholders. Buyers will also get a Reliance Retail gift voucher worth Rs. 15,000.

Intex Rs. 18,490, exclusive to Flipkart.

Huawei CNY 1,499, or approximately Rs. 14,687. Despite the similar name, the two phones are quite different - the mini S is bigger and more powerful, and packs a 23-megapixel camera.

Other launches include the Reliance Jio .

Beyond the launches, some pretty interesting developments have been taking place. The Pixel C.

Speaking of India, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or cleared Jio's free voice calls for life.

It's not all good for Jio though - TRAI's speed test data showed this week that Jio is the slowest 4G network in India. The telco claims that this is because of the structure of its Welcome Offer, which is running till the end of the year. Under the Welcome Offer, every Jio subscriber has unlimited free Internet access, but there's a 4GB daily limit on full speed access. After consuming 4GB, your speed is throttled - Jio is claiming that this has been affected the average speed as recorded by Trai.

Also - and you can probably thank Jio for this - Airtel has now rolled out a plan offering Samsung's Galaxy J-series smartphones, but has been expanded to all new 4G smartphones.

Meanwhile, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 phones in six months. The company is also working to expand its presence.

Last month it announced its no relationship with Zetta, or anyone else in Western Europe.

There were also reports that Xioami has succeeded in making a bendable smartphone. Flexible displays have been around since quite some time, however none have made it to the commercial market yet.

Great news for gamers this week - the long rumoured Nintendo Switch, and it will be on sale from March 2017. The price of the console has not been announced yet, but it is both a portable and home console as rumoured. The base station is a power supply that also connects the console to your TV, and when you want to take it with you on the go, the main "console" has a built in display.

We still don't know too much about how powerful the console is except that it's powered by Nvidia's Tegra chipset, and Nintendo hasn't revealed a full lineup of games. Beyond Good and Evil is reportedly going to be an exclusive to the new console, with a 2018 release date.

Another very exciting piece of news this week came from ride services program.

The race towards self-driving cars is heating up - Chinese giant LeEco self-driving car, the LeSee. We're officially living in the future as companies get into a race to bring self-driving cars to the roads.

These were the highlights of the week to us; let us know if there's anything else you think should be mentioned, via the comments.

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