CERN Ditches Facebook's Workplace App Over Data Privacy

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research or CERN has decided to shun enterprise connectivity platform Workplace by Facebook, citing concerns around the management of user data by the social networking giant.

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Budget 2020: Sitharaman Gives Big Push to Digital Connectivity With Data Centre Parks

The fibre to home internet connectivity through the BharatNet scheme will link as many as 100,000 Gram Panchayats in the next financial year.

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Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter tackle coronavirus fake news

Platforms are increasing efforts to block false information as the outbreak spreads and fear grows.

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Coronavirus Outbreak: As Misinformation Spreads on Social Media, Facebook Removes Posts

Facebook said it will take down misinformation about China's fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare departure from its usual approach to dubious health content that is presenting a fresh challenge for social media companies.

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Here's What the Coloured LED Rings on the Amazon Echo Signify

Trying to figure out what the various colours on your Amazon Echo indicate?

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Here's How You Can Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates

Windows 10 users can use either of these three options to disable automatic updates.

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Nike Vaporfly Shoes Will Not be Banned, No Matter How Much Rivals May Have Wanted

The Vaporfly shoes have a new mid-sole foam called Pebax and an integrated carbon-fibre plate, which helps in energy feedback.

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This Bionic Jellyfish Can Swim Three Times Faster; May be Used to Explore The Oceans

Jellyfish propel themselves through the water by contracting their muscles to collapse their umbrella-shaped body, and then relaxing.

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Jamia Shooter's Facebook Account Taken Down After Shooting and Live Stream, Company Responds

Facebook has pulled down the account of the man who was spotted open firing at people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act near the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi on Thursday.

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Facebook Reaches $550 Million Settlement in Facial Recognition Lawsuit

Facebook said on Wednesday it reached a $550 million settlement in principle related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent.

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Emoji 13.0 Unveiled, Coming in 2020 With More Gender-Inclusive Options, Transgender Flag, Bottle-Feeding Parents

The Unicode Consortium has released a list of 117 new emoji that are releasing this year. The new set of emoji includes gender-inclusive options, transgender flag, and several interesting new emoji.

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Social Media Companies May Be Asked to Maintain Active Mobile Number Database of Their Users

The Information Technology (IT) ministry has proposed that significant social media companies should maintain a database of active mobile numbers of all their users for verification purpose under a revised set of rules, according to a source.

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WhatsApp Pay to Be Rolled Out in More Countries in Next 6 Months, Says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Despite a delay in launching WhatsApp pay in India owing to data compliance issues, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the peer-to-peer, UPI-based payments feature will be rolled out in several countries in the next six months.

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Facebook Climbs to 2.5 Billion Monthly Active Users in Q4, Warns Revenue Growth Slowing

Facebook said on Wednesday that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and it reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving privacy would level off.

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Apple Has Started Rolling-Out Redesigned Maps App in the US

The revamped Apple Maps has some features similar to those in Google Maps, such as local street pictures, AI to sync flight status and reservations to the calendar.

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Here's How to Send Italic, Bold, Strikethrough, or Monospaced Text on WhatsApp

These steps will let you type italic or bold text or even stylise your text with strikethrough or monospace.

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LG Electronics Loss Widens in Q4 Due to Slump in Mobile Business

Apart from its equity losses, LG Electronics also saw the slump in its mobile business extend to 19 consecutive quarterly losses.

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Amazon Confirms That Amazon Pay is Getting UPI on The Apple iPhone

Apple iPhone users had to wait for almost a year, after the Amazon shopping app on Android got the feature early last year.

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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Has Retired After Over 16 Years of Stellar Service

In its lifetime as one of NASA's four Great Observatories, Spitzer will always be remembered for discovering the pivotal TRAPPIST-1 solar system.

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Here's How to Format Your WhatsApp Messages

These steps will let you type italic or bold text or even stylise your text with strikethrough or monospace.

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Samsung Galaxy A51 Goes on Sale: Price, Features, Offers and More

The new Galaxy A51 is the latest addition to the A-series bringing a sleek design, quad cameras and the latest Android 10 update.

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No New Nintendo Switch Model This Year: CEO

Nintendo Co Ltd CEO Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that contrary to rumours, an upgraded version of the hybrid home-portable Switch will not be launched anytime soon.

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N95 and N99 Face Masks Protect You From Pollution, But Coronavirus Too?

A high-quality mask can be useful in keeping most viruses, pollutants and other airborne illnesses, from your lungs. It could also protect you from Coronavirus.

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SpiceJet Declines to Confirm Report That Stated its Customer Data Was Breached

A SpiceJet spokesperson has informed News18 that it does not confirm any data breach that may have compromised private data of its customers.

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Japanese Billionaire Cancels Girlfriend Contest for Moon Trip on SpaceX Starship

In 2018, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said that one SpaceX Starship seat would be reserved for the winner of a televised contest called "Full Moon Lovers".

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Coronavirus: This Website Has A Realtime Map Tracking The Deadly Virus in All Countries

As many as 213 people have reportedly died in China and as many as 10,000 cases of Coronavirus infections are being treated.

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Amazon Prime Reaches Over 150 Million Members As One-Day Delivery Hikes Up Sales

Amazon Prime subscribers keep returning to Amazon to benefit from perks like fast delivery, television and music streaming.

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Google Search For Coronavirus Will Now Also Show Tips on How to Keep Yourself Safe

This comes as the WHO declared the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.

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Avast Antivirus to Close its Jumpshot Analytics Business Post Data Privacy Scandal

Jumpshot analyses users' online habits by tracking their search, click and buy patterns across over 150 websites, including Amazon, Google, Netflix, and Walmart.

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Pay Adds UPI For iPhone, But You Must Use The New App For India

Amazon Pay UPI on the Amazon India Online Shopping app lets you make payments for shopping on Amazon India, scan a QR code, send money and request money.

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Arvind Krishna, IIT-Kanpur Alumnus, Set to Lead IBM; Joins List of Indian-origin CEOs with Nadella & Pichai

IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty said that Arvind Krishna is the right CEO for the next era at International Business Machines Corp (IBM).

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Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India

A TikTok influencer says his videos on Hindu-Muslim unity have triggered censorship on the app.

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WhatsApp Reported a Dozen Security Vulnerabilities in 2019, US Database Reveals

WhatsApp is found to have disclosed a total of 12 vulnerabilities in 2019. Entries were found on the US National Vulnerability Database (NVD).

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Facebook VP of Engineering Jay Parikh Announces Departure

Facebook's Vice President of Engineering Jay Parikh has announced that he is leaving the company, joining a number of executives who have departed the social networking giant over the past few years.

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Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Give Its Users More Control Over Data Gathered From Other Sites, Apps

Facebook said Tuesday a new tool allowing users of the social network to view and delete data it collects from third parties is rolling out to the estimated two billion members of the leading social network worldwide.

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How Facebook Thinks Its Independent Oversight Board Should Work

Facebook recommended rules on Tuesday for how its independent oversight board will work and said a former human rights group director will lead the board's administrative staff.

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Making beautiful colours without toxic chemicals

Dyeing clothes uses a lot of water and chemicals, but new tech is drawing on nature for colours.

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Facebook: Privacy scandals take toll on profits

The firm recorded its first annual decline in profits in at least five years in 2019.

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Most children sleep with mobile phone beside bed

The devices are "dominating" the lives of young people, says research.

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Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ Now Receiving Android 10 Update With OneUI 2.0

If you own a Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9+ you should soon see a prompt to update to the latest Android 10 update.

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Google Assistant on The Pixel 4 to Support Three-Button Navigation

Google is planning to bring back support for three-button navigation for the Assistant.

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Weapon-spotting tech tested by Las Vegas casino

Sensors can be placed discretely in a building's entrance or turnstile creating an invisible fence.

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Adds UPI Payments For iPhone, But You Must Use The App For India

Amazon Pay UPI on the Amazon India Online Shopping app lets you make payments for shopping on Amazon India, scan a QR code, send money and request money.

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WhatsApp Pay to Be Rolled Out in More Countries in Next 6 Months, Says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Despite a delay in launching WhatsApp pay in India owing to data compliance issues, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the peer-to-peer, UPI-based payments feature will be rolled out in several countries in the next six months.

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Google Unveils Android Support on Twitter Through #AndroidHelp

Users no longer have to send a direct message to Google on Twitter to seek help regarding their Android phones.

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Coronavirus: Technology giants join China shutdown

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon among the global companies taking action as the deadly virus spreads.

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Bitcoin is Not as Popular as it Used to be, But Thieves Still Love it

Illegal transactions have been a part of Bitcoin's story since the first online black market, Silk Road, gave people a reason to begin using Bitcoin in 2011.

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Cool New Emojis Are Coming to Your Phone And Are More Inclusive Than Ever Before

Typically, these new emojis should roll out for Android phones and the Apple iPhones, for instance, around September.

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Facebook Pays $550 Million To Settle Lawsuit Against Collection Facial Recognition Data

Facebook allegedly got the data through its “Tag Suggestions” feature, which allowed users to recognize their Facebook friends from previously uploaded photos.

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Suddenly, Wall Street is All Ga-Ga Over Apple iPhones And Say Demand Is Here to Stay

At least 15 brokerages raised their price targets on Apple'’s stock after the record breaking quarterly earnings.

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Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Lands in India With an Eye-Watering Price Tag of Rs 199,990

The AMBEO Soundbar is compatible with Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H and DTS:X audio formats.

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Should WhatsApp Get a Doubt Button in a Bid to Fight Fake News?

WhatsApp's efforts to reduce spread of fake news has included limiting of number of forwards to five, as well as running awareness campaigns.

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Transgender flag and women in tuxedos among new emojis

The list of symbols to be released later this year offers more options to represent gender.

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Biggest Credit Card And Debit Card Breach Ever Puts Details of 30 Million up For Sale

Majority are from US banks but some records are also linked to cardholders from Latin America, Europe, and several Asian countries.

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Facebook Climbs to 2.5 Billion Monthly Active Users in Q4, Warns Revenue Growth Slowing

Facebook said on Wednesday that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and it reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving privacy would level off.

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Google Announces ‘AndroidHelp’ Hashtag on Twitter To Get Your Android Smartphone Queries Answered

Google is trying out a new method to answer user queries about Android, using Twitter and the hashtag #AndroidHelp.

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Instagram Led Social Media Outages in Q4 2019: Downdetector

Facebook-owned Instagram experienced the highest outage in the fourth quarter of 2019 with 21,682 reports at the peak on November 28, 2019

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TikTok, DSCI Partner to Launch Quiz to Spread Awareness on Online Privacy

Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and Chinese short-video making app TikTok on Monday have come together to launch an interactive and informative quiz for its community online.

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Twitter Says Several NFL Teams' Accounts Hacked

Twitter said on Monday accounts of several NFL teams, including the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, were hacked, ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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Jeff Bezos Phone Hack: Facebook Blames iOS for the Hacking

Facebook has blamed Apple's operating system for the hacking of Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' phone, saying WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption is unhackable.

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Apple Expected to Produce 6 Million Units of iPhone 9 by Q1 2020

Apple had produced a total of 70 million iPhones in its first-quarter, of which 52 million phones were iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models.

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Google Translate Will Soon Let You Transcribe in Real-Time

Google Translate's transcribe mode will help users understand lectures in other languages, and watch foreign movies without subtitles, among other uses.

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Huawei Offered Limited 5G Participation in the UK by PM Boris Johnson

Johnson and Trump spoke by phone shortly after the decision was made public.

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Google Chrome to Soon Get New Tab Management System Similar to Microsoft Edge

As of now, if a user has to move multiple tabs to another window they have no option but to drag it one by one on Google Chrome.

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Intel Patching its 'Zombieload' CPU Security Flaw for the Third Time

Intel responded to criticism from security researchers saying that major steps were being adopted to minimise the danger the flaws represent to its processors.

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Avengers: Endgame - How we made the visual effects

Framestore's Stuart Penn explains the challenges of making Avengers: Endgame.

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Where Do US Presidential Candidates Stand On Regulating Big Tech Companies?

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Amazon and Google are under scrutiny over their efforts to curb the dissemination of misinformation and false claims.

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This App Lets You Shoot Video With Multiple Cameras on Your iPhone

Double Take by FiLMic is a free to use app that lets you shoot multi-camera footage using your iPhone.

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This App Lets You Shoot With Multiple Cameras on Your iPhone

Double Take by FiLMic is a free to use app that lets you shoot multi-camera footage using your iPhone.

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Tata Motors Shares Jump over 5% after Rollout of its Electric SUV Nexon EV

The Nexon EV is reportedly first of four electric vehicles planned by Tata Motors over the next 24 months.

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How worried should we be about 'Big Brother' technology?

Why do we fear government surveillance, but voluntarily use technology which monitors our lives?

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Apple iPhone Sales Grow Even As Coronavirus Outbreak Impacts Production in China

Apple has two major production centres near the Hubei Province, which reported 100 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection.

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Off-Facebook Activity Tool Offers Users More Control Over Browsing History

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the Off-Facebook Activity tool lets users access their browsing history and control how much data can be accessed by ads.

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Apple HomePod is Finally in India; Hey Siri, Say Hello to The Amazon Echo Studio

Your Apple Music subscription gives you access to more than 60 million music tracks on your HomePod, at the command of your voice.

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Apple Home Pod Smart Speaker Set to Launch in India for Rs 19,900

The Apple Home Pod will be launched in India at a more affordable rate than the US and will come equipped with spatial awareness and a six-microphone array.

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If You Thought Facial Recognition is a Privacy Nightmare, it is Only Going to Get Worse in India

Lack of regulations, robust surveillance equipment and rising use of face recognition come together to pose the biggest threat your privacy has ever faced.

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Facebook Rolls Out Tool to Give Its Users More Control Over Data Gathered From Other Sites, Apps

Facebook said Tuesday a new tool allowing users of the social network to view and delete data it collects from third parties is rolling out to the estimated two billion members of the leading social network worldwide.

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India Had a Big Role to Play in Apple’s Record Breaking Quarterly Revenues

Apple registered double digit growth in India particularly with strong iPhone sales, and is a critical market for iPad and Mac. Sign of the times ahead?

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Facebook to Get a New Board Which Will be Able to Overrule Mark Zuckerberg, But Will it?

Facebook will name board members later in 2020, which will take the strength of the content appeals board to 40 members.

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Apple Sets a New Revenue Record as iPhones And AirPods Set Sales Charts on Fire

Apple had estimated revenue between $85.5 billion and $89.5 billion for the quarter, finally clocking $91.8 billion with services and devices' strong showing

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