Zoom Q3 Results Show COVID-Related Breakneck Growth Is Slowing Down

Zoom’s videoconferencing service remains a fixture in pandemic life, but its breakneck growth is showing signs of tapering off as investors debate whether the company will be able to build upon its recent success after a vaccine enables people to intermingle again.

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Brushing: When Amazon packages arrive that you didn't order

Zoe Kleinman looks at the sneaky way some sellers are trying to boost their products on Amazon.

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Currys PC World apologises after gift cards wiped

The company is still assessing how many customers may have been affected.

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Zoom boosts sales forecast as pandemic drags on

The pandemic has transformed the fortunes of the video conferencing firm, once a niche tech name.

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China-US trade war: Beijing escalates tit-for-tat with Washington

Beijing has introduced tough new laws which restrict the export of "controlled items".

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How AI is helping rural African farmers

An AI-backed mobile app is helping farmers in rural areas gain critical information for their crops.

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Using tech to prevent car theft in Cameroon

A Cameroon startup is using mobile and satellite communications to track down stolen cars.

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Windows 10 Users, Rejoice! Android Apps May Be Coming To Your PC Soon

This is not the first time Microsoft will try running Android apps on Windows 10. The company had earlier toyed with the idea via its Project Astoria, but that never saw the light of the day.

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Arijit Singh, Tanishk Bagchi and Neha Kakkar Are 2020’s Most Streamed Artists In India On Spotify

In India, the most streamed tracks for the year 2020 are Shayad” by Arijit Singh, Pritam and Irshad Kamil; international track “Falling” by Trevor Daniel; “Ghungroo (From “War”)” by Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao, Kumaar, and Vishal-Shekhar and “Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage (From "Kabir Singh")” by Arijit Singh and Mithoon.

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Tata Sky Users Get Live TV Pause And Record On Australia Vs India Cricket Matches As Sony Backs Down

Sony Pictures Network India has the broadcast rights for the one-day internationals, T20 internationals and test matches for India’s tour of Australia. The Australia vs India series ends on January 19.

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Facebook, Google, More Tech Giants to Face Digital Tax in Canada in 2022

Canada plans to impose a tax on corporations providing digital services from 2022 that will stay in place until major nations come up with a coordinated approach on taxation.

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Facebook, Google Becoming 'Human Rights-Free Zones' in Vietnam: Amnesty International

Facebook and Google are fast becoming "human rights-free zones" in Vietnam, Amnesty International warned, accusing the tech titans of helping censor peaceful dissent and political expression in the country.

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Facebook and Google 'complicit' in Vietnam censorship

Rights group Amnesty has accused Facebook and Google of increasingly blocking criticism and dissent.

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The Next Apple iPhone With 10x Optical Zoom May Again Reset Smartphone Photography Goalposts

A report in DigiTimes said that the next iPhone may include a Samsung periscope lens.

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Sony Backs Down And Tata Sky Users Get Live TV Pause And Record On Australia Vs India Cricket Matches

Sony Pictures Network India has the broadcast rights for the one-day internationals, T20 internationals and test matches for India’s tour of Australia. The Australia vs India series ends on January 19.

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Got A Microsoft Xbox Series X Or Series S Console? You May Want To Download This Update Now

There also the new “Optimized for Series X|S” badge that will now be added to the game tiles in the My Games and Apps section. There are more than 39 fully optimized games for the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S.

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Facebook Buys Online Customer Service Startup Kustomer

Facebook announced it is buying Kustomer, a startup specialising in helping businesses interact with customers online.

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Cyber Monday Poised To Mark Record For U.S. Online Retail Sales

Cyber Monday was set to become the biggest online shopping day ever for the United States, garnering up to $11.4 billion as the coronavirus pandemic prompts consumers to stay at home and turn to the internet for their holiday shopping needs.

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5G Is the Fastest Deployed Mobile Network, Will Reach 1 Billion People By Year End: Ericsson

By the end of this year, the report says that there will be 218 million 5G subscriptions around the world, up from Ericsson's forecast of 190 million back in June.

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Canada Plans Digital Tax In 2022 On Global Tech Giants Such As Facebook, Google

Canada plans to impose a tax on corporations providing digital services from 2022 that will stay in place until major nations come up with a coordinated approach on taxation, the Finance Department said on Monday.

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Thought Microsoft Surface Pro X Is The Best Fit For Windows 10? Apple's M1 Embarrasses The Surface

The latest experiment makes the M1-powered Mac about 60 to 85 percent faster than the fastest Windows on ARM device.

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Facebook News will pay UK outlets for content in 2021

Starting in January, Facebook will pay UK publishers for some - but not all - of their content.

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Why shops are going over to the 'dark' side

Some retailers are converting stores into mini-distribution hubs in response to Covid-19.

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Samsung Level U2 Neckband-Style Wireless Headphones With 18 Hours of Battery Unveiled

The Samsung Level U2 Wireless Headphones come in two colour options and feature 12mm drivers. The headphones are said to provide 13-hours of talk time on a single charge.

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Ransomware halts classes for 115,000 Baltimore pupils

Baltimore County public schools shut after a cyber-attack knocks lessons offline.

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Cyber Monday Set To Be Biggest Online Shopping Day In U.S. History

Cyber Monday is on track to bring in a record of as much as $12.7 billion in online sales, according to latest industry estimates, surpassing Black Friday's digital numbers as U.S. retailers reached the last leg of an extended holiday selling season caused by the COVID19 pandemic.

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Apple Giving Out Five Months of Free Apple Music Subscription via Shazam: Here's How it Works

The free Apple Music five-month subscription offer is available to use in select markets till January 17, 2021. The offer only applies to new Apple Music users.

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Microsoft Teams Web App Will Stop Working on Internet Explorer 11 From Today

From August 21, all Microsoft 365 apps and services besides Teams will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 and users will have to migrate to Microsoft Edge.

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Spotify Stories With Playlists Should Help Users With New Music Discovery

Spotify Stories for playlists is slightly different from the story feature on other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. Here, the Stories appear within a playlist instead of the homepage.

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Alienware m15 R3 Review: Monster Performance, Great Aesthetics Don't Mask its Price

Dell has an obvious winner in its hands, and the Alienware m15 R3 uses what happens to be the most powerful laptop processor right now. However, even that doesn't justify it costing over Rs 3 lakh.

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UK Bans Installation of New Huawei 5G Kit from September 2021

Britain has already ordered all Huawei equipment to be removed from its 5G network by the end of 2027. The US had earlier placed sanctions on Huawei that bars American companies to do business with the Chinese tech firm.

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Nokia 5.4 May Launch in December With Hole-Punch Display and Quad Rear Cameras: Here's What We Know

The Nokia 5.4 will succeed the Nokia 5.3 smartphone that was launched in March this year. Currently, the Nokia 5.3 is available in India for Rs 12,999 for the 4GB + 64GB option.

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Moto G 5G Launched as India's Most Affordable 5G Smartphone, Priced at Rs 20,999

The Moto G 5G's sale in India will start on December 7 via Flipkart. The phone comes in two colour options along with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 20W TurboPower fast charging.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 To Launch in January 2021? Qualcomm Summit In December May Answer The Question

While most reports have said that the next Mi series will be called the Mi 11 series, Xiaomi has not revealed anything about either the name or what the smartphone will be about.

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Could Cornwall see a Lithium-ion battery revolution?

British Lithium is prospecting in the county to find economically viable seams of the element.

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Zappos ex-boss and Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, 46, dies after house fire

Tony Hsieh led online retailer Zappos, acquired by Amazon, and helped transform central Las Vegas.

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Utah monolith: Has the mysterious metal object disappeared?

Utah officials and images on social media suggest the shiny desert structure has been taken down.

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Want To Buy A Sony PlayStation 5? Wait Till Jan 2021 But You Should Absolutely Not Import One

Sony has said that PlayStation 5 consoles that have been imported to India from overseas will not be covered in the official warranty in India.

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Why Is Sony Stopping Tata Sky Users From Pausing Or Recording Australia Vs India Live Cricket Matches?

This could be an attempt to drive users to sign up for the Sony Liv premium subscriptions to catch up on Live match streaming of the India vs Australia cricket matches, highlights and more. Sony Liv Premium is priced at Rs 299 per month or Rs 999 for a year.

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Moto G 5G, India's Most Affordable 5G Phone to Launch Today at 12PM: Expected Price and Specifications

The Moto G 5G features a 6.7-inch full HD+ LTPS display and runs on Android 10 out of the box.

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Sony May Ban PlayStation 5 Owners Who Sell Their PS Plus Collection Accounts to PS4 Gamers

PlayStation Plus Collection is a collection of 20 games (10 first party and 10 third party) given exclusively to PlayStation 5 owners who are also members of the PlayStation Plus paid subscription service.

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Nokia Laptops Reportedly Receive BIS Certification, India Launch Speculated

About nine Nokia laptops have reportedly received their BIS certification.

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Britain Bans New Huawei 5G Kit Installation From September 2021

British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm's equipment from high speed mobile networks.

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Huawei ban from UK 5G network brought forward

The cut-off date of September for the installation of new equipment is earlier than expected.

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The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home

Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges.

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Exclusive-Twitter Suspends Thai Royalist Account Linked To Influence Campaign

Twitter has suspended a Thai proroyalist account linked to the palace that a Reuters analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favour of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy.

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Robot does yard work and security, plus other tech news

Jen Copestake looks at some of the week’s best technology news stories.

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How green and profitable are e-scooters?

Wayne Ting, chief executive of e-scooter firm Lime, says there's room for improvement.

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Master & Dynamic Launches Lamborghini Edition MW65 Over-the-Ear Headphones and MW07 TWS Earphones

The new Master & Dynamics MW65 and MW07 Plus have been designed using materials like Alcantara leather, sapphire glass, Italian acetate, anodized aluminum, and stainless steels - similar to the materials used in Lamborghini cars.

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Facebook Cryptocurrency Libra to Launch as Early as January But Scaled Back: Report

Libra, unveiled by Facebook last year, was relaunched in slimmed-down form after regulators and central banks across the world raised concerns it could upset financial stability and erode mainstream power over money.

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Nokia 9.3 PureView Reportedly Receives BIS Certification, May Launch in First Half of 2021

The Nokia 9.3 PureView may offer a 120Hz display and a 108-megapixel primary camera with 8K video recording capabilities.

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Huawei Reportedly Working on Camera Technology That Can Focus As Quickly as the Human Eye

Huawei is said to be a leader in smartphone camera technology. The company was the first to introduce a periscope camera in smartphones.

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Moto G9 Plus Reportedly Spotted in BIS Certification Listing, May Come to India Later This Year

The Moto G9 Plus was launched in Brazil in September this year.

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Realme 7 Pro Gets Android 11-Based Realme UI 2.0 Update Via Early Access Program

The Realme 7 Pro comes with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display having a full-HD+ 2400 x 1080-pixel resolution with a 20:9 aspect ratio, 180Hz touch sampling rate and 600 nits of peak brightness.

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Amid Farmer's Protest, Instagram Blocks #Sikh Hashtag Again; Second Such Incident This Year

In June as well, Instagram and its parent Facebook were spotted blocking the #sikh hashtag on their platforms.

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Micromax IN 1B Offers Different Android Flavours: Which Variant Will You Pick?

The Micromax In 1B's first sale was delayed minutes before it was supposed to go live, owing to issues with logistics.

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Apple iPhone 12 Studio: You Can Painstakingly Consider Every Case And Wallet For Your New iPhone 12

The Apple India Online Store has this rather cool tool called the iPhone 12 Studio that lets you select every one of the four new iPhone 12 series phones and match them the official Apple cases and wallet accessories. These include MagSafe cases and the Wallet with MagSafe options for the iPhone 12 series.

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Samsung Galaxy M51 Review: Excellent Battery, Smooth Performance Hide its Tiny Flaws

The Samsung Galaxy M51 is like that kid in your school who wasn’t the outright best, but was still acceptably good at almost everything despite his annoying habits.

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ISRO Cartosat-2F Comes Too Close to Russian Satellite in Space, Collision Avoided

ISRO chief K. Sivan later said that two satellites coming close to each other is a fairly regular occurrence, and such things aren't usually reported in public.

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Instagram Seen Blocking #Sikh Hashtag Yet Again for Some Users

Instagram seems to have blocked the #sikh hashtag on its platform. Some users have complained about the issue on Twitter. The new blocking comes just over five months after Facebook and Instagram were seen restricting the #sikh hashtag on their platforms for a number of users.

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Vivo V20 Pro Launch in India on Dec 2: Can it Rival iPhone SE, Pixel 4a, OnePlus Nord?

The Vivo V20 Pro is confirmed to launch in India on December 2, and its specs include the Snapdragon 765G SoC, 64MP triple rear camera and 44MP dual front camera.

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India vs Australia Match Highlights, Best Moments Come to Facebook Via Sony Sports

Facebook has inked a partnership deal with Sony Pictures, thanks to which cricket fans in India can stream match highlights, special moments and more official India vs Australia tournament content, from the Sony Sports India Facebook page.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop 4 Images Leaked, Offers No Change in Design

According to reports, the 2021 refresh of the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lineups will be rather incremental, but more interestingly, this may be when Microsoft brings the Surface Duo to more markets.

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Big Tech Firms in US Sees a New Era Under Joe Biden, but No Ease in Security

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America's tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. Now Joe Biden is coming back, this time as president. But times have changed.

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Scammers Fool Britons With Investment Firm Clones, Says Trade Body

More than 200 British retail investors have lost nearly 10 million pounds in total to sophisticated investment scams since a government lockdown in March to fight the COVID19 pandemic, a trade body said on Saturday.

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U.S. Agency Opens Probe Into 115,000 Tesla Vehicles Over Suspension Issue

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Friday said it had opened an investigation into around 115,0000 Tesla vehicles over a front suspension safety issue.

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OnePlus 8, 8 Pro Get OxygenOS 11.0.2.2 Update With November Security Patch, Bug Fixes

The latest software update rolling out to OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro is 270MB in size, and fix a host of glitches and stability issues.

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Manchester United will not say if they have received ransom demands over cyber attack

Manchester United will not say if they have received ransom demands over the cyber attack on the club last week that forced them to shut down their systems.

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Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G, Redmi Note 9 5G Launched: All Specs, Prices, Expected India Launch

The Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G smartphone features a 120Hz display, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SoC and a 108-megapixel quad rear camera setup.

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Your data and how it is used to gain your vote

How much is really known about the data bought by political parties, and how it is used?

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Redmi Gets Its First Smartwatch With An Unbelievably Low Price, But Will It Launch in India?

The question is, is the Redmi Watch the Mi Watch Lite that was spotted in an FCC listing not too far back? If not, we could be seeing the Mi Watch Lite join the Redmi Watch in the affordable smartwatch stakes sometime in the future.

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Fashion Brand Balenciaga Made A Video Game To Debut The New Clothing Collection

The game, Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow releases on December 6 and showcases Georgian fashion designer Demna Gvasalia new fall 2021 collection. The futuristic game is set in the year 2031 with the human race and its survival as the focal point.

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Facebook Cryptocurrency Libra To Launch As Early As January But Scaled Back: FT

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project.

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Exclusive: Alibaba, Tencent Put Talks To Buy IQIYI Stake On Hold Due To Price, Regulatory Concerns - Sources

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd have each held separate talks with Baidu Inc to acquire a controlling stake in video streaming service iQIYI Inc, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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Utah monolith: Internet sleuths got there, but its origins are still a mystery

The metal monolith sits deep in a desert easy to get lost in, so officials did not reveal its location.

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Why are Scottish ministers selling a superyacht?

The 25m vintage yacht was found in storage at the nationalised Ferguson shipyard.

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Father of Indian IT Industry, FC Kohli, Passes Away at 96: How He Took India to the World

Kohli, who spearheaded Tata Consultancy Services and took India's IT services to the world, will always be remembered for spawning an industry that is today worth over Rs 14 lakh crore.

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