Netflix regularly tests new features on Android and iOS. These features don’t necessarily make it to the stable version of the app. Nevertheless, it’s always interesting to see a new feature on the app. Netflix is now testing brightness control and playback speed. Android users on Netflix have started seeing the brightness […]
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Google’s antitrust proposal not helping shopping rivals: EU’s Vestager
Alphabet unit Google’s proposal to create a level playing field for price comparison shopping rivals to stave off fresh fines has not led to more traffic for its competitors, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Thursday. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager two years ago slapped Google with a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.65 billion)fine for favouring […]
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WhatsApp Business gets shopping catalogue feature, courting e-commerce
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a catalogue feature for its WhatsApp Business app, it said in a blog post, building out the service’s e-commerce tools as it moves slowly toward monetizing the app it bought in 2014 for $19 billion (£14.82 billion). Facebook has been trying to boost revenue from higher-growth […]
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Yahoo Groups users have 5 weeks to save their data
After nearly two decades of operations, Yahoo Groups is shutting down and users who still have data on the once popular groups have time till December 14 to save them. The Verizon-owned tech company has disabled uploading of content on the Yahoo Groups site. Beginning December 14, all Groups will be made […]
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Microsoft, SRL Diagnostics’ new AI tool helps diagnose cervical cancer faster
Microsoft and SRL Diagnostics have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool to help doctors diagnose cervical cancer faster. The tool is essentially a Cervical Cancer Image Detection API which does the first-level check and offloads normal slides to help cytopathologists spend more time on slides that have signs of abnormality. The AI is […]
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AI can now make creative and exploratory decisions
Researchers have developed trained AI agents capable of adopting human design strategies. Big design problems require creative and exploratory decision making, a skill in which humans excel. When engineers use artificial intelligence (AI), they have traditionally applied it to a problem within a defined set of rules rather than having it generally […]
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Facebook will widen access to controversial encryption feature on Messenger
Facebook will outline on Wednesday an expanded test of encryption on its Messenger platform, moving ahead with a controversial plan for enhanced security that regulators and government officials warn will aid criminals. Executives told Reuters they will also detail safety measures, including stepped-up advisories for recipients of unwanted content. The moves, […]
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OpenTitan: Google to help build open source, highly secure chips
San Francisco, Nov 5 (IANS) At a time when hackers develop sophisticated tools to perpetrate nation-state cyber attacks, Google along with its partners on Tuesday announced a new project to build open source, ultra secure chips. Called “OpenTitan,” the first-ever open source silicon root of trust (RoT) project will help […]
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‘No American companies talking to us’, Huawei founder on buyers for company’s 5G tech
Huawei Technologies Co.’s billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei said there have been no direct talks between the firm and any US company since his offer to license the Chinese giant’s full portfolio of fifth-generation network technology. His comment contradicts earlier reports that the Chinese telecom gear giant is in talks with potential buyers […]
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Samsung to shut down CPU research division in US
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it will shut down a CPU research division at one of its US facilities, a move that analysts said dimmed prospects for the tech giant’s Exynos-branded mobile chips. Exynos mobile processor chips are considered a hallmark of the South Korean firm’s attempts to […]
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Microsoft wants to build software that teaches drones, robots, and drills how to think
Microsoft Corp. and technology rivals spend a lot of time talking about machine learning. Now Microsoft is talking about something called machine teaching. No the software maker doesn’t plan to send robots into classrooms. In a world where factories and wind farms will increasingly run on autonomous systems, drones will criss-cross cities delivering […]
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Microsoft launches Azure Synapse cloud tool to help analyse business data
Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a new service aimed at helping large businesses put to use the huge amounts of data stored in corporate systems. The Azure Synapse system, to be unveiled at an event in Florida, is part of the company’s fast-growing cloud computing unit, which has driven the company’s […]
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Amazon India-BookMyShow tie-up lets you buy movie tickets on e-com platform
Amazon India on Monday announced a partnership with BookMyShow to allow users to book movie tickets on the e-commerce platform. Amazon users can now log onto the mobile app or mobile site to book tickets from a new “movie tickets” category. You can find this category under “shop by category” […]
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Check air pollution level in your area with these apps
Air pollution in Delhi has gone beyond peak levels in the past few days. Residents across Delhi-NCR have been sharing their plight on how high levels of pollution have created thick blankets of smog. Air pollution continues to remain severe across every part of Delhi-NCR. The AQI (Air Quality Index) in […]
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Infosys says no prima facie evidence on whistleblower complaints
Indian IT services major Infosys Ltd said on Monday it received no evidence to support the allegations in a whistleblower letter from last month, sending shares up as much as 6.5% in morning trade. A letter, claimed to have been written by employees of the company in October, said Chief […]