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Narendra Modi launches portal to help, hand-hold MSMEs

Champions — Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength — has been described by the MSME Ministry as an ICT-based system set up to help such enterprises in the “present difficult situation”

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Remove China Apps crosses a million downloads

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‘Hack-for-hire’ firms targeting financial services, healthcare amid COVID-19 pandemic: Google

PTI “We have seen new activity from ‘hack-for-hire’ firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts spoofing the WHO.”

Apple HomePod in a home environment

Apple HomePod review: An amalgam of mesmeric bass and progressive design

Divya Kala Bhavani The HomePod by Apple, which just made its way into the Indian market, is a stylish and functional addition to your abode. Here’s why:

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‘Hack-for-hire’ firms targeting financial services, healthcare amid COVID-19 pandemic: Google

PTI “We have seen new activity from ‘hack-for-hire’ firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts spoofing the WHO.”

Various gaming platforms in India include Games2Win, WinZO Games, Hitwicket, Gamerji and Rummy.

Online gaming companies see 24% spurt in traffic

Special Correspondent Working professionals and students take to online games during lockdown

The official invite poster for ‘The Future Of Gaming’ by Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation

gaming What you need to know before PlayStation’s ‘The Future of Gaming’ event

Divya Kala Bhavani The virtual event, scheduled for the early hours of June 5 (India time), could finally answer gamers’ questions about the PlayStation 5 and its exclusive gaming content

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Dell Latitude 9510, the world’s first intelligent 15-inch business PC

new launch Dell finally brings the 5G-enabled Latitude 9510 notebook to India

Divya Kala Bhavani The Latitude 9510, starting at ₹1,49,000, melds 5G and the best of the powerful engine that is the Dell Optimizer

Apple HomePod in a home environment

Apple HomePod review: An amalgam of mesmeric bass and progressive design

Divya Kala Bhavani The HomePod by Apple, which just made its way into the Indian market, is a stylish and functional addition to your abode. Here’s why:

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Facebook blames Apple iOS for Bezos phone hacking

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JLF in your ear with Jaipur Bytes

App aims to academically empower visually impaired students

Should the Jeff Bezos ‘phone hack’ be cause for alarm?

How is facial recognition used in today’s world? When is it problematic?

TVS launches maiden EV scooter iQube

Google to test more desktop Search design after backlash

Last week, Google introduced a new design for desktop Search that adds site favicons to every result which did not go well with users.

Facebook, YouTube content moderators asked to sign PTSD forms

Global professional services firm Accenture which provides content moderators for big tech firms has asked its moderators to sign a form, explicitly acknowledging that their job could cause post-traumatic stress disorder.

Google I/O 2020 set to kick off on May 12

Last year, Google announced the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL at I/O. This year, the company is expected to launch the rumoured Pixel 4a at the event

Tinder rolls out photo verification service to curb catfishing

The feature allows members to self-authenticate through a series of real-time posed selfies, which are compared to existing profile photos using human-assisted AI technology

Samsung's HC Hong who put India on world map begins new chapter

The world’s biggest mobile manufacturing factory that Mr. Hong helped build in Noida will hit production capacity of 120 million mobile phones annually by 2020.

Tencent offers to acquire Funcom Games for $148mn: Report

Tencent already owns big stakes in many leading gaming developers, such as Riot Games, Epic, Supercell, Ubisoft, Paradox, and Frontier.

Amazon asks judge to block Microsoft from Pentagon project

“It’s important that the numerous evaluation errors and blatant political interference that impacted the JEDI award decision be reviewed. AWS is absolutely committed to supporting the DoD’s modernisation efforts and to an expeditious legal process that resolves this matter as quickly as possible,’ an AWS spokesperson said.

Facebook appoints new Marketing Director for India

The role of Marketing Director has the mandate to drive the company’s consumer marketing efforts across the family of apps, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, the company said in a statement.

Twitter CEO refused to host fundraiser for Tulsi Gabbard

According to ReCode, Dorsey, who has given donations to Gabbard’s campaign was hesitant to publicly back candidates.

MG Motor launches electric SUV at ₹20.88 lakh

The company president and MD Rajeev Chaba said that they had received bookings for 2,800 vehicles in 27 days.

Shared mobility start-up Bounce raises $105 mn in fresh funding

The fresh funding will fuel a deeper electric vehicle (EV) integration, platform play and help drive profitability, the company said in a statement.

Mphasis inks pact with QEDIT to offer privacy-enhancing tech

QEDIT is an enterprise solution provider that uses privacy-enhancing technology and Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography to help companies transact and leverage their business data in a privacy-compliant manner

Google discovers security flaws in Apple Safari browser

According to Google researchers, the vulnerabilities left personal data of Safari users exposed. They also found a flaw that allowed hackers to “create a persistent fingerprint that will follow the user around the web”.

Google’s Sundar Pichai: We will do well only if others with us do well

Asked about Google’s future plans, CEO of Google’s parent Alphabet said the company has the flexibility to have different structures to allow it to take a long-term view, working on how technology can improve people’s lives further into the future

Samsung says its new refrigerator line makes ‘perfect curd’

Samsung says Curd Maestro is its ‘Make for India’ innovation and addresses the pain points of daily curd-making

Forgot your password? Not having one is safer: WEF study

A report released by the World Economic Forum in Davos during its 2020 annual meeting said that freeing ourselves of passwords will actually make individuals safer and businesses more efficient

Low-cost iPhone to get into production in February: Report

Apple is reportedly ready to return to the low-cost phone market after an absence of four years, CNET reported on Tuesday. The handset — believed to be comparable in size to the 4.7-inch iPhone 8 from 2017 — would be Apple’s first low-cost smartphone since 2016’s $399 iPhone SE

Telangana tests facial recognition in local polls as privacy fears mount

“Facial recognition is not fool-proof, and in this instance, misidentification can lead to disenfranchisement, which impinges on a core democratic right to vote,” said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia policy director at digital rights advocacy Access Now.

Twitter crashes on Android following update

The company rolled out an update to its first-party app bringing it to version 8.28 but the update is now causing the app to immediately crash upon launch.

Global smartphone market to grow by 64 mn units in 2020-24

“AI facilitates the introduction of features such as augmented reality (AR), facial recognition, device management, emotion recognition, user authentication, and more,” said the report.

India witnesses drop in cyber threats in 2019: Report

According to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, India has shown positive progress in its fight against cybercriminals and 38.8% of the overall Kaspersky users in the country were attacked at least once by a web-based attacks in 2019 as compared to 2018 when it stood at 40.4%

Apple dropped plan for encrypting back-ups after FBI complained: sources

The tug of war between investigators’ concerns about security and tech companies’ desire for user privacy moved back into the public spotlight last week, as U.S. Attorney General William Barr took the rare step of publicly calling on Apple to unlock two iPhones used by a Saudi Air Force officer who shot dead three Americans at a Florida naval base last month

Qualcomm launches 720G, 662, 460 mobile platforms in India

Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460 are focused to deliver better user experience across connectivity, entertainment and gaming

Move over 5G, Japan to launch 6G by 2030

It is believed that the new technology will be 10-times faster than the current 5G

Hyderabad to host ‘Born On Instagram’ event

The event will unite creators, Telugu film personalities and reps from Facebook and Instagram under one roof

Instagram drops IGTV button due to lack of use

Instagram launched IGTV in 2018 in an effort to compete with YouTube, but then TikTok came along. Before IGTV, Instagram had only allowed people post videos that were 60 seconds or shorter

AI needs to be regulated, says Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai

Although new regulation is needed, “a cautious approach is required that might not see significant controls placed on AI,” Sundai Pichai wrote in an editorial piece in The Financial Times

A look at 1,40,000 square-foot Bala Vikasa International Centre, Telangana’s latest startup incubator

After 30-plus years of corporate social responsibility and working with grassroots industries Bala Vikasa has finally set up a dedicated International Centre in Keesara — plus, a look at the organisation’s history:

Firework plans to become the go-to platform for short video content

Sunil Nair, CEO of Firework, on how the short-format video platform hopes to succeed in India

'Disco Elysium': a rich video game with isometric role-playing

This award-winner is that engrossing and thought-provoking game you did not know you needed

Huawei, TomTom ink deal for Google Maps alternative

The arrangement had been struck a while back, according to TomTom’s Remco Meerstra, but hadn’t been revealed until now

Hacker leaks passwords for 5 lakh Internet-connected devices

Attackers could use those credentials to gain remote access to the affected devices, like we have seen recently in some home cameras and devices, including Amazon-owned Ring security cameras

Tencent says to step up investment overseas and in smart retail

Tencent is known to have stakes in firms such as food delivery giant Meituan Dianping, e-commerce site Pinduoduo and video game companies such as Riot Games and Supercell.

WhatsApp hits 5 billion installs on Android

According to Statista, WhatsApp is most popular global mobile messenger app worldwide with approximately 1.6 billion monthly active users, outranking Facebook Messenger at 1.3 billion and WeChat at 1.1 billion users in 2019

WhatsApp faces outage in India, Twitter abuzz

Millions of users were unable to share videos, photos and GIFs, audio and stickers and several of those said they were even unable to view WhatsApp Status feature.

Web of resistance: the online machinery behind the street protests

Every morning, a notice detailing the time, venue, and nature of protests happening across India circulates on Instagram and Twitter for users to seek and spread

Spotify launches personalised playlists... for your pets

The streaming service consulted with experts for the animal-friendly feature

UC Browser launches new online storage feature

As in-app Cloud storage, UC Drive is now able to save online downloadable pictures, songs, and videos on mobile devices without using the device’s storage or memory

Google introduces online coding course to train workers

‘Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate’ program includes a final project where learners will use their new skills to solve a problem they might encounter on the job, like building a web service using automation

Google Play Store stops showing notifications for updated apps

Some users considered the lack of notifications as a temporary bug but it turned out that this was a planned initiative and was recently confirmed by Google representatives, GSMArena reported

Alphabet becomes 4th U.S. company to hit $1 trillion mark

Alphabet’s stock closed at $1,451.70 on Thursday, taking the value to $1 trillion

Doubling Prime Video investment in India, says Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s global CEO says the streaming platform is performing in India brilliantly, during his interaction with Shah Rukh Khan and Zoya Akhtar

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Delhi Home guard staff thermal screen the passengers waiting at the DTC bus stop amidst the lockdown imposed till May 31, in New Delhi on May 29, 2020.

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A school teacher in Chennai Corporation school teaches tenth and twelfth standard students through online class in Chennai on Monday.

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