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WhatsApp tries to clear the confusion created due to privacy policy changes, faces huge backlash

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A few days back WhatsApp brought forward their new privacy policies for the users which they had to accept in order to continue using the application. The new changes in the privacy policy stated that the user information from WhatsApp will be used by Facebook as they are trying to make WhatsApp a new e-commerce platform for the users. The users started getting a popup in the app asking them to accept the policy changes before February 8, to continue using the app. 

Due to the very same reason, the company received a backlash from both the individual users and companies on forcing the users to accept the new privacy policies in order to use the app. Due to this, billionaires like Elon Musk also advised people to remove the WhatsApp app and start using the Signal app, which is a great alternative to it. The company has now posted a new message on Twitter, mentioning, “address some rumors and be 100% clear.” 

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As per their official statement in the FAQ section, “We want to be clear that the policy update does not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family in any way. Instead, this update includes changes related to messaging a business on WhatsApp, which is optional, and provides further transparency about how we collect and use data.“” The company claims that the new privacy policy in no way states that the company will have access to the messages in WhatsApp as they are encrypted and cannot be accessed by anyone except the users themselves. Since then the company has seen a large drop of WhatsApp users globally and is now trying to patch up the confusion related to it.

Playstation 5 coming to India on February 2

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Although the Sony Playstation 5 released in the month of November last year, the console has still not been launched in many other countries. One such market for Sony in India, where the next generation console has still not been launched. However, the company is all set to launch the console soon and they will be doing it with a classic edition console. As per the details that have been confirmed by Sony India, the console will be launching in the Indian market on February 2, 2021, and the pre-orders for the same will start on January 12. 

The company was expected to launch both the Digital and normal edition of consoles in the market, but it seems that the much expected digital edition of the PS5 will not be launched initially. It is not the only thing that will not be launched in India initially, but the sales of the first-party headset, HD camera, and the charging station for dual sense controller has also been delayed in India. 

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The company will be launching only the classic edition of the console, which comes with a disk drive and would cost around Rs 49,990, while the digital edition was priced at Rs 39,990. The console will be available on offline stores and online e-commerce stores at the same time. Although the expectations were high on the sales of the digital edition, it seems that the Indian consumers will have to wait for it. Sony has not confirmed when it will be available, but it seems that they wanted to lift off the sales with the classic edition first.

Honor to bring MagicBook Pro laptop and Honor Band 6 to global market

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Sajin Vargheese
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Honor has finally added two new products to its global offering which are the Honor Band 6 and Honor MagicBook Pro. Ever since the company has parted ways from Huawei, it has been now permitted to use US technology and offer the products to the global market with supported hardware and software. It is why, the Honor band 6, which was introduced in November last year will not be launched in the global market as well. The band comes with a 1.47-inch AMOLED screen and has a 2.5D curved glass.

The Honor Band 6 comes with features like SpO2, Heart rate, Sleep, Stress, Female Cycle Tracker, and ten different workout modes with the option of six workouts being detected automatically. The band has been priced at just $35 for the global market and the only missing feature would be the NFC. On the other end, the Honor Magicbook Pro will also be launched in the global market and is powered using an AMD Ryzen 4600H CPU. Apart from this, the company also gives an option for an Intel Core i5-10210U processor and GeForce MX350 GPU.

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The laptop has a big 16.2-inch screen along with 16GB of RAM and 5212GB of storage. In terms of battery, it has a 56 Wh capacity and comes with a 65W fast charger as well. The laptop has been priced at $1000, however, the prices might differ by a little margin depending on the market you buy it from. The laptop offers excellent performance and value for money specs.

HP launches a wide range of product from laptops, tablets, and TWS earbuds in CES 2021

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Ramana Rishi
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CES 2021 has started and HP has recently made the launch of four brand new products in the event, which are the HP Envy 14, HP Elite Dragonfly Max Laptops, HP Elite Folio Tablet, and HP Elite Wireless Earbuds. The HP Envy 14 is a 14-inch laptop that is powered by the 11th Generation Intel Core i5-1135G7 SoC and can integrate up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q graphics. It is powered by 16GB of DDR4 RAM and 256GB of SSD storage, The laptop also comes with dual array digital microphones, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5, and 4 cell 63.3 Li-ion polymer battery, giving up to 16.5 hours of battery life. 

The laptop runs on Windows 10 and has been priced at $999. Similarly, the company has also launched a wide range of their HP Elite Dragonfly Max Laptops which will be made available for the consumers in January, Match, and April, depending on the variants. The laptops will be powered using the latest 11th generation Tiger Lake processors and will offer power-packed performance. The company has also launched the HP Elite Folio tablet PC, which will work as a notebook PC for the users and is powered using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G compute platform and supports Wi-Fi 6 and optional 5G connectivity. 

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The main features of the tablets are 24.5 hours of local video playback and have a 76-degree field of view webcam, dual-microphone array, and high-definition speakers with audio by Bang & Olufsen. Lastly, the HP Elite Wireless Earbuds comes with a USB-C type charging case and supports Bluetooth V5. The TWS can offer 120 minutes of playback in one charge and supports active noise cancellation. Apart from this, the company has not revealed any other details for the same.

Mi 11 Lite coming to Indian market, spotted on BIS certification website

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Sriram
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After launching the Mi 11 smartphone in the Chinese market on December 28, which was the first smartphone with the Snapdragon 888 chipset, the company is all set to launch the Mi 11 lite version in the Indian market. Mi 11 has been one of the best Android smartphones since its launch in the market and was able to score the highest numbers in the benchmark test. The same is the expectation with Mi 11 lite, which is expected to outperform all the other smartphones in its category. 

The phone has recently been spotted on the BIS certification website and the details given by tipster Mukul Sharma reveals the model number of the phone to be M2101K9AI. The phone details were tipped earlier this month by a Vietnamese YouTuber and the phone was also spotted on the FCC certification website. The expected leaks from the FCC website show that the phone comes with a 4,150 mAh battery and a 6GB/128GB configuration. 

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The phone will have dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.1, including the 33W fast charging feature. The phone will be running on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G and will not support 5G. However, the company could release a 5G variant of the phone as well. The phone is also tipped to have an LCD display and a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone is expected to launch in the Indian market at a price tag of somewhere between Rs 23,000-Rs 25,000. More details are expected to leak about the phone before the launch is announced.

OnePlus Band launched in India at just Rs 2,499

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Alex Infant
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OnePlus fitness band has finally been launched in India and it is the first wearable device from the company till now. The new fitness band is all set to rival the likes of Mi band 5 and others. The band comes with an AMOLED display and also supports touch controls. The main feature of the fitness band is the support for blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate monitoring. The band has been specially created for people who are more into fitness and the band can be paired with the OnePlus Health app for people to track the details of their workout, heart rate, and other details. 

As known, the fitness band comes with 13 different workout modes and many other tracking features. The band has been launched on OnePlus.in, OnePlus Store app, Amazon, Flipkart, OnePlus exclusive offline stores, and partner outlets from January 13. The band has been fairly priced at Rs 2,499 which is the same price tag for other fitness bands in the category. The only color option you will have while purchasing is the black color. However, there are other color options for bands in Navy and Tangerine Gray colors at Rs. 399 each, which will be sold as a separate accessory. 

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The fitness band also comes with IP68 certification and a 5ATM water-resistant rating. The band is also made to notify the users of any kind of irregular heartbeat when detected. The band will support devices with Android 6.0 to the least and will bring support for the app in iOS devices in the future. The band will also support features like real-time message notifications, incoming call alerts, call rejection, music playback controls, and a remote camera shutter button. It has been fueled by a 100 mAh battery which can deliver up to 14 days of running time.

A new and bizarre issue has been reported in the Playstation 5 dual sense controller

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Shanmugam
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Out of the most bizarre and unique issues that users have faced while using their Playstation console and controller, the one that has come into the light currently is on the top of the list. As per the new issues a new problem is said to be emerging in the controller for Playstation 5 while you are wearing a watch. Some of the PlayStation 5 users have made complaints that while using the Dual Sense controller, they have found the device is somewhat magnetized. 

The issues have been specifically mentioned by people who were wearing a mechanical watch. The information has been mentioned on Reddit where a user name “Higuchi” gave the details about the reported issue. The post mentions that the Dual Sense controller might not harm your mechanical watch, the handheld device absolutely gives off a magnetic charge. The same issue was also confirmed by multiple PS5 users as well and confirmed that the issue is true. 

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One of the Playstation users also confirmed that while comparing the DualSense to the DualShock 4, he found that the former has a much stronger charge than the latter. It does look that the charge from the controller is not as strong that it can create any damage, therefore, it will not affect your watch in any way. The issue is although very fascinating for the users and that the controller emits a small electromagnetic field is very surprising. It seems that features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are the reason for the same.

New images leaked for upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3

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Sajin Vargheese
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The Samsung event for the Galaxy S21 series is about to unveil on January 14 and before it does, new images and leaks have been discovered for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. The phone is expected to be one of the biggest launches from Samsung this year and now we have a few images of the phone that show that it has borrowed some of its elements from the Samsung S21 series. The flip-foldable phone from Samsung was posted on Mecco, which is a Korean forum and the user Stellist provided us with images of what looks like the final smartphone design. 

The phone has taken a lot of design elements from the S21 series. The new images for the phone show that the camera unit is exactly the same as in the Galaxy S21 series and also has the same identically shaped bump and overflowing edges. The phone has a combination of two colors which is purple and bronze which would likely be called “Phantom Violet“. The phone has a triple camera setup, which would most probably include the 108MP camera sensor and an ultrawide and telephoto lens. It should be the same camera setup as one could expect on the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus. 

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The front screen comes with a punch-hole selfie camera and bezels are less visible than the previous generation. Apart from this phone, it has been rumored that Samsung is looking to launch four different foldable phones this year and it might also come with a cheaper version of the Galaxy Z fold known as the Galaxy Fold FE.

Google Play Store removes Parler app, popular among Trump supporters, amid the US Capitol violence

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Ever since the attack in the US by Trump supporters, companies and people have been trying to break their engagement with anything related to Donald Trump. In the same trend, Google has recently removed the app called Parler, which is a social media app popular among the Trump supporters on Google Play Store. As per the official statement from Google, “They require social media apps to have content moderation policies that remove posts that incite violence, and that posts on Parler were encouraging further violence after the U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week.” 

The app removal was a direct consequence of violence at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters on Wednesday that left five people dead. Google has recently renewed the calls for social media and technology companies to closely moderate the platform and check for any calls that incite violence. In the same way, Twitter has also banned the Official Twitter account of Donald Trump forever as the recent tweets from the account were known to incite violence. 

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Many screenshots have also become viral and have been posted on News channels where they post on the app Parlor shows references to firing squads and calls to bring weapons to the presidential inauguration later this month. Google has also confirmed that they have already warned the app about the contents earlier this year as well. As per Parler CEO John Matze, the app does not have censorship and people can say anything they want to openly. The app is still accessible through the web from where it can be downloaded. It is also suspected that even Apple is planning to remove the app from its platform.

Elon Musk criticizes WhatsApp on their privacy policies and asks people to use Signal instead

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Ever since WhatsApp has brought in their new privacy policies and has kept a condition for the users to either accept them or stop using WhatsApp, many individuals and companies have been criticizing their move. In the list of people criticizing them, Elon Musk has also given his opinion on the same. The billionaire went over to Facebook on Thursday and slammed Facebook on their latest privacy policy update. Musk even went ahead and suggested people use the messaging app Signal instead. 

The tweet by Elon Musk gained a lot of views and was further re-tweeted by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Shortly after the tweet, Singal went on to receive a huge number of new users on their platform. This is not the first time that Musk has publicly criticized Facebook on the same privacy issues. He has already removed both his personal and company Facebook page in the past as well for both Tesla and SpaceX. 

Where WhatsApp has been sharing the user data with Facebook ever since the acquisition, the new privacy policy further expands the ways the sharing of data will be done. On the other hand, the messaging app Signal is known for not sharing the data and trying to keep the user data protected to their best level. No matter what, WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has created a stir among the users where they have not been given a choice to share the data and instead have been simply asked to accept them or stop using the service.

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