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After multiple delays, the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has now finally officially unveiled UPI 2.0 at an event in Mumbai today. Asexpected, UPI 2.0 bringsa huge list of new features, such as overdraft account linking, invoice in the inbox (within a UPI-enabled payments app) and one-time mandate among others. It also sets the stage for the next-gen features such asstanding instructionsand more. There are also a ton of other changes in tow, so let us jump in and take a look at what’s new with this update:...

The update brings theAugust Android security patchto the Mi A2. The patch was released for the Pixel handsets earlier this month, but there’s no clarification about the exact vulnerabilities it fixes. The update alsoenables 60fps video recording at 1080p. The device could shoot 1080p videos only at 30fps before the update.Image courtesy GSMArena As with all software updates, this one is being rolled out in batches, and should be available universally in the coming days....

The ethnic violence in Myanmar is horrific and it was “too slow” to prevent the spread of misinformation and hate speech on its platform, Facebook acknowledged on Thursday. The admission came after a Reuters investigation on Wednesday revealed thatFacebook has struggled to address hate postsabout the minority Rohingya, the social media giant said the rate at which bad content is reported in Burmese, whether it’shate speechor misinformation, is low. “This is due to challenges with our reporting tools, technical issues with font display and a lack of familiarity with our policies....

Android Pie has finally been served and I’m sure you are waiting for the update with bated breath, if your smartphone already runs on Android Oreo –Sorry, Samsung fans. Many companies have been dishing out promotional information about the availability of Android Pie for their smartphones which has helped up compile a brand-wise list. This is also the first time thatGoogle opened up beta testing for smartphonesother than the Pixel or Nexus devices, which makes us feel positive that Android P should have a much wider reach than Android Oreo....

One of the most advanced yet user-friendly keyboards out there is the CooTek TouchPal Keyboard. The keyboard comes with plenty of features, that puts it way ahead of any other keyboard in the market. Now, with the latest update, the developer has also added AI capabilities to the keyboard, namely the AI Assistant “Talia”. But is this new Talia Assistant really that good? Let’s find out as we review theTouchPal Keyboard:...

The budget or the mid-range market might be dominated by Xiaomi, with plenty of its offerings competing amongst themselves. However, new offerings from Huawei have certainly been able to give it a decent competition. The companyrecently unveiled the Huawei Nova 3i, which is the little brother of its flagship Nova 3. Priced atRs. 20,990, the Huawei Nova 3i boasts to be the company’s first device to feature the Kirin 710 processor and comes with quad cameras backed by AI....

Researchers from a Nasdaq-listed Israeli security company have warned of vulnerabilities likely to be exploited by hackers on all-in-one printers with fax functionality. The security experts from Check Point Software Technologies, which has a main office in the California, said there are serious security flaws in all-in-one printers connected to the internal home or corporate networks through their Ethernet, WiFi or Bluetooth interfaces. They are also connected to a PSTN phone line to support their in-built fax features....

Though Amazon’sFreedom Day salehas just recently come and gone, the e-commerce giant has again discounted the prices of its Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers in India. Amazon India has slashed the price of its Echo speakers as part of the Independence Day celebrations, just days after the smart speakers were discounted in the massive sale. It’s clear that Amazon is looking to tackle the growing sales of arch-nemesisGoogle Home. The company has discounted the price of all of its Echo smart speakers, except for Echo Plus (the tallest one of the bunch and priced atRs 14,999)....

However, it appears that the feature has hit some snag because Apple has delayed the release of Group FaceTime and it won’t arrive with iOS 12 as was originally scheduled. Renowned iOS developer, Guilherme Rambo, recently spotted that Apple has removed Group FaceTime from the iOS 12 Beta 7 build which was released yesterday. The notes released by Apple for developers alongside the latest iOS 12 beta build states that‘Group FaceTime has been removed from the initial release of iOS 12 and will ship in a future software update later this fall....

BlackBerryKEY2, despite the iconic touch-and-type design which has become synonymous with the company’s persona, failed to impress a lot of users because of the mid-range specs at the price of a flagship. To remedy this, the company has long been expected to launch a cheaper variant of the KEY2 and it appears that we’ll be able to see the day soon. Based on the information which is currently available, the KEY2 LE is likely to houserelatively lighter specifications inside the same chassis....

However, this is not a global broadcast deal, as Facebook has only won the rights to air the La Liga matches in a few countries in the Indian subcontinent, which include India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. “We are really happy to be on a free to air service in such an important territory as the Indian sub-continent. One of our goals for the last two years has been to offer content to the widest audience possible, so partnering with free platforms like Facebook, which has 270 million users in India, is key to us”, La Liga’s Head of Digital Strategy, Alfredo Bermejo was quoted as saying byReuters....

Face unlock is easily one of the most requested features ever since Apple’s Face ID arrived on the scene. However, implementation without dedicated hardware like Apple, means facial recognition can easily be bypassed with just a photo of the person. Android’s Trusted Face system has been prone to such failures in the past, but it now seems that Google is working on another facial recognition technique, integrated with Google Assistant. It remains to be seen whether this will be used to unlock the phone....

According to the reveal, they will be available as part of a card-based system, allowing players to apply them for perks, with each card coming with its own cost that’s measured in terms of points. Interestingly, cards won’t be part of the micro-transactions, so users won’t have to be spend real money to get their hands on them. Bethesda is also devising interesting ways to make players behave themselves and not kill their fellow gamers within the PvP environment....