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About 90% of eBooks are sold through Amazon

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing

The lawsuit comes a day after Connecticut said it was investigating Amazon for potential anti-competitive behavior in its business selling digital books.

Samsung launches new flagship Galaxy S smartphone

Samsung launches new flagship Galaxy S smartphone early, targets remote workers, gamers

WhatsApp said it reserved the right to share some data with Facebook

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

Reuters In India, many users have began installing rival apps like Signal and Telegram, pushing WhatsApp to begin a costly advertising campaign to calm customers.

Google has completed its acquisition of fitness-gadget maker Fitbit

Google muscles up with Fitbit deal amid antitrust concerns

AP Thursday's completion of the acquisition comes 14 months after Google announced a deal that immediately raised alarms.

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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.

Apple suspends Parler social network from its App Store

Reuters Right-leaning social media users in the United States have flocked to Parler, messaging app Telegram and hands-off social site Gab after Twitter and Facebook banned Trump permanently.

David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough quits Instagram after reaching a million followers

John Xavier He said he will keep his contact preferences old school, revealing that he receives "about 70 letters a day!"

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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.

An India-made military-grade smartphone for under ₹6,000

Divya Kala Bhavani The Lava Z1 is targeted at consumers looking to upgrade from a feature phone, and offers them a chance to customise storage and other specs

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Weekly Bytes | Lenovo’s smart glasses, SpaceX expanding Starlink’s reach, and more

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing

Samsung launches new flagship Galaxy S smartphone early, targets remote workers, gamers

Google Assistant’s ‘Guest Mode’ is a patchy incognito version for smart speakers, displays

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

Tata puts post-pandemic bet on digital, electronics and health

Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download surge

Privacy advocates have jumped on the WhatsApp changes, pointing to what they say is Facebook's poor track record of supporting consumers' interests when handling their data, with many suggesting users migrate to other platforms.

Google muscles up with Fitbit deal amid antitrust concerns

Thursday's completion of the acquisition comes 14 months after Google announced a deal that immediately raised alarms.

India fifth largest market; focussed on meeting language needs, enhancing ease of access: Wikipedia

Wikipedia, which turns 20 on January 15 has over 55 million articles that can be accessed in more than 300 languages.

Samsung's Galaxy S21 premium smartphones to hit India later this month

South Korean tech giant Samsung said it will bring its new lineup of flagship Galaxy S21 smartphones to the Indian market by the end of the month

Samsung's new robot can serve you a drink

It will use advanced Artificial Intelligence to identify and pick up objects of varying sizes, shapes and weights.

Government examining WhatsApp's user policy changes amid privacy debate

Internal discussions are on within the IT Ministry over the implications of the recent move by WhatsApp.

Google removes some personal loan apps from Store, warns others

Move follows reports over many such applications, who are not authorised lenders, targeting vulnerable borrowers to offer loans at very high interest rates and then using extreme measures for recovery of money.

'No pride in banning Donald Trump': Twitter CEO warns of dangerous precedent

According to Jack Dorsey, such bans point up Twitter’s “failure” to create an open and healthy space for what Mr. Dorsey calls the “global public conversation.”

YouTube launches a dedicated page for videos that use hashtags

The new exclusive home for videos with hashtags will show a curated section with either the videos using the tag that users have searched for, or a tag related to it.

Samsung introduces its next-generation 5G-integrated mobile processor

On-device AI processing and support for advanced neural networks will enable more interactive and smart features and enhanced computer vision performance in imaging.

What is Parler and why has it been pulled offline?

The site effectively "went dark" after Amazon.com Inc suspended its web hosting service and will remain so unless it can find a replacement.

Amazon launches ‘Prime Video Mobile Edition’ in India starting ₹89

“Given high mobile broadband penetration in the country, the mobile phone has become one of the most widely used streaming devices,” Jay Marine, VP, Amazon Prime Video Worldwide, said.

General Motors unveils Cadillac flying car and shuttle concepts at CES

The single-passenger Cadillac - technically, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone - will be able to travel from urban rooftop to urban rooftop at speeds up to 55 miles per hour.

Father of the Web Tim Berners-Lee wants to re-make cyber space

Building on ideas developed by an open-source software project called Solid, Inrupt promises a web where people can use a single sign-on for any service and personal data is stored in "pods," or personal online data stores, controlled by the user.

The trillion dollar weapon in the U.S.-China tech stock war

U.S.- Sino tensions ratcheted up in recent days as outgoing President Donald Trump's administration pushed through a ban on Americans investing in 35 firms it considers to be linked to China's military.

YouTube suspends Trump’s channel after violating policy on inciting violence

Online platforms and social media companies are distancing themselves from, and taking action against, those that encouraged or engaged in the violence in Washington D.C.

Google to use quantum computing to develop new medicines

Through this collaboration, Boehringer Ingelheim and Google plan to focus on implementing quantum computing in pharmaceutical research and development, including molecular dynamic simulations.

Moon's birth unlocked by supercomputer simulations

Collision with a non-spinning version of Theia, resulted in a satellite with around 80% of the mass of the Moon

U.S. says India’s Digital Services Tax discriminatory

India has said that the DST does not have extra-territorial application as it applies only on the revenue generated from the country.

Update won’t affect privacy: WhatsApp

Facebook unit says private messages will continue to be encrypted end-to-end

Watch | Using AI to survey African elephants

A video describing how a team of international researchers developed an artificial intelligence-powered method to survey African elephants in various landscapes.

Intel graphics chip will tap new version of TSMC 7-nanometer process - sources

Intel, long the world leader in chip-making technology, has lost its manufacturing edge in recent years and is now debating whether to outsource some of it flagship central processor unit chips, or CPUs, slated for release in 2023.

How different is Signal from WhatsApp?

WhatsApp’s rival messaging app Signal gained recognition as WhatsApp users looked for alternative apps. Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet encouraging users to switch to Signal also gave an extra lift.

Crypto inflows slump after December record - report

Inflows into bitcoin investment products totaled $24.3 million in the first week of the year. Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalisation, accounted for $5.3 million.

China to push its tech giants to share consumer credit data

Chinese regulators, including the central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), plan to instruct internet platforms to feed their vast loan data to some of the nationwide credit agencies, the two sources said.

Turkey probes Facebook's move to collect WhatsApp data

In a written statement, the Competition Board said it ruled the data-collection requirement should be suspended until the probe is complete.

Intel says production of new data centre chips set to ramp up in first quarter

The company on Monday also gave details about a chip that its Mobileye autonomous driving subsidiary is working on for a lidar sensor, a laser-based device that helps vehicles obtain a three-dimensional view of the road.

Facebook to remove content containing ‘stop the steal’ phrase

The phrase is used by the supporters of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump to allege election fraud.

ISRO to adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to promote scientific temperament among students

This decision was taken by ISRO and Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog at a virtual meeting on Monday.

Among Us was most downloaded mobile game in 2020

Subway Surfers took the second spot with 227 million downloads, while Garena Free Fire bagged the third place with 218 million downloads.

How FarmVille created a social gaming landscape

The popular farming-simulation game launched by Zynga in June 2009 redefined playing online with the phrase, ‘social gaming’.

If not WhatsApp, then what? Consider these alternatives

If you are one of the millions hitting ‘Uninstall’ on the Facebook-owned messaging app, here are some alternatives, with their privacy policies explained

To coin or not to coin?: The must-knows for the crypto-curious

As Bitcoin’s dollar value hits a correction, experts candidly chat about what you need to know about cryptocurrency before you hop on this fin-tech bandwagon

NZ central bank says it was not specific target of cyberattack

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said a file sharing service provided by California-based Accellion was illegally accessed.

Some lending apps thrive on India's Google Play despite policy violations

The Reuters review of 50 popular lending apps available on Google Play found that nearly all of them require borrowers to give them permission to access their phone contacts.

Apple suspends Parler social network from its App Store

Right-leaning social media users in the United States have flocked to Parler, messaging app Telegram and hands-off social site Gab after Twitter and Facebook banned Trump permanently.

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

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.

This drone can smell obstacles using live moth antenna

Researchers compared the moth antenna to an artificial sensor. They found that the moth antenna is more sensitive and reacted more quickly while flying through patchy odour plumes.

Microsoft’s new enhancements to Teams meetings

Using the ‘virtual breakout rooms’ feature, meeting organisers will be able to split meeting participants into sub-groups to enable discussions.

Facebook and Twitter crackdown around Capitol siege is too little, too late

For weeks, content on big tech platforms Facebook Inc , Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's YouTube as well as upstart fringe social networks foretold the storming of the U.S Capitol on Wednesday that led to five deaths.

Signal, Telegram see demand spike as new WhatsApp terms stir debate

WhatsApp, which uses Signal's encryption technology, laid out fresh terms on Wednesday, asking users to agree to let owner Facebook Inc and its subsidiaries collect user data, including their phone number and location.

Google suspends Parler from Play Store, Apple threatens to ban it

Internet giant Google has suspended U.S.-based microblogging platform Parler — where most of the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump are

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A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad on November 26, 2020.

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