Sunday, 2 June 2019

Why Are Selective Posts Being Deleted on Twitter, And Why is There a Sudden Drop in Followers? (Tech)

Twitter in a transparency report said it challenged over 19 crore accounts in the second half of 2018 for verification to determine whether humans were in control of those accounts.

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PUBG: The Recent Incidents Indicate This Game is More Dangerous Than You May Imagine (Tech)

After playing PUBG for six straight hours, a 16-year-old student of class XII named Furqan Qureshi from Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh succumbed to a major cardiac arrest last week and lost his life.

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Donald Trump Suggests UK Should be Wary of Huawei and 5G Technology (Tech)

The US has long voiced suspicions that Huawei is controlled by the Chinese government and thus a global security threat.

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#YouTubeDown no More: Google Has Resolved Outage That Took Down YouTube, Gmail, and Snapchat (Tech)

During the outage, many users took to Twitter to complain about it under the hashtag #YouTubeDOWN.

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Weekly Tech Recap: Redmi K20 Launch, New Apple iPod Touch, Computex 2019 and More (Tech)

A round-up of all the big stories from the world of technology during the week.

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Saturday, 1 June 2019

Xiaomi Mi TV And TCL See Strong Growth, to Stabilise Declining TV Shipments in Q1 2019 (Tech)

Japanese company Sony, which makes the very popular Sony Bravia televisions, shipped only 2.10 million units, which is a decline of 16.7 percent.

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Buying a New Tata Sky Connection? Here Are All The Set Top Box Choices, at New Prices (Tech)

What is missing from Tata Sky’s arsenal of STBs right now is a truly smart box, one that can also bundle video streaming apps such as Netflix, Amazon Video, Hotstar etc.

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China to Probe US Courier Company FedEx After Huawei Says Parcels Diverted (Tech)

Amid worsening tensions between China and the United States, the commerce ministry said on Friday that it would draft a hit-list of 'unreliable' foreign firms and individuals that harm the interests of Chinese companies.

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WhatsApp May Soon Stop Your Profile Picture From Being Downloaded by Others on iOS Too (Tech)

The feature to save profile photos of other users is something that has always raised questions of privacy, and finally looks to be on the way out.

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Google May Face New Anti-Trust Probe by US Department of Justice (Tech)

Google's latest anti-trust probe surfaces on the back of growing concerns about the might of big technology companies, and calls to break their monopolies.

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Instagram Stories Getting a Redesigned Layout, Update Rolling Out in Phases (Tech)

The new layout was first spotted back in March in Instagram's app code repository, and as per reports is presently being rolled out to users in phases.

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Rapoo V700 Gaming Keyboard With 108 Keys Launched in India, Priced at Rs 4,999 (Tech)

The Rapoo V700 RGB Gaming Mechanical Keyboard is available on most of the online platforms and partner offline stores for Rs 4,999. from D...