Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Social Network Writer Aaron Sorkin Argue Publicly

Sorkin accused the Zuckerberg of "assaulting truth" and hiding behind the guise of protecting free speech by refusing to remove false political advertisements.

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Pegasus Spyware: How it Can Easily Take Over Your Phone With Just a Missed Call

Traditionally, Pegasus works by sending a link, and if the target user clicks on it, it is installed on the user’s device.

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Apple Music Student Plan to Provide Apple TV+ Subscription At No Extra Cost

Apple Music's offer to bundle access to Apple TV+ along with its $4.99 per month subscription was revealed by Hailee Steinfeld on her Instagram account.

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Microsoft’s Xbox Console Streaming Preview is Now Live for Android

Xbox Console Streaming for Android is available for US and UK Xbox Insiders who have enrolled their consoles in the Alpha or Alpha Skip-Ahead rings.

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Facebook Ad Targeting Accused of Abetting Bias in Lawsuit in the US

Facebook was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and loans.

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Facebook Sued For Age, Gender Bias in Financial Services Ads, Says Complaint Being Reviewed

The suit against Facebook contends that women and older people were denied the benefits of ads for financial services because Facebook tools allow messages to be targeted at specific age ranges or genders.

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Facebook Agrees to Pay Meagre UK Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning by US and EU lawmakers over how the political consultancy obtained the personal data of 87 million Facebook users from a researcher.

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Did Your Nokia 8 Get New Version of Android 9 Pie With the Latest October Security Patch

Apart from the Nokia 8, Nokia 3, 5 and 6 will also continue to receive updates until October 2020.

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Twitter To Ban All Political Ads, Says CEO Jack Dorsey

Twitter's ban on political advertising will be enforced from November 22. This news comes after rival Facebook recently refused to ban political ads.

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AirPods Pro Are Complementary, Not Replacements to AirPods: Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook expects the existing AirPods users to be the first to buy the noise-cancelling AirPods Pro.

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Facebook Will Not Ban Political Advertisements, Confirms CEO Mark Zuckerberg

During India's 17th Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, Facebook's Ad Library Report showed that the site had 1.21 lakh political ads worth over Rs 26.5 crore.

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Details of 1.3 Million Debit and Credit Cards Belonging to Indian Bank Customers Up for Sale on Dark Web

Early analysis reportedly suggests the details may have been obtained via skimming devices, installed either on ATMs or point of sale systems.

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Xiaomi Mi Watch Leaks in Teaser Video, Launching Alongside Mi CC9 Pro on November 5

The Mi Watch is expected to run on a custom version of MIUI made for wearables and will even support eSIM.

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WhatsApp Pay to Launch Soon in India: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

WhatsApp Pay will be a UPI-based payment service, pending RBI approval, that will especially help small and medium businesses with digital transactions.

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Apex Legend Launching 'Duos Mode' for Limited Time Period

Apex Legends, which has 70 million registered players and follows a three-squad format, is allowing a two-player team for the first time.

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Bengaluru Airport to Launch 8 New International, Domestic Flights This Week

Air France has upgraded its carrier on the Bengaluru-Paris and Delhi-Paris routes. The airline has introduced modified Airbus featuring improved cabins.

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Bengaluru Gets 1st Non-stop Flight to Africa; Passengers Can Now Reach Addis Ababa in 6 Hours 35 Mins

Ethiopian Airlines will operate direct flight between Bengaluru and Addis Ababa four-times-a-week. With this, passengers can now travel to Africa in mere 6 hours 35 minutes.

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WhatsApp Pay India Launch Soon: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook is inching closer to launch much-anticipated WhatsApp Pay in India and will soon have a positive news to share, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said.

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Twitter to Ban Political Ads in Apparent Swipe at Facebook

Twitter and rival Facebook face growing pressure to stop carrying ads that spread false information that could steer elections.

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Facebook Now Has 1.62 Billion Daily Users, 2.2 Billion Daily Users Across Services

Facebook reported 2.8 billion monthly users and 2.2 billion daily users across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, both slightly higher than the prior quarter.

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WhatsApp May Soon Work on Multiple Devices at the Same Time; You Can Now Rejoice

As of now, you can only run one WhatsApp account on your registered device.

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Sharp KC-G40M Air Purifier Review: Magical PANDAA is a Secret Anti-Pollution Weapon

If You Have Dry Throat Issues, You Need This. Complete Air Purification And Humidification, in one purifier.

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Rising Seas Could Destroy Homes of Nearly 300 Mn People by 2050; Mumbai at Risk Too

The new projections suggest that much of Mumbai is at risk. Built on what was once a series of islands, the city’s historic downtown is vulnerable.

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Slowing iPhone Sales Didn’t Stop Apple From Clocking Its Best Q4 Revenue Ever

Apple Inc. shares gained nearly 2% to $247.77 in Wednesday’s extended trading after the company revealed its fiscal fourth-quarter financial report.

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Twitter Bans Political Ads on Its Platform, Pressure Up on Defiant Facebook

Twitter's move comes in contrast to the Facebook policy that allows political speech and ads to run without fact-checking on the leading social network.

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Facebook, Google, Twitter Urged to Do More to Combat Fake News in EU

Facebook, Google and Twitter must do more to tackle fake news or face regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

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TikTok Maker ByteDance Denies Reports It Is Planning Hong Kong Listing

ByteDance, whose globally popular app TikTok has raised US security concerns, on Tuesday denied reports that it was considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year.

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Instagram Bans Fictional Snippets Showing Suicide

Instagram early this year clamped down on images of self-injury after a British teen who went online to read about suicide took her own life.

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Facebook Employees Sign Letter Opposing Political Ads Policy

The New York Times reported Monday that more than 250 workers have signed the letter urging Facebook leaders to change the policy that they say is a "threat to what FB stands for."

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Apple Earnings Call: Record Q4 Revenue in India as Mac Sales Rise in the Country

Apple's strong fourth quarter performance in India come as a much needed respite, after it filed a 70 percent revenue decline in India for 2018-19.

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Amazon's push for Prime sign-up 'misleading', says ASA

The way payment options were presented was confusing and needs to change, the advertising watchdog rules.

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xHelper ‘Unremovable’ Malware Re-Infects Android Devices Even After Factory Reset

Removing the xhelper service from the Android operating system too does not seem to work as the trojan re-installs itself every time, even after users have performed a factory reset

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Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL Users Complain of Clicking Noise in Snapchat, Instagram Videos

Google has blamed third-party apps for this issue but reassured that it could be a software problem and might be solved with a software update.

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PUBG Mobile Season 10 Royale Pass Leaked: Rewards, Costumes, Skins, and More

All the new goodies that will be arriving with Season 10 for PUBG Mobile.

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Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs Now Available For Android Devices

Players need an Android device with ARCore compatibility to play Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs.

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WatchOS 6.1 Rolling Out For Apple Watch Series 1, Series 2

Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 users can also expect new watchOS 6 apps for the Calculator, Voice Memos and Audiobooks.

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Cyber Attack on Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Did Happen, Systems Not Affected: NPCIL

The admission of the Dtrack attack on India's largest nuclear power plant comes a day after KKNPP issued a statement strongly denying these claims.

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Facebook agrees to pay Cambridge Analytica fine to UK

The social network has dropped an appeal against a £500,000 penalty from UK's privacy watchdog.

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Facebook's New Preventive Health Tool Can Remind You About Your Next Flu Shots

Facebook's Preventive Health Tool will remind users to get flu shots and other medical check-ups on the basis of their age and sex.

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Buying Guide: Don’t Step Outside Without Wearing an Anti-Pollution Mask

A high-quality mask with a good fit can be useful in keeping pollutants, fumes, PM2.5, PM10 and other airborne illnesses, from your throat and lungs.

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PUBG Mobile: Season 10 Royale Pass Rewards, Costumes, Skins, and More

All the new goodies that will be arriving with Season 10 for PUBG Mobile.

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Apple TV Now Available on Select Sony Smart TV Models

Sony Smart TV users will now be able to watch Apple TV movies and shows purchased through the iTunes Store or access the Apple TV Channels like Showtime and HBO.

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Netflix founder: 'Learn when to get out of the way'

You need to learn "when to get out of the way" as a start-up CEO, says Netflix founder Marc Randolph.

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HMD Global Adds ‘Environmental Profiles’ of 17 New Nokia Mobile Phones

The list released by Nokia also includes details such as materials and substances, packaging, energy efficiency, and energy consumption of the phones.

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Google Owner Alphabet Could be Planning to Take Over Fitbit

Fitbit helped pioneer the wearable fitness devices market but has seen disappointing sales since July 2019 when it launched the Versa Lite.

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PUBG Mobile Season 10 ‘Fury of The Wasteland’ Royale Pass Leaked

All the new goodies that will be arriving with Season 10 for PUBG Mobile.

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Samsung Teases Its Next-Gen Foldable Smartphone

Commonly called the Galaxy Fold 2, Samsung's new foldable smartphone could be pitched against the Motorola Razr.

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Apple AirPods Pro Vs Rivals: Lightest Buds, Longest Battery Life & Noise Cancellation

Apple is expected to sell as many as 110 million AirPods by the year 2021. Perhaps then, the expansion of the line-up was necessary to start off with.

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WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims

Facebook-owned WhatsApp alleges NSO Group was behind a cyber-attack on phones and messages.

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YouTube Music Gets Siri Integration on iPhone, a Widget For Android And a Desktop App

YouTube Music now has a desktop Progressive Web App and Android widgets that show album art along with music playback control options.

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WhatsApp Update For iPhone is Great News if You Like to Keep Annoying Groups on Mute

WhatsApp and the endless conversations it brings to the table, can be a tad less annoying now.

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WhatsApp Sues Israeli Tech Firm for 'Using' Its App to Spy on Journalists, Activists

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart said the lawsuit was filed after an investigation showed the Israeli firm's role the cyberattack, despite its denials.

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WhatsApp in the Arab World: An Essential but Controversial Tool

WhatsApp remains the most popular social media programme in terms of usage in the youthful, tech-savvy region.

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Apple iOS 13.2 Update For iPhone Has New Emoji That Are All About Diversity

In February, the Emoji 12.0 package was finalized by the Unicode Consortium.

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TikTok Maker ByteDance Denies Reports It Is Planning Hong Kong Listing

ByteDance, whose globally popular app TikTok has raised US security concerns, on Tuesday denied reports that it was considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year.

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Indian grandpa cooks his way to YouTube glory

The 60-year-old rose to social media fame because of his unusual cooking videos.

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Windows 10 Could Finally Get a New and Improved File Explorer

A report said that while Windows 10X will come with Modern File Explorer, there is no clarity whether Microsoft will update the older version or build a new one.

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OnePlus 7 Pro 5G Android 10 Update Expected to Begin in the First Quarter of 2020

OxygenOS 10 (based on Android 10) was unveiled for the OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7 non-5G devices about a month ago. However, the update was was not launched for the 5G variant.

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Moto G8 Plus Goes on Sale in India: Price, Features, Offers and More

The new budget handset from Motorola comes with a 48-megapixel camera and a dedicated 16-megapixel wide-angles action camera.

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The Complete Air Purifier Buying Guide: Here is How to Beat The Delhi Pollution

The quality of filters defines the performance of an air purifier for homes. While it’s impossible to judge efficiency, there are still some giveaways too.

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Waymo Looks Beyond Robo-Taxis, Tests 'Rider Only' Service in Arizona

Waymo is working with Renault, Nissan Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Jaguar iPace SUV to develop self-driving vehicles for its Robo-taxi fleet.

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Instagram Bans Fictional Snippets Showing Suicide

Instagram early this year clamped down on images of self-injury after a British teen who went online to read about suicide took her own life.

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Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro With 108-Megapixel Penta-Camera, 5X Optical Zoom to Launch on November 5

The upcoming Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro reportedly runs a Snapdragon 730G processor and Android 10.

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Facebook Employees Sign Letter Opposing Political Ads Policy

The New York Times reported Monday that more than 250 workers have signed the letter urging Facebook leaders to change the policy that they say is a "threat to what FB stands for."

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Google Play Music Crosses 5 Billion Downloads on Play Store

Google Play Music was recently replaced by YouTube Music as the default music app in all Android 10 devices.

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Sounds 2.2 Update Brings Over 100 New Ringtones to Pixel Smartphone Owners

Google Sounds version 2.2 is being introduced to all Pixel phones and includes over 100 tunes in six categories.

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Eye on Market for Fitness Trackers, Google Owner Alphabet in Bid to Buy Fitbit: Report

Fitbit shares rose 27% on the news, giving the company a market capitalisation of $1.4 billion.

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BSNL’s Rs 1,699 Annual Prepaid Plan Gets Extra Benefits under Diwali Festive Offer

BSNL's Rs 1,699 annual prepaid plan will now include 90 days' extra validity and 1GB extra data per day for November. The offer is valid only till October 31.

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Instagram's Self-Harm Imagery Ban to Now Include Memes, Cartoons

Instagram's policy changes came after British teenager Molly Russell committed suicide because of viewing graphic content about anxiety, depression, and self-harm.

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