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Thanks to the rise of AI, facial recognition is cropping up everywhere and most probably some or the other technology is scanning our face every day. While it is aimed at protecting your smartphone from privacy invaders, but in a way, the facial recognition itself is a privacy invader. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8, Galaxy S9, OnePlus 6, LG G7 ThinQ fooled by 3D Printed heads”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A last year running MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. Last month it was updated to MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM which was based on Android 7.1 (Nougat) only but the company started rolling out Android 8.1 (Oreo) based MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM towards the end of last month. Now, Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 8.1 (Oreo) based MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for the smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Android 8.1 Oreo Stable update starts rolling out [Download Link]”
Month after launching Mi Crowdfunding in India back in April with Selfie Stick Tripod and Bluetooth Audio Receiver, Xiaomi today started crowdfunding for its Polarized glasses – Mi Polarized Wayfarer and Mi Polarized Aviators in India. Both these promise 100% UV protection against UVA, UVB & UVC rays up to 400 nanometers.
According to SplashData’s eighth annual list of ‘Worst Passwords’ of the Year and after evaluating more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet, the company found that users continue using the same predictable, easily guessable passwords. The “123456” and “password” continue in the number one and two spots, respectively. Continue reading “Top 100 worst passwords of 2018 revealed – ‘123456’ and ‘password’ retain top spots, ‘Donald’ joins the list”
Facebook has clarified that its team has discovered a photo API bug that may have affected people who used Facebook Login and granted permission to third-party apps to access their photos. Though it fixed the bug, some third-party apps might have accessed to a broader set of photos than usual in the period between September 13th to September 25th. Continue reading “Facebook API bug allowed apps to access unposted photos of up to 6.8 million users”
Google has updated its Play Games app to version 5.14 that brings several new features including dark theme that can be enabled from the settings, app shortucuts in the launcher to quickly launch most recently played and installed games and an option to sort your achievements by rarity. The app also brings animated icons for built-in games when you scroll through the carousel. Continue reading “Google Play Games v5.14 update brings Dark Theme, App shortcuts and more”
Huawei Honor brand is all set to introduce Honor 8A, the company’s new budget smartphone as the phone has been certified by TENAA with model numbers JAT-TL00 and JAT-AL00. This doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor like the predecessor, but this reveals a waterdrop notch display with minimal bezels, two-tone design, and Android 9.0 (Pie) out of the box.
Continue reading “Honor 8A with 6-inch waterdrop notch display, Android 9.0 (Pie) gets certified”
ASUS has announced that its long-time CEO Jerry Shen is stepping down ahead of the company’s “comprehensive corporate transformation” part of a major shift in mobile strategy to focus on gamers and power users. Meaning, we might see more ROG phones and fewer Zenfones. Continue reading “ASUS CEO Jerry Shen steps down as company shifts focus to power users, gamers”
Back in April, YouTube had launched a quarterly YouTube Community Guidelines Enforcement Report as part of this ongoing commitment to transparency. Further to the commitment, the company is now expanding the report to include additional data like channel removals, the number of comments removed, and the policy reason why a video or channel was removed. Continue reading “YouTube removed 7.8 million videos and 224 million comments in Q3 2018”
Realme launched its Realme U1 smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 11,999. It went on sale exclusively on Amazon.in starting December 5th. Today, the company has announced that the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage version will go on open sale starting from next Monday, December 17th. The next sale for 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version is scheduled for December 19th at 12 noon.
Update: The company has posted a new teaser for the smartphone revealing dual rear cameras. It also shows dual front cameras with LED flash. Continue reading “Micromax teases launch of a smartphone with a notch on December 18 [Update: New teaser reveals dual front and rear cameras]”
Google, a few years ago worked with eye specialists in India and the U.S. on an AI system to help doctors analyze images of the back of the eye for signs of diabetic retinopathy. The AI model now detects diabetic retinopathy with a level of accuracy on par with human retinal specialists. This means doctors and staff can use this assistive technology to screen more patients in less time, sparing people from blindness through a more timely diagnosis. Continue reading “Google, United Nations ESCAP unveils AI health service in Thailand to screen diabetic eye disease”
Microsoft has released Hummingbird, an AI-powered News app for Android which currently is only available in the USA. The app offers login in through Microsoft or LinkedIn accounts, but you can go ahead by skipping. The main home screen offers various topics for you to chose from. Continue reading “Microsoft Hummingbird AI-powered news App for Android released”
Google Home Speakers in the US can now choose between an Australian-accented voice and a British-accented voice for your Google Assistant across devices. All the other settings and features including setting a timer, checking the weather and getting an overview of your commute and everything else remain the same while your Assistant will speak with a new accent. Continue reading “Google Assistant gains support for Australian and British accents”
After Qualcomm was granted a preliminary injunction to ban the sale and import of Apple iPhone 6s through iPhone X in China, Qualcomm now plans to file for an injunction on the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR in China. This would prevent the sale of those devices in the country. Qualcomm has granted the preliminary injunction after it ruled that the devices violated two Qualcomm patents. Continue reading “Qualcomm now seeks to ban Apple iPhone XS and XR in China”
