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Amazon Says It’s Considered Face Scanning in Ring Doorbells
Amazon Says It’s Considered Face Scanning in Ring Doorbells: Amazon has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras, according to a letter to a US senator defending its video-sharing partnerships with police. The company told Sen. Ed Markey that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras but…
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Lenovo at CES 2020: Thinkpad TrackPoint Keyboard II Unveiled, a Compact Full-Size ThinkPad Keyboard
Lenovo at CES 2020: Thinkpad TrackPoint Keyboard II Unveiled, a Compact Full-Size ThinkPad Keyboard: Lenovo has announced the launch of its ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II. This new standalone wireless keyboard is the successor to the original ThinkPad Compact Keyboard with TrackPoint and is still a compact yet full-size ThinkPad keyboard. To be honest both the…
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Bose to Close Retail Stores in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan
Bose to Close Retail Stores in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan: Bose Corporation, which mostly sells audio equipment, is shutting all its 119 retail stores worldwide across Australia, North America, Europe, and Japan as its other products “are increasingly purchased online”. Hundreds of staffers will be laid off as a result. The company has…
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World’s First ‘Living Robots’ Created by Scientists, Using Stem Cells
World’s First ‘Living Robots’ Created by Scientists, Using Stem Cells: A group of scientists have succeeded in using living cells from frog embryos into other new life-forms, which they are referring to as a ‘living, programmable organisms’. The newly constructed self-healing creature are called ‘xenobots’ and can approach towards targets. They may also help in…
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Belkin at CES 2020: Slew of Products Announced Under Belkin, Wemo, Linksys Brands
Belkin at CES 2020: Slew of Products Announced Under Belkin, Wemo, Linksys Brands: Belkin took centre stage at CES 2020 and announced a slew of new products ranging from charging accessories to power banks, smart speakers, and more. Starting with smart speakers, Belkin has partnered with Devialet, a brand popular for its wide range of…
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PewDiePie Posts His ‘Final Video’, Takes a Break From YouTube
PewDiePie Posts His ‘Final Video’, Takes a Break From YouTube: PewDiePie has posted his “last” video before his hiatus from YouTube. The Swedish YouTube star had last year said he’d be taking a break from the video streaming platform earlier this year, and that time has come, with PewDiePie posting his final video before his…
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Google Surpasses Facebook in Downloads for First Time in 5 Years in Q4 2019: Sensor Tower
Google Surpasses Facebook in Downloads for First Time in 5 Years in Q4 2019: Sensor Tower: US-based search engine giant Google has, for the first time in five years, unseated Facebook as the top publisher of mobile apps in Q4 2019. In the last quarter of 2019, Google amassed close to 850 million downloads compared…
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Google Shuts Down Xiaomi’s Nest Hub, Assistant Integration After Users Reports Seeing Strangers’ Camera Feeds
Google Shuts Down Xiaomi’s Nest Hub, Assistant Integration After Users Reports Seeing Strangers’ Camera Feeds: Smart security cameras of all sizes and shapes have cropped up everywhere in the last couple of years. While all of them promise to deliver security, not all of them are really smart enough. In an incident that sheds more…
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OnePlus Foldable Phone Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon, Because Its CEO Doesn’t Believe the Tech Is Ready Yet
OnePlus Foldable Phone Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon, Because Its CEO Doesn’t Believe the Tech Is Ready Yet: OnePlus had its special event on the sidelines of CES 2020, where it unveiled the Concept One smartphone, with the vanishing cameras. The Verge managed to sit down OnePlus CEO, Pete Lau for its podcast, where he was…
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iOS 13 Is Out Now, Here’s How You Can Download and Install It
First announced at WWDC in June, iOS 13 is the next big update of Apple’s mobile operating system, and it’s now out for compatible iPhone models. For the first time, iPad users will not get this update, as Apple has announced iPadOS, a new operating system for iPads. While iOS 13 is out now, iPadOS…
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PUBG v6.1 Update Adds New Karakin Map With Black Zone, Sticky Bombs, Motor Glider, and More
PUBG v6.1 Update Adds New Karakin Map With Black Zone, Sticky Bombs, Motor Glider, and More: PUBG v6.1 update is out now on the test server, and with it comes a new map called Karakin. The fresh map promises more action, thanks to its small area. In fact, Karakin is now the smallest map in…
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Honor Magic Watch 2 Launch in India Teased to Be Soon
Chinese smartphone maker Honor is already gearing up to launch the Honor 9X in India this month. But it might not be the only product reaching our shores. Honor India recently tweeted that the Honor Magic Watch 2 is coming to India. While the company has not mentioned a timeline for the launch, it has…
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