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YouTube Kids adds new features for more parental control

In a bid to give parents more control, YouTube Kids on Thursday announced three new features around the content available in the app. The new features include Collections' that will allow parents to choose only the channel collection and subjects they want their kids to view. The Parent Approved Content' feature empowers parents to handpick

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12:22 PM
Apr 26, 2018

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Facebook's profits surge in Q1, monthly active users grow to 2.2 billion

Embroiled in a massive data breach controversy, Facebook has beaten Wall Street's estimates by raking in $11.97 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2018. The social media giant reported $4.98 billion in profit -- up from $4.26 billion in the last quarter. "Despite facing important challenges, our community continues to grow. More than

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10:42 AM
Apr 26, 2018

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Hackers break into Nintendo's Switch to run pirated games

Hackers have broken into Japanese video gaming giant Nintendo's Switch, allowing them to run pirated games and custom homebrew apps on the gaming console. According to Eurogamer, two similar unpatchable exploits have been released by hackers following a complete dump of the gaming console's boot ROM. The exploits are in Nvidia's "Tegra X1" chip (that

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10:35 AM
Apr 26, 2018

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Global AI business value to hit $1.2 trillion in 2018: Gartner

Driven by customer experience, new revenue and cost reduction, global business value derived from Artificial Intelligence (AI) is projected to hit $1.2 trillion in 2018 -- an increase of 70 per cent from 2017, a Gartner forecast said on Wednesday. AI-derived business value is forecast to reach $3.9 trillion in 2022. "AI promises to be

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10:33 AM
Apr 26, 2018

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Xiaomi promises to give back to users if net profit margin exceeds 5 percent

Xiaomi Chairman, CEO and Founder Lei Jun on Wednesday announced that the company will forever limit the net profit margin after tax for the entire hardware sales -- including smartphones, Internet of Things (IoT) and lifestyle products -- to a maximum of 5 per cent. Jun promised its users that the company's hardware business will

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08:31 AM
Apr 26, 2018

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Over 1 million children in the US victim of identity fraud: Report

More than one million children in the US fell victim to identity fraud in 2017, an American advisory firm has said in a report. Javelin Strategy & Research, a research-based advisory firm that offers consulting business, said on Tuesday that about 39 per cent of children became victims of fraud, compared with 19 per cent

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08:38 PM
Apr 25, 2018

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Samsung launches SSD lineup for gamers in India

Global semiconductor leader Samsung Electronics on Wednesday introduced Samsung 970 PRO and EVO -- the third generation industry-leading consumer solid state drive (SSD) line-up -- in the Indian market. The new generation of SSDs is built for the community of gamers, videographers and VFX designers. The 970 EVO will come in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and

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07:01 PM
Apr 25, 2018

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Xiaomi will limit profit margin to 5%, promises to give back to users if it exceeds

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06:01 PM
Apr 25, 2018

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Reliance Jio sold close to 40 million JioPhones since launch: Report

Highlighting the fact that JioPhone is already a meaningful contributor Reliance Jio's growth, a recent survey estimates that total JioPhones sold so far could be close to around 40 million. A survey by Credit Suisse on the Indian Telecom Sector said as suggested by recent media reports, JioPhone had 36 per cent share of the

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05:07 PM
Apr 25, 2018

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Researchers build portable smartphone lab for faster detection of infections

Researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that could lead to faster, accurate and lower-cost results for fast-moving viral and bacterial epidemics, especially in rural or lower-resource areas. The device, which works nearly as well as clinical laboratories, could detect 12 common viral and bacterial infectious diseases, such as mumps, measles, herpes,

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03:44 PM
Apr 25, 2018

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