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An announcement by China’s Ministry of Commerce that came after US's decision to ban WeChat and TikTok did not mention any specific foreign entities that could be targeted. But it said the new system would consider sanctions on entities whose activities “harm China’s national sovereignty, security, and development interests” or violate “internationally accepted economic and trade rules”. (Photo | AFP)

China moves to sanction American entities after US bans TikTok, WeChat

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Punitive measures may include fines against the foreign entity, banning it from conducting trade and investment in China.

“We don’t allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. This includes if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes, it is a violation of our policies,” a Google blog post said, on reasons for banning Paytm.

Google removes Paytm app from Play Store for allowing cricket betting ahead of IPL

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“The app was blocked for violation of Play policy — a clarification of our policy was released earlier today ahead of the IPL,” Google said

The government previously said that using and downloading WeChat to communicate won’t be a banned transaction, although messaging on the app “could be directly or indirectly impaired” by the ban, and people who use it for messaging won’t be subject to penalties. (Photo | AP)

US bans use of WeChat, TikTok from Sunday

Facebook said will also make it clearer which parts of its Workplace internal message board is for discussing contentious political or social issues, and carefully moderate those conversations. (Representative Image)

Facebook will apply content moderation to employee message boards as well

Apple is a small player in India, where sales of its smartphones lag those of South Korean rival Samsung. The company currently sells through third-party retailers in India including Amazon, and the country is seen as a huge potential market for the firm due to its giant 1.3-billion population and relatively low number of smartphone owners. (Photo | AP)

Apple’s first online store to open in India September 23, students to get discounts

Most attacks targeting “sensitive sectors such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals” were carried out by hackers from China and Russia, often from state organisations, but also by criminal organisations and universities who trade in hacked data, security sources said. (Representative Image | Pixabay - Michal Jarmoluk)

Chinese hackers stole COVID-19 vaccine research from Spanish labs, says report

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikTok’s global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he won’t allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump not yet convinced about Oracle-TikTok deal, also admits US won’t get a cut

Google Glass launched seven years ago faced privacy hurdles, so Facebook is testing Aria prototypes with just 100 people, who will record in Facebook offices, their homes, and public spaces, but not in stores or restaurants without written consent. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - AGCO-Fendt)

Facebook to launch smart glasses with Ray-Ban next year

Deputy Attorney General Jeffery A. Rosen talks about charges and arrests related to computer intrusion campaign tied to Chinese government the group called "APT 41" at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on September 16, 2020. - The US Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against five Chinese nationals and two Malaysians who ran global hacking operations for at least six years to steal identities and video game technology, plant ransomware, and spy on Hong Kong activists. (AFP)

US on the lookout for 5 Chinese superhackers who attacked Indian government websites

A group known as the WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China sued to stop the ban in federal court in California. The suit says the ban violates its US users’ freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.(Photo | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 - Siphiwe Sibeko)

WeChat ‘ban’ won’t criminalise app use, but it could impair messaging, says US

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The 2020 QLED 8K lineup accounts for the evolving ways in which consumers use screens today through innovative new features that integrate into modern lifestyles.

CES 2020: Samsung QLED 8K TV gets shown-off

Watch the festival of Guruparab unfold spectacularly in a series of pictures taken by two young photographers from the Delhi University Photography Club (DUPC) who travelled to Amritsar, and captured these pictures on their Samsung Galaxy S10 plus, as part of the #IndiaonGalaxy series. (Photo Credits: Ammar and Aryan Bhatia, Delhi University Photography Club)

Experience Guruparab in Amritsar with Samsung's stunning #IndiaonGalaxy series

Feast your eyes on these samples shot on the iPhone 11 Pro Max during the auspicious festival of Dussehra, showcasing the phone's varying capabilities. (Photo: Rohit Vora- @rohit_apf)

Dussehra festivities shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max

The Apple iPhone 11 series will be released in six colours: Black, White, Yellow, Green, Purple and even a Red variant, that will donate a share of its sales to charity.

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The company is also offering warranty on new Oppo phones up to Rs 2,599, as well cashback and EMI schemes till May 31.

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The quad camera of realme 6 sports a 64MP primary lens along with an 8MP ultra-wide angle, 2MP macro lens and a 2MP B&W portrait lens

Realme 6, 6 Pro launched in India, starting at Rs 12,999 and Rs 16,999

Samsung in the second quarter saw smartphone sales slip 29 percent compared with a year ago, according to research firm IDC, as the South Korean firm lost the top position to Huawei in a slumping global market, and is hoping to make big gains with today's launch of multiple devices. Featured here is the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra. (Photo | Samsung.in)

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The Madrid municipal police put out a video on twitter of the drones in action. (Representative image | Pixabay)

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Drone companies are moving away from targeting individual users and instead tailoring their products for government or commercial tasks such as inspecting pipelines, monitoring crops or police surveillance. DJI has made a push to counter the security concerns, most recently with a Wednesday announcement that it will enable an internet “kill switch” on more drones so that commercial and government users can halt data transmission on sensitive flying missions. (Representative Image | AP)

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Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of the maker of smartwatches and fitness trackers was unveiled in November and rang alarm bells among global regulators over antitrust and privacy worries. (Photo | Flickr - Timo Newton-Syms)

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The smart fan range is compatible with voice enabled devices like Alexa & Google Home and can be operated with mobile application.

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The DMA’s are D Class digital amplifiers which have a smaller footprint that can save a lot of rack space and hence real estate, air conditioning and power consumption.

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Apple is a small player in India, where sales of its smartphones lag those of South Korean rival Samsung. The company currently sells through third-party retailers in India including Amazon, and the country is seen as a huge potential market for the firm due to its giant 1.3-billion population and relatively low number of smartphone owners. (Photo | AP)

Apple’s first online store to open in India September 23, students to get discounts

Most attacks targeting “sensitive sectors such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals” were carried out by hackers from China and Russia, often from state organisations, but also by criminal organisations and universities who trade in hacked data, security sources said. (Representative Image | Pixabay - Michal Jarmoluk)

Chinese hackers stole COVID-19 vaccine research from Spanish labs, says report

Among the concerns is a fear that under the so-called News Media Bargaining Code, news businesses “will be able to somehow control their algorithms,” Australia’s fair trade regulator Rod Sims said. “We’ll engage with them and clarify that so that there’s no way that the news media businesses can interfere with the algorithms of Google or Facebook,” Sims said.

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The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikTok’s global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he won’t allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump not yet convinced about Oracle-TikTok deal, also admits US won’t get a cut

An announcement by China’s Ministry of Commerce that came after US's decision to ban WeChat and TikTok did not mention any specific foreign entities that could be targeted. But it said the new system would consider sanctions on entities whose activities “harm China’s national sovereignty, security, and development interests” or violate “internationally accepted economic and trade rules”. (Photo | AFP)

China moves to sanction American entities after US bans TikTok, WeChat

A group known as the WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China sued to stop the ban in federal court in California. The suit says the ban violates its US users’ freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.(Photo | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 - Siphiwe Sibeko)

WeChat ‘ban’ won’t criminalise app use, but it could impair messaging, says US

The government previously said that using and downloading WeChat to communicate won’t be a banned transaction, although messaging on the app “could be directly or indirectly impaired” by the ban, and people who use it for messaging won’t be subject to penalties. (Photo | AP)

US bans use of WeChat, TikTok from Sunday

“At this time, we don’t have any evidence indicating this is something other than a ‘brushing scam’ where people receive unsolicited items from a seller who then posts false customer reviews to boost sales,” the Department of Agriculture said in a statement on August 12. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - ParentingPatch)

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