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Cyberpunk 2077 is Getting an Early Preview on June 11: Here's What You Can Expect

The event will coincide with the 2020 E3 Expo, that has now been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Call of Duty New Game to Launch by End-2020, Confirms Activision

Speculations suggest that the new Call of Duty title may be a follow-up to the franchise's Black Ops series.




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Mozilla's New Email Alias Feature Will Now Protect Your Real Address From Getting Spammed

The feature generates unique email addresses so that users don’t have to reveal a real address to a website.




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Windows 10 May 2020 Update is Reportedly Getting Delayed Until End of the Month: Here's Why

The delay in Windows 10 May 2020 update is believed to be because of a zero-day security exploit that Microsoft wants to patch.




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Samsung Announces Price Cut for Its Galaxy M21, A50 Models in India: See New Prices

The Samsung Galaxy M21 and Samsung Galaxy A50 have received a price cut India. Read on to know more about them.




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Alien Life May Not Need Oxygen: Scientists Say Hydrogen-Rich Planets Can Have Life Too

A new research paper suggests that life forms, if occurring in other planets, do not need to be similar to what we know of them on Earth.




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Private Photos You Thought You'd Deleted Could Still be There: How to Secure Your Data

It is important to encrypt your data, store sensitive files with required security measures and make data unrecoverable — here's how to do it.




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Samsung India Rolls Out Mother's Day Offers For Galaxy Z Flip, S20 Series Smartphones

In celebration of Mother’s Day, Samsung India has announced a variety of attractive deals on the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy S20 smartphones.




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This Black Hole is Just 1000 Light Years Away From Earth, The Closest One Known as Yet

The ESO says that the hidden black hole in HR 6819 is one of the very first stellar-mass black holes found that do not interact violently with their immediate environment and, therefore, appear truly black.




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Is Facebook Free Basics Back? No, Improved Discover Starts by Killing Net Neutrality Arguments

But how is it different from the controversial Free Basics, which faced opposition particularly in India? The single biggest change is that it allows access to every website available.




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Zomato Reportedly Working on Branching Out Into Alcohol Deliveries

There is currently no legal provision for home deliveries of alcohol in India, something that industry body International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI) is lobbying to change in conjunction with Zomato and others.




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US Smartphone Sales Witness 21% Decline as Covid-19 Crisis Hits Both Demand and Supply

Among the major players, Google's smartphone sales experienced the highest 64 per cent year-over-year decline in the US market in Q1 2020.




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Coronavirus Impact Pushes E-Learning More Than Ever: Is This The New Normal For Students?

Experts fear that while there will be a proliferation of information technology tools and gadgets, post-COVID-19, but internet and broadband will remain an issue in India.




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Microsoft to Shell Out $100,000 Reward If You Can Hack This Linux Operating System

The bug bounty programme is part of a three-month research challenge that runs from June 1 until August 31




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Amazon India is Offering Special Gaming Benefits for Prime Members

Amazon has also tied up with mobile game developers to host Prime-only tournaments for its members in India.




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Aarogya Setu Flaw Can Allow Any User to be Tracked Down, Claims Hacker

According to French ethical hacker Robert Baptiste, Aarogya Setu's code structure could have allowed info of over 90mn users to be exposed to public.




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Planning to Go On a Virtual Date? Tinder Has a Plan For You

Tinder also rolled out a photo verification service, a few days back, saying it will help ensure every match is who they say they actually are.




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Slim Laptops & Convertibles For The Work From Home Warriors: You Can Get One in Every Budget

Slim laptops pretty much define themselves, whereas convertibles are those that have hinge mechanism that allows you to push the display all the way back into a tent, presentation mode or a tablet mode.




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Microsoft Launched New Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds

Microsoft has announced four new products under its Surface lineup although there is no confirmation on the India pricing or availability.




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Earth's North Magnetic Pole Has Shifted All the Way from Canada to Siberia: Here's Why

Apparently, there's a tug of war going on between our planet's magnetic zones situated below North America and Asia.




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Google is Offering Journalists Free Courses in AI, Machine Learning

The course is available in 17 different languages on the Google News Initiative Training Centre.




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Apple sees steep 71 percent growth in India in the first three months of 2020

The move to launch a cheaper yet new iPhone is seen as a very strategic one to gain a foothold in important emerging markets like India.




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Smartphone Shipments in India to Decline by 12% in 2020; 5G Phones Capture 2% Share

The total smartphone shipments in India in the March quarter grew a mere 4 percent (year-on-year).




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Realme Narzo 10, 10A Launch Event on May 11: Everything You Need to Know

The launch was earlier scheduled to take place on April 26 but it was cancelled due to the lockdown extension because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Mi 10 5G, Mi Box 4K Launching in India: Features, Price and Specifications

The official launch of the Mi 10 5G and Mi Box will be done through a live stream event on Friday at 12 pm IST.




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Huawei May Finally Feature in USA's 5G Services After All as Latter Drafts New Rule

Engineers in some U.S. technology companies stopped engaging with Huawei to develop standards after the Commerce Department blacklisted the company last year.




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Facebook's Independent Board Gets its First 20 Members: Here's How They Would Work

The oversight board will focus on a small slice of challenging content issues including hate speech and harassment and people’s safety.




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Fitbit Aims to Study How Devices Can Track Atrial Fibrillation Faster

Atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart rhythm irregularity, increases the risk of stroke and is usually prevalent among people above 65 years.




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Poco F2 Pro Pricing Leaks, Could Arrive With Same Colour Options as Redmi K30 Pro

A report suggests that the company will unveil the Poco F2 Pro smartphone at an event on May 12.




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Facebook, Silver Lake And Now Vista: Jio is an Attractive Platform For Global Investors

These investments will push Jio’s Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers.




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Reliance Jio And Vista Equity Partners Deal: Everything to Know About the Investment Firm

The US-headquartered investment firm invests in tech and software companies, including enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled organizations across private equity, credit, public equity, and permanent capital strategies.




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Reliance Jio And Vista Equity Partners in Rs 11,367 Crore Deal: What the Two Companies Said

This investment will give Jio Platforms a solid foundation to build on, towards what Reliance Jio says is a Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers.




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WeChat Monitors Messages Sent by Foreign Users Like You to Strengthen Censorship in China

China’s cyber laws are rather broadly defined. Incidentally, Tencent’s privacy policy documents for China and the rest of the world, does not indicate that non-China accounts will be under surveillance.




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Delhi E-Token Portal to Purchase Alcohol Crashes Under Heavy Demand

The Delhi government launched an online portal offering e-tokens for customers to avoid long queues.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 to Launch Today in India: How to Watch Live Stream

The all-new Mi 10 flagship will be launched today in India alongside two new product categories.




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Facebook to Reportedly Allow Employees to Work From Home Until the End of 2020

According to the report, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may announce the company's office reopening plan in an official statement soon.




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Zoom Acquires Keybase to Address Privacy and Security Loopholes on its Platform

Zoom has been one of the big beneficiaries of coronavirus lockdowns, with millions of workers and students using its video platform as they work and study from home.




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Facebook, Youtube Remove 'Plandemic', A Viral Video Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation

The 26-minute video went viral this week across social media platforms.




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Sudhir Krishnaswamy: Key Things About the Only Indian on Facebook Oversight Board

The youngest ever vice-chancellor of NLSIU was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and looks to establish a precedent-setting moderation model at Facebook.




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Mi 10 5G Launched in India at Rs 49,999: Specifications, Variants, Availability and More

The Mi 10 5G is now the most expensive smartphone offering from Xiaomi in India and goes on the compete with the new OnePlus 8 Series.




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Google Launches 'Read Along' App That Aims To Help Kids Improving Their Reading Skills

Read-Along uses Google's speech recognition technology to help develop literacy skills and is now available in 180 countries.




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Fortnite Sets All-time Total Players Record With 350 Million Registered Users Worldwide

In April, players spent over 3.2 billion hours in-game which is also a record.




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Samsung Resumes Operations in Noida Factory With 30% Of Its Employees

In an official statement, Samsung said that it has received requisite permissions to restart production at our Noida factory.




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'Locker Rooms' are Common in Juvenile Internet Users, But What Should be Done About it?

The recently recurrent issues of juvenile ‘locker room’ chats have brought forth conversations around adolescent mental health and anti-cyber bullying acts.




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Jio Announces Rs 2,399 New Annual Plan With 25% More Data Than Competition

Beyond 2GB data per day for one year, Jio's new add-on data plans also offer no daily cap data top-ups for high data users at competitive prices.




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Jio 'Work From Home' Top-Up Plans Offer Up to 50GB Data for Just Rs 251

The top-up plans will line up alongside a new Rs 2,399 annual plan that offers 2GB data per day for 365 days.




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Facebook Oversight Board Will Balance Free Speech, Says Sudhir Krishnaswamy

Sudhir Krishnaswamy also clarifies that he won't be representing cases related to India, but willl look at content moderation questions from around the world.




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Facebook Employees Can Work From Home Till The End 2020

Facebook Employees Can Work From Home Till The End 2020




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Dineout’s Contacless Service Extends to Groceries, Airports, Alcohol Shops and More

Dineout believes the contactless suite can expand to airports, hospitals, liquor shops and others to reduce waiting times and enforce social distancing.




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Microsoft, Amazon Continue Trading Fresh Barbs Over $10 Billion JEDI Contract Appeal

The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract is the US Department of Defense' cloud computing contract which has been reported as being worth $10 billion.