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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Microsoft, once considered a stodgy software maker, has outperformed tech unicorns since 2015

Microsoft shares have gained 133% since November 2015, outperforming a tech "basket of unicorns" over that stretch.

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Snapchat Reportedly Working on Letting Users Add Music to Posts

Competing with the likes of Instagram, photo-messaging app Snapchat is planning to let users add music to their posts on the platform.

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How to group video chat on between iPhones and Android phones

Google Duo now supports up to 8 people in a video chat. That's not as many as FaceTime, but it works on Android and iPhone.

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The moon revealed as an object of endless fascination and desire

A rich book by Oliver Morton delves into science, poetry, art and sci-fi to create a dazzling paean to the past, present and future of the moon

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OnePlus 7 Pro vs Apple iPhone XR: The battle of affordable flagship smartphone cameras



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Apple iPhones, iPads and MacBooks that are now officially outdated



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Google Duplex Reservation Calls Handled By Humans in 1 Out of 4 Times: Report

Google Duplex makes a human answer a call instead of an AI bot.

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LG ThinQ AI TV Range Starts Getting Amazon Alexa Support, India Rollout to Begin in Coming Weeks

The Amazon Alexa support roll out will begin in North America from this month, followed by Europe and Asia in the coming weeks.

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Fortnite v9.10 Update Brings Hot Spots to Maps, Adds Downtown Drop Limited Time Mode, and More

The Fortnite v9.10 update has arrived and it brings Hot Spots to the maps, alongside a new limited time mode called Downtown Drop among other changes.

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Voice Assistants' Default Female Voice Raises Sexism Concerns Over 'Hardwired Subservience': UN

UN recommends tech companies stop making digital assistants female by default.

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Apple Sends Out WWDC 2019 Keynote Invites: Here’s What You Can Expect

Apple has sent out press invites for its WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote, which will take place on June 3 at 10am local time (10:30pm IST) at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

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Amazon Shareholders Reject Facial Recognition, Climate Change Proposals

Amazon said Wednesday that shareholders at an annual meeting in Seattle voted against proposals related to two major social issues: climate change and facial recognition technology.

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WhatsApp Spotted Adding Option to Post Status Updates as Facebook Stories, QR Code to Share Contact Info

WhatsApp beta version 2.19.151 for Android is found to have the option to share status updates on Facebook and generate QR codes.

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Google Search Gets a New Look on Mobile Devices

Google has rolled out a new look for the search results page on mobile devices that puts the branding of websites front and centre.

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Tencent, Riot Games Said to Be Developing Mobile Version of League of Legends

Tencent Holdings is working with its US unit Riot Games to develop a mobile version of League of Legends.

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Apple's Webkit Browser Engine to Get New Privacy Feature for Ad Tracking

Apple said Webkit will launch a new technology to track advertising clicks and whether they lead to a product purchase while preserving the privacy of users.

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Election Results 2019: Top 5 Ways To Check Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results Online

The Lok Sabha election result 2019 will be declared today. Here are 5 ways to get the fastest election result updates today.

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Election Results 2019: How to Check Election Result Online via Google, App, Website

Election Results 2019 will be declared today. Check Lok Sabha election results on NDTV website, Android, iOS app and official social media channels for live updates of vote counting.

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Election 2019: Get Quickest Live Updates of Election Results

How to get the quickest live updates of election results for the Indian general elections of 2019 that will be announced later today, deciding who will constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

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Election Result 2019: How to Watch Results Live on Hotstar, Jio, SonyLiv, Zee5, and Voot App

Here’s a complete guide on how to watch the Election Results 2019 on OTT platforms like Hotstar, SonyLiv, Jio, and Voot.

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Google Lens With Revamped UI, New Food and Dining Related Features Starts Rolling Out

Google Lens has reportedly started receiving a new update, which brings a revamped UI and allows users to access more food and dining related tools.

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WhatsApp Ads to Launch in Status Section Next Year, Business to Get Richer Message Formats: Report

WhatsApp ads will be served through the Status feature on both Android and iPhone devices.

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TikTok Owner Said to Challenge Spotify, Apple With Music Service

ByteDance, owner of the popular video app TikTok, is said to be developing a paid music service that will challenge industry leaders Spotify and Apple Music in emerging markets.

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Adobe Premier Rush Cross-Device Video Editing App Now Available on Android

Adobe Premier Rush is now available on Android, after having been launched on Windows, Mac, and iOS last year.

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Ola Reacts to Foodpanda Delivery Shutdown Report, Says New Approach Being Employed

Ola spokesperson says the company is "committed to the mission of building a superior food experience for millions of our customers."

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Tor Browser Arrives as Stable Release for Android via Google Play Store, No Hopes for iOS Version

Tor Browser has been released as a stable version on the Google Play Store. The browser helps keep users' web browsing activities private.

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Election Results 2019: Google, Prasar Bharti Partner to Live Stream Results on YouTube

Prasar Bharati and Google have joined hands for the election results day on May 23.

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Huawei Said to Have Been Building Google Play Store Replacement, Plans Imperiled by Ban

Huawei Technologies made a pitch to app makers last year: Build software for a new Huawei app store outside China, and we’ll help you inside the world’s most populous nation.

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Google Duo Group Video Calling Limit Increased to 8 People

Google Duo group video calling feature was launched last month with the option to add up to four people at once.

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Nepal Bans Alipay, WeChat Pay

Nepal's central bank has banned popular Chinese digital wallets Alipay and WeChat, an official said Tuesday.

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Instagram IGTV Redesign Is Inspired by TikTok and Snapchat

Instagram has quietly rolled out a new design for IGTV within its main app and the standalone IGTV app. The design seems inspired by the app's biggest rivals, TikTok and Snapchat.

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A family of comets reopens the debate about the origin of Earth's water

Researchers have found that one family of comets, the hyperactive comets, contains water similar to terrestrial water.

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A family of comets reopens the debate about the origin of Earth's water

Researchers have found that one family of comets, the hyperactive comets, contains water similar to terrestrial water.

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Plumbene, graphene's latest cousin, realized on the 'nano water cube'

Researchers have created 'plumbene,' a 2D-honeycomb sheet of lead atoms. As a surprising by-product, the research group also observed a nanoscale palladium-lead Weaire-Phelan-like bubble structure in the palladium substrate -- like the 'Water Cube' of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

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Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century

Researchers have forecast a worldwide move towards smaller birds and mammals over the next 100 years.

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Simple test can tell if you're stressed out

Researchers have developed a new test that can easily and simply measure common stress hormones using sweat, blood, urine or saliva. Eventually, they hope to turn their ideas into a simple device that patients can use at home to monitor their health.

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Uber's first employee, Ryan Graves, is leaving the board

Graves was once Uber's CEO. Now he is departing from the company's board following the long-awaited initial public offering.

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Rare iron oxide could be combined with 2-D materials for electronic, spintronic devices

Rice University researchers have simplified the synthesis of a unique, nearly two-dimensional form of iron oxide with strong magnetic properties that is easy to stack atop other 2-D materials.

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Adding a carbon atom transforms 2-D semiconducting material

A technique that introduces carbon-hydrogen molecules into a single atomic layer of the semiconducting material tungsten disulfide dramatically changes the electronic properties of the material, according to Penn State researchers at Penn State who say they can create new types of components for energy-efficient photoelectric devices and electronic circuits with this material.

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Better together: human and robot co-workers

More and more processes are being automated. Self-driving delivery vehicles are finding their way into many areas. However, an interdisciplinary research team has observed that cooperation between humans and machines can work much better than just human or just robot teams alone.

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Finding the cause of capacity loss in a metal-oxide battery material

Scientists studying a lithium-ion battery with an iron-oxide electrode as it charged and discharged over 100 cycles found that the loss is due to a buildup of lithium oxide and decomposition of the medium through which lithium ions flow.

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Apple bought a start-up that was working on monitoring asthma in children

Apple bought Tueo Health, which was developing tech to help parents monitor asthma symptoms in children, using a mobile app and commercial breathing sensors.

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Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft

Researchers have developed a novel solution to help reduce impact forces -- for potential applications in spacecraft, cars and beyond.

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Xiaomi dismisses head of Africa arm for violating Chinese decency law

According to an internal letter dated May 23 and widely circulated online, the company dismissed vice president Wang Lingming for violating Article 44 of China's public safety law.

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MIT researchers develop system to give driverless cars human-like reasoning

With an aim to incorporate human-like reasoning into autonomous vehicles, researchers at MIT have developed a system that uses simple maps and visual data to enable driverless cars to navigate routes in new, complex environments.

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Virtual reality may help identify early symptoms of Alzheimer's: Study

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK noted that brain contains a mental 'satnav' of where we are, where we have been, and how to find our way around.

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Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft

Researchers have developed a novel solution to help reduce impact forces -- for potential applications in spacecraft, cars and beyond.

from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2QlHXEc
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Adding a carbon atom transforms 2D semiconducting material

A technique that introduces carbon-hydrogen molecules into a single atomic layer of the semiconducting material tungsten disulfide dramatically changes the electronic properties of the material, according to researchers who say they can create new types of components for energy-efficient photoelectric devices and electronic circuits with this material.

from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2HAcMCh
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'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly

Control engineers and AI experts team up to make drones that fly more smoothly close to the ground.

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Meteor magnets in outer space: Finding elusive giant planets

A team has discovered two Jupiter-sized planets about 150 light years away from Earth that could reveal whether life is likely on the smaller planets in other planetary systems.

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