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• Huawei Band 4 Pro With NFC Support, SpO2 Sensor Launched: Price, Specifications

  06-12-2019 15:33
  
  Huawei has launched its latest wearable, the Huawei Band 4 Pro, which packs a SpO2 sensor and also offers NFC support.
  
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• Leica SL2 Review: Wonderful (If You Can Afford It)

  06-12-2019 15:00 via wired.com
  
  The iconic company's take on the big, powerful, DSLR-style camera delivers beautifully sharp, detailed images while offering surprisingly powerful video capabilities.
  
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• Apple May Use Qualcomm’s Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor in a 2020 iPhone

  06-12-2019 14:49
  
  Apple is reportedly planing to use Qualcomm's ultrasonic fingerprint sensor technology in one iPhone model, set to be released in 2020.
  
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• BSNL Revises Rs. 29, Rs. 47 Prepaid Plans With Reduced Validity

  06-12-2019 14:43
  
  Rs. 29 BSNL prepaid plan has been revised to offer five days of validity from the previous seven days, while Rs. 47 has been updated to provide seven days validity -- three days reduced from the previous nine days validity.
  
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• Xiaomi Mi Super Sale: Discounts on Redmi K20 Pro, Poco F1, Redmi Note 7 Pro and More Offers

  06-12-2019 14:32
  
  Xiaomi’s Redmi K20 Pro, Poco F1, Redmi Note 7 Pro and a few others go on discount on account of Mi Super Sale
  
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• Cuts, Bruises, and Fractures: Spike Seen in Mobile Phone-Linked Face Injuries in the US

  06-12-2019 14:19
  
  Add facial cuts, bruises and fractures to the risks from cellphones and carelessly using them. That's according to a study published Thursday that found a spike in US emergency room treatment for these mostly minor injuries.
  
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• Virtual Boyfriends Gaining Popularity Among China’s Single Women

  06-12-2019 14:06
  
  The option for intimacy on-demand has gained popularity among China's middle-income young women, who are often focused on careers with no immediate plans to marry and start a family.
  
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• Gadget Lab Podcast: Tesla’s Lasers, the Cybertruck, and Travel Tips

  06-12-2019 14:00 via wired.com
  
  Alex Davies helps us unpack the latest Tesla developments, and we share our favorite travel trips.
  
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• SpaceX Launches Genetically Enhanced 'Mighty Mice' to International Space Station

  06-12-2019 13:56
  
  NASA believes that the mice study could support the development of therapies for a wide range of conditions that cause muscle and bone loss on Earth.
  
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• Redmi K30 Series to Sport 64-Megapixel Sony IMX686 Camera, TENAA Listing Tips Key Specifications

  06-12-2019 13:48
  
  Redmi K30 selfie camera setup is teased to include a 20-megapixel artificial intelligence (AI) powered sensor. Key specifications of the Redmi K30 have also surfaced on TENAA that suggest its 208 grams weight.
  
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• Britain's Boris Johnson Takes Selfie With Huawei Phone a Day After Suggesting Tough Stance on the Chinese Firm

  06-12-2019 13:26
  
  Britain suggested this week it would take a tougher position on the Chinese tech company Huawei - apparently falling into line with the stance advocated by the Trump administration as the US president visited London for a meeting of NATO leaders.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy A71 Leaked Render Shows Familiar Hole-Punch Design, Galaxy A11 Spotted on Geekbench

  06-12-2019 13:23
  
  Samsung Galaxy A71 has again been spotted in a leaked render with a familiar hole-punch design, while the Galaxy A11 has been spotted on Geekbench.
  
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• T-Mobile 5G Test: Wider Coverage That's Not Much Faster

  06-12-2019 13:00 via wired.com
  
  You'll see slightly faster load times when watching videos and downloading apps, but the day-to-day experience hasn't changed.
  
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• Vivo X30, Vivo X30 Pro Launch Set for December 16, Will Sport Exynos 980 5G SoC

  06-12-2019 12:59
  
  Vivo X30 series will launch on December 16, the company on Friday revealed. Vivo is believed to launch two 5G smartphones at the event – Vivo X30 and Vivo X30 Pro.
  
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• TikTok Chief Said to Schedule Meet With US Lawmakers as China-Origin Investigations Loom

  06-12-2019 12:40
  
  TikTok's leader, Alex Zhu, is set to pay his first known visit to Capitol Hill next week, meeting with lawmakers in an attempt to combat concerns that the company's Chinese origins pose serious privacy, security and censorship risks.
  
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• Realme XT 730G India Launch Set for December 17, Alongside Realme's AirPods-Like Truly Wireless Earbuds

  06-12-2019 11:44
  
  Realme XT 730G will essentially be the India variant of the Realme X2 that was launched in China in September. Realme is also set to unveil its truly wireless earbuds that could counter Apple AirPods.
  
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• Vodafone Idea to Shut if No Relief Provided by Government: Kumar Mangalam Birla

  06-12-2019 11:28
  
  Vodafone Idea, the India's third largest mobile service provider, will shut down if the government does not provide relief on the liability it faces in past statutory dues following a Supreme Court order, its billionaire chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Friday.
  
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• Nokia 2.3 With 4,000mAh Battery, 6.2-Inch HD+ Display, Dual Rear Cameras Launched: Price, Specifications

  06-12-2019 10:14
  
  Nokia 2.3 will be available from mid-December, and has been priced at EUR 109 (roughly Rs. 8,600). For now, the Nokia 2.3 runs Android 9.0 Pie, but is being called Android 10 ready. It features a dual rear camera setup and a large 4,000mAh battery said to provide a 2-day battery life.
  
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• Google Recorder App Now Supports Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a-Series Phones

  06-12-2019 10:07
  
  Google's AI-powered Recorder app, which has so far been available exclusively for Pixel 4 owners, is now compatible with the Pixel 2, Pixel 3, and Pixel 3a-series phones.
  
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• Apple Clips App Updated to Include Memoji, Animoji, New Stickers, and More

  06-12-2019 09:40
  
  Apple Clips has been updated for the iPhone and the iPad with new Animoji and Memoji support. This update includes animated stickers and emoji as well.
  
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• Realme Starts Teasing Truly Wireless Earbuds, Look Similar to Apple's AirPods

  06-12-2019 09:33
  
  Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth gave a sneak peek at the truly wireless earbuds while launching the Realme X2 Pro and Realme 5s last month.
  
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• Apple to Launch an iPhone Without Ports, iPhone SE 2 Plus in 2021: Ming-Chi Kuo

  06-12-2019 09:28
  
  Apple is said to be planning a major change in the top-end 2021 iPhone model. If predictions made by noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo are to be believed the Cupertino, California-based company is planning to kill the lightning port in the highest-end 2021 iPhone model
  
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• Call of Duty: Mobile Hits 170 Million Downloads in Just 2 Months of Launch

  06-12-2019 09:26
  
  Call of Duty: Mobile is available on both Android and iOS, and it recently released a mega update that packs the much-awaited zombie mode.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S11+ Battery Capacity Leaked as 5,000mAh, Biggest Battery Yet on a Samsung Flagship

  06-12-2019 09:19
  
  The battery capacity of the Samsung Galaxy S11+ has reportedly surfaced on a South Korean certification website, Safety Korea.
  
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• Flipkart Leads $60 Million Investment in Logistics Platform Shadowfax

  06-12-2019 09:10
  
  Walmart's Flipkart has led a $60 million (roughly Rs. 428 crores) financing round in logistics platform Shadowfax as the online retailer looks to expand hyperlocal delivery capabilities.
  
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• Oracle in Court Over Allegedly Underpaying Women and Minorities by $400 Million

  06-12-2019 08:53
  
  In a rare public display of the alleged bias against female and minority tech workers, the Department of Labor made its case in a hearing Thursday that Oracle underpaid women, Asians and black employees working in certain roles at its Silicon Valley headquarters by $401 million (roughly Rs. 2,862 crores) over the course of four years, one of the la...
  
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• OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T Pro Get Discounts in India Under 6th Global Anniversary Celebration Sale

  06-12-2019 08:48
  
  OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7 Pro, and OnePlus 7T Pro are available with instant discounts of Rs. 1,500, Rs. 2,000, and Rs. 3,000, respectively.
  
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• YouTube Rewind 2019 Ditches Old Format After Last Year's Video Became Most-Disliked on the Platform

  06-12-2019 08:15
  
  YouTube Rewind 2019 has been released in an entirely new format after last year's Rewind became the most-disliked video on the platform.
  
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• Nokia 9 PureView Starts Receiving Android 10 Update, HMD Global Reveals Timeline for Other Nokia Phones

  06-12-2019 08:02
  
  Nokia 9 PureView has become the second Nokia phone from HMD Global to receive the Android 10 update. The rollout was announced by the company at its Nokia 2.3 launch event. HMD Global has also revealed the Android 10 update rollout timeline for rest of the Nokia phones.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S11, Galaxy Fold Successor Said to Feature 108-Megapixel Camera, 5x Zoom Support

  06-12-2019 07:54
  
  Samsung’s response to Apple’s much-improved iPhone 11 cameras is going to be a giant photographic arsenal strapped to the back of its 2020 flagship phones.
  
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• Ghost Stories Teaser Trailer: Janhvi Kapoor, Sobhita Dhulipala Recoil in (Netflix) Horror (Movie)

  06-12-2019 07:51
  
  Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Ghost Stories — the upcoming anthology movie from directors Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, and Dibakar Banerjee — giving us our first look at what to expect from the four supernatural short films.
  
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• Inside Edge 2 Creator on Bhaisaab, the Long Delay, and the Amazon Series’ Tone

  06-12-2019 07:32
  
  Why did it take over two years for Inside Edge 2? Creator Karan Anshuman addresses the long delay, the character of Bhaisaab, who was written as a MacGuffin and is now played by Aamir Bashir, and why the Prime Video series has a tone that’s akin to a soap opera.
  
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• Uber Office Spotted With Segregated Bathrooms for Drivers and 'Employees'

  06-12-2019 07:11
  
  Uber has gone to great lengths to explain that its global network drivers - the workers it relies on for profit - are not, in fact, drivers at all.
  
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• Huawei Nova 6, Nova 6 5G With Dual Selfie Cameras, Kirin 990 SoC Launched; Nova 6 SE Unveiled Too

  06-12-2019 07:06
  
  Huawei Nova 6 and Nova 6 5G share a similar list of specifications, except 5G support being exclusive to the Nova 6 5G -- thanks to the Balong 5000 5G modem.
  
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• Huawei Asks Court to Throw Out US Telecom Funds Ban

  06-12-2019 06:54
  
  Huawei is asking a US federal court to throw out a rule that bars rural phone carriers from using government money to purchase its equipment on security grounds.
  
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• Elon Musk Gets No Apology From British Diver at 'Pedo Guy' Defamation Trial

  06-12-2019 06:39
  
  Vernon Unsworth also refused to apologize for a July 13, 2018, CNN interview in which he said that Musk's offer of a mini-submarine to help rescue a boys' soccer team from a flooded Thailand cave was a "PR stunt" and Musk could "stick his submarine where it hurts."
  
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• Facebook Sues Hong Kong-Based iLikeAd, Alleged Ad Fraud

  06-12-2019 06:23
  
  Facebook on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on celebrities' photos and bogus advertising links, so it could install malware and run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and male enhancement supplements.
  
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• Apple Buys First-Ever Carbon-Free Aluminium for Use in Its Products

  06-12-2019 05:59
  
  Apple on Thursday said it has bought the first-ever commercial batch of carbon-free aluminium from a joint venture between two of the world's biggest aluminium suppliers.
  
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• A TikTok Craze Is Minting Celebrities and Ruining Lives in India

  06-12-2019 05:47
  
  More than 200 million users in India devour and share videos mimicking Bollywood dancing, movie dialogue and comedy, making India TikTok’s biggest global market.
  
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• Spotify Wrapped 2019 Is Now Out, Featuring 'Your Top Songs' and 'My Decade Wrapped'

  06-12-2019 05:46
  
  Just as it promised earlier this week, Spotify Wrapped 2019 is here, giving you a look at your listening habits across the year. Plus, you get a 100-song playlist called “Your Top Songs 2019” and “My Decade Wrapped”, if you’ve had a Spotify account for most of the 2010s.
  
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• Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2, ‘World’s First’ 5G XR Platform, Announced, Supports 8K 360-Degree Video

  06-12-2019 05:40
  
  Qualcomm has unveiled its new extended reality platform called the Snapdragon XR2 platform. Qualcomm says it's the world's first 5G-supported platform that can be scaled across various uses cases of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR).
  
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• Amazon Blaming Trump Over Pentagon Cloud Contract Loss, Judge Says

  06-12-2019 05:36
  
  Amazon is arguing in a court case that President Donald Trump's bias against the company harmed its chances of winning a $10 billion (roughly Rs. 71,327 crores) Pentagon contract.
  
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• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c, Snapdragon 7c, Snapdragon 8cx Enterprise Chips Announced for Budget ARM Windows PCs

  06-12-2019 05:33
  
  Qualcomm has expanded its portfolio of chips for Windows on Arm PCs, with the introduction of the Snapdragon 8c and Snapdragon 7c. These new chips are designed for mainstream and entry-level PCs respectively
  
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• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c, Snapdragon 7c, Snapdragon 8cx Chips Announced for Budget ARM Windows PCs

  06-12-2019 05:33
  
  Qualcomm has expanded its portfolio of chips for Windows on Arm PCs, with the introduction of the Snapdragon 8c and Snapdragon 7c. These new chips are designed for mainstream and entry-level PCs respectively
  
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• Jio vs Airtel vs Vodafone Idea New Plans 2019: Revised Prepaid Recharge Plans Compared

  06-12-2019 05:32
  
  Jio earlier this week announced its new ‘All-in-One Plans’ in India, and they are now in effect. Here’s a comparison of how Jio new prepaid plans stack against the recharge plans offered by Airtel and Vodafone Idea.
  
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• Jio New Plan Prices Now Live: Latest All-in-One Plans Start at Rs. 199 With 28 Days Validity

  06-12-2019 05:24
  
  Reliance Jio latest plan prices are now in effect, from Friday, December 6. The telco has raised prices of the Rs. 153 plan to Rs. 199, the Rs. 198 plan to Rs. 249, the Rs. 299 plan to Rs. 349, the Rs. 349 plan to Rs. 399, the Rs. 448 plan to Rs. 599, the Rs. 1,699 plan to Rs. 2,199, and the Rs. 98 plan to Rs. 129.
  
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• Uber Says It Received Over 3,000 Sexual Assault Reports, Including 229 Rape Claims, in the US in 2018

  06-12-2019 05:19
  
  Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its US rides in 2018. That figure includes 229 rapes across the company’s 1.3 billion rides.
  
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• Hisense to launch 8K ULED TVS in Australia in 2020

  06-12-2019 04:44 via techguide.com.au
  
  Hisense will introduce a range of 8K ULED televisions to the Australian market in 2020 which will offer AI upscaling and super high resolution so your content will look better than ever.
  The Hisense 8K TVs, which have four times the resolution of its 4K TVs, will include the company’s leading technologies including quantum dot colour, a full array backlight, full array local dimming, Dolby Vision HDR (high dynamic range) and Dolby Atmos audio.
  Also onboard is the Hisense proprietary Hi-Vie
  
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• Olympics like we’ve never seen them

  06-12-2019 04:32
  
  The Seven Network and Optus have announced plans to team up to stream the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 4K Ultra HD for the first time.
  
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• The Force is strong with the new MobyFox Star Wars Apple Watch bands

  06-12-2019 03:59 via techguide.com.au
  
  If you’re a Star Wars fan and you own an Apple Watch we have great news. Moby Fox has just released a set of watch bands and watch faces so you can show your allegiance to the light and dark side of the Force.
  The bands are made from soft silicone and are sweat resistant with silver buckles and featuring either Rebel Alliance or Galactic Empire logos.There are four MobyFox bands that fit the 44/42mm Apple Watch in the collection:
  Stormtrooper – the stylish and unmistakable monoc
  
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