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Thursday, June 20, 2019

US 'threatens' India with cap on H-1B visa

The plan to restrict the popular H-1B visa programme, under which skilled foreign workers are brought to the United States each year, comes days ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to New Delhi.

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Millions with neurological diseases could find new option in neurostimulation devices

The United States is seeing an increase in the number of neurological diseases. Stroke is ranked as the fifth leading cause of death, with Alzheimer's being ranked sixth. Another neurological disease—Parkinson's—affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. each year.

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Microsoft Edge Based on Chromium Reaches Windows 7, Windows 8 Through Canary Channel

Microsoft Edge based on Chromium project is available for download on Windows 7 and Windows 8 through the Microsoft Edge Insider site.

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Nintendo's Bowser Begins His Reign

In February, Nintendo announced the longtime president of its US division, Reggie Fils-Aimé, would be replaced by 53-year-old Doug Bowser.

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Dell, HP, Microsoft, Intel oppose proposed tariffs on laptops, tablets in US

Dell, HP and Microsoft, which together account for 52% of the notebooks and detachable tablets sold in the United States, said the proposed tariffs would increase the cost of laptops in the country.

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Facebook called before US Senate panel over digital currency project

The announcement comes one day after the social media giant unveiled plans to launch a global cryptocurrency, which immediately attracted attention from regulators across the globe.

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Slack to Make Market Debut via Direct Listing, at $26 Reference Price

Slack makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thurs

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YouTube Said to Be Under Investigation Over Allegations That It Violates Children's Privacy

US Federal Trade Commission is said to be in the late stages of an investigation into how YouTube handles children's videos.

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Government wants WhatsApp to add this feature that some users may hate: All you must know



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Google CEO's sunny new message: We want to be helpful

Sundar Pichai's note reads like a response to growing scrutiny from regulators, press and employees, and echoes a consistent theme of how Google helps people.

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Fortnite v9.30 Update Brings Chug Splash Collective Healer to Battle Royale, New Islands, LTM, and More

The Fortnite v9.30 update brings a new item called Chug Splash to help players heal their teammates, new islands, missions, and more.

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The Most Popular Kids' Video Site in the World Isn't for Kids

Children who do watch YouTube Kids tend to shift over to YouTube's main site before they hit 13, according to multiple people at YouTube familiar with the internal data.

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Microsoft's GitHub Acquires Collaboration Tool Firm Pull Panda

GitHub has acquired a US-based startup called Pull Panda that makes collaboration tools for software teams at an undisclosed amount.

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YouTube Working on Removing Harmful Content: Pichai

YouTube has recently made "significant revisions" to its hate speech policy and removed over nine million videos in the last quarter, according to Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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RBI to Review Data Storage Rules for Payment Firms: Government

RBI will look into concerns about data storage rules that have been raised by companies, a government statement said on Tuesday,

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tvOS 13 Beta 2 Brings Picture-in-Picture Mode Support: Report

Apple has quietly added Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support in the second developer beta of Apple TV's operating system tvOS 13.

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Microsoft's To-Do App Is Now Available on the Mac App Store

Microsoft has finally released its To-Do app for Mac. The free app is now available on Apple's Mac App Store.

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WhatsApp Maintains Its Stand on India's Message Traceability Call

WhatsApp on Tuesday said it has nothing fresh to add to the Indian government's demand to trace the origin of messages on its platform as it "undermined the privacy of the people".

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WhatsApp Asked for Help to Locate Missing Backpacker in Australia

Theo Hayez, who had spent eight months traveling around Australia, was reported missing on June 6 when he did not return to his hostel.

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A Teenager Didn't Come Home. An iPhone App Led Her Mother to a Ravine.

Her family immediately knew something wasn't right when Smith was late coming home and calls or texts went unanswered.

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TikTok Unveils New Account Safety Feature in India

TikTok had launched a 'Device Management' feature that would enable users in India to have complete control of their account.

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Adobe Unveils AI Tool That Can Detect Photoshopped Faces

Adobe, along with researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have trained artificial intelligence (AI) to detect facial manipulation in images edited using the Photoshop software.

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Bezos says Blue Origin will one day refuel its lunar lander with ice from the moon

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos gave more insight into his space company's lunar plans on Wednesday.

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