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Twitter plans to relaunch verification programme next year.

Twitter plans to relaunch verification programme next year

Twitter said it paused public submissions for verification in 2017 after hearing feedback that the program “felt arbitrary and confusing to many people.”

The number of Quote Tweets of the labeled tweets witnessed a 29% decrease due to prompts sent by Twitter, the company said.

Twitter will now display labels on liking disputed tweets

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Advertisers would be able to target groups of people without allowing individual identifying data to leave the browser.

Google under review for possible British competition enquiry

Reuters Marketers for an Open Web (MOW) said the technology would remove features such as login and advertising from the open web and put them under Google's control.

Snapchat app new service would compete with ByteDance-owned TikTok and Instagram Reels

Snapchat launches TikTok-like feature ‘Spotlight’

Reuters The company said it would give about $1 million every day throughout the remainder of 2020 to users whose snaps make it to the top of the platform, in a bid to boost engagement with the feature

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The plans for Zoom Phone have been priced between $5.99 and $60 per month, based on the device users opt for, while the cost for hardware services for Zoom Rooms is in the range of $75 to $200 per month, according to the company’s website

Zoom rolls out hardware subscription service

Reuters The launch comes nearly a week after Zoom said it has made significant progress in a transparency report that details information related to requests it receives for data, records, or content.

Manas Malla, 15; his app EcoFun in the Google Play store

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Divya Kala Bhavani The Hindu gets an exclusive look at what teen developer Manas Malla presented at WWDC 2020’s virtual Swift Student Winner Meet

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

Online gaming companies see 24% spurt in traffic

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Hackers can turn vacuum cleaners into spying devices, NUS researchers say

Twitter plans to relaunch verification programme next year

Microsoft Teams rolls out new personalisation features

Twitter will now display labels on liking disputed tweets

Google under review for possible British competition enquiry

Huawei's Chinese mobile rivals look to capitalise on its U.S. woes

Snapchat launches TikTok-like feature ‘Spotlight’

The company said it would give about $1 million every day throughout the remainder of 2020 to users whose snaps make it to the top of the platform, in a bid to boost engagement with the feature

Manchester United announces cyber attack, systems shut down

The club has taken swift action to contain the attack and is currently working with expert advisers to investigate the incident and minimize the ongoing IT disruption.

Alibaba CEO says China's draft anti-monopoly rules ‘timely and necessary’

Speaking at the World Internet Conference, Zhang said Chinese internet companies have moved to the forefront of the global industry with the help of government policies, but regulations need to evolve.

Facebook introduces new AI systems to detect misinformation

Facebook said it had displayed warnings on more than 180 million pieces of content viewed on Facebook by people in the US that were debunked by third-party fact checkers, between March 1 and U.S. Election Day 2020.

Govt releases backend code of Aarogya Setu to enhance transparency

MeitY has released the backend code of Aarogya Setu on the OpenForge platform set up by the government to promote sharing and reuse of e-governance application source codes.

Microsoft Edge gets new productivity, shopping features

Now, people will be able to digitally ink and annotate directly onto screenshots by clicking on add notes, and then save or share it. The ability to capture a full webpage in a single click, will be available later this month.

Nokia, Qualcomm say they achieved world's fastest 5G speed

The speed is said to support a range of new low-latency, high-bandwidth services, such as high-speed video downloads and virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications.

An algorithm to detect brain signals, restore body movement

Funded by the U.S. Army, the system could be used to foresee and notify soldiers if they are stressed or fatigued, before they realise themselves.

Facebook gets shut down threat from Vietnam over censorship requests

The official said the threats included shutting down Facebook altogether in Vietnam, a major market for the social media company where it earns revenue of nearly $1 billion.

Facebook offers up first-ever estimate of hate speech prevalence on its platform

The world's largest social media company, under scrutiny over its policing of abuses, particularly around November's U.S. presidential election, released the estimate in its quarterly content moderation report.

India will be a large data economy; will have data refinery: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Govt. to finalise data protection law soon, says Minister.

AI spots cheating in online video games

The system can send out warnings to players if a pattern is detected. It can also remove players if they continue to cheat after a fixed time interval, the team stated.

Houseparty, Fortnite partner to let gamers video chat while playing

To use the feature, players will also need an Android mobile device or Apple Inc's iOS, with the Houseparty app installed.

Twitter slows rollout of 'fleets' worldwide to fix performance issues

Fleets, which include text, photos and videos, will be available at the top of users' home timelines on Twitter and on the sender's profile.

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A video explaining the features and specifications of Apple's new M1 chipset

Instagram, Messenger get new 'vanish mode' feature

Facebook-owned WhatsApp rolled out the disappearing messages feature earlier in November, enabling users to send messages that disappear after seven days.

Coronavirus | YouTube to add link on COVID-19 vaccines to combat misinformation

The link will send users directly to authoritative COVID-19 vaccine information from a third-party source like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization.

Twitter launches ‘Fleets’ globally, tweets that vanish in a day

This is to allay privacy concerns of new users, according to Twitter.

Document clustering | How AI identifies similar files

Despite the existence of search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and Bing, retrieval of specific pages or documents can be overwhelming. This is how AI makes searching for documents easy.

Nearly 70% Indians concerned about data privacy in connected vehicles, Deloitte says

Connected vehicles use different technologies to communicate with the driver and other vehicles on the road.

Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security

The company on Monday named Peiter Zatko, widely known by his hacker handle Mudge, to the new position of head of security, giving him a broad mandate to recommend changes in structure and practices.

An all-weather chip for reliable wireless communications

The chip could aid military communications in challenging areas, improve the ability of self-driving cars to see the environment around them and speed up wireless data for potential 6G networks.

India tops worldwide game downloads list in 2020

Popular games like Pokémon GO and PUBG Mobile introduced stay-at-home features during the lockdown to enable gamers to indulge in immersive experiences indoors.

Google at odds with U.S. over protective order for firms tied to lawsuit

The government also said that highly confidential files in the last big technology antitrust case, which involved Microsoft Corp about 20 years ago, were only available to the company's outside counsel.

Privacy activist files complaints against Apple's tracking tool

European Union's e-Privacy Directive requires a user's prior consent to the installation and use of such information.

Qualcomm receives U.S. permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei in exception to ban

In the past Huawei was a relatively small chip customer for Qualcomm, which is the biggest supplier of mobile phone chips. Huawei used its own house-designed chips in its flagship handsets but used Qualcomm chips in lower-priced models.

Zoom announces new features for healthcare organisations

The expanded features and products include Zoom Chat, cloud recording for clinical applications, and Zoom Phone under Zoom’s updated business associate agreement.

Instagram revamps home screen with Reels, Shops tabs

The two features will appear alongside the 'home', 'search' and 'profile' buttons at the bottom of the page, Instagram said in a statement. The 'new post' button has been moved to the top of the home screen.

Twitter says Amit Shah’s account was temporarily locked due to ‘inadvertent error’

The Union Minister's Twitter display picture was removed by Twitter in response to a “report from the copyright holder”.

This tool can help detect data vulnerabilities in AI-powered systems

According to NUS, the models are vulnerable to inference attacks that allow hackers to extract sensitive information about training data.

Twitter rolls out updated Carousel ads feature for advertisers

Twitter tested the Carousel ads format in 2016, which allows advertisers to attach multiple images or videos to a single ad tweet.

YouTube back up after worldwide outage

The issue started at around 6:53 p.m. ET (5:23 IST), according to Downdetector.com, with users complaining about trouble in watching videos on the platform.

Facebook, swamped with misinformation, extends post-election U.S. political ad ban

The ban, one of Facebook's measures to combat misinformation and other abuses on its site, was supposed to last about a week but could be extended.

Cybercriminals can attack iOS WhatsApp users via Apple's Siri, CERT-In says

The team spotted a glitch in the Screen Lock feature in both apps. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using Apple's Siri feature to communicate even after the phone is locked.

Netflix, Apple rebuked by Vietnam over lack of tax payments

Vietnam introduced a cyber security law two years ago that requires all foreign businesses earning income from online activities in Vietnam to store their data in the country.

Biden's transition team has more Big Tech executives than critics

Tech companies have been trying to strengthen their relationship with a future Biden administration to ensure they have a voice in an onslaught of federal and state investigations of their business practices.

Apple ‘One More Thing’ Special Event: Details on Apple Silicon’s M1, macOS Big Sur, and more

Apple has upgraded three of its Macs with Apple Silicon's M1 chipset.

CMU team develops world's fastest open-source second line of defense system

Intrusion detection systems are like invisible intelligence agencies within computer networks that scan every packet of data flowing through the network to spot signs of cyberattacks.

China ups scrutiny of tech giants with draft anti-monopoly rules

The move comes after China's Financial Stability and Development Committee, a cabinet-level body headed by Vice Premier Liu He, last month flagged the need to improve mechanisms to ensure fair competition and called for the strengthening of anti-monopoly law enforcement.

Trump will lose special Twitter protections in January

The social networking company added several features to help curb misleading tweets by the U.S. President during the 2020 U.S. Elections, including labeling warning messages to tweets.

Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed U.S. settlement with FTC

The resolution did not have any financial component but the agency said Zoom would face fines of up to $43,280 for each future violation under the agreement

Hackers can exploit Zoom users by noticing shoulder movements, report says

The team tested the attack on Skype, Google Hangouts and Zoom. Skype yielded slightly better results than the other two video-conferencing software, the team stated.

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