Month: February 2020

A new generation of social apps is trying to make you feel better about yourself

Last month, in a memo obtained by the New York Times, a Facebook executive said that the product is “probably like sugar.” “Sugar is delicious and for most of us there is a special place for it in our lives,” wrote Andrew “Boz” Bosworth. “But like all things it benefits…

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UK Google users to lose EU data protection

In the aftermath of Brexit, Google plans to shift UK accounts outside the control of European Union privacy regulations, and under US jurisdiction instead. The move is expected to make information more accessible to UK law enforcement, and leave data with less robust protection than is afforded by EU standards.…

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Ushering in the third wave of AI

Today, artificial Intelligence (AI) helps you shop, provides suggestions on what music to listen to and what shows to watch, connects you with friends on social media and even drives your car. About the author Tolga Kurtoglu, Head of Global Research at Xerox. As more companies focus their efforts on…

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Nvidia GeForce Now scores a major coup by getting Cyberpunk 2077 on launch day

Nvidia’s GeForce Now will support Cyberpunk 2077 upon the game’s release in September 2020. And of course that means subscribers to the game streaming service will be able to benefit from RTX graphics, with Cyberpunk 2077 promising some seriously gorgeous ray-traced visuals – and they won’t need a super-expensive gaming…

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip now available for pre-order in India at Rs 1,09,999

Just days after the S20 series, Samsung has brought the Galaxy Z Flip to India. Pre-orders start tomorrow (February 21) with shipping from February 26. In India, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is priced at Rs 1,09,999 and comes with a year of Samsung Care+ Protection, one-time screen repair at a…

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Google Pixel 5 may get rare power sharing feature, according to Android 11 code

The Google Pixel 4 had annoying battery life issues, so much so that we had to mark it down for such in our review. It seems that the company is looking for even more ways to drain power in the Pixel 5, though, as a new leak sheds light on…

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