Sunday, March 31, 2019

Microsoft Quietly Releases Surface Book 2 Updated Model: Everything You Need to Know

The refreshed "Surface Book 2" model comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage.

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Facebook's 'Why am I seeing this post?' feature to help you understand, control News Feed

The new feature will let you know why you are seeing certain posts and give you better control over your News Feed

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PUBG Mobile Ban: Ahmedabad Police Lifts Ban From Playing Battle Royale Games

PUBG ban was implemented on March 14, 2019, post which 20 people were reportedly arrested in different cities, including Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara.

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PUBG Mobile Top 5 Upcoming Features: Zombie Dogs, Infinity Mode, Companion System And More

Zombies will now be smarter, i.e. they can now climb walls and low roofs. Zombies can also jump as well. And you will also have to watch out for zombie dogs.

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Georgia Man Pleads Guilty of Hacking Apple Accounts

The hacker, Kwamaine Jerell Ford, began targeting accounts in March 2015 with a phishing scheme, pretending to be an Apple support representative needing logins, passwords and/or the answers to security questions.

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Internet Rules Must be Updated: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg said though Facebook continually reviews policies with experts on terrorist propaganda and hate speech, it "always make mistakes and decisions that people disagree with".

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With 1.5 Billion Users a Month, Google's Gmail Turns 15

Today, Gmail allows 15GB free storage. Users can receive emails up to 50MB in size, including attachments, while they can send emails up to 25MB in size.

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Realme 3 to go on sale on 2 April at 12 pm on Flipkart: All you need to know

In the given price segment, Realme 3 very closely competes with the Redmi Note 7 Pro.

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Xiaomi Redmi Go to go on sale next on 4 April: Here's all you need to know

Redmi Go comes with just 1 GB of RAM of board and runs Android Go programme.

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April Fools' Day: Humor is What Separates AI and Machines From Humans

Linguists and computer scientists say this is something to consider on April Fools’ Day: Humor is what makes humans special.

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Elon Musk thinks his new rap song 'RIP Harambe' might be his 'finest work'

We just can't wait - can't wait - to hear what's next. Life is too short. RIP Harambe.

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April Fools' Day: Google Maps now lets you play a version of the classic Snake game

Google has also released a standalone website for the Snake game.

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Valve teases its VR headset for the first time, will likely be named Valve Index

Valve is also likely working on a new Half-Life game that will likely be launched with the Valve Index.

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Valve teases its VR headset for the first time, will likely be named Valve Index

Valve is also likely working on a new Half-Life game that will likely be launched with the Valve Index.

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Motorola One Vision spotted on Google's ARCore website, launch imminent

The Motorola One Vision is expected to feature a 21:9 punch-hole display and an Exynos 9610 chipset.

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April Fool's Day 2019: OnePlus could be launching an electric sports car soon

We'd all love to hear more about a OnePlus electric car, but when's the OnePlus 7 headed to India?

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Facebook says some of Mark Zuckerberg's older posts were inadvertently deleted

Facebook went ahead and added a public "notes" tab to its Facebook page after the report.

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Instagram testing a feature which will soon let users rewind, skip through videos

Instagram already has a video scrubbing feature on its less-popular YouTube competitor, IGTV.

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Saturday, March 30, 2019

OnePlus is teasing a car product which is too obvious an early April Fool's prank

We'd all love to hear more about a OnePlus electric car, but when's the OnePlus 7 headed to India?

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Your Next Smart TV Doesn’t Have to Cost a Bomb: Best Picks From Xiaomi, Samsung, Sanyo And LG

If you are in the market to buy a new smart TV at the moment, chances are you would have been inundated with offers by brands you probably have never heard of.

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Research Shows it is Easy to Access Unencrypted Contacts, Location History And Other Data From Junked Tesla Cars

A security researcher extracted data from the computers in salvaged Tesla Model S, Model X and two Model 3 vehicles.

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Facebook Admits That They May Have Deleted Some of Mark Zuckerberg's Posts, Insist Its a Mistake

Some of the posts date as far back as 2007 and 2008.

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Meet the Indians using artificial intelligence to create art

They feed data sets into special algorithms to create canvases; they’re showing at art events around the world. Elsewhere, AI art is even ending up at auction.

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Amazon Echo Link, Echo Link amp likely to launch in India next month starting at Rs 15,000

Amazon Echo Link, Echo Link Amp tipped to launch as early as the first week of April.

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Apple supplier Foxconn's profit falls in the fourth quarter despite key warning signs

Foxconn earned a net profit of $2.03 billion in Q4 2018, 12.6% below year-earlier results.

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Facebook Accidentally Removed Mark Zuckerberg's Old Posts

Facebook has said that it mistakenly deleted CEO Mark Zuckerberg's old posts, some of them dating back to 2007 and 2008.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G pricing details revealed, likely to cost around $1,220

Galaxy S10 5G with 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED panel tipped to release in the US on 5 April.

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OnePlus to possibly announce three new experience centres in India on 28 July

OnePlus will be giving gifts ranging from the Marvel Iron Man case to a brand new OnePlus 6.

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Weekly Tech Recap: New Apple Services, Mission Shakti, PUBG Mobile Beta Update 0.12.0 and More

A round-up of all the big stories from the world of technology during the week.

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Apple Has Cancelled Its AirPower Wireless Charging Mat After Multiple Delays

Apple had announced the AirPower Charging Mat back in September 2017.

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WhatsApp beta for Android gets consecutive voice messages feature, improved PiP mode

WhatsApp for Android gets consecutive voice messages feature, improved PiP in latest beta v2.19.86

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Friday, March 29, 2019

WhatsApp beta for Android gets consecutive voice messages feature, improved PiP

WhatsApp for Android gets consecutive voice messages feature, improved PiP in latest beta v2.19.86

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WhatsApp Brings New Feature to Automatically Play Voice Messages in Consecutive Order

If you receive multiple voice notes from your friend, WhatsApp will play these notes successively so that you do not need to press the play button for each audio file,

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PUBG Mobile beta update 0.12.0: New zombie event added, weapons and companion mode

PUBG has also introduced a companion system which will allow you to take a virtual companion.

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Income Tax Department to Make Use of Big Data Analytics to Track Expenditure Patterns

The Rs 1,000 crore programme named "Project Insight" would track social networking profiles of people and keep a tab on the expenditure patterns.

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Xiaomi Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones Basic: The Best Affordable Bluetooth Earphones That You Can Rely on

The newly launched earphones are yet another addition to the affordable list of products from the Chinese tech giant. But just how good are they, let us find out.

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Huawei's annual sales surpasses $1 billion despite US pressure and spying allegations

Huawei defends security after UK's accusation of failing to repair flaws in its telecom technology.

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Here's how to enable dark mode on Twitter for iOS and Facebook's Messenger

Twitter's new update brings OLED-friendly 'Lights Out' dark mode option that ditches the blue tones.

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Flipkart Snapdragon Days sale: Discounts, offers on Pixel 3, Poco F1, and more

Flipkart Snapdragon Days sale kicks off today and it will continue till 31 March.

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Oppo Reno's leaked image reveals an interesting slider design to get rid of the notch

The front camera on the Oppo Reno rises like a disapproving eyebrow.

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Data Loss Higher Among Indian Organisations: Study

Around 85 percent of Indian companies are using at least two data protection vendors, in comparison to 75 percent worldwide, said the third edition of Dell EMC "Global Data Protection Index".

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Dogs can use their sense of smell to recognise the specific scent of seizures

Dogs are able to detect the odours of certain diseases, including some cancers, diabetes, and malaria.

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Google Dropped From LGBT Equality Index

US-based LGBTQ civil rights advocacy group -- Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation -- has suspended Google from its 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for failing to remove the app from PlayStore.

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Best Smart TV deals under Rs 20,000 (2019): Mi LED Smart TV 4A Pro to Thomson B9 Pro

Looking for an affordable Smart TV under Rs 20,000? You will be surprised at what you can get in that budget today.

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Spotify announces Premiumi Duo, a new subscription model for two people

The plan is focused at two individuals who want to take up a subscription together, and it costs $14.99 per month.

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Google Photos for Android adding 'Crop & adjust' feature to refine document photos

Users will be able to adjust the colours, corners and orientation of the images of documents.

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OnePlus 7 case renders reveal triple-camera setup, provision for pop-out camera

The OnePlus 7 will quite certainly have next-to-no bezels surrounding the phone

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Downsizing the military can't be India's defence mantra

India faces a unique security situation that dictates strong and large armed forces.

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Indian Army needs to shun the flab to be a fit fighting machine

The Army's modernisation and restructuring efforts are unlikely to yield the desired outcome unless ways are found to generate funds for new equipment and to keep the inventory in a high order of operability

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GPU Turbo 3.0 adds support for popular Android game titles in EMUI 9.1 udpate

GPU Turbo 3.0 adds support for popular Android game titles including Fortnite, Real Racing 3 and more.

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Samsung Introduces XM3 Inspire Coupe-SUV at Seoul Motor Show

Established in 2000, today Renault Samsung Motors is one of the five largest car manufacturers in South Korea. The Renault Samsung Motors XM3 Inspire, a coupé-SUV, will be available as a production vehicle from 2020.

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PUBG Mobile 0.12.0 Update Beta: New Weapons, Updated Zombie Mode, Friendly Spectate And More

The new beta update version 0.12.0 is out for PUBG Mobile, hinting what all features we could see in future updates.

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PUBG Mobile controls: Two Fingers vs Four Finger Claw vs Air Triggers

If you are looking to win, in my opinion, mastering four-finger claw on PUBG is the most logical choice.

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Twitter may pull Trump's offensive tweets as it plans to label posts that break rules

Twitter is considering a new feature that will label tweets from public figures that violate its rules.

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Tim Cook to testify in Apple vs Qualcomm trial taking place in San Diego in April

The 15 April trial is being speculated to be a decisive one, in the over two-year battle between the two tech giants.

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Instagram Re-Branding, Adding Facebook With Its Name

To establish full control over the different divisions of his company, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been planning to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook into a unified platform.

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The new Viagra of terror

Churned out by legal and illegal factories from Punjab to Gujarat, painkiller Tramadol has taken the conflict zones of the world by storm

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WhatsApp for Android may soon get fingerprint authentication feature and more

Last month, WhatsApp also rolled out the support for fingerprint authentication in the app for iOS users.

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21-year-old Mumbaikar Abdullah Khan lands a Rs 1.2 crore job at Google: Report

Khan will be joining Google's London facility in September this year.

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Mumbai Youth Bags Rs 1.2 Crore Package at Google's London Office, Without a Degree From IIT

The coding enthusiast was called for an interview by Google after the company saw his profile on a programming website that hosts various competitive programming challenges.

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WatchOS 5.2 brings ECG feature to 19 more countries along with AirPods 2 support

In the Apple Watch Series 4, users can measure their heart rate by touching the digital crown.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon Days: Flipkart Offering Discounts on Google Pixel 3, Xiaomi Poco F1, and more

Scheduled from March 29 to March 31, the e-commerce company is selling phones under Rs 20,000 as well as flagship devices like the Poco F1 and the Google Pixel 3 on discount.

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OnePlus 7 Case Renders Leaked, Reconfirms Pop-Up Selfie Camera, Triple Rear Cameras and More

The fresh renders reveal that the OnePlus 7 features an alert slider and a power key on its right edge. The left side that is not visible in the fresh images is equipped with a volume rocker.

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Apple iPhone XI Leaked Schematics Suggest Angular Triple-Camera Setup

The tweet simply reads “New XR”, however it seems to match the previously leaked renders of the iPhone XI that came earlier this year from reliable leakster Onleaks.

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Twitter Introduces Battery-Saving Dark Mode With New 'Lights Out' Option: Here is How to Use

To apply lights out mode to your iOS Twitter app, simply open the 'settings and privacy menu', tap on 'display and sound', flip the 'dark mode' toggle to 'on' and you should see a new 'lights out' option appear in the dark mode's submenu.

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WhatsApp Fingerprint Authentication Appears in Latest Beta Version Along With Dark Mode

WABetaInfo has shared screenshots showing how the Authentication feature can be enabled in Settings, and what the interface will look like.

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Spotify Is Testing a New Two-Person Subscription Plan

Spotify launched Premium Duo in select markets and, for Rs 863, you and a partner can listen to your tunes without having to take turns.

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Facebook Expands Dating Service to Mexico And Argentina

As reported by CNET, Facebook has announced that Facebook Dating is now available in two more countries: Mexico and Argentina.

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Samsung Publishes Behind The Scenes Video of Galaxy Fold in Testing: Watch Video

Samsung has released a video of the Galaxy Fold outlasting a week-long factory folding test that folds and unfolds the device 200,000 times.

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Facebook Rolls Out New Tools to Protect EU Polls

The social media giant said to increase transparency, all ads related to politics and issues on Facebook and Instagram in the EU must be clearly labelled -- including a "Paid for by" disclosure from the advertiser at the top of the ad.

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Instagram Tests Seek-Bar For 60-Second Videos: Here Are The Details

The functionality is already offered for IGTV videos on the platform. But now it is being tested for the 60-second videos users upload on their accounts to make locating desired parts of the videos easier for followers.

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Xiaomi’s Dual-Folding Smartphone Teased Once Again: Watch Video

Xiaomi's dual-folding smartphone was yet again teased in a quick video, though it still doesn't reveal a lot of information.

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Dhanbad Scores 95.3 Percent 4G Availability, Highest Among 50 Indian Cities

There are no popular cities in the top 10. Delhi and Mumbai are in the lower of the table with scores just shy of 90 percent, behind Hyderabad’s 90.5 percent.

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Amazon Echo Led India Smart Speakers Market in 2018, Followed by Google Home

Amazon Echo Dot with its second and third generation models was the most dominant series, with four out of 10 devices sold in the country, the IDC said in a statement.

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Vivo S1 With Notchless Display, Helio P70 And 25MP Pop-up Selfie Camera Launched: Here Are The Details

Vivo S1 offers a screen-to-body ratio of 90.95 percent and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. Under the hood, the device is powered by MediaTek Helio P70 processor.

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Court Grants Microsoft Control of 99 Hacking Sites

The court authorised Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) to take control of the websites belonging to the group called Phosphorus (also known as APT 35, Charming Kitten and Ajax Security Team) so that these can no longer be used to execute cyber attacks.

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MacBook Keyboards Still Faulty, Apple Apologizes

The butterfly keyboards have troubled users with unexpected repetition of letters while typing, unresponsive keys and sticky keys and with letters not appearing.

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PUBG Mobile: Here’s How You Can See All Your Stats For The Year

The latest addition to mark the first anniversary of PUBG Mobile is that players can now check out stats for the entire year.

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Apple Watch With ECG App Now in Europe, Hong Kong

The ECG app enables customers to take an electrocardiogram right from their wrist.

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Apple vs Netflix: The Big Tech Battle For Video Streaming

Apple is taking on Netflix by launching a subscription TV service with its own original shows.

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OnePlus 7 Concept Video Reveals How the Upcoming OnePlus Smartphone Might Look Like: Watch Video

The OnePlus 7 is expected to sport a 6.5-inch fullHD+ Optic AMOLED display, at least according to rumors.

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21-year-old Mumbaikar Adbullah Khan lands a Rs 1.2 crore job at Google: Report

Khan will be joining Google's London facility in September this year.

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Draft e-commerce policy: Survey reveals reservation on govt's data handling prowess, bats for splitting up policy into two

Around 30 percent of the respondents said that they had no confidence at all in the government's capability in protecting their data

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Borderlands 3 has been officially revealed by Gearbox Software

Borderlands: GOTY Edition and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (Ultra HD texture pack) arrive on 4 April.

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Xiaomi's Poco F1 outsold OnePlus 6 in Q4 2018 in the above-Rs 15k segment

Above Rs 15,000, 22.4 percent of the smartphones sold were Poco F1 while 17.9 percent were OnePlus 6.

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Redmi 7 hands-on pictures reveal a stunning black-red gradient colour variant

Redmi 7 was launched in China earlier this month, may launch in India soon.

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PUBG creator Brendan Greene says the game has a bright future in the e-Sports industry

Growth of PUBG in the e-Sports circle was pushed ahead because the community as a whole wanted it.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has already been beaten in under an hour in a speedrun

A speedrunner beat his own record and finished the game in 45 minutes 50 seconds.

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PUBG creator Brendan Greene says the has a bright future in the e-Sports industry

Growth of PUBG in the e-Sports circle was pushed ahead because the community as a whole wanted it.

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WhatsApp still hasn't provided a timeline for data localisation says RBI

WhatsApp payment feature called WhatsApp Pay has been in a beta mode since last year.

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Meena Pillai quits Kerala University over HRD diktat: Researchers can't stoop before eccentricities of regressive regimes, writes professor

a circular issued by the Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala made visible some of the fault lines that mark the future of academic freedom and dedicated research in our country. The circular contained problematic clauses which stated that research in the university needs to be done according to "national priorities," that research in "irrelevant areas" need not be promoted any longer, and that the faculty will draw up a list of projects from which prospective research scholars will be asked to choose their topics of research

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PhDs only on topics of 'national priorities', says HRD: Researchers can't stoop before eccentricities of regressive regimes, writes Meena Pillai

a circular issued by the Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala made visible some of the fault lines that mark the future of academic freedom and dedicated research in our country. The circular contained problematic clauses which stated that research in the university needs to be done according to "national priorities," that research in "irrelevant areas" need not be promoted any longer, and that the faculty will draw up a list of projects from which prospective research scholars will be asked to choose their topics of research

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Researcher's right to ask pertinent questions should not be curbed and government has no right to interfere

'I did not want to be part of any structure of power that limits the freedom of thought.'

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Twitter is now rolling out 'Lights Out', 'Automatic Dark Mode' for iOS users

Currently, this feature has only been rolled out for Twitter users on iOS.

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Facebook's banning of white nationalism could be a slippery slope towards indiscriminate censorship

Facebook's clubbing of white nationalism and white separatism under white supremacy, is wrong.

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Indian OEMs including Micromax, Lava blame GSMA for favouring Chinese phone makers

GSMA is the international trade body which allocates a part of the IMEI numbers to all devices.

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Freedom to think is the birth right of every researcher, no government has a right to interfere

'I did not want to be part of any structure of power that limits the freedom of thought.'

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Facebook faces charges of discrimination in targeted housing ads from HUD

Facebook faces charges from the US HUD for racial discrimination in targeted housing ads.

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Xiaomi gives us another look at its dual-hinged foldable phone in a new teaser

Xiaomi's first foldable phone is expected to arrive within the second quarter of this year.

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Huawei P30 Lite with 6.15-inch display, Kirin 710 SoC, triple rear cameras launched

Huawei P30 Lite with dewdrop notch display launched at CAD429.95 which is roughly Rs 22,180.

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OnePlus 6, 6T, 5 and 5T open beta brings improved photo editor, weather app

OnePlus Open Beta updates for OnePlus 6, 6T, 5 and 5T brings UI improvements, screen optimisation etc.

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Realme, Honor, Poco and more: Smartphone sub brands are the latest fad, but why?

One odd common trait among these rising sub-brands like Poco, Honor or Realme is that they're all Chinese

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TikTok brings a localised version of its 'Safety Centre' in ten Indian languages

TikTok launches a localised version of Safety Centre in India ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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Samsung reveals a teaser of how durable the hinge is on the upcoming Galaxy Fold

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is expected to release on 26 April, starting at a price of $1,980.

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Borderlands: Mask of Mayhem teaser released before PAX East reveal

Gearbox Software has released a teaser trailer of the upcoming Borderlands project.

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Sony Xperia 2 details surface online, might feature 21:9 display, Snapdragon 855

Sony Xperia 2 tipped to feature a 6.2-inch display, 6 GB RAM; likely to debut at IFA 2019 in September.

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'Photo Maps for Google Photos' lets Android users view their photos on a map

The Photo Map for Google Photos app is available for download, free on the Google Play Store.

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Vivaldi 2.4 supports editable buttons, multiple profiles and an in-built calculator

The latest update from Vivaldi web browser introduces more granular customisation options.

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YouTube Music now lets you play locally stored audio files from a file manager

YouTube Music is expected to replace Google Play Music in the future and is slowly getting there.

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What is Life After Hate? Why is Facebook sending white supremacists to the site?

Life After Hate was formed in 2011 by Arno Michaelis and Angela King, a former ex-white supremacist.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 might ditch physical buttons, likely to debut in August

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 might ditch physical buttons, may have HTC U11-like side squeeze feature.

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Facebook rolls out 'Whitehat Settings' to let bug bounty hunters test server-side issues

Facebook's 'Whitehat Settings' options in Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Android apps.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Three computer science pioneers have won the Turing Award for their work in AI

The Turing Award is considered to be tech's 'Nobel Prize'; comes with a $1 million prize funded by Google.

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Microsoft tells its employees to not participate in April Fools' day activities

Instances of April Fools' day backfiring for tech giants have not gone unnoticed.

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Facebook Bans White Nationalism, White Separatism on its Platforms

Facebook's new policy has been welcomed by the Committee on Homeland Security in the US and has received praise from New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

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Xiaomi Updates Mi Notebook Air 12.5-inch With Latest Intel 8th-Gen Processors

The 12.5-inch version of the Mi Notebook Air has been updated with the latest 8th-gen Intel Core processors.

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Microsoft plays spoilsport, tells employees to scrap any April Fools' Day plans

Instances of April Fools' day backfiring for tech giants have not gone unnoticed.

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YouTube Music Can Now Play Music Stored Locally on Android Phones

We Are One Step Closer to The End of Google Play Music app.

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BitTorrent Live is back but this time it's a Snapchat-like social media app

By Q2, the app's beta will be available, and by year-end, it will be available to the general public.

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Xiaomi Mi 9X With 48-Megapixel Leaks Could Launch in India As Mi A3: Price, Specifications And More

Xiaomi Mi 9X could feature a 6.4 inch AMOLED display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and 1080p resolution.

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Microsoft seizes websites created by Iranian hackers used for cyberattacks

Microsoft has labelled the hacking group as Phosphorous that tricked people to click on malicious links.

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Apple admits that its MacBook keyboard is flawed, but downplays seriousness of issue

Apple acknowledged back in 2018 that the keyboard on its new MacBooks and MacBook Pros were defective.

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PUBG Mobile Addiction: Indian Gamers Are Missing Work, Sleep, Meals to Play Online Games

Gamers in India are spending nearly seven hours each week playing online games, with 23.4 % players admitting to be playing for more than seven hours each week and 11.4 % more than 12 hours a week.

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Apple AirPower Release Reportedly Imminent

Consumers who are receiving their AirPods II this week have been reporting that the back of the box features an image of Apple's highly-anticipated wireless charging pad.

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Research Finds 36 Vulnerabilities in 4G LTE Standard That Could Allow Data Interception

There are new vulnerabilities discovered with the 4G network used by smartphones

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Apple, Qualcomm Gird For Next Phase of Patent Battle After Mixed US Rulings

The two American companies have been locked for two years in a legal dispute in which Apple has accused Qualcomm of unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm has in turn accused Apple of patent infringement.

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