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Google's Introduces New Feature That Will Hold Customer Care Calls for You

Google's new Hold for Me feature will use Google's Duplex Technology to recognise hold music and understand the difference between a recorded message and a human. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/30oh2xR

Redmi 9i Goes On Sale On Flipkart And Mi.com: Price, Availability and Specifications Details Here

Xiaomi had launched the Redmi 9i budget smartphone in September. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jwMim1

Google Pixel Fans, Rejoice! Google Confirms Pixel 4a Will Be Available in India from October 17

Google had launched the Pixel 4a in August this year. That being said, the new Pixel 5 and the Pixel 4a 5G phones will not be making their way to India, at least just yet. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3n8nUsL

Google TV & Android TV, It is All About To Get Pretty Complicated But That’s Cool For The New Chromecast

The Google TV platform does give the new Chromecast the ability to run apps without the need to cast from a phone. It has its own beautiful interface with all the apps, streaming services and content laid out nicely. Much like how it happens on the Amazon Fire TV Stick that runs the Fire OS or the Apple TV that runs tvOS. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cJVzUW

Facebook Integrates Instagram DMs and Messenger

The social media giant did not reveal exactly when it plans a public rollout of cross-platform messaging features. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36jtPW8

Google Nest Audio Is Well Placed To Take On The New Amazon Echo, As Smart Speaker Battles Get Serious

The price of the new Google Nest Audio is $99.99, and it will be available in the US, Canada and India from October 5. The launch of the Google Nest Audio comes just after Amazon announced the 2020 refresh to the Amazon Echo smart speaker line, which includes the serious upgrades for the Echo speaker. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3n5ARDR

Singtel Names Insider As New Group CEO Amid Sector Slump

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd appointed an insider as its new group CEO on Thursday amid a challenging time for the industry, saying its current chief will retire in January after 13 years at the helm. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jkoLEq

Twitter Removes 130 Accounts Disrupting Public Conversation During Trump-Biden Debate

Twitter removed the accounts, which appeared to originate in Iran, “based on intel” provided by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), it said in a tweet. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Sefemx

Facebook Bans U.S. Ads That Call Voting Fraud Widespread Or Election Invalid

Facebook Inc on Wednesday banned ads on its flagship website and Instagram photo and video sharing service that claim widespread voting fraud, suggest U.S. election results would be invalid, or which attack any method of voting. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/33fykz6

Facebook Sees Uptick In Proud Boys Content After Presidential Debate

Facebook Inc identified an "uptick" in content related to the farright Proud Boys on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump declined to condemn the group during Tuesday night's presidential debate, a company executive said on Twitter. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3n3TDvj

Google Pixel 4a vs Pixel 5 vs Pixel 4a 5G Specs Compared: What You Get and Miss in India

Google is set to launch the non-5G Pixel 4a in India in the coming days, and we take a look at what you will get (and miss out) by buying the lower-end variant of the Pixel 4a lineup in India. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ijIO4P

International Podcast Day: Spotify’s Podcast Push In India & Globally Has Anchor For New Podcasters

Spotify believes any new podcaster should take inspiration from each letter in Podcast. The streaming platform has seen more than 5x growth in number of podcasters from India. Podcasts have proved to be a relief too, with nearly a third of users in India listening to mental-health related podcasts. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3io3zfP

PES 2021 Review: Super Fun, Realistic Football That Can Beat FIFA on Pitch and Stores

eFootball PES 2021 Season Update is incremental in nature, but the improvements are critical and has made the game ever so slightly better. We can only wish Konami did the same with its overall finesse as well. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/30jl1vA

Dell Announces New XPS 13 Series of Laptops With Intel's Tiger Lake Processor

There are no details if or when the new Dell XPS 13 laptops will make it to the Indian market. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2ScfUc4

Alibaba Cloud Division to be Profitable Within 2021, to Invest $29 Billion in 3 Years, Says Finance Officer

The company, a dominant player in China’s cloud market, is fending off challenge from domestic rival Tencent which is also trying to capture cloud business opportunities. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ih4FJW

Alibaba Cloud Division To Be Profitable Within FY2021 - CFO

Chinese tech giant Alibaba's cloud unit expects to be profitable within 2021, a senior executive said on Wednesday. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Sdzvsx

Poco M2 Goes On Sale On Flipkart Today: Rs 10,999 Onwards With Exchange, Discount & Cashback Offers

The Poco M2 is priced at Rs 10,999 for the 6GB RAM and 64GB storage variant, while the higher spec 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 12,499. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jtmmrr

Realme Narzo 20A to Go On Sale Today: All You Need to Know

Realme launched its Narzo 20 series of smartphones earlier this month. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/30jb0P0

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale & Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale: New Details, OnePlus 8T 5G & More

The Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale will, among the new launches, feature the upcoming OnePlus 8T 5G smartphone, which is expected to launch on October 14. Flipkart, on its part, has confirmed that there will be deals on smartphones from Samsung, Realme, Xiaomi and Oppo. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2EIxstc

U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Report Likely To Come Out As Soon As Monday Oct. 5 - Source

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee is expected to release a muchanticipated report into antitrust allegations against four of America's largest tech companies as soon as Monday, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3n0RJvr

U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Report Likely To Come Out As Soon As Monday Oct. 5 - Source

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee is expected to release a muchanticipated report into antitrust allegations against four of America's largest tech companies as soon as Monday, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3n0RJvr

Apple Grants CEO Tim Cook First Major Stock Package Since 2011

Apple Inc on Tuesday granted CEO Tim Cook 333,987 restricted stock units, with a possibility to earn as many as 667,974 more if he hits performance targets, in the executive's first stock grant since 2011. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36gV0kf

U.S. Expected To Sue Google Next Week As DOJ Seeks Support From States

The U.S. Justice Department is expected to sue Alphabet's Google as soon as next week, and is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit, according to three sources familiar with the process. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2S8i0d9

Micron Yet To Regain License To Sell To Huawei, Pressuring Sales

Micron Technology Inc has not yet obtained new licenses needed to sell its memory chips to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, which will cut its sales over the next two quarters, company executives said on Tuesday. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3kWHuGI

World Heart Day 2020: Wearables With the Most Accurate Heart Rate Sensors

According to the World Heart Federation, heart diseases alone are responsible for 17.9 million deaths every year from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3id1VNZ

Cyber Warfare: China Is Helping Pakistani Hackers Launch Cyber Attacks on India

Researchers at Seqrite have reported to the Indian government a cyber attack campaign routed by Pakistani hackers, suspected to be aided by China, with the aim of stealing critical data by targeting key personnel in India’s Defence force. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3mTXU4m

WhatsApp Scam: SBI Customers Should Watch Out For This Lottery and Lucky Draw Scam

State Bank of India has issued a cyber security advisory on Twitter, reiterating that officials who work for the bank will never ask for account specific information via online channels. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3ibGgFG

Google Meet Is Adding Noise Cancellation For Video Calls, But Not Everyone Will Get It Just Yet

Google Meet's noise cancellation will be handy for video meetings and video calls, to effectively eliminate background noise around us. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/33d3yqx

OnePlus Might Launch Five Devices Alongside OnePlus 8T: Here's What to Expect

OnePlus will launch the OnePlus 8T featuring its 65W Warp Charge at a virtual event on October 14. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3i9pqY1

Sanctions-hit Huawei Ramps Up Investment In Chinese Tech Sector

Huawei Technologies has built up stakes in Chinese semiconductor companies and other tech businesses as the world's largest telecoms equipment maker bolsters its supply chain in the face of pressure from the United States. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2HwNqro

Twitter Appoints Rinki Sethi As New Information Security Head

Twitter Inc appointed Rinki Sethi, a former information security executive at IBM, as its chief information security officer, the social media company said in a tweet https://twitter.com/nicktornow/status/1310610220926881792 on Monday. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/338XKhE

Google To Enforce Play Store Tax On The 3% Of Apps Not Paying

Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday sought to rebut criticism that it selectively enforces its 30% mobile app store tax, demanding that the over 3% apps selling digital items without complying follow the rules within a year. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2GhXbJs

U.S. Faces Ongoing Court Battles Over TikTok, WeChat Bans

The Trump administration faces ongoing court battles after two legal setbacks in its efforts to bar U.S. app stores from offering Chineseowned TikTok or WeChat for download. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/33aySWJ

Microsoft 365 Outage Affects Multiple Services

Microsoft Corp said late Monday a recent change it introduced likely caused a major outage, affecting users' access to multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook.com and Microsoft Teams. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cCdHQK

Realme Narzo 20A Review: Good Battery Life at Rs 9,499, Falters at Performance

Realme Narzo 20A brings a Snapdragon 6 series processor in the sub-Rs 10,000 price range, in a package with very distinct ups and downs. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2S5DDLe

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ Review: Never Has An Android Tablet Been This Good, As a Laptop Too

The brilliance of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ means it is in a big battle with the Apple iPad Pro 12.9 for your attention and money. It is the battle to be a laptop replacement for your work from home and as an entertainment device. As a result, the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 may get hurt the most. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/343YgwT

Airbus Zephyr Drone Broke Up Because Of Unstable Weather Conditions - ATSB

An Airbus SE highaltitude surveillance and communications drone broke up in flight after its launch in September 2019 because of unstable weather conditions, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Monday. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3426y8k

Google Accidentally Reveals Pixel 5 Design, Price in Japan: Report

Google will launch the Pixel 5 along with a new Nest smart speaker, a new Chromecast device, and the Pixel 4a 5G during its September 30 event. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3czn83o

PhonePe Now Has More Mutual Fund Investment Options; Minimum Investments From Rs 100

The 7 new mutual fund categories on PhonePe are Large cap, Mid and Small cap, Diversified Funds, Index Funds, Hybrid - Aggressive & Dynamic Asset Allocation, Debt, Liquid and Tax Saving Funds. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/30gliPT

Japanese Chipmaker Kioxia Shelves $3.2 Billion IPO Amid U.S.-China Tensions

Kioxia Holdings Corp, the world's secondlargest maker of flash memory chips, on Monday shelved plans for what would have been Japan's largest initial public offering (IPO) this year, as U.SChina tensions cloud the global chip market. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2S43eE3

SoftBank Brings Food Service Robot To Labour-strapped Japan

SoftBank's robotics arm said on Monday it will bring a food service robot developed by Californiabased Bear Robotics to Japan as restaurants grapple with labour shortages and seek to ensure social distancing during the COVID19 pandemic. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/345f4Dx

Realme Narzo 20 With Three Cameras, 6000mAh Battery to Go on Sale Today Via Flipkart, Realme.com

Realme launched the Narzo 20 series of smartphones earlier this month. Realme Narzo 20 Pro went on sale for the first time last week. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3jaEdD4

If You Have An Apple Watch Series 3 Still On watchOS 6, Avoid Updating It To watchOS 7 Just Yet

If you have already updated your Apple Watch Series 3 to watchOS 7, we would urge you to update this to watchOS 7.0.1 right away. If you are still on watchOS 6, it would be better to wait this out—Apple is working on watchOS 7.1 which could bring fixes for these issues. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36aiLKU

Get Ready To Splurge: Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale & Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale Coming Soon

While Amazon and Flipkart have announced the Great Indian Festival Sale and the Big Billion Days Sale respectively, both say the sales are coming soon. We don’t know the exact dates yet, but best is to save up for splurging! from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/33aeVj8

Judge To Rule Whether Uber Deserves New London Licence

A judge is set to tell Uber on Monday whether it has won back its London operating licence after it was removed over safety concerns, the latest stage of a longrunning battle with the regulator in one of its most important markets. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cFurXo

U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Administration TikTok App Store Ban

A U.S. judge in Washington late on Sunday temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chineseowned short videosharing app TikTok for download at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3kTdJqh

Couple Challenge: Privacy Ending Trap for Facial Surveillance or Random Social Trend?

Couple challenge, and others of its nature such as 10-year challenge, crop up regularly on social media, and work as a gold mine for face recognition browsers, identity surveillance systems and more. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3j8KQpA

Linksys Velop MX5300 Review: A Wi-Fi 6 Mesh For the Future But Early Adopters Must Pay A Premium

A Wi-Fi Mesh system for homes is one of those things that you must get, in case you have spotty Wi-Fi coverage in some parts of home, while working from home. But do you really need to invest in a Wi-Fi 6 mesh system, right now? The answer isn’t in black or white, given the pricing of the Linksys Velop MX5300. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/336d8eX

Tech Tricks: My iPhone On iOS 14 Shows A Green Or Orange Dot In The Status Bar; What Does It Mean?

The orange dot is an indicator that an app is using your iPhone’s microphone. The green dot will appear when an app is accessing the camera on your phone. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2G9Vvlo

Judge Rejects Bid To Delay TikTok U.S. App Store Ban Set For Sunday

A judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday rejected a request by three TikTok content creators who asked her to temporarily block a government ban on Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google app stores offering the shortvideo sharing app for download set to take effect on Sunday. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3i7oN15