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Cancel culture Twitter mob goes after businesses allegedly supporting Trump There’s nothing they won't do to cancel you!

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Asus on Friday launched its new ultra-slim gaming laptop ROG Zephyrus G (GA502) at Rs. 99,990 in India, and it will be available via Flipkart.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Lenovo has announced its new consumer lineup for 2019 ahead of next week's IFA conference. This includes new all-in-one PCs, Chromebook laptops, monitors, and more.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Dell beat Wall Street profit estimates on Thursday, helped by higher demand for desktops, as well as a focus on more profitable contracts within its server unit in China.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png India is targeting companies including Apple, Foxconn, and Wistron with a charm offensive aimed at encouraging them to shift business out of trade war-hit China.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Apple said on Thursday it will begin selling parts, tools and repair guides to independent shops to fix broken iPhone models.

Stop Sale of 'Deadly' Stuff on Amazon, US Lawmakers to Bezos In a letter to Bezos, US lawmakers recounted a story of a family whose life Amazon's negligence changed forever.

NRAI Says In-Principle Agreement Reached With Swiggy, Zomato on Delivery Anurag Katriar, Head of NRAI Mumbai Chapter said an in-principle agreement had been reached to resolve issues within a specific timeline.

Amazon to Offer Help for Customers Who Search About Suicide Searching for the word "suicide" last week on Amazon's US marketplace resulted in the webpage showing users to "suicide kits" and nooses.

Flipkart to End Single-Use Plastic in Packaging by 2021 Flipkart said that as of August 1, 2019, it has achieved a 25 percent reduction in single-use plastic.

Dell Beats Profit Estimates on Higher Desktop Sales Dell beat Wall Street profit estimates on Thursday, helped by higher demand for desktops, as well as a focus on more profitable contracts within its server unit in China.

Police officer records video of herself trolling scam caller who threatened arrest Capt. Ann Stephens says not to give out any identifying information over the phone to potential scam callers.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Air India on Saturday requested passengers not to carry "15-inch Apple Mac Book Pro (purchased between September 2015 - February 2017) as checked-in or hand baggage."

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Air India on Saturday requested passengers not to carry "15-inch Apple Mac Book Pro (purchased between September 2015 - February 2017) as checked-in or hand baggage."

Zomato Determined to Add Gold Programme to Its Delivery Menu Zomato is hellbent to carry on with its plans, to make its contentious Gold programme now available for delivery.

YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to $200 Million Over Children’s Privacy Violations Alphabet’s Google will spend up to $200 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube's alleged violation of a children's privacy law, a person briefed on the matter told Reuters.

Amazon, Trader Group in Public Spat Over Discounts in India Amazon.com defended its business strategies in India as it came under fire from a local trader group on Friday over discounted products on the global e-commerce giant's website.

Google Contract Workers Vote to Form a Union in the US Amid Employee Discord Over Treatment A group of contract workers for Google have voted to move forward with an effort to unionize, a potential chink in tech's carefully constructed armor against collective bargaining.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Apple online store may soon start selling products, as India eased rules that forced companies such source 30 percent of their production locally.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Tapping factories in Brazil and India has not lessened Apple's dependence on China, the company's supply chain data shows.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand has launched the RedmiBook 14 Pro that is powered by the 10th Gen Intel processor.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png "We love our customers in India and we're eager to serve them online and in-store with the same experience and care that Apple customers around the world enjoy," Apple said.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Xiaomi is all set to launch its Redmi Note 8 series, Redmi TV, and refreshed RedmiBook 14 laptop today in China.

iStreamItAll, Jetflicks Streaming Service Programmers Accused of Piracy The programmers behind the services were indicted Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia.

Amazon's Ring Doorbell Firm Partners With 400 US Police Forces, Extending Surveillance Reach Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States.

French Cyber-Police Break Up Massive Botnet Ring French police have neutralised a hacking operation that had taken control of more than 850,000 computers, mainly in Latin America, while also managing to remove the malware from the infected devices.

French Researcher Hacks Into Moscow's New E-Voting System A French researcher has exposed a security breach in an electronic voting system to be used in next month's municipal elections in Moscow, potentially giving hackers access to voters' choices.

Amazon's Ring gave police statistics about users who refused law enforcement requests Ring, the home security company owned by Amazon, tracked how users responded to law enforcement requests for surveillance footage captured by Ring devices and gave overviews to police departments when requested to do so.

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Rare Steve Jobs-autographed 'Toy Story' poster sells for big bucks at auction A rare "Toy Story" poster signed by Apple and Pixar co-founder Steve Jobs sold at auction this week for $31,250, setting a record for a poster signed by the tech titan. 

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Asus on Friday launched its new ultra-slim gaming laptop ROG Zephyrus G (GA502) at Rs. 99,990 in India, and it will be available via Flipkart.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Asus on Friday launched its new ultra-slim gaming laptop ROG Zephyrus G (GA502) at Rs. 99,990 in India, and it will be available via Flipkart.

Stop Sale of 'Deadly' Stuff on Amazon, US Lawmakers to Bezos In a letter to Bezos, US lawmakers recounted a story of a family whose life Amazon's negligence changed forever.

NRAI Says In-Principle Agreement Reached With Swiggy, Zomato on Delivery Anurag Katriar, Head of NRAI Mumbai Chapter said an in-principle agreement had been reached to resolve issues within a specific timeline.

Amazon to Offer Help for Customers Who Search About Suicide Searching for the word "suicide" last week on Amazon's US marketplace resulted in the webpage showing users to "suicide kits" and nooses.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Lenovo has announced its new consumer lineup for 2019 ahead of next week's IFA conference. This includes new all-in-one PCs, Chromebook laptops, monitors, and more.

Flipkart to End Single-Use Plastic in Packaging by 2021 Flipkart said that as of August 1, 2019, it has achieved a 25 percent reduction in single-use plastic.

Dell Beats Profit Estimates on Higher Desktop Sales Dell beat Wall Street profit estimates on Thursday, helped by higher demand for desktops, as well as a focus on more profitable contracts within its server unit in China.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Dell beat Wall Street profit estimates on Thursday, helped by higher demand for desktops, as well as a focus on more profitable contracts within its server unit in China.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png India is targeting companies including Apple, Foxconn, and Wistron with a charm offensive aimed at encouraging them to shift business out of trade war-hit China.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Apple said on Thursday it will begin selling parts, tools and repair guides to independent shops to fix broken iPhone models.

Tech Firms Struggle to Police Content While Avoiding Bias For Facebook, Google, Twitter and others, it's a no-win whipsaw, amplified by a drumbeat of accusations.

Digital Tax Deal in Works but Key Questions 'Outstanding': OECD For Pascal Saint-Amans, progress is being made but several key issues still need to be hammered out.

Google Hire Online Job Service to Shut Down in 2020 Google will shut down its job application tracking system "Google Hire" that was launched just two years ago, the company said in a statement.

Flipkart and Amazon Sales 2019: Here Are the Best Offers Available on Mobile Phones Right Now Flipkart and Amazon are running their month-end sales with discounts and bundled offers on popular mobile phones in India. We've handpicked some of the best deals you can grab today.

Google Job Search Tool Faces EU Investigation EU regulators are checking Google for Jobs to see if the company unfairly favours its fast-growing tool for searching job listings, Europe's antitrust chief said on Tuesday.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The ThinkPad L13 and L13 Yoga are an update to L390 model, and are thinner and lighter in comparison. They also offer Intel’s Comet Lake chipsets.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png HP Chromebook 14 has been launched in India, and features bundled offers.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Microsoft has sent out invites for a press event in October where the company is expected to be talking about its next Surface-branded devices.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Qualcomm on Tuesday announced a new range of Wi-Fi chips designed to work with Wi-Fi 6, the newest version of the technology and one that Qualcomm hopes will help boost sales of its separate 5G chips.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Type C USB power banks you can buy in India. We put them through our review process to figure out the best Type C powerbank in India.

Home fitness industry looks to capitalize on virtual reality Thanks to VR technology, you can hit the gym without ever leaving your home.

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http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Tapping factories in Brazil and India has not lessened Apple's dependence on China, the company's supply chain data shows.

iStreamItAll, Jetflicks Streaming Service Programmers Accused of Piracy The programmers behind the services were indicted Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia.

Amazon's Ring Doorbell Firm Partners With 400 US Police Forces, Extending Surveillance Reach Ring has quietly forged video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand has launched the RedmiBook 14’s upgraded version powered by the 10th Gen Intel processor.

French Cyber-Police Break Up Massive Botnet Ring French police have neutralised a hacking operation that had taken control of more than 850,000 computers, mainly in Latin America, while also managing to remove the malware from the infected devices.

French Researcher Hacks Into Moscow's New E-Voting System A French researcher has exposed a security breach in an electronic voting system to be used in next month's municipal elections in Moscow, potentially giving hackers access to voters' choices.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png "We love our customers in India and we're eager to serve them online and in-store with the same experience and care that Apple customers around the world enjoy," Apple said.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Apple is poised to start online sales of its devices in India within months, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

Doorbell-cam company Ring partners with 405 police agencies across US to share footage, fight crime Amazon's doorbell-camera company Ring has partnered with more than 400 law enforcement agencies across the country to give them potential access to video footage from outside homes, a new initiative that's triggered red flags from privacy advocates.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Xiaomi is all set to launch its Redmi Note 8 series, Redmi TV, and refreshed RedmiBook 14 laptop today in China.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Lenovo's latest gaming laptops offer 9th Gen Intel Core CPUs and Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png TSMC, a key Apple supplier, vowed Tuesday to "fight vigorously" against patent infringement claims filed by US rival GlobalFoundries.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Google has teamed up with Microsoft's biggest partner, Dell, to launch new Chromebook Enterprise devices.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Apple's reliance on China is looking increasingly like its biggest handicap.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Portable thin and light laptops from companies like Asus and Acer are priced at Rs. 33,990. Wearables are listed from Rs. 1,299, and 1.5TB Hard Disks start from Rs. 3,999.

US, France Reach Agreement on Digital Taxes Macron admitted that there had been "a lot of nervousness" about France's new tax on tech behemoths such as Google and Facebook.

Google Calendar Spam: How to Stop Being Bombarded by Unwanted Calendar Invites Google Calendar spam invites could be filled with malicious links, and clicking on them may lead to a potential theft of private data.

NRAI Goes After 'Deep Discounts' in Delivery Services National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has now asked delivery platforms to do away with deep discounts while addressing other issues.

Redmi 7A Starts Receiving MIUI V10.2.7.0 Update With AI Scene Detection, Portrait Mode, More in India Xiaomi has released a new software update for the Redmi 7A smartphone in India. The update carries the version number MIUI V10.2.7.0.PCMINXM.

The Spy in Your Wallet: Credit Cards Have a Privacy Problem In a privacy experiment, The Washington Post bought one banana with the new Apple Card — and another with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa from Chase. Here’s who tracked, mined and shared the data.

Flipkart Sale: Month-End Mobiles Fest Starts With Discounts, Offers Vivo Z1 Pro, Asus 5Z, Other Popular Smartphones Flipkart's Month-End Mobiles Fest sale is back this week with discounts and bundled offers on some popular mobile phones in India. The online marketplace is also offering no-cost EMI options and complete coverage plans.

Amazon's New York HQ2 debacle included 'burn book' on project's detractors Amazon went full "Mean Girls."

Apple tightens privacy rules on listening to Siri recordings SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is apologizing for allowing outsiders to listen to snippets of people's recorded conversations with its digital assistant Siri, a practice that undermined its attempts to position itself as a trusted steward of privacy.

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Federal court hears Prager U's case against YouTube for improperly blocking videos Prager University says Google's YouTube has violated their First Amendment rights and misled its users when it limited access and demonetized dozens of videos.

Ex-Google engineer accused of stealing self-driving car technology Former Google employee and robotics pioneer Anthony Levandowski is charged with stealing top-secret self-driving car technology files before signing on with competitor Uber; William La Jeunesse reports.

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Apple mothballs walkie-talkie-like feature for iPhones, report says Apple has reportedly suspended a project to let iPhones in the same neighboring areas message each other without the need for cellular coverage.

Tech Firms Struggle to Police Content While Avoiding Bias For Facebook, Google, Twitter and others, it's a no-win whipsaw, amplified by a drumbeat of accusations.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png The ThinkPad L13 and L13 Yoga are an update to L390 model, and are thinner and lighter in comparison. They also offer Intel’s Comet Lake chipsets.

Digital Tax Deal in Works but Key Questions 'Outstanding': OECD For Pascal Saint-Amans, progress is being made but several key issues still need to be hammered out.

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http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png HP Chromebook 14 has been launched in India, and features bundled offers.

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Google Hire Online Job Service to Shut Down in 2020 Google will shut down its job application tracking system "Google Hire" that was launched just two years ago, the company said in a statement.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Microsoft has sent out invites for a press event in October where the company is expected to be talking about its next Surface-branded devices.

Google Job Search Tool Faces EU Investigation EU regulators are checking Google for Jobs to see if the company unfairly favours its fast-growing tool for searching job listings, Europe's antitrust chief said on Tuesday.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Qualcomm on Tuesday announced a new range of Wi-Fi chips designed to work with Wi-Fi 6, the newest version of the technology and one that Qualcomm hopes will help boost sales of its separate 5G chips.

US Tech Industry Becomes Hotbed for Employee Activism While some speak out and others sign petitions, US tech industry workers are collectively taking action like never before.

PewDiePie Becomes First Individual YouTuber to Reach 100 Million Subscribers Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie has become the first individual YouTube content creator to reach 100 million subscribers.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Price starts at Rs. 19,999 and goes all the way up to Rs. 49,999, but should you pick the Linksys Velop over the Netgear Orbi?

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the regulatory authority of civil aviation in India, has asked the air passengers in the country to stop carrying select models of 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro laptops.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand has announced the launch of the RedmiBook 14 refresh powered by the 10th Gen Intel processors.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png With several international airlines banning some older models of Apple's flagship laptop MacBook Pro in both check-in or hand luggage, including in India, fears of battery fire have returned to haunt users of the device

Hundreds of parts from endangered birds reportedly found for sale via Facebook Hundreds of parts of the endangered helmeted hornbill appeared on Thai-language Facebook groups, a new report claims.

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Homeland Security official warns US election systems are at risk for hacking The federal government is trying to prevent hackers from taking control of the 2020 election with ransomware; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.

Palantir disinvited from LGBTQ tech conference over work with ICE Software company Palantir has been disinvited from a major LGBTQ tech conference because of public objection to its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Pentagon drafts plans to combat hypersonic weapons attacks They unleash destruction traveling at five times the speed of sound. They maneuver with computerized precision while descending back into the earth’s atmosphere toward a target. Their speed and force are so significant, they can inflict damage by sheer “kinetic” impact without needing explosives.

US eyes ransomware threat to voter databases prior to 2020 election The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to protect voter registration databases from ransomware attacks in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.

Rare Steve Jobs autographed 'Toy Story' poster up for auction A rare "Toy Story" poster signed by Pixar and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is slated to go up for auction this week and it could fetch a princely sum.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Lenovo's latest gaming laptops offer 9th Gen Intel Core CPUs and Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png TSMC, a key Apple supplier, vowed Tuesday to "fight vigorously" against patent infringement claims filed by US rival GlobalFoundries.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Google has teamed up with Microsoft's biggest partner, Dell, to launch new Chromebook Enterprise devices.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Apple's reliance on China is looking increasingly like its biggest handicap.

US, France Reach Agreement on Digital Taxes Macron admitted that there had been "a lot of nervousness" about France's new tax on tech behemoths such as Google and Facebook.

Flipkart and Amazon Sales: Here Are the Best Offers Available on Mobile Phones Right Now Flipkart and Amazon are running their month-end sales with discounts and bundled offers on popular mobile phones in India. We've handpicked some of the best deals you can grab today.

Google Calendar Spam: How to Stop Being Bombarded by Unwanted Calendar Invites Google Calendar spam invites could be filled with malicious links, and clicking on them may lead to a potential theft of private data.

NRAI Goes After 'Deep Discounts' in Delivery Services National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has now asked delivery platforms to do away with deep discounts while addressing other issues.

Redmi 7A Starts Receiving MIUI V10.2.7.0 Update With AI Scene Detection, Portrait Mode, More in India Xiaomi has released a new software update for the Redmi 7A smartphone in India. The update carries the version number MIUI V10.2.7.0.PCMINXM.

Redmi 7A Starts Receiving MIUI V10.2.7.0 Update With AI Scene Detection, Portrait Mode, More in India Xiaomi has released a new software update for the Redmi 7A smartphone in India. The update carries the version number MIUI V10.2.7.0.PCMINXM.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Portable thin and light laptops from companies like Asus and Acer are priced at Rs. 33,990. Wearables are listed from Rs. 1,299, and 1.5TB Hard Disks start from Rs. 3,999.

The Spy in Your Wallet: Credit Cards Have a Privacy Problem In a privacy experiment, The Washington Post bought one banana with the new Apple Card — and another with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa from Chase. Here’s who tracked, mined and shared the data.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Type C USB power banks you can buy in India. We put them through our review process to figure out the best Type C powerbank in India.

Beware Medicare scammers, warns FCC chief The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is out with a new warning for the elderly. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in an interview with Fox News on Monday says scammers are finding new and sophisticated ways to collect Medicare information.

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Amazon slammed over product safety issues Amazon could be committing "widespread deception" by selling thousands of products without any warnings despite goods having been deemed unsafe, according to a top consumer protection regulator.

Controversial YouTube star PewDiePie hits 100 million subscribers in platform first YouTube creator "PewDiePie" hit a major milestone by becoming the first person to surpass 100 million subscribers on the video platform.

Google cracks down on political speech among its workforce Google is cracking down on political speech at work amid a widespread backlash from politicians, activist groups and its own employees over a host of issues.

'Highways of hate': Current policing of hate groups is ineffective, expert warns Social media firms such as Facebook are policing online hate groups all wrong, according to new research.

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png Price starts at Rs. 19,999 and goes all the way up to Rs. 49,999, but should you pick the Linksys Velop over the Netgear Orbi?

Diver finds GoPro containing last glimpse of man who drowned in 2017, sends 'priceless' footage to his family A diver was intrigued to find a sunken GoPro near a Tennessee waterfall. But when he accessed the footage on the device, he realized that he had a “priceless” record of a man who tragically drowned at the site two years ago.

How Facebook should combat online hate groups, according to physics A new study out of George Washington University is revealing that social media firms like Facebook are policing online hate groups all wrong. Physics Professor Neil Johnson is the lead author on the study and delivers several mathematical-based strategies on how to combat hate online.