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Tencent Holdings is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem. (Photo: AFP)

China's tech giants splash out in cartoon arms race

China's tech firms are engaged in a cartoon arms race to develop Chinese characters in an animation market expected to...

25 Jun 2018 7:50 AM IST

The update has been only rolled out to the PC version for now.

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PUBG gets a smaller Fortnite-like' map with new game mode

Called Sanhok, the new map is smaller yet houses a variety of topological features.

24 Jun 2018 9:12 PM IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. Google is likely to again put artificial intelligence in the spotlight at its annual developers conference. (Photo:AP)

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Google Assistant gets Continued Conversations update

Assistant can now sustain continued conversation without the Ok Google' hotword.

24 Jun 2018 8:11 PM IST

Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot are voice-controlled speakers designed entirely around users voice. Alexa is the brain behind Echosince Alexa runs in the cloud. Alexa is capable of answering questions, playing music, read the news, set timers and alarms, check the calendar, provide sports scores, control lights at home, and much more.

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Whenever I close my eyes, I see people dying, says Alexa

A creepy incident involving Amazon's AI assistant is leading an Echo user to shut down the speaker completely.

24 Jun 2018 7:18 PM IST

Qualcomm has a new explanation about the thought process behind the new name.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 1000 SoC for Windows 10 laptops in the works?

A new report suggests that the expected SD 1000 SoC is most likely the powerful laptop chipset that the company has ever...

24 Jun 2018 4:55 PM IST

The earlier listing also showcased the primary specifications including Snapdragon 845 SoC. (Photo: sumahoinfo)

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Sony Xperia XZ3 Premium flagship leak hints 18:9 display

A new listing surfaced online suggests the new XZ3 Premium most likely featuring the new 18:9 aspect ratio screen.

24 Jun 2018 3:26 PM IST

$The one-kilometre (half-mile) \Wattway\ is covered with 2,800 square metres (30,000 square feet) of resin-coated solar panels. (Photo: AFP)$ Technology

Hiding from infrared cameras is now possible

To trap infrared light, black silicon absorbs light, like it does on solar cells.

24 Jun 2018 1:58 PM IST

Facebook Messenger can now translate your messages to help reduce the communication barrier. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Facebook Messenger will now automatically translate messages

Facebook Messenger's M bot will pop up to automatically translate such messages between Spanish and English.

24 Jun 2018 12:45 PM IST

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approve on Monday the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular that will create the countrys largest mobile service operator with proposed name of Vodafone Idea Ltd.

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Idea-Vodafone merger to get delayed as DoT readies fresh demand of Rs...

In 2015, DoT has asked Vodafone to clear OTSC dues worth Rs 6,678 core but the company challenged it in court.

24 Jun 2018 12:43 PM IST

Cambridge Analytica disputed Facebooks estimate of how many users were affected.

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Facebook working on its own app usage time limits: Report

Facebook is reportedly working on a new feature, which is similar to Apple's newly announced screen time feature on the...

24 Jun 2018 12:08 PM IST

In case the video makers do not have their own scripts or professional captioners at hand, they can depend on YouTube automatic speech recognition technology (LASR) to auto-generate captions.

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You can now run a pre-recorded video during YouTube live

With the new feature, viewers will be able to join through real-time chat.

24 Jun 2018 8:39 AM IST

Facebook banned several Buddhist nationalists for hate messages targeting Rohingya Muslims.

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Facebook accidentally leaks analytics reports to app testers

A Facebook App Analytics summary email was mistakenly sent to app testers instead of just developers.

24 Jun 2018 8:17 AM IST