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Virtual assistants are everywhere, and one of the most popular offshoots of the AI trend that’s sweeping the tech world. With so many AI assistants around, there is always a debate about which is the smartest? And like afew of these tests in the past, Google Assistant seems to be the answer in the latest one conducted by Loup Ventures. In theAnnual Digital Assistant IQ Testconducted by Loup Ventures, the Google Assistant reigned supreme over Siri, Alexa, and Cortana on mobile....

The final Android P beta update (Android P Beta 4 / Developer Preview 5) is now available for supported devices such as Google’s Pixel lineup and other OEMs part of the Beta program. Android P Beta 4 is thelast preview milestonebefore the stable Android P update begins rolling out in the upcoming months. The term‘final system behavior’suggests that the latest beta is close to the official stable version of Android P....

Google’sMaterial Design 2.0brings forth some interesting new changes, and in line with the new guidelines that were announced at its I/O developer conference earlier this year, the company has gone a redesign spree, and has been steadily rolling out revamped and redesigned versions of many of its products, including Gmail, Chrome, and Google Drive on the web. Interestingly, we recentlygot a sneak peekat the upcoming all-white Material Theme design that could eventually find its way to the Android versions of Gmail, Photos and Maps....

The physical manifestation of U2F lets users access different services without the need of entering a password received on a linked device. The standard currently has support for Chrome, Firefox and Opera, with more services expected to jump the U2F bandwagon soon.Image Courtesy: CNET Google claims that the Titan Security Key provides a huge convenience when it comes to signing in to secure sites, as users no longer have to rely on receiving a code on another registered device such as a smartphone, and can verify their identity by just plugging in the USB key and pressing a key....

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government has issued notice to WhatsApp as social media companies are accountable for the misuse of their platforms. The government issued notice to WhatsApp as rumours in the social media application preceded mostincidences of violence, Prasad said in the Rajya Sabha while participating in a discussion on the misuse of social media. In response, WhatsApp has placed alimit to forwarding of messagesto five and identified all forwarded messages as such, he said....

We all know that iOS is a fairly restrictive operating system and we cannot make a lot of system level changes. That’s why things like locking apps with your biometric data or hiding individual apps from being seen are somethings users cannot really do. However, many people don’t realize that if you dig into its Settings, you can find some amazing hidden features that iOS has on offer. One such feature is the ability to hide apps, and while you cannot hide apps individually, you can employ a blanket statement which will hide certain kinds of apps....

The ability to record calls on your Android device is a feature which only a few smartphone manufacturers include by default. Since call recording is illegal in many countries, it deters manufacturers from including this service by default. While I can understand why these laws exist, I cannot deny the fact that call recording is a very handy feature to have. I personally record all my work calls just to make sure that I never forget what was discussed....

Huawei devices can no longer download the popularVLC for Androidmedia player app from the Play Store, all thanks to Huawei’s EMUI ROM which kills the app while running in the background. After multiple reports from annoyed Huawei users about the aggressive RAM management and subsequent killing of apps, including VLC the developer has finally taken a harsh action. While Huawei calls it a battery saving measure, the management is known to be excessively aggressive....

Huawei has today launched the Nova 3 and the Nova 3i smartphones in India, both of which feature a four cameras in all – two on the front as well as the rear. The Huawei Nova 3 (6GB + 128GB version) has been priced at Rs 34,999 and will go on sale starting August 23 exclusively on Amazon. The Nova 3i (4GB + 128GB variant), on the other hand, carries a price tag of Rs....

Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3imade an entry into Indiawith a prospect that the company has mastered over the past few years. The two smartphones come with Huawei’s home-baked Kirin chipsets and use the company’s expertise in AI to make photography more convenient. Both the Huawei Nova 3 and 3i feature not only dual cameras at the back but also challenge many industry norms by bringing dual cameras in the front – that too without costing a lot....

Huawei has ambitious plans to take the market by a storm and with no intentions to stop, it has been aggressively launching smartphones in all segments. Today, Huawei launched theHuawei Nova 3i and Nova 3, with the former being priced at Rs. 20,999. The Huawei Nova 3i comes with Huawei’snewly announced chipset Kirin 710which packs in a neural processing unit, bring the goodness of AI to the mid-range segment. Just like its more powerful sibling –Nova 3, the Nova 3i also gets dual cameras on both the front and the back....

An app to fight fake medicine has helped a team of Indian students from Bengaluru win a special award at the annual Microsoft Imagine Cup world championship held at the tech giant’s headquarters in Redmond, US. The awards announced on Wednesday saw “Team DrugSafe” from R. V. College of Engineering here win the award under Big Data category. Microsoft Imagine Cup is a technology competition where students from around the globe team up to solve some of the world’s biggest problems....

IOT represents an opportunity of up to $12 billion and industrial IOT is expected to consume the higher majority of share when compared to the consumer IOT, said the joint report by The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Deloitte, released on the sidelines of the “IoT for Smart India” summit here. “India is well positioned to leverage the power of IoT to create massive growth opportunities in the country....