Facebook Patents Tech That Records Ambient Audio From Client Devices to Measure Ad Impressions

A patent application showcases how Facebook might remotely turn on your phone's microphone to start recording.

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LinkedIn QR Code Lets You Connect With Professionals Faster, New Translation Feature Announced

QR code is available now on the LinkedIn Android and iOS apps, and can be used as a swift networking tool to view profiles and connect with professionals.

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Instagram Stories Get Soundtracks, Users Can Choose From Thousands of Licensed Songs

A new music icon will now be seen under the record button in Stories, that would let users search for a specific song, browse by mood, genre, or what is popular.

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Twitter's New Product Head Is Periscope CEO Kayvon Beykpour

Twitter said Ed Ho was stepping down from the role for personal reasons and that he would continue as an adviser in a part-time capacity.

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Twitter, Facebook Launch Tools to Track Advertising

Google has vowed to launch a similar transparency centre for political ads on its services this summer.

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Hi-tech dreamcatcher defeats sleep amnesia

The device designed to capture your dreams and offer more creative waking lives.

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Electric car buyers claim they were misled by Nissan

Nissan is accused of exaggerating the benefits of its latest Leaf electric car model.

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Vivo Nex Pop-Up Camera Bug Makes It Elevate When Not Required: Report

A video suggests that the pop-up selfie camera on the Vivo Nex comes up while opening a chat window on Telegram, when no camera function is prompted.

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Whatsapp 'Send Messages' Group Controls Officially Rolling Out on Android, iPhone

The new 'Send Messages' tab is available on WhatsApp version 2.18.70 on iPhone and version 2.18.201 on Android (stable).

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IGTV: Can Instagram's New App Help It Stream Past YouTube?

What would you do if YouTube disappeared today? Hypothetically, say YouTube fell off right now, where would you be?

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Fortnite: A fortnight in my 40s in Battle Royale

A lapsed gamer is challenged to spend a fortnight playing Fortnite to understand its appeal.

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YouTube Picture-in-Picture Rolling Out for Android Users in US Without a Paid Subscription

Now that YouTube PiP mode is rolling out for US users, it might just be a matter of time before international subscribers also get to try it out.

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Instagram IGTV: All Your Questions Answered

Instagram has introduced long-form videos in the form of IGTV (Instagram TV). We answer all your questions about the brand new video platform.

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Facebook Stories Get Reactions, Group Chat Features

Aiming to get more people to interact with its Stories feature in its main app, Facebook has added group chat and reactions among others to the service.

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Facebook Unveils 'Keyword Snooze' Feature in Its News Feed, Enabling Users to Hide Specific Content

Facebook's Keyword Snooze feature in News Feed will allow users to hide certain keywords that they don't want to see for 30 days.

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Instagram Lite Now in Testing, a New Lightweight App From Facebook for Developing Countries

Available on Google Play for Android users, Instagram Lite claims to save storage space and download instantly

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AI to help tackle fake news in Mexican election

The smart software will help media groups debunk fake news and respond to reports of violence.

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Is Your Mobile Browser Slower Than Usual? It May Be Mining Bitcoin For Criminals

Depending on the severity of the attack, victims may notice only a slight drop in processing power, often not enough for them to think it's a hacking attack.

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Tesco trials shopping without tills

The retailer is testing whether shoppers can buy products using an app, rather than visiting a till.

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Segway Goes Back to The Future, Launches E-Skates

Maker of personal transportation Segway, probably most famous for its two-wheelers with self-balancing capabilities, has set its sights on bringing back roller skates but with a high-tech twist.

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The Rock Has Launched New 'UA Project Rock' Wireless Sweat-proof Headphones

These are the first headphones under The Rock's partnership with Under Armour.

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Makers of LiveMe Launch Fluxr in India, Announce Partnership With PUBG Mobile

Fluxr has also announced its partnership with Tencent’s PUBG Mobile to kick-start its broadcaster and eSports recruitment campaign at the VidCon annual gaming event.

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Muggle Scientists Develop Harry Potter-like Invisibility Cloak

The new device, developed by researchers from the US-based 'The Optical Society', a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light, is known as spectral invisibility cloak.

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Sushma Swaraj's mPassport Seva App a Hit: Gets 1 Million Plus Downloads in 2 Days

The new app by the Government of India has proved to be a hit for smartphone users.

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International Smartphone Brand Mobiistar Enters Indian Markets with Star Selfie Series

What if features, brand and affordability wrap themselves in the same package?

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Facebook Patents Tech That Records Ambient Audio From Client Devices to Measure Ad Impressions

A patent application showcases how Facebook might remotely turn on your phone's microphone to start recording.

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Google Home, Chromecast Outage Hits Millions of Users Worldwide

The outage affected Google Home and Google Home Mini speakers that respond to voice commands, as well as Chromecast -- a device that plugs into a television and allows users to watch video content.

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Twitter Ads Transparency Centre Lets Users View Who Bought Its Ads

The new transparency tools will let users search for and see who is buying ads, with even more detail on US federal political campaign ads that includes billing information, ad spend, impression data per tweet as well as demographic targeting data.

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Legal bid to throw out US sex trafficking law

The US law is hitting the people it was supposed to protect, argue digital rights campaigners.

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Floating robot Cimon sent to International Space Station

The ball-shaped robot that can move around in zero gravity blasts off to the International Space Station.

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Fake bookings hit Singapore's Ryde Technologies

Ryde Technologies says 2,000 "phantom bookings" have cost its drivers thousands of dollars.

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Koinex Launches Loop, a Peer-to-Peer Token Transaction Network

All current users of the exchange will automatically be able to access the Peer-to-Peer transaction network and will be able to participate directly.

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Xiaomi's Pricing at Bottom of Range in Hong Kong IPO, Raises $4.72 Billion

The pricing comes at a delicate time for Hong Kong's stock market, with the benchmark Hang Seng index falling 6.5 percent this month and 4.8 percent this year amid escalating trade tension between the U.S. and Chinese governments.

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End of The Road For 'ASIMO' Japan's Most Famous Robot?

It has played football with former US president Barack Obama and danced for German leader Angela Merkel, but Honda's ASIMO robot may have reached the end of the line.

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Google Assistant Will Soon be Able to Make Phone Calls

Duplex technology allows Google Assistant to make phone calls autonomously on behalf of a user to achieve specific tasks like booking a restaurant or making an appointment in a hair salon.

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LinkedIn QR Code Lets You Connect With Professionals Faster, New Translation Feature Announced

QR code is available now on the LinkedIn Android and iOS apps, and can be used as a swift networking tool to view profiles and connect with professionals.

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OnePlus Announces Updated Software Maintenance Schedule With 2 Years of Security Updates, 3 Years of Android Updates

OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will receive regular OTA updates till November 2018 along with a year of extended security patches.

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Instagram Stories Get Soundtracks, Users Can Choose From Thousands of Licensed Songs

A new music icon will now be seen under the record button in Stories, that would let users search for a specific song, browse by mood, genre, or what is popular.

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WhatsApp Group Admins Can Now Set 'Send Message' Permissions on Android, iPhone

Rolling out on WhatsApp beta version 2.18.201 for Android and version 2.18.70 on iPhone, the capabilities allow WhatsApp group admins to control participants' ability to send messages in the group.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Has Been Reviewed Before Its Launch And Here is How it Will be

A Russian blogger has already reviewed the Galaxy Note 9 and here is what he thinks.

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California, Home of Silicon Valley, Ramps up Online Privacy Law

The law gives people a right to "say no" to the sale of their personal information and calls for them to be treated the same as anyone else online if they opt to restrict the use of their data.

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Samsung Galaxy On6 Said to Be a Flipkart Exclusive

The smartphone, to be unveiled in the first week of July, may cost Rs 15,000 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage variant.

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Instagram Now Lets You Add Music to Your Stories

According to Instagram, Stories are used by 400 million people almost every day. It is their most widely used feature and the company is constantly updating it with new tools to help users keep their content up to date.

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Pokemon Go Creator Plans to Sell The Tech Behind Its Games

Pokemon Go has been the biggest hit so far among games using so-called augmented reality, where digital characters are superimposed on the real world.

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Facebook Ad Reforms: Now See All Ads on a Page, Flag Suspicious Ones

"We want to make sure that people understand what they're seeing, who paid for it, and the fullness of what other people might see," Sheryl Sandberg.

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Digital Currency Sales Hit $13.7 Billion in First Five Months of 2018: Report

Technology startups in the blockchain space around the world have raised funds by selling cryptocurrencies, or tokens directly to investors in initial coin offerings (ICOs), bypassing banks or venture capital firms as intermediaries.

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OnePlus Could Introduce a 5G-Ready Smartphone in 2019

In theory, 5G would be capable of delivering speeds up to 20 gigabits per second.

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Twitter's New Product Head Is Periscope CEO Kayvon Beykpour

Twitter said Ed Ho was stepping down from the role for personal reasons and that he would continue as an adviser in a part-time capacity.

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Lenovo Z5 Indigo Blue Edition Colour Variant Launched, Gets Sold out in 50 Seconds

This particular colour variant is available in the 6 GB RAM + 64 GB internal storage configuration and is priced at 1,399 CNY.

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Xiaomi Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Limited Edition Smartphone Launched: Price, Specifications And More

The Mi 6X Hatsune Miku Limited Edition will be available only in 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant.

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Lenovo Z5 Indigo Blue Edition Colour Variant to Launch in China Today

This particular colour variant will be available in the 6 GB RAM + 64 GB internal storage configuration and will be priced at 1,399 CNY.

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LG Launches X2 Smartphone with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM

The X2 comes with a 5-inch HD display with 1280 x 720 pixels and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core SoC which clocks in at 1.3GHz.

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Oppo A5 With Notch Screen Leaks Online

The device could also feature a 6.2-inch notched display for the front camera, earpiece and sensors.

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Facebook and Google use 'dark patterns' around privacy settings, report says

Consumer watchdog the Norwegian Consumer Council says the firms give users "an illusion of control".

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Nokia A1 Plus With In-Display Fingerprint Scanner Could Launch at IFA 2018

Although the details of the device are based on the rumours and speculation, the Nokia could feature a 6.01-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.

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YouTube Picture-in-Picture Rolling Out for Android Users in US Without a Paid Subscription

Now that YouTube PiP mode is rolling out for US users, it might just be a matter of time before international subscribers also get to try it out.

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Honor 7C: The Most Fascinating Feature Loaded Smartphone Under 10K

Honor 7C, the power-packed mobile phone with its camera and style is all set to provide ultimate user experience without any distraction.

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Honor 7C: A Feature Loaded Smartphone for a Fascinating User-Experience under 10k!

Honor 7C, the power-packed mobile phone with its camera and style is all set to provide ultimate user experience without any distraction.

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Looking for a Selfie Star @ 7,999? You Need to Look at Mobiistar’s XQ Dual

With smartphones reaching the stratosphere when it comes to price, Mobiistar’s XQ DUAL brings a refreshing entrant to the smartphone value proposition.

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Ticketmaster 'warned of hack attack in April by Monzo'

Digital bank Monzo claims it warned Ticketmaster that data had been compromised three months ago.

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'Dancing baby' YouTube copyright case settled after 11 years

The clip of baby Holden, now aged 12, has been viewed more than 1.9 million times.

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HP Reclaims Top Spot in Indian PC market

According to the CMR forecast, the overall PC market is likely to grow by 4 per cent driven by enterprise segment as compared to consumer segment.

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Dell Introduces New Portfolio of All-in-Ones in India

Dell's New All-in-Ones (AIOs) come with a wireless mouse and keyboard option along with easy to set up 802.11 AC wireless connectivity.

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New Fortnite practice mode quickly taken offline

The new mode, called Playground, let players practise their skills in the popular video game Fortnite.

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Elon Musk accused of stealing farting unicorn image

Technology entrepreneur engages in a fresh Twitter argument over pottery of a mythical animal.

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Instagram IGTV: All Your Questions Answered

Instagram has introduced long-form videos in the form of IGTV (Instagram TV). We answer all your questions about the brand new video platform.

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Google Introduces 'Smart Campaigns' For Small Businesses

The tech giant on Wednesday also announced that its lineup of ad products called "Google AdWords" will henceforth be known as "Google Ads".

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Google Calendar Gets New Features

The new features will be available to users of all G suite editions within two weeks.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Series Crosses 5 Million Sales in 4 Months

Xiaomi has sold more than 5 million units of the series within 4 months of its launch.

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Instagram's New Slimmed Down Version, 'Instagram Lite' Launched

The app would run on Android versions 5.0 and up.

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AI India

India's vast engineering workforce and burgeoning start-up scene are among the advantages it enjoys.

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Samsung Galaxy J8 With Infinity Display Now Available in India For Rs 18,990

The Samsung Galaxy J8 can be purchased across retail outlets and online via Samsung’s e-shop, Paytm, Flipkart, and Amazon from June 28.

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Facebook Fine Halved by US Court in VR Lawsuit

The lawsuit was filed after Facebook bought Oculus for about $2 billion in 2014.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Set For August 9 Launch? New Samsung Invite Suggests so

The new teaser post only came with the schedule for the event.

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Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop Launched For Rs 65,999

Find out what the latest gaming laptop from the house of Acer has to offer.

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Saturn Moon Enceladus Shows Signs of Complex Organic Molecules

Complex molecules comprising hundreds of atoms are rare beyond Earth.

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Bollywood Actress Sonakshi Sinha Joins UNESCO to Promote Cyber Safety For Youth

Unicef congratulated the "Dabangg" actress for being a champion of child rights.

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NASA Postpones James Webb Space Telescope Launch to 2021

Technical issues, including human errors, have greatly impacted the development schedule.

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Dr Dre hit with $25m bill for Beats headphones

The rapper and his business partner Jimmy Iovine lose a case over headphone royalties.

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Facebook Stories Get Reactions, Group Chat Features

Aiming to get more people to interact with its Stories feature in its main app, Facebook has added group chat and reactions among others to the service.

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Facebook Unveils 'Keyword Snooze' Feature in Its News Feed, Enabling Users to Hide Specific Content

Facebook's Keyword Snooze feature in News Feed will allow users to hide certain keywords that they don't want to see for 30 days.

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Disney Gets Approval to Buy Twenty-First Century Fox

Disney owns ABC, Pixar, Marvel Studios and "Star Wars" producer Lucasfilm, plus an array of theme parks.

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Rockets Which Push The Boundaries of Space Travel

Friday morning at 5:42 am (0942 GMT), a rocket owned by the US company SpaceX will blast off from Florida carrying two and a half tons of gear from NASA, only to dock three days later and 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth at the International Space Station.

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Ticketmaster admits personal data stolen in hack attack

Up to 40,000 UK customers may have had data stolen, the BBC understands.

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Swann home security camera sends video to wrong user

Swann Security acknowledges it sent clips from inside a family's home to the wrong person's app.

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Amazon Alexa Reportedly Creeps Owner Out With Disturbing Message

According to the report, the owner of the Amazon Alexa was on his way back from the kitchen when the 'disturbing' statement was uttered by the device.

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Samsung Galaxy A6+ Review: Capable Performance, Incompetent Camera

Samsung offers its Galaxy A6+ for a price of Rs 25,990. Does it stand tall among the other options in the range? Find out in this review.

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Google India Launches Telugu Language Support For AdWords, AdSense

The support would enable Telugu language web publishers and advertisers reach out to a large number of internet users in Telugu, said Rajan Anandan, vice-president, South East Asia and India, Google, said during the launch.

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TRAI Close to Slapping Fine on Telcos For Call Drop Violations in March Quarter

Under new rules, call drops are measured at mobile tower level instead of telecom circle level.

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