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Microsoft to launch Cortana for Android and iOS devicesMicrosoft’s ‘Einstein’ team working towards launching a new version of its “personal assistant” Cortana in Windows 10 which will also be available as standalone app in iOS and Android smartphones and tablets Microsoft’s research team called “Einstein” is working towards launching a new and advanced version of the Cortana which will available in desktops as well as smartphones powered by Windows 10 by this autumn....

While Windows 10X – a special Windows 10 version – is made for dual-screen and foldable devices, Twitter user and developer @imbushuo thinks otherwise, as he has managed to get Windows 10X running on the unsupported machine such as Apple’s MacBook. — Sunshine Biscuit at scale (@imbushuo) February 13, 2020 As seen in the video above, Windows 10X seems to be working smoothly on the MacBook without any noticeable glitch....

The year 2020 has been one of the most difficult times for businesses as the pandemic disrupted customer behaviors and dramatically diminished purchasing power. Standing out has become a must for businesses to survive the tighter competition with more businesses going online because of public activity restrictions. It might sound logical to think that customers are desperate to buy the things they need from online stores because brick and mortar ones have been forced to close temporarily....

The Nokia 3310 has more or less kept the shape of the original Nokia model but given it the features you need in 2017. The new Nokia 3310 features a 2.4 inch touchscreen QVGA resolution display, which is polarised and curved for better sunlight legibility and comes with a resolution of 240 pixels by 320 pixels. The dimensions of the phone are 115.6 x 51 x 12.8 mm, which makes it much sleeker than the original phone, which measured 113 mm x 48 mm x 22 mm....

Musk mentioned the design when he was questioned whether the company would ever look to develop an aquatic car. “It’s funny you should mention that. We do actually have a design for a submarine car, like the one from ‘The Spy Who Loved Me‘ – the Lotus turns into a sub,” he said. Musk was referencing the 1977 James Bond film starring Roger Moore in which the 1976 Lotus Esprit turned into an amphibious car and was driven on land and underwater....

The unexpected shutdown marks the end of an era that started at the turn of the decade. The beginning of the end came with a DDoS attack on the website around 10 days ago. The downtime raised concern among many BitTorrent users, not least because the site belongs to movie release group YIFY, which has dominated public BitTorrent sites for several years. Torrent Freak, citing inside sources says that YTS and YIFY will never return....

The hacker then sent an email to the press informing that they have been successful in stealing about 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO servers. On Monday, the top cable service company in US and many parts of the world confirmed the hack, although it is not saying yet what information, or how much, has been taken. HBO in a statement issued just minutes ago said, “HBO recently experienced a cyber incident, which resulted in the compromise of proprietary information....

Nissan’s official Twitter account in Mexico was hacked on Friday by an unidentified person who changed the handle’s name to “hacking for love.” English translation : “Hi Twitter, sorry Nissan but I had to hack you for love.” English translation : “Hacking Nissan is the most romantic thing I have done in my life.” The unknown hacker targeted Nissan’s Twitter account because the girl he fell in love with has a Nissan car....

“Both comparisons between users and nonusers and between low users and high users suggest that social media use is predictive of lower mortality. Happily, for almost all Facebook users, what we found is balanced use and a lower risk of mortality,” said James Fowler, Professor at the University of California-San Diego. “The association between longevity and social networks was identified in 1979 and has been replicated hundreds of times since....

It has been seen that whenever Facebook suffers downtime, Users post there queries and response over downtime on other social networking websites. The most interesting fact related to Facebook going down is that most of the time Facebook starts trending on twitter soon after minutes of its downtime. However this time the outage was not long enough for Facebook to trend over twitter. but still you will be able to see interesting/funny tweets from many users....

“Facebook is in the bottom in terms of trust in housing your personal data,” said Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema. “Facebook’s crises continue rolling in the news cycle.” The poll was carried out by Harris Poll on behalf of Fortune in mid-October that surveyed over 2,000 U.S. adults. This obvious lack of trust is bad news for Facebook, which is mainly due to factors such as leadership, ethics, trust, and image....

Group Effects are new AR (augmented reality) experiences that can augment everyone on a video call at the same time, enabling a more fun and immersive way to connect with friends and family. “We’re excited to see how creators, like Ross Wakefield who designed the “Blow the Dandelion” effect, expand their creativity with Group Effects, while also helping you deepen connections with friends and family in real-time,” Facebook wrote in a blog post....

The Hamburg Data Protection Authority said that the social network could not force users to replace pseudonyms with real names, nor could it ask to see official identification, which has ruled that the site’s “real name” policy violates the right to privacy. The ruling came after the Facebook account of a woman in Hamburg was blocked when she objected to demands for ID authentication and a requirement to alter her user name....

The users who tried to block Zuckerberg would receive the message: “Block error. Sorry, you have a problem blocking the Mark Zuckerberg. Please try again later.” At that time, a Facebook spokesperson had revealed, “The error isn’t specific to any one account. It’s generated when a person has been blocked a certain large number of times. In very rare instances, a viral campaign will develop instructing lots of people to all wrongly block the same person....

Partially in its defence, a platform which is just shy of 1.4 billion users is bound to attract a lot of attention in whatever it does. For the major part, Facebook is mostly reticent, abides with the laws where it operates and carries on about its business. However, a little over a week ago, a Belgian privacy study implied that Facebook’s practices was not keeping the company abreast with the current data and privacy regulations in Europe....

The Like button was already available in Android and iOS Facebook Messenger but was missing from PC chat. Instead the users had to use (y) or use a bigger sticker to denote that they are ok/alright with the message posted by their friends and acquaintances. Facebook’s iOS and Android apps had rolled out the option in messages to reply with a one-tap thumbs-up Like button sticker in 2013 and it has been two years since the same came to PCs....

In an interview with The Financial Times on Monday, Facebook’s chief AI scientist said the company is developing a new class of semiconductor that will have different working style in comparison to most of the present designs. The idea is to develop semiconductors that can better train deep learning algorithms. The chips also will be able to offer faster computing that Facebook needs in order to reach new AI inventions including digital assistants with common sense....

For those unaware, in June this year, Facebook had announced its own digital money (cryptocurrency) called ‘Libra’ with an aim to make sending money immediate, free and secure for billions of its users using its apps and social network. The Libra Association, the group working to launch Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency was founded with 28 members including Facebook and 27 other partners, such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Coinbase, and venture capital firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures....

Facebook’s 31-year-old CEO explained how Facebook aims to reach the planet’s 7 billion people — half of whom do not have Internet access. He also took direct aim at those who would limit free trade and immigration. “We are one global community,” he said. “Whether we are welcoming a refugee fleeing war or an immigrant seeking opportunity, coming together to fight a global disease like Ebola or to address climate change....