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• Best Kids Travel Gear: Strollers, Flasks, Toys, and More

  21-12-2019 16:00 via wired.com
  
  Traveling with babies, toddlers, or young children is no picnic. These accessories should help.
  
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• Facebook Says Group Used AI-Generated Images to Push Pro-Trump Messages

  21-12-2019 14:57
  
  Facebook has taken down a well-financed campaign that used dozens of artificially generated faces to spread pro-Trump and anti-Chinese government messages, the company and outside researchers said on Friday.
  
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• Apple Opens Lucrative Bug Bounty Programme to the Public, Details Rules

  21-12-2019 14:50
  
  Apple has opened its previously-closed bug bounty programme for all security researchers wherein it will pay lucrative amount to those who find and report them to Apple Product Security, depending on the flaw discovered.
  
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• Twitter Advises Users to Update Android App, Fixes Serious Security Vulnerability

  21-12-2019 14:44
  
  Twitter is warning users of its Android app about a security vulnerability it has fixed, and recommends users update to get the secure version.
  
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• Poco F2 to Launch in 2020, Pocophone Chief Alvin Tse Hints

  21-12-2019 14:35
  
  Alvin Tse has taken to Twitter to respond to a user query about the Poco brand. In his response, Tse wrote, “You will hear more from POCO in 2020.” This hints that Xiaomi will launch the Poco F1 successor next year.
  
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• Vivo Sends Out MWC 2020 Invites, February 23 Launch Event Confirmed

  21-12-2019 13:17
  
  Vivo, in its invite, confirms that its special event will be held on February 23 at the Nautic Centre in Barcelona.
  
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• 26 Fantastic Last-Minute Christmas Deals (2019)

  21-12-2019 13:00 via wired.com
  
  Fellow procrastinators, there’s still time to grab deals on laptops, cameras, Kindles, smartphones, and more before the big day.
  
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• Flipkart Year End Sale: Top Mobile, Laptop, Gadget Offers Including Redmi Note 7 Pro, Realme 5 Pro, MacBook Air, and More

  21-12-2019 12:25
  
  Flipkart has listed phones like the iPhone 8, Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi 8, Realme 5 Pro, Vivo Z1 Pro, and more smartphones at reduced prices. The sale will end on December 23.
  
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• Huawei P40 Pro to Offer 10x Optical Zoom With Periscope Camera: Ming-Chi Kuo

  21-12-2019 09:56
  
  Ming Chi Kuo reportedly explains that Huawei will achieve 10x optical zoom feature by using two mirrors and a prism inside the camera of the Huawei P40 Pro. To recall, the Huawei P30 Pro came with a 5x zoom lens, and that’s because the camera integrated just a prism.
  
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• Realme Winter Sale: Realme X2 Pro Master Edition to Go on Sale, Realme 5 Pro, Other Phones Get Discounts

  21-12-2019 08:38
  
  Realme X2 will also go on sale every day at 12pm (noon) IST during the sale period, and the company is offering 10 percent instant discount on ICICI Bank credit card (max up to Rs. 1,500) and no-cost EMI up to six months on the purchase.
  
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• India Leads the World in Internet Shutdowns

  21-12-2019 07:16
  
  In an unprecedented move, the Indian government suspended mobile internet services in parts of the capital New Delhi on Thursday, as protests over a citizenship bill seen as discriminating against Muslims escalated.
  
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• Boeing's Starliner Astronaut Capsule Fails Key Test to Reach Space Station

  21-12-2019 07:02
  
  Boeing's new astronaut capsule failed after liftoff on Friday to climb high enough in orbit to reach the International Space Station, cutting short a critical unmanned test mission in the embattled aerospace giant's race to send humans to the orbital outpost.
  
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• Apple Suppressed Competitors in App Store, Until It Got Caught: Lawsuit

  21-12-2019 06:54
  
  An email app developer says it has uncovered new data that suggests Apple has long been suppressing the rankings of apps in the App Store that compete with Apple's own offerings, according to new court filings by the developer, which sued Apple in October for patent infringement and antitrust violations.
  
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• Twitter Suspends Accounts It Says Are Linked to Saudi Arabia

  21-12-2019 06:40
  
  Twitter has suspended thousands of accounts which it said on Friday were linked "to a significant state-backed information operation" originating in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Motorola Razr (2019) Foldable Smartphone Release Date Delayed Due to Supply Issues

  21-12-2019 06:34
  
  Motorola is delaying the launch of the foldable Razr smartphone in North America, saying demand for the $1,500 device has outstripped its supply predictions.
  
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• Airtel Wi-Fi Calling Service Now Available for 6 More Smartphones

  21-12-2019 06:05
  
  Airtel on Friday added six new devices to the list of smartphones that are compatible with its Wi-Fi calling service.
  
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• Alphabet Grants CEO Sundar Pichai Largest Ever Stock Award, Again

  21-12-2019 05:44
  
  Alphabet's newly instated Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai would receive a hefty $240 million (£184.40 million) in performance-based stock awards over the next three years, the highest ever promised to any executive of the search giant.
  
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• Netflix show creator’s Aussie apology

  21-12-2019 00:08
  
  One of the brains behind popular cartoon Rick and Morty has apologised and promised to come Down Under to make amends as the abridged fourth series of the show makes its delayed return to our shores.
  
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• Vape lung is on the decline as CDC report fixes blame on oily additive

  21-12-2019 00:06
  
  The CDChas issued a set of reports showing that the lung disease associated with vaping seems to be declining from peak rates, and that Vitamin E acetate seems — as speculated early on — to be the prime suspect for the epidemic. The affliction has cost at least 54 lives and affected 2,506 people across the nation.
  The condition now officially known as EVALI (E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury) appeared over the summer, with hundreds of people reporting chest p
  
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