Despite Privacy concerns, China Introduces Mandatory Face Scans for Phone Users (Tech)

Chinese social media users reacted with a mix of support and worry over the December 1 facial verification notice, with some voicing concerns their biometric data could be leaked or sold.

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PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Day 2 Highlights: Bigetron Takes Massive Lead, Entity Drops to Fifth Place (Tech)

Here are all the highlights from day 2 of the PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Global Finals Fall Split.

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Reebok Forever Floatride Energy Review: Ultra Boosted Egos Put in Their Place (Tech)

Reebok has made a fine impression with the Forever Floatride Energy running shoes, that don't cost an arm and a leg while at it.

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WhatsApp Can Move Aside: You May Soon Make Calls Over Wi-Fi on Your Phone (Tech)

Google Android and Apple iOS, two of the biggest smartphone platforms, natively support VoWiFi.

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PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019: Schedule For Day 3 of Global Finals (Tech)

At the end of day 2, Bigetron RA from Indonesia have taken a massive lead on the table.

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Apple Doubles AirPods Pro Production; Targets 2 Million Units Per Month (Tech)

As per the Nikkei Asia Review, demand for the Apple Air Pods Pro has surged since the noise-cancelling earbuds were launched in October.

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One Year of Spotify Premium Now at 50 Per Cent Discount. Here's How You Can Subscribe (Tech)

Spotify is offering new and existing members subscription to one year of its ad-free Premium service at half the usual price at Rs 699 per annum.

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US May Put New Regulations to Further Restrict Huawei Suppliers (Tech)

This move comes one week after the Trump administration sought to de-escalate a bitter ongoing US-China trade war.

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China's New Cybercontent Rules Seek to Weed Out Fake News and Deepfakes (Tech)

The Cyberspace Administration of China said that the new rules governing online content against fake news and deepfakes will come into effect from January 1.

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Google Pay to Add Gold Gifting Option to App for Indian Users (Tech)

Google Pay will collaborate with MMTC-PAMP India and allow users to purchase 24 karat gold which will be stored digitally in a Gold Accumulation Plan.

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PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019: Schedule For Day 2 of Global Finals (Tech)

The PMCO fall split finals are being hosted at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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PUBG Mobile: Death Race “Rage Gear” and Colour Blind Modes Coming Soon (Tech)

Vincent Wang, General Manager of Global Publishing at Tencent Games made some special announcements at the ongoing PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Fall Split gobal finals.

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PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019: Entity Gaming in Third Place, SouL Wins a Chicken Dinner on Day 1 (Tech)

Here are all the highlights from day 1 of the PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Global Finals Fall Split.

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Asus ROG Phone Finally Gets The Much Awaited Android 9.0 Pie Update (Tech)

The ROG Phone is the first gaming-centric phone from Asus and was launched in July last year with Android 8.1 Oreo.

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AI Allows Liverpool's Legendary Manager Bob Paisley to Walk on The Anfield Pitch Again (Tech)

For this project, more than 100000 polygons of Paisley’s face were deployed, and 200 unique facial shapes were modelled to create a virtual version of Paisley.

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Spain Limits Huawei Devices from Accessing Ministry of Defence Information (Tech)

Spain's Ministry of Defence has not banned the Huawei devices for personal use but only from accessing sensitive information including emails.

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Twitter Tests a New Way to Display Threaded Conversations (Tech)

Twitter is testing a Reddit-like threaded conversation tree on its prototype iOS app Twttr.

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Singapore Government Asks Facebook to Correct User's Post Under New Fake News Law (Tech)

An Australian blogger from Singapore declined to take down his Facebook post accusing the government of election rigging and arresting a whistleblower.

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The Longest Ever Monopoly Game Lands Just in Time For Christmas (Tech)

Long-time Monopoly fans may appreciate that a recent study conducted by the University of Edinburgh found that playing board games improved cognitive function.

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PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Global Finals: How to Watch the Live Stream (Tech)

The grand finale of the PUBG Mobile Club Open Fall Split begins today with Entity Gaming and SouL representing India at the tournament.

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Tata Sky Cashback Offer: Who Says There Are No Long Duration Channel Packs? (Tech)

Even though Tata Sky may not be offering semi-annual and annual packages under the new tariff regime, subscribers can take advantage of the Cashback offer.

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Google Pay Gets a Material Redesign And it Surely Looks Cleaner And Cooler (Tech)

The Google Pay redesign has done away with the 'Nearby Payments' option.

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Here's When Your Realme Phone Will Get The ColorOS 7 Based on Android 10 (Tech)

Realme X2 Pro users will be the first to receive the beta version of ColorOS 7 from December 18 onwards.

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PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019: Schedule For Day 1 of Global Finals (Tech)

The PMCO fall split finals are being hosted at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Google Photos Gets Manual Face Tagging Feature: Here's All You Need to Know (Tech)

Google Photos' manual face tagging feature will only work when Google identifies a face in the picture, users cannot tap on a face to add a tag.

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Microsoft Set to Release Next Big Windows 10 Update in Early 2020 (Tech)

With the Windows 10 version 2004 update, Microsoft is promising an improved Cortana experience and better bandwidth controls.

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Digital Wellbeing Beta Update Brings ‘Flip to Shhh’ Feature to Google Pixel 2 Phones (Tech)

The 'Flip to Shh' feature on Google Pixel 2 smartphones activates DND mode when the display side faces down and disables it when you flip the phone back up.

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Meet the 'Spelfie': Everything You Need to Know About Selfies From Space (Tech)

The sky is the limit. Or is it?

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Web Inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, Talks About His Ambitious Plan to Save the Internet (Tech)

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has released an ambitious rule book for governing online conduct.

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Philips Launches Made For India 800 Series Air Purifier For Rs 8995 (Tech)

Philips says the 800 Series air purifier is good for 20 square meter room sizes and can remove particles as small as 0.003 microns.

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Google Nest Mini Review: It Sounds Better Than Before; There, I Said It (Tech)

The Nest Mini has an ultrasonic sensor which detects when you are in close proximity and lights up the volume increase and decrease options.

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There Might Still be Time For a OnePlus 7T Gold Variant; We say, Make it (Tech)

The OnePlus 7T currently retails in Frosted Silver and Glacier Blue but product designer Hao Ran revealed that about a dozen other colours didn't make the cut.

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Your Guide to Not Picking Terrible Tech Gifts This Season (Tech)

A lot of holiday gifts are purchased during the sales season but how do you separate the glitch infested gizmos from the real deal? Read more to find out.

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Axis Bank Is Also Offering FASTags For Free Ahead of December 1 Deadline (Tech)

Electronic toll collection becomes mandatory from December 1 across all national highways and drivers will have to pay double the toll amount if paid in cash.

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Twitter is Rethinking Plans to Delete Inactive Accounts After Outrage (Tech)

Twitter also clarified that its move to permanently delete dormant accounts would only have affected the European Union due to GDPR and local data privacy laws.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold: Flexing The Fold (Tech)

There is no phone with a flaunt value quite like this.

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Amazon Alexa Can Now Sound Excited, Happy or Disappointed (Tech)

The new changes in Alexa use Neural TTS technology which results in a more natural-sounding speech, such as mimicking news anchors and radio hosts.

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Microsoft Insists Virtual Reality is Not a Focus for Xbox, For The Time Being (Tech)

Xbox chief Phil Spencer said that Virtual Reality could be isolating for players while he thought of gaming as more of a communal experience.

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Realme X2 Pro Review: Killing the Competition With a Solid Load-out (Tech)

The Realme X2 Pro is clearly a winner when it comes to offering value for your money

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TikTok Tries to Explain Why it Took Down Viral Video About Uighurs in China (Tech)

There has been international criticism of Beijing following the leaks of the classified government documents, called the China Cables.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold Now Gets DeX on PC Feature With Latest Update (Tech)

The update is currently being rolled out to Samsung Galaxy Fold LTE variant users in France and will ve available in other countries soon.

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Microsoft is Morphing Outlook for Web Into Something Progressively Better (Tech)

Progressive Web Apps are websites that look like traditional apps because of superior notification features, background functionality and better caching.

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Google Play Pass Subscribers Get 37 New Apps of Which 28 Are Games (Tech)

Some of the new gaming additions to Google Play Pass include Cytus II, Gem Miner 2, Tempest: Pirate Action, and Number Mazes: Rikudo Puzzles.

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Xiaomi Has a Smartphone Ace up Its Sleeve, With 66W Fast Charging and 5G (Tech)

With 66W fast charging, Xiaomi's new 5G smartphone will supersede the Oppo Reno Ace's 65W SuperVOOC fast charging capacity with a full charge in 30 minutes.

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This New App For Apple Watch Tells You What May be Bothering Your Heart (Tech)

The new Heart Analyzer app has graphic heart rate plots and in-depth metrics on the average, maximum, minimum and resting heart rates.

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WhatsApp Safety Guide: The One Thing to do to Keep Your Phone Data Secure (Tech)

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team recommends that all WhatsApp users upgrade to the app's latest version to avoid any security threats.

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Samsung Bixby to Stop Working on Devices Running on Android Nougat, Oreo From January 1 (Tech)

Samsung wants users to shift towards the upgraded Bixby 2.0 with better UI that made its debut on the Galaxy Note 9 last year.

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Virtual Reality For Cows is Real and Can Help Increase Milk Production (Tech)

An experiment by Moscow farmers found that putting VR headsets on cows which simulated open summery fields reduced anxiety and could increase milk production.

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Twitter Will Permanently Delete Inactive Accounts from December 11 (Tech)

Twitter will send an alert before permanently deleting accounts that have been inactive for over six months, including those belonging to the deceased.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to Get Major Update on December 3 (Tech)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare gamers will have access to free content, including multiplayer maps, from next week for the entirety of Season 1.

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