Deepfake technology has already caused a huge amount of worry among governments around the world, giving rise to many investigations into the dangers of deepfake tech. Governments are introducing regulations or outright banning the tech with now, China being the latest country to regulate deepfake technologies that can be used to create and broadcast fake news.
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Google has yet again fallen into the scrutiny of the European Union (EU) for its collection of data. The EU antitrust regulators, despite having fined the search engine giant billions of dollars is now seeking an investigation into how and why Google is collecting data.
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Panasonic has reported that it is selling its loss making semiconductor division to a midsize Taiwanese company, with the US-China trade being the final reason for the business’s failure. The company had entered the market in 1952, became the top chip manufacturer in 1980’s and 1990’s but now struggles to control its losses.
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Twitter is experimenting with new ways to display conversations on its platform, trying out Reddit style flows to replies to a Tweet. First seen on Twttr, the prototype app for Twitter.com, it makes use of threaded replies that give a message board type of feel, connecting replies to the original tweeter.
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Toreto has created a unique product that combines a Bluetooth speaker with a wall charger, called the Toreto Remix. The product comes in 3 varieties with up to dual 2.4Amp charging support and a 3W speaker built-in.
Just yesterday, Twitter had reported that they will be removing inactive accounts from its site for users who haven’t logged in more than 6 months. But after receiving a ton of feedback from the user base in regards to user accounts of those who are dead, Twitter has decided to pause the inactive account removal process.
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Astrophotography on the Pixel 4 was announced as one of the highlight features during its launch event. The sample photos shown by Google were impressive and once the phone released, social media starting filling up with incredible photos people clicked with their Pixel 4. In this article we explain how Google produces beautiful starry photos of the night sky with just a smartphone camera.
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HiFuture, an consumer audio manufacturer, has launched their new product, the HiFuture NeckLace in-Ear Wireless Earphones in India. The earphones features an ergonomic neckband, sweatproof design with Bluetooth 5.0 and a long claimed battery life.
Wynk Music, the music streaming service from Airtel is now reported to be India’s #1 music when considering Daily Active Users (DAU). This performance metric is driven massively by regional music streaming seeing a surge, with some languages seeing over 150% increase, popular even outside their home state.
iPhone users will now receive new updates for WhatsApp, bringing welcome features like call waiting, a redesigned chat screen and improvements to the Braille Keyboard. The update comes directly to the stable version of WhatsApp along with the group privacy features that were released earlier this month.
Twitter has reported that they will be removing inactive accounts on its site if the user does not sign in to their account by December 11th. Users who haven’t signed into their accounts for more than 6 months will receive an email from Twitter with information about this decision.
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Portronics, a digital portable product manufacturer has launched their new ILUMI multi-coloured, multi-purpose lamp that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker. ILUMI gives the option to change the colour of the lamp with 5 choices and has a 2000 mAh in-built battery.
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Google has introduced new integrations for the Google Shopping experience for Indian users, namely Google My Business and Google Translate integration. These changes are aimed at making Google Shopping more accessible for new small to medium businesses and non English speaking Indian users.
Facebook is getting into the market research space with a new app called Facebook Viewpoints. The app will reward people for participating in surveys, tasks and research. Facebook claims the data collected from these methods will be used to improve products like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Portal and Oculus, and to benefit the broader community.
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After announcing the upcoming launch of the HUAWEI Nova 6 5G to be held on December 5th, HUAWEI is set to launch another version from the Nova 6 series, called Nova 6 SE. Render image of the phone has surfaced showing its design differences from the standard Nova 6 5G.
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