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CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to give you more control on Facebook content

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The content flowing on Facebook has always been hitting the scanner for multiple reasons. Now, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced his plans to build a tool that will users more control on what they see on the site...

Massive database breach leaves millions of text messages exposed

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Another day, another breach. A security breach of a Voxox server has exposed the database containing tens of millions of text messages...

Soon, you may be able to do all your holiday shopping on Instagram: Here's how

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Instagram has announced three new ways for users to shop on the platform. After introducing new Shopping features to the application in September, Instagram continues to provide users with easier ways to discover products; Thursday, the company outlined three new ways to help you cross out everything on your holiday shopping list. As of this week, you can now save products to a Shopping collection to revisit later, shop on brand profiles, and shop within Feed videos...

Xiaomi to launch Redmi Note 6 Pro in India on November 22

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Xiaomi will launch the Redmi Note 6 Pro in India on November 22. The company has shared a launch invite with the media as well. However, the invite does not share the device name but, does mention the tagline "The New Note Rises" which hints at the fact that the coming will most likely launch the Redmi Note 6 Pro in India...

'Massive meteorite impact crater discovered in Greenland'

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Scientists have discovered a 31-kilometre wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the ice-sheet in the northern Greenland. This is the first time that a crater of any size has been found under one of Earth's continental ice sheets, said researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. The researchers worked for last three years to verify their discovery, initially made in the 2015...

'Super-Earth' found orbiting Sun's nearest solitary star

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Astronomers have discovered a frozen 'super Earth' orbiting the closest solitary star to the Sun, a breakthrough that could shine light on our planet's nearest planetary neighbours. The potentially rocky planet, known as Barnard's star b, is a 'super-Earth' and orbits around its host star once every 233 days, said researchers from Queen Mary University of London in the UK...

Instagram now lets you check your obsession for the platform

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We all love Instagram. However, some of us are obsession-level crazy for the fans. To help you keep a tab on the time you use the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform, the company has added a new feature that tracks your activity...

Google expands Safety Centre, to support 9 Indian languages

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Google's newly expanded Safety Centre platform will also provide resources and information on topics like data security...

Massive 'ghost' galaxy spotted hiding next to Milky Way

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A massive but extremely faint galaxy has been discovered hiding near the Milky Way by scientists trawling through data from the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite. Despite its size, the galaxy has very few stars, challenging conventional theories of galaxy formation, said researchers from Imperial College London in the UK...

JUUL tells Facebook, Instagram to remove teen vaping posts: Here's why

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JUUL, an electronic cigarette company, is asking social media companies including Facebook and Instagram to remove posts from their platform which depict teens JUULing or vaping...

Could posting your selfies on social media make you more narcissistic?

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New European research has found that too much social media use, in particular posting selfies and other photos, could increase a person's level of narcissism...

After 12 years, Twitter's edit button may finally become a reality

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At an event in New Delhi as reported by The Next Web, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the company is strongly considering an edit button -- but just to fix small typos...

Smartphones raising a mentally fragile generation

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San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge sees smartphones and social media as raising an unhappy, compliant "iGen."..

Countdown begins for launch of communication satellite GSAT-29, weather still holds key

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The 27-hour countdown began Tuesday for the launch of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-29 onboard the second developmental flight GSLV-MkII D2 from the spaceport of Sriharikota Wednesday evening, subject to weather conditions, the ISRO said...

Is Twitter introducing an edit button? Jack Dorsey drops big hint

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At IIT-Delhi townhall,Twitter CEO reveals many secrets...

World's largest brain-like supercomputer switched on for first time

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The world's largest supercomputer designed to work in the same way as the human brain has been switched on for the first time. The newly formed million-processor-core Spiking Neural Network Architecture (SpiNNaker) machine is capable of completing more than 200 million million actions per second, with each of its chips having 100 million transistors. To reach this point it has taken 15million in funding, 20 years in conception and over 10 years in construction, with the initial build starting way back in 2006, according to a statement...

Netflix testing feature allowing platform to be controlled by eye movements

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Why use your hands to pick what to watch when you can just use your eyes? Netflix's new feature in-the-works lets you control the iOS app with nothing but facial expressions...

Dating apps now use artificial intelligence to help search for love: Here's how

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Forget swiping through endless profiles. Dating apps are using artificial intelligence to suggest where to go on a first date, recommend what to say and even find a partner who looks like your favourite celebrity...

Fossil brings new smart tech to a new smart watch

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Fossil announced the Sport Smartwatch, the company's first model featuring a Snapdragon 3100 chip and Google's Wear OS...

Google touts progress in fight against menace of piracy

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A 64-page report released by Google claimed progress in the war on piracy, but also noted a new battlefront in the form of "add-on" software that can be installed on legitimate open-source media players such as the Kodi box to illicitly stream copyrighted content..

Apple AirPods 2 receive Bluetooth certification

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Apple didn't release a second-generation pair of AirPods at its 2018 events, but don't worry, there's a light at the end of the tunnel: a new model of the earphones just received Bluetooth SIG certification, as spotted by My Smart Price...

Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections

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Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesday's US midterm elections. The social media company shut down 30 Facebook accounts and 85 Instagram accounts and is investigating them in more detail, it said in a blog post late Monday...

13.5 billion-year-old star may contain clues to Big Bang

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One of the oldest star ever...

US Supreme Court rejects net neutrality appeal by telcos

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The court on Monday rejected appeals from the telecommunications industry seeking to throw out a lower court ruling in favour of the "net neutrality" rules..

See Pic: NASA's Hubble spots cosmic smiley among colourful galaxies

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The Hubble Space telescope has spotted a formation of galaxies that resembles a smiling face in the sky...

Rocket Lab to send six small satellites into orbit around Earth

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In mid-November, a company called Rocket Lab will try to send six small satellites into orbit around Earth -- a fairly banal undertaking, save for the size of the launch rocket. It is only 17 meters (56 feet) tall and 1.2 meters (four feet) in diameter...

Despite crackdown, 'junk news' still flourishes on social media

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Despite an aggressive crackdown by social media firms, so-called "junk news" is spreading at a greater rate than in 2016 on social media ahead of the US midterm elections, according to researchers. Oxford Internet Institute researchers concluded that Facebook and Twitter remain filled with "extremist, sensationalist, conspiratorial, masked commentary," and other forms of "low-quality" news...

First moon walk's commemorative plaque sold for $468,500

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The plaque includes a representation of the lunar module that touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969...

Now, human urine used to make odourless bricks in South Africa

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The grey bricks are produced in a lab over eight days using urine, calcium, sand and bacteria. Fertilizers are also produced during the processes. And no, the bricks do not smell...

Google's latest update makes your Wear OS device even more battery efficient

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Google has rolled out a new system version, called the H update, to Wear OS for its smart devices. With the latest update, Wear OS devices will become more energy efficient...

Taking just one week off from Facebook, Instagram causes withdrawal symptoms

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New European research has found that even just a one-week break from social media can cause withdrawal symptoms similar to those experienced when quitting addictive substances...

Arecibo Message: It will still take 25,000 years to reach its destination

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Still miles to go...

Sharp gives Aquos R2 Compact smartphone a dual-notch design

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Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp took the tech world by surprise with its new smartphone, the Aquos R2 Compact, which has not one but two notches -- an interesting choice. One notch is located at the top of the screen to make way for the camera, while the second cutout at the bottom of the display contours the fingerprint reader...

Google rolls out Night Sight mode to Pixel smartphones

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Google is now rolling out an update to the Pixel Camera app, bringing a new Night Sight mode to the three generations of Pixel smartphones for use on the main and selfie cameras. This new feature promises clean, sharp photos in low-light conditions, with no need for a flash or tripod...

This startup wants to make futuristic AR contact lenses

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Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens, are all pass. A startup, Mojo Vision, is working on a technology which it calls 'invisible computing' that can shrink the capabilities of a full-fledged augmented reality glasses into a pair of contact lenses...

Mark Zuckerberg took Tim Cook's criticism so personally, he barred employees from using iPhones

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Apple CEO Tim Cook would probably be more cautious when he says anything against Facebook. Following the CEO's remark on Facebook and its handling of user privacy, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly ordered his employees to stop using Apple products...

GSLV-MKIII-D2 blasts off, decks clear for Chandrayaan-2

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With the successful launch of the heaviest satellite on its second developmental flight, the GSLV MKIII is now all set to carry Chandrayaan 2 in its first operational mission in January next year...

Tinder to roll out more gender options in India

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Tinder is set to announce more gender options for its users in India. The company is reportedly going to allow users to edit their profiles to suit their preferences...

ISRO launches GSAT-29 communication satellite

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched GSLV-MK-III D2 carrying GSAT-29 satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota...

YouTube VR for the Oculus Go is here

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Go to web page....

Intel announces first 5G modem

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Six months ahead of schedule, Intel has launched the Intel XMM 8160 5G modem, the chip that could potentially power 2020 iPhones...

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years

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Deadly radiation from the cosmos, potential vision loss, and atrophying bones are just some of the challenges scientists must overcome before any future astronaut can set foot on Mars, experts and top NASA officials said...

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's swirling clouds

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NASA's Juno spacecraft has beamed back a stunning image of Jupiter, showing the gas giant's multitude of colourful, swirling clouds...

Macron and tech giants launch 'Paris call' to fix internet ills

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France and U.S. technology giants including Microsoft on Monday urged world governments and companies to sign up to a new initiative to regulate the internet and fight threats such as cyber attacks, online censorship and hate speech...

Soon, you'll have 10 minutes to 'unsend' a Facebook message

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Made a typo? Realized you're wrong? Said something embarrassing? Don't worry, you can unsend that Facebook message, but you better be fast!..

Microsoft integrates collaborative AI powered to-do list in Word

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Rather than stopping to create a makeshift placeholder in Word that can be a struggle to find later, users will soon be able to take advantage of Microsoft's newly added AI-powered to-do function that can track your unfinished tasks and invite others to collaborate...

Pinterest makes changes to its characteristic tile display

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Drawing inspiration from Instagram, Pinterest is redesigning its mobile apps with an "immersive single Pin format."..

WhatsApp working toward several new features including preview of forwarded messages: Report

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Some of the other features include being on vacation mode, and private reply on groups, the report added...

Facebook, Google tools reveal political ad removal data

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Facebook and Google introduced the databases this year to give details on some political ads bought on their services...

Official beta version of the Apple Watch Spotify app is now available

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As spotted by Reddit user by EdmundFitzgerald29, the most recent build of TestFlight includes an official Spotify companion app for Apple Watch...

China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered

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China unveiled a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth. The 17-metre core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 6, Mi Notebook and Mi TV expected to launch today: Livestream, Price and Specifications

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Xiaomi is hosting a special event in China today where it is expected to introduce the new Redmi Note 6 and two other products. Ahead of today's event, Xiaomi was teasing its plan to launch two products across different categories but it now seems that the company has at least three different products to launch at the event...

Gene study reveals secrets of parasitic worms, possible treatments

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She said the results of this study would lead to both a deeper knowledge of the biology of parasites and a better understanding of how human immune systems can be harnessed or controlled...

Scientists develop portable paper-based device to detect uranium in water

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Scientists have developed a inexpensive, portable paper-based sensor that can detect uranium in small quantities of drinking water to ensure compliance with international standards. The sensor, described in the journal Scientific Reports, has a lateral flow system that uses antibody-coated gold nanoparticles as high-sensitivity labels...

Smartphone sales down for fourth straight quarter

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Global smartphone sales fell for a fourth consecutive quarter in the period through September, suggesting a challenging market for device makers awaiting catalysts to spark sales, researchers said...

Smartphone giants to deliver 5G next year but 5G iPhones to arrive in 2020

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According to a Fast Company source, Apple won't be bringing 5G to iPhones until 2020...

Malayalam WhatsApp Stickers - how to download and use them on Android and IOS

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Within a week of the launch of WhatsApp stickers for Android and iOS, a flurry of local content has taken over the platform. Kerala Piravi stickers, to celebrate the anniversary of the state's formation has become a huge hit among Keralites...

The world's first foldable smartphone is here, and it's not by Samsung or Huawei

14 days ago

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Royole beat Samsung and Huawei to the punch by releasing the first-ever commercially available smartphone-tablet hybrid...

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Amazon Bestseller: #3: Voltas 1.5 Ton 4 Star Inverter Split AC (Copper, 184V SZS, White)

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SpaceX gets approval to blast over 7,000 satellites into space

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You will have more frequent updates on Elon Musk's space endeavours as his company has received permission to launch over 7,000 satellites into space. The FCC has permitted SpaceX to fill the night sky as part of its Starlink program which is a satellite-based broadband internet initiative to shoot out 7,518 satellites, Fast Company reported...

Facebook to launch independent body for calls on content

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Facebook announced it is creating an independent body to make potentially precedent-setting calls on what content should be yanked from the social network...

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Amazon Bestseller: #6: Voltas 1 Ton 4 Star Inverter Split AC (Copper, 124V SZS, White)

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44th anniversary of Arecibo message: Google celebrates with unique doodle

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The Arecibo message is a 1974 interstellar radio message carrying basic information about humanity and Earth sent to globular star cluster M13 in anticipation that extraterrestrial intelligence may receive and decipher it...

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Amazon Bestseller: #3: Fastrack Reflex Smartwatch Band Digital Black Dial Unisex Watch-SWD90059PP01

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'Super-Earth' discovered orbiting Sun's nearest single star

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Astronomers have discovered a frozen planet with a mass over three times that of the Earth, orbiting the closest solitary star to the Sun...

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Amazon Bestseller: #9: Redmi 6 Pro (Gold, 3GB RAM, 32GB Storage)

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NASA to invite designs for AI lunar robot

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NASA is planning to launch a challenge for the public and scientific community to design a self-assembling robot with artificial intelligence that can explore the surface of the Moon, William Harris, CEO of Space Centre Houston said. Space Centre Houston in the US, the official visitor centre for NASA Johnson Space Centre, conducts regular public outreach programmes to engage people of various ages and diverse backgrounds in scientific research...

Google Maps now lets you chat with businesses

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The next time you open Google Maps to look for the directions to a restaurant, you will also be able to chat with its executive and book a table on-the-go. Google announced the new feature through its blog, explaining that messages with the businesses users connect with via Business Profiles will be visible within the Google Maps app...

Rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 update resumes after month-long delay

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Microsoft doesn't seem to be having much luck with its major Windows 10 updates. After the April update got delayed, deployment of the October update was rapidly suspended to investigate reports of files being deleted from computers on which the update was installed. Microsoft has now announced that it is resuming rollout, albeit very cautiously and progressively...

Facebook describes fake news as an 'existential threat'

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Facebook categorised fake news as an "existential threat" to the social media platform, leading to the company taking some tough measures to combat it. The American giant said its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has created a "large number of teams" to combat disinformation and fake news...

NASA to broadcast Mars landing after six years on November 26

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Space enthusiasts will be able to witness the real-time landing of NASA's InSight Mars Lander on the Red Planet on November 26...

How to drive a robot on Mars

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Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot the size of a small 4x4 wakes up just after sunrise. And just as it has every day for the past six years, it awaits its instructions...

VW owners can now control their vehicle with Apple's Siri

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Volkswagen America has announced that Siri has been integrated into Car-Net, a VW service mobile application...

Snapchat introduces Friendship Profiles and Bitmoji merch

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Snap Inc. has announced Snapchat Friendship Profiles, a place where you can find all saved content between you and a friend all in one spot. Snapchat is celebrating user relationships by introducing Friendship Profiles, profiles that privately share application memories between friends and groups of friends...

Waymo to expand fledgling self-driving car service

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A self-driving car service being tested by Alphabet-owned Waymo will be opened up to more people in the Phoenix, Arizona, area, chief John Krafcik said. About 400 "early riders" are already taking part in the fledgling service Waymo began testing early last year, Krafcik said at a Wall Street Journal technology conference in Southern California...

Internet traffic hijack disrupts Google services

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An internet diversion that rerouted data traffic through Russia and China disrupted several Google services on Monday, including search and cloud-hosting services...

Scientists recreate Mars sunrise with musical piece

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Scientists have created the soundtrack of the 5,000th Mars sunrise captured by NASA's robotic rover, Opportunity, using data sonification techniques to create a two-minute piece of music. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University and University of Exeter in the UK created the piece of music by scanning a picture from left to right, pixel by pixel, and looking at brightness and colour information and combining them with terrain elevation...

Samsung folding screen lets smartphone open into tablet

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Samsung showed off a folding screen that lets a smartphone open into a tablet, heralding it as the future for portable devices. Senior vice president of mobile product marketing Justin Denison pulled a prototype foldable smartphone from a suit jacket inner pocket at a Samsung developer conference in San Francisco, saying the company will be ready to begin mass producing the screens in coming months...

Samsung submits to inescapable notch trend

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After fighting against implementing a notch in their smartphones and even mocking those of other companies, Samsung conceded somewhat this week, revealing three upcoming concept designs featuring the cutout...

Cutting down social media use may also reduce depression and loneliness

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New US research has found that reducing time spent on social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may help improve well-being...

And now for something completely different: Chinese robot news readers

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Chinese news readers may have some new competition - artificially intelligent robot anchors that can mimic human facial expressions and mannerisms while reading out reports...

No longer pioneer? Apple likely to launch 5G iPhone much after Android peers

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Apple is on track to launch its first 5G iPhone in 2020 and plans to use Intel's 8161 5G modem chip...

Chinese smart speaker models prove a hit at home

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While Amazon and Google dominate the smart speaker market in the US and Europe, in Asia, especially in China, local solutions from Alibaba, Xiaomi and Baidu are proving popular...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro with 6.26-inch Full HD+ display, 4000mAh battery launched

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Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Note 6 Pro for a price of IDR 28,99,000 (approximately Rs 14,500) for the 3GB RAM/ 32GB storage variant and IDR 32,99,000 (approximately Rs 16,000) for the 4GB RAM/64GB storage variant. It will be available in Black, Blue, and Rose Gold colour options. The device is expected to launch by the end of this month in India...

Fighting fake news: Facebook expands fact-checking programme in India

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Facebook, which in April this year had partnered with BOOM, said the move will "bolster" its ongoing efforts to "clamp down on manipulated posts including photos and videos" on its platform..

New AI system can decode causes of religious conflict

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Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that can help better understand what triggers religious violence. The study, published in The Journal for Artificial Societies and Social Stimulation, focuses on two cases of extreme violence, firstly, the conflict commonly referred to as the Northern Ireland Troubles, which is regarded as one of the most violent periods in Irish history...

NASA grants $7 million to project that may help discover alien life

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NASA has awarded nearly USD seven million to an effort aimed at developing a new kind of extraterrestrial life detection system that could be used on Mars, scientists say. The interdisciplinary project, called the Laboratory for Agnostic Biosignatures, will develop a new class of life detection approaches for use on planetary missions -- from the subsurface of the Mars to the farthest reaches of our solar system...

Gacha is the first autonomous shuttle designed to withstand sun, rain and snow

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Muji and Sensible 4 have teamed up to develop Gacha, the first autonomous robotbus designed for all weather conditions. If you're relying on an driverless vehicle to keep you and your loved ones safe during all your travels, it's probably a good idea to consider one that can withstand everything from a blistering hot day in the desert to a winter snowstorm...

Gab.com back online week after Pittsburgh shooting

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After learning that Bowers posted to Gab.com before the shooting, GoDaddy Inc asked the site to move to another registrar...

Forget folding phones: LG to introduce rollable TV at CES 2019

14 days ago

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LG is bringing everything under the tech sun to CES 2019 -- robots, smartphones, washing machines, you name it -- including a world first: a rollable OLED TV...