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• Average Indian spending over 1,800 hours a year on smartphone

  21-12-2019 20:09
  
  An average Indian is spending one-third of his or her waking hours on phone - nearly 1,800 hours a year -- and three out of four respondent said if smartphone usage continues at this rate, it is likely to impact their mental or physical health, a survey revealed recently.
  
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• Twitter suspends accounts linked to Saudi spying case

  21-12-2019 15:02
  
  Weeks after US authorities brought a spying case against three Saudi nationals for digging up dissidents' personal data at Twitter, the company suspended tens of thousands of accounts that appear to be linked to one suspect's company.
  
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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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• Samsung Electronics slips to second spot in R&D spending

  21-12-2019 14:37
  
  Samsung Electronics, South Korea's top electronics firm, ranked second in terms of research and development (R&D) spending last year, slipping from the top spot in 2017, according to an European Union (EU) report.
  
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• A smartphone photo can spot fake rice at your grocery store

  21-12-2019 14:37
  
  Next time you go to the neighbourhood grocery store, take your smartphone as a photo taken from your phone can detect whether the rice you are paying for is genuine and of high-quality or not.
  
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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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• 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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• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Spoilers — Not the End We Were Looking for

  21-12-2019 08:52
  
  With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker out now, we dive into spoilers for the long-awaited end to the Skywalker saga, from how it deals with Rey’s (Daisy Ridley) lineage to Kylo Ren’s (Adam Driver) redemption. And we look at how the final chapter is too afraid to have an identity of its own.
  
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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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• Best Phones of 2019: The Budget Smartphones We Loved This Year

  21-12-2019 08:00
  
  We’ve rounded up some of the best budget smartphones of 2019, in one single list.
  
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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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• Facebook says group used computer-generated faces to push pro-Trump message

  21-12-2019 06:10
  
  Researchers from New York-based Graphika and the Digitial Forensics Research Lab, an arm of the Washington-based Atlantic Council, said it was the first time they had seen the large-scale use of computer-generated faces to spread disinformation on social media.
  
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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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• US Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices

  21-12-2019 06:02
  
  A bulletin issued by the Navy showed up on a Facebook page serving military members, saying users of government issued mobile devices who had TikTok and did not remove the app would be blocked from the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.
  
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• Twitter fixes glitch in its Android app

  21-12-2019 06:02
  
  The microblogging site said it does not have any proof of the vulnerability being exploited.
  
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• Colombia orders Uber to cease ride-hailing, cites competition rules violation

  21-12-2019 06:02
  
  Uber was sanctioned with a fine of more than $629,000 for obstructing administrative visit and failing to comply with SIC orders in August 2019.
  
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• Amazon to raise US fulfillment fees three percent for merchants next year

  21-12-2019 06:02
  
  The e-commerce company now handles delivery for the majority of U.S. orders through its in-house logistics arm, and is expected to sink nearly $1.5 billion this holiday season alone into halving fulfillment times to one day for Prime loyalty customers.
  
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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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• Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker: Everything you need to know

  21-12-2019 02:17 via digitaltrends.com
  
  Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker's trailers and plot details are sewn up. Here's everything we know about the movie, which premiered December 20, 2019.
  
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• How to connect your Echo Buds to your phone

  21-12-2019 01:49 via digitaltrends.com
  
  So you've got a new pair of Echo Buds, huh? Here, we outline how to quickly connect them to your device and to reconnect them should they become disconnected in the future.
  
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• How to use the Echo Buds

  21-12-2019 01:06 via digitaltrends.com
  
  The Echo Buds are one of the best bang-for-your-buck true wireless earbuds on the market. This comprehensive guide will teach you how to set them up and access their wire range of features.
  
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• 5 smart toys you shouldn’t buy for your kids

  21-12-2019 01:00 via digitaltrends.com
  
  In 2015, VTech experienced a security breach that revealed the personal information of 6.4 million kids. Make sure you know what to look for when purchasing "smart" toys for your kids.
  
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• Work/Life: Deciding whether to stick with it or call it quits

  21-12-2019 00:30 via digitaltrends.com
  
  On this episode of Work/Life, we discuss a question many employees may have: Should I stay, or should I go? We give tips, tricks, and strategies to help you navigate on deciding whether you should stick with it, or quit it.
  
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• Witcher game studio inks new deal with author. What does it mean for franchise?

  21-12-2019 00:21 via digitaltrends.com
  
  CD Projekt has announced that it has reached a new contract with The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski following a yearlong dispute concerning royalties.
  
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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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