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It took the student about 20 minutes to create a website for his fake candidate and five minutes to make the Twitter account. Twitter suspended the account when alerted. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2I9GzRG

After MWC and CP+ it seems that this year's Game Developers Conference will also be canceled, although the event is expected to now happen in the summer. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2TcaVJY

After MWC and CP+ it seems that this year's Game Developers Conference will also be canceled, although the event is expected to now happen in the summer. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3agcJXM

In the new design, Facebook is promoting a "People" section where you can see large squares dedicated to friends who have recently updated their Facebook Stories. One can also see the contact list organised to promote the most used contacts who are actively online. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/32Cf24O

LinkedIn Stories are geared more towards professional engagement than social conversation but bear striking resemblance to their Snapchat and Instagram counterparts. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2T9JS1D

The CNBC-TV18's 15th India Business Leader Awards’ (IBLA) night was held in Mumbai on Friday. The event honoured high-achievers, outstanding leaders and true visionaries of corporate India. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VxVy00

Realme is rolling out its new Realme UI along with the latest Android 10 update to two more devices. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/32xpQkK

The 2018 movie A.I. Rising explores how machines could fulfil desires and support humans during space travel. Lo and behold, it might contain the solution to problems related to space exploration. Astronauts, despite their rigorous training, remain humans with needs. For space exploration and colonization to succeed, we need to overcome taboos, consider human needs and desires and provide concrete, realistic solutions based on science rather than conventional morality. Can humans thrive for prolonged periods of time in small groups and in closed, isolated environments? Can humans contend with limited possibilities of relationships, intimacy and sexuality? Sex tech might have the answer. As researchers exploring human-machine erotic interactions, we are interested in their implications and potential applications for human well-being — even beyond our home planet. Sex in space Space exploration and colonization is one of humanity’s greatest endeavours, but it comes with challenges...

Can Huawei make its presence felt in the Indian tablet market with its upcoming M-series tablet? from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/398Z1Wy

It turns out that the slightly older folks among the Spotify user demographic do have a cool taste in music. Spotify’s data points to Señorita by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello as the most streamed track across the country for the 55+ age group. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Pyrn4P

Several Chinese users reported they could not download the game after China's cyberspace watchdog removed it for having illegal content. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2TmZJJd

Realme will launch its Realme 6 series along with a  Realme fitness band on 5 March in India. The smartphone series will include Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro. The company has given out some details about the phone via its microsite. As per the official microsite , both the smartphones will have a quad-camera setup at the back that will include a 64 MP primary camera, ultra-wide camera, telephoto camera and an ultra macro camera. In addition to this, it also suggests that one phone will have a single punch hole camera at the front whereas one will have a dual punch hole camera placed at the top right corner. In terms of battery, both the smartphones will support 30 W flash charging that will charge from 0 to 40 percent in 15 minutes. The teaser also confirmed that the smartphones will support a 90-Hz refresh rate. Realme 6 Pro was also spotted on the benchmarking site, Geekbench , where it scored 512 in a single-core test and 1,676 in the multi-core test. The smartphone appea...

The Vivo Z6 could potentially launch in India as a 4G variant, although the company has not confirmed any information. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2PywVwd

Update: It appears that the Snapdragon 865 chipset powering the Realme X50 does not support NavIC . We've reached out to Realme for a clarification on how the system's been implemented. It was just a couple of days ago that Xiaomi India Head, Manu Jain announced that their next Redmi phone wil support ISRO's India’s satellite navigation system, almost immediately, arch rival company Realme announced that their smartphone already supports NavIC. As per a tweet by Realme India head Madhav Sheth, Realme's latest smartphone Realme X50 5G (Review) already supports NavIC technology and their upcoming phones will support that as well. He further revealed that they are launching another smartphone on 5 March that will also have this feature. It's just a little bit silly that companies are fighting over ownership of the title of "first phone with NavIC", especially because the new generation of smartphone chipsets all support NavIC by default and it's just...

Other companies who backed out from this year's GCD are Facebook, Unity, Sony and Epic Games. Facebook also cancelled its F8 developer conference. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3c8JCHI

Apple reportedly dominated the smartphone market in terms of the top ten selling models of 2019. As per a report by Apple Insider , Counterpoint Research reveals that six iPhones, three Samsung models, and one Oppo phone are the top selling phones in the world. The report reveals that the  iPhone XR (Review) and iPhone 11 (Review) proved to the star performers for Apple with 3 percent and 2.1 percent market share. Apart from these two, the  iPhone 11 Pro Max (Review) managed to grab the eighth position in the top 10 with a 1.1 percent share, however, iPhone 11 Pro did not make it to the list. iPhone 8 (Review) stands at sixth position with 1.2 percent,  iPhone 7 with 1.1 percent secured ninth position. The  iPhone XS Max (Review) has a one percent share in the market. (Also read:  iPhone XR becomes top-selling smartphone globally in Q3 2019, with 3 percent market share ) Further, the report revealed that Samsung Galaxy A50 secured the third positio...

The moon has been a muse for writers, singers, poets, historians and scientists alike. It now seems that it will have to, for a temporary period, share its attention with a newly discovered minimoon. A minimoon, according to Live Science , is a temporarily captured object, like a space rock, that got caught in Earth's orbit for several months or years before shooting off into the distant solar system again (or burning up in our planet's atmosphere). Researchers from the Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona have found 2020 CD3, a small, rare celestial object that has gotten caught in earth’s orbit and is circling our planet. Making it the earth’s natural satellite and thus, our second moon. We can’t wait for some singer to make a rhyme for this little guy. It is around 1.9-3.5 metres in diameter and has the surface brightness of a typical carbon-rich asteroid. Amateur astrophysicist Tony Dunn tweeted out that this minimoon has been orbiting earth from the p...

Already approved broad-spectrum antiviral drugs may offer a first-line treatment for the novel coronavirus which has so far killed over 2,700 people and infected around 80,000, according to a study unveiled on Thursday. Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) noted that there is no vaccine or cure for the virus insight. This means that doctors can do little more than offer supportive treatment to the very sick, and hope their bodies can survive the infection, they said. According to the study, published as a pre-proof in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, already approved drugs might hold the key to treating the new virus. "Drug repurposing is a strategy for generating additional value from an existing drug by targeting diseases other than that for which it was originally intended," said Denis Kainov, an associate professor at NTNU. "For example, teicoplanin, oritavancin, dalbavancin and monensin are approved antibi...

The man best remembered for bringing to life the characters of Lewis Carroll’s timeless “ Alice in Wonderland ” series, would have been 200 years today. John Tenniel is one of the most highly-regarded Victorian illustrators and painters. He was born on this day in 1820 in London. From a young age, he taught himself to illustrate and at the age of 16, he submitted his first work, an oil painting, for exhibition at the Society of British Artists. Google Doodle illustrated by Matthew Cruickshank. In 1850, Tenniel became a political cartoonist with the historic weekly magazine Punch . Tenniel had a distinctive style, due in part to his near-photographic memory. Google writes in its blog, "It was this unique approach that most likely caught the attention of writer and professor Charles Dodgson, whose pen name was Lewis Carroll. After an introduction in 1864, Tenniel agreed to illustrate Carroll’s new book, “ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ,” released the following year...

Data analytics firm OneAudience secretly collected user data from Facebook and other social media companies and paid app developers to install malware. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2T5GPHJ

It was just a couple of days ago that Xiaomi India Head, Manu Jain announced that their next Redmi phone wil support ISRO's India’s satellite navigation system, almost immediately, arch rival company Realme announced that their smartphone already supports NavIC. As per a tweet by Realme India head Madhav Sheth, Realme's latest smartphone Realme X50 5G (Review) already supports NavIC technology and their upcoming phones will support that as well. He further revealed that they are launching another smartphone on 5 March that will also have this feature. It's just a little bit silly that companies are fighting over ownership of the title of "first phone with NavIC", especially because the new generation of smartphone chipsets all support NavIC by default and it's just a matter of time before the market is flooded with NavIC supporting phones. Yes, our ultimate flagship, #realmeX50Pro features #NavIC & even our upcoming phone will feature it as well. ...

Scientists also refer to this as “watermelon snow”, not just because of its colour but also the pleasant sweet aroma that it generates. But there is one problem--it captures more heat from the sunlight. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/381uuIY

This move comes just days after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a coronavirus case in Northern California, home to many tech giants. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3a7HbmQ

As the country marks the National Science Day on Friday, many leading Indian women scientists have stressed on the need for the right kind of support, equality, and gender-fair policies in the field of research. National Science Day is celebrated on 28 February each year commemorating Indian physicist C V Raman's discovery in 1928 of the Raman effect — the scattering of photons or light particles by matter. Raman received a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. Of the 607 Nobel medals awarded so far in scientific disciplines globally, just 20 have gone to women. Noting that a career in science is a demanding and tough option, Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida said there are additional barriers — often unintentional and unconscious ones — which are put up along the career path of women in science. "When such a career demands long hours, there are issues of lack of security and basic amenities that affect women more adversely than men in thi...

WhatsApp has rolled out the much-awaited dark theme for its beta version for both iOS and Android users. Now, what hints at the dark theme finally turning into reality soon, the latest beta update for  WhatsApp on Android has added a few new "solid colour" options to the already existing palette. As per a report by WABetaInfo , the 2.20.60 beta version of android has got a number of dark solid colours for dark theme. These colours are already available for all the users including the ones who are not using dark theme. The difference here is all these colour are available in darker shades for those who are using dark theme. These solid colours are meant for those who want to have a plain chat background on WhatsApp . To apply these solid colours, all you need to do is open WhatsApp and go to the three vertical dots in the top right corner. Tap on Settings>Chats> Wallpaper>Solid colours. Then scroll down and choose one from the options below. To recall, it is...

Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming subscription service with as many as 271 million users, of which 124 million are paid subscribers. In India, Spotify subscription prices start at Rs 13. The streaming service is about to complete one year in India. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2TljiSi

Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe, originating from a supermassive black hole. Scientists reported Thursday that the blast came from a black hole in a cluster of galaxies 390 million light-years away. The explosion was so large it carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky Ways, said lead author Simona Giacintucci of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. It’s five times bigger than the previous record-holder. Astronomers used NASA’s  Chandra X-Ray Observatory  to make the discovery, along with a European space observatory and ground telescopes. They believe the explosion came from the heart of the Ophiuchus cluster of thousands of galaxies: a large galaxy at the center contains a colossal black hole. Black holes don’t just draw matter in. They also blast out jets of material and energy. The first hint of this giant explosion actually came in 2016. Chandra images of the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster revealed an unusu...

The amount of energy required to create the cavity in Ophiuchus is about five times greater than the previous record holder, MS 0735+74, and hundreds and thousands of times greater than typical clusters, says the NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Vqubot

Tenniel’s illustrations have animated the imaginations of children and adults alike for generations. His legacy continues to thrive, as readers cherish these timeless works of art to this day. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/39atF1K

The new LG V60 ThinQ 5G comes as a successor to the V50 ThinQ featuring new hardware and its dual-screen case accessory like the LG G8. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3caVby9

Jaguar Land Rover India has started accepting bookings for the new generation Land Rover Defender SUV. Customers will receive deliveries from August 2020 onwards, with prices starting from Rs 69.99 lakh, ex-showroom. The iconic off-roader was given a ground-up refresh when it debuted globally at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The Indian-spec Defender will come with a single-engine option. This will be the 2.0-litre engine turbo-petrol in its P300 guise, with outpots of 300PS and 400 Nm. This will come paired with JLR's version of the ZF eight-speed automatic. Both the three-door SWB 90 and the five-door LWB 110 version will be offered here, each with five trim levels. These will be the Base, S, SE, HSE and First Edition. The Defender is being brought in as a CBU and will get notable features like the 360-degree Surround Camera, Wade Sensing, Electronic Air Suspension (Standard on 110), Smartphone Pack, Connected Navigation Pro, Off-Road tyres, Centre Console with re...

The BSVI compliant Ford Endeavour has been launched in India priced at Rs 29.55 lakh, ex-showroom. The SUV now comes with a BSVI compliant 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel engine, the SUV also gets Ford's latest 10-speed automatic transmission as standard, and it happens to be the only automatic gearbox with 10 gears in the country. Compared to the outgoing model, the 2020 Ford Endeavour is cheaper by up to Rs 1.45 lakh. However, the company has said that these are introductory prices which will be valid on bookings made until 30 April. Ford India will increase prices of the Endeavour range by up to Rs 70,000 from 1 May 2020. Visually, the SUV looks similar to the outgoing model, with a slight change in the headlamps which provide up to 20 percent greater lighting penetration for enhanced night time visibility. The SUV comes with the company's mobility and connectivity app — FordPass. The system offers functions like starting, stopping, locking or unlocking the vehicle, information r...

Excellent quality filters, and multiple layers of those, do a fantastic job of cleaning the room’s air. And most importantly, keeping it clean even when the room may be active all day. This is simple, and quietly does its job—and that’s its strongest point. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aarVpv

Key factors that powered UPI's transaction growth in 2019 are the adoption of UPI 2.0 features by banks, enabling payments for IPO applications, facilitating Foreign Inward Remittance service, supporting donations for several relief programs, and numerous cashbacks and discounts offered by banks and non-bank players,. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2PtNUzY

Top genres in India ranged across pop, filmi music, hip-hop, sufi and Indian folk, what unites Indian listeners is still their love for "love" as a genre for music. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2HW9F78

Realme will be launching the new Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro in India on March 5. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cfhcf6

Already debuted in China, Oppo Reno3 Pro is all set to debut on 2 March in India. The company has now announced that the smartphone is now available for pre-booking on the Oppo's official website. Oppo has confirmed that Oppo Reno3 Pro will come with a 44 MP +2 MP dual punch-hole selfie camera. The official Oppo Reno3 Pro microsite also reveals that the smartphone will feature a quad-camera setup at the back that will include a 13 MP telephoto camera, 64 MP primary sensor, 2 MP mono lens and an 8 MP ultra-wide camera. Oppo Reno3 Pro will come in Sky White, Midnight Black and Auroral Blue colour options. Oppo Reno3 Pro China specifications Additionally, based on the Reno 3 Pro variant launched in China, we know that the smartphone will feature a Full HD+ 6.5-inch OLED 90 Hz display with a 92.1 percent screen-to-body ratio. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset and offers 12 GB and 8 GB RAM variants along with 128 GB and 256 GB internal storage options. At...

Huawei announced its first foldable screen smartphone — Huawei Mate X — last year and it never launched in India. Now, the company has launched yet another foldable screen smartphone — Huawei Mate XS. Huawei was planning to announce the phone at MWC this year, that got cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak . To recall, Samsung has also a its second foldable phone — Galaxy Z Flip (First impressions)   — in India recently at a price of Rs 1,09, 990. Huawei Mate XS price, availability Huawei Mate XS is priced at € 2,499 and will go on sale in March. It is not yet confirmed if it will launch in India or not. Huawei Mate XS specifications The Huawei foldable screen smartphone features an 8-inch screen when in tablet mode just like its predecessor. As per the company, it has the Falcon Wing design and the hinge is made of a zirconium-based liquid metal that is more durable. When folded, you will get a 6.6-inch main screen and a 6.38-inch secondary screen. ...

An Indian Air Force special aircraft on Wednesday brought 15,000 kg of medical supplies from India to the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan and later left with 112 Indians and foreign nationals stranded in the city. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described the consignment of relief material as a strong expression of India's solidarity with the Chinese people in their "difficult time". The C-17 Globemaster military aircraft brought around 15 tonnes of medical assistance comprising masks, gloves and other emergency medical equipment sent by India. The Indian Embassy, which coordinated the operations, said that after unloading the relief supplies, the flight carried 112 Indians and foreign nationals to Delhi. 76 Indian nationals are returning home on this flight, which also has onboard 23 nationals from Bangladesh, six from China, two each from Myanmar and Maldives and one each from South Africa, USA and Madagascar. Wish them all a safe journey and good health, In...

A special Air India flight has brought 119 Indians and five foreigners back to Delhi. These people were stuck on board the coronavirus-hit cruise ship, Diamond Princess , which has been docked in Japan for the last 22 days. The five foreigners include two people from Sri Lanka and one each from Nepal, South Africa and Peru. All the evacuees will be quarantined for 14 days at a medical facility set up by the Indian Army in Manesar. Indian Ambassador to Tokyo, Sanjay Kumar Verma, who is overseeing the evacuation, told NDTV that last-minute medical checks were conducted to ensure that no one with any symptoms of the virus was allowed on the plane. He also said, "For reasons, we are still studying, three have opted not to go back to India.” According to NDTV , the Indian embassy sent the evacuee a list to prepare them for their journey back to India . They were told that there would be no stops on the way to the airport as per Japan's health protocols, and no food would be ...

Developers can now create tools that automatically hide bad tweets like those including certain prohibited keywords or those that score high for being toxic. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2T3U1gz

The Cupertino-based tech giant is currently selling its devices in India via third-party offline retailers and e-commerce platforms like Flipkart and Amazon.in. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2vlO995