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WhatsApp, has rolled out a new feature that will allow its users to share their location with their contacts in real time.

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WhatsApp to soon get Video/Audio call conferencing

Latest WhatsApp Beta has hints about group audio as well as video calling features, set to rollout soon.

22 Oct 2017 6:44 PM IST

The video captured by the parents, shows the toddler innocently asking the Amazon Echo Dot to play tickle tickle, but Alexa, the artificial intelligence started searching for porn websites.

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Kids, screens and parental guilt: Time to loosen up?

Kids are getting exposed to modern disruptive technologies in more than one way, thanks to AI-assisted voice activated...

22 Oct 2017 11:09 AM IST

Cyber sleuths who have studied a recent Facebook patent filing believe the tech giant may be in the process of making a cellphone. (Photo:AFP)

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Facebook messenger users can now send money to friends, family with...

Facebook and PayPal have announced a new partnership that allows users to send money to each other via Messenger.

21 Oct 2017 5:03 PM IST

The rating for the Model 3, which is lower priced than earlier Tesla models and aimed at giving the Silicon Valley automaker mass market appeal, was part of magazines annual survey of new vehicle reliability.

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Tesla misunderstands 'positive' Model 3 rating: Consumer Reports

The survey predicts which cars will give owners fewer or more problems than their competitors

21 Oct 2017 4:29 PM IST

Kids are also getting exposed to voice-activated assistants, virtual reality and internet-connected toys, for which few guidelines exist because they are so new.

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Kids, Screens and Parental Guilt: time to loosen up?

The survey found that kids spend an average of 48 minutes a day on mobile devices, up from 15 minutes in 2013.

21 Oct 2017 10:36 AM IST

Boeing said it would buy Aurora Flight Sciences Corp to help it advance the development of autonomous, electric-powered and long-flight-duration aircraft for its commercial and military businesses.

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Boeing invests in autonomous flight tech provider Near Earth Autonomy

It was the first investment in autonomous technologies by Boeing's venture capital arm.

21 Oct 2017 9:59 AM IST

$Project Loon head Alastair Westgarth said in a blog post that Project Loon is \still an experimental technology and were not quite sure how well it will work,\ though it has been tested since last year in Peru following flooding there.$ Technology

Google parent turns on internet balloons in Puerto Rico

More balloons from Nevada, Alphabet authorised by the FCC for up to 30 balloons for hard-hit area.

21 Oct 2017 9:33 AM IST

Since 2006, three cargo jets have been destroyed and four pilots killed by in-flight fires that investigators say were either started by batteries or made more severe by their proximity.

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US: Laptops in checked bags pose fire, explosion risk

Earlier the US imposed a ban on laptops in the cabins of planes coming into the country from 10 Middle Eastern airports...

20 Oct 2017 4:32 PM IST

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Google offers bug bounty to clean up mobile apps

Google will partner with HackerOne to target a list of apps and flaws such as those that allow a hacker to redirect a...

20 Oct 2017 12:27 PM IST

Pictures taken by Liu and displayed on ThePapers website showed an iPhone 8 plus split open along the side featuring the SIM card holding, with the phones internal parts visible.

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'Anemic' iPhone 8 demand drags Apple shares lower

Analysts and investors question the company's staggered release strategy for its latest phones.

20 Oct 2017 9:50 AM IST

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Facebook to launch news subscription feature, some big names opt out

Facebook mobile users can read 10 articles under a publication's paywall for free, or a selection of articles publishers...

20 Oct 2017 9:05 AM IST

There has been a trick existing for as long as the cameras existence on this planet that can take portrait photos with depth-of-field effects as good as those phones with a dual camera.

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How to take iPhone 8-like dual-cam Portrait photos with any...

It seems that you don't need dual-camera but a pair of steady hands to get a portrait photo with any phone.

19 Oct 2017 1:10 PM IST