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Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Go in India. | Picture by special arrangement.

Weekly Bytes | Microsoft’s ‘affordable’ Surface laptop, Chrome’s password protection, and more

Here's our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.

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EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing.

EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing

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Developer complains to EU over Apple, Google app rules after COVID game rejected.

Developer complains to EU over Apple, Google app rules after COVID game rejected

Reuters Google and Apple rules say COVID-19 related apps must be government approved in order to avoid promoting conflicting or incorrect health advice.

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European regulators imposed EUR114 million in fines for GDPR violation.

European regulators imposed EUR114 million in fines for GDPR violation

Aditya Saroha France, Germany and Austria topped total value of GDPR fines with over EUR51 million, EUR24.5 million and EUR18 million respectively.

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The microblogging site said that all users can continue to like and retweet posts, but cannot reply if they have been excluded by the author.

Twitter says it locked account of China's U.S. embassy over Xinjiang-related tweet

Reuters Twitter said the tweet has violated the firm’s policy against “dehumanisation”.

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@POTUS resets as Twitter juggles presidential accounts

AP Facebook, meanwhile, is sticking to its previous policy of “duplicating" all 11 million followers of the official White House Facebook and Instagram accounts to the new administration.

Earlier this week, WhatsApp had started rolling out in-app notifications to users about an update in its Terms of Service and privacy policy regarding how it processes user data and partners with Facebook to offer integrations across the social media giant's products.

WhatsApp says latest update does not change its data-sharing practices with Facebook

PTI The company head says that with end-to-end encryption (E2E), it cannot see private chats or calls and neither can Facebook and that WhatsApp remains committed to E2E.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A7

Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 review: For your basic binge

Divya Kala Bhavani Ideal for the budget-conscious, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 passes the basic tablet metrics thanks to a clear display and a booming battery

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The Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G

Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G review: A small step or a giant leap?

Praveen Sudevan A mid-range powerhouse, the Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G is significantly superior to its predecessor without being too expensive

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Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle firm Zoox unveiled an electric, autonomous robotaxi.

Watch: Amazon's Self-driving Robotaxi

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Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price hike after backlash from gamers

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Helmets to predict Alzheimer’s, a stress-canceller, an app to track seizures : Health tech at CES 2021

Weekly Bytes | Microsoft’s ‘affordable’ Surface laptop, Chrome’s password protection, and more

Developer complains to EU over Apple, Google app rules after COVID game rejected

EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 review: For your basic binge

Telstra, Ericsson and Qualcomm achieve record 5G Download Speed

This was done using a smartphone form factor mobile test device, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 5G Modem-RF System

European regulators imposed EUR114 million in fines for GDPR violation

France, Germany and Austria topped total value of GDPR fines with over EUR51 million, EUR24.5 million and EUR18 million respectively.

Google shuts down a high-profile moonshot company

Astro Teller, CEO of X and Chairman of Loon’s board said in blog post that despite ground breaking technical achievements, “the road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped.”

Apple MacBook Air M1 users complain of screensaver bug

One user complained of not being able to fix the issue even after setting the screensaver option to none or reinstalling the OS.

Sequoia Holdings says employees can draw part of salary in cryptocurrencies

The surge has been powered by increased demand from institutional, corporate and more recently retail investors, attracted by the prospect of quick gains.

Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyright

Google has only signed individual agreements with a few publications so far, including national dailies Le Monde and Le Figaro.

Chinese phone maker Honor partners with key chip suppliers after Huawei split

As Chief Executive George Zhao launched the View40, Honor'sfirst phone model since the split, Honor said in a statement itnow had its own deals with some tech firms.

Facebook's oversight board to decide if Trump should stay suspended

The social media company blocked Trump's access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters earlier this month.

iPads for infants and other post-pandemic early learning trends

Even as older students tackle the challenges of remote learning during the pandemic, edtech players are rolling out programmes for the pre-K years

CBI books Cambridge Analytica and GSRL for illegal data harvesting of FB users

Cambridge Analytica replied that they had received data from GSRL pertaining to US citizens only. It did not respond to MeitY's further correspondences.

Google says it will shut search engine in Australia if forced to pay for news

Australia is on course to pass laws that would make the Big Tech giants negotiate payments with local publishers and broadcasters for content.

MIT develops concept for airplanes to combat air pollution

The noxious chemical waste from airplanes’ exhaust kills 16,000 people every year globally, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research note.

Mediatek, Qualcomm separately launch chipsets to power 5G smartphones

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 will power a selection of flagship devices from key customers including Motorola, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, and Xiaomi

Google Cloud rolls out image search, product recommendations for retailers

The duo provides retailers with agile operating models that rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning in the cloud infrastructure.

CRED’s Kunal Shah invests in OnePlus co-founder’s new venture

Pei’s London-based venture has already raised $7 million in the seed financing round from friends, family, and private investors.

South Korea's LG considering all options for loss-making mobiles

LG was not even among the top seven in the third quarter of 2020 after losing ground to Chinese makers

India parliament panel to question Facebook on WhatsApp's privacy terms

The panel will ask why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp's privacy policy and how it will impact users, the source said. With 400 million users, India is WhatsApp's biggest market.

Google's advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe

Alphabet-owned Google, the world's largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising.

Amazon sues EU antitrust regulators for letting Italian case go ahead

Amazon took its case to the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second-highest, on Tuesday, asking it to annul the EU's decision to exclude Italy from the wider investigation, a court filing shows.

Biden calls for coders in a hidden message on White House website

Hidden in the HTML code on www.whitehouse.gov was an invitation to join the U.S. Digital Service, a technology unit within the White House.

Google asks U.S. judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California

In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court in Sherman, Texas, accusing the search engine company of working with Facebook Inc in a way that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business.

Google investigates ethical AI team member over handling of sensitive data

Axios, which first reported the latest investigation said Margaret Mitchell had been using automated scripts to look through her messages to find examples showing discriminatory treatment of Timnit Gebru, a former employee in the AI team who was fired.

Twitter says it locked account of China's U.S. embassy over Xinjiang-related tweet

Twitter said the tweet has violated the firm’s policy against “dehumanisation”.

Building an app for India means building one for the world, says Signal’s Brian Acton

Co-founder of Signal Foundation says its non-profit status protects it from ‘outside interests demanding rapid returns’ and it is ramping up infrastructure.

Google’s rival search engine surpasses 100 mn daily searches

According to DuckDuckGo’s public traffic data, the company achieved the milestone on January 11 when it recorded 102,251,307 search queries.

A robot predicts partner’s action like long-time couples do, study finds

The observing robot could predict its partner's path 98 out of 100 times, in different situations

Microsoft increases upload file size limit to 250 GB for Teams, OneDrive

The software giant says the enhancement will facilitate sharing of large files such as 4K or 8K video files, 3D models, CAD files, or data sets with co-workers, clients and peers.

Working on addressing misinformation on user policy update, available to answer any question: WhatsApp

The spokesperson added that WhatsApp will always protect personal messages with end-to-end encryption, so that neither WhatsApp nor Facebook can see them.

Trump pardons former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski

Levandowski transferred more than 14,000 Google files, including development schedules and product designs, to his personal laptop before he left, and while negotiating a new role with Uber.

Cruise, GM partner with Microsoft to ramp up self-driving vehicles

The new investment pushes Cruise to the forefront of companies developing self-driving vehicles and technology.

British hospitals use blockchain to track COVID-19 vaccines

Logistical hurdles are a significant risk to the speedy distribution of COVID-19 vaccines but have resulted in booming business for companies selling technology for monitoring shipments from factory freezer to shots in the arm.

@POTUS resets as Twitter juggles presidential accounts

Facebook, meanwhile, is sticking to its previous policy of “duplicating" all 11 million followers of the official White House Facebook and Instagram accounts to the new administration.

World Wide Web inventor opposes Australia's news payment plan

Berners-Lee, a computer scientist who created the web in 1989, said in a submission to an Australian Senate inquiry he is "concerned that the code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online".

India asks WhatsApp to withdraw changes in privacy policy

They raise ‘grave concerns’ over implications of the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens, it says

Vietnam gives Foxconn unit licence for $270 mln plant to produce laptops, tablets

Foxconn has so far invested $1.5 billion in Vietnam and plans to raise its investment by $700 million and recruit 10,000 more local workers this year, the government said.

An algorithm to fix legacy issue in a pandemic hit industry

To solve the booking issue, a team of researchers at the University of Trento, Italy, collaborated with an Italian start up to develop software inspired by the popular Tetris video game.

U.S. lawmakers aim to curtail face recognition even as the technology IDs Capitol attackers

Senator Ed Markey said in a statement that the technology may not be worth the risks. Racial justice activists have warned that facial recognition can perpetuate discriminatory policing and constant tracking could become the norm.

U.S. asks Australia to scrap proposed laws to make Facebook, Google pay for news

Under the law, which has broad political support and is currently before a senate committee, Google and Facebook will be subject to mandatory price arbitration if a commercial agreement on payments to Australian media cannot be reached.

How podcasts are taking off in India big time

India has emerged as the third-largest podcast listening market in the world after China and the US

Dell pushes PC gaming boundaries with latest Alienware laptops

The laptops will have the next-gen NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 GPUs, and a new Alienware Cryo-Tech cooling technology.

Must we always talk in code? No-code and low-code platforms are changing devs discourse

With more businesses moving online, the inclusive tech space — especially that of India — accommodates this growth through the popularisation of no-code and low-code apps

How is Telegram different from WhatsApp?

WhatsApp is facing criticism for the recent update in its privacy policy. This has led to a surge in Telegram users. But how different is Telegram from WhatsApp?

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The Income Tax department searched Paul Dhinkaran’s residence and official premises on January 20

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File photo of Tejas-Mk 1A

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9K | Coronavirus | Sasikala tests positive for COVID-19

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Chief of the Defence Staff Bipin Rawat visits India’s forward-most air-maintained post along the Subansiri Valley in Arunachal Pradesh on January 3, 2021.

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Narendra Singh Tomar.

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File picture shows an activity at a stone quarry in Karnataka's Chickballapur district. Representational image.

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Actor Sonu Sood. File

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Farmers raise slogans during their protest at Singhu border in New Delhi on January 22, 2021.

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