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Artificial intelligence is believed will become an indispensable part of our lives in the future. Companies likeGoogle,Microsoft, Facebook and Apple are already investing heavily in AI to build their future products. And now,Facebook, in addition to all its existing products based on AI, has come up with an AI engine which uses the platform’s massive repository of photos with people blinking. Facebook’s new AI can replace closed eyes with open ones....

Sony is offeringPlayStation 4gamers pretty substantive discounts on some of the most popular games right now, and what better way to celebrate E3 than getting these fan favourites at a bargain. Here are three PlayStation 4 games on sale that you should check out right now. God of War The game was launched to great reviews from the media and fans alike, and is the third highest-rated PS4 game on Metacritic....

Google hasannouncedthat it will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce giant, JD.com, as part of the company’s efforts to expand its presence in China, even as its bread-and-butter search services remain blocked in the country. The strategic partnership between the two companies will see the US tech giant buy $550 million worth of shares in the Chinese e-commerce firm. As part of the deal, Google is believed to get 27.1 million Class A ordinary shares in JD, giving it a less-than-one-percent stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant, which has a market-cap of around $60 billion based on its NASDAQ share price....

Googleis popularly known for testing out new features on its mobile applications.Google Maps, specifically, is one of the apps that undergo a lot of changes. Now, along the same lines, Google has removed the ability to book anUberride from inside Google Maps. In case you’ve never used it before, Google Maps had an option that let users look up the route in Maps and call an Uber or Ola ride from within the app....

After originally unveiling it at the CES trade show in Las Vegas earlier this year, Denmark-based wireless audio specialist, Jabra, has now launched its Elite 45e wireless earphones in India. While the device was launched at an MSRP of $100 (around Rs. 6,800) in the US, the company has set an asking price of Rs. 7,499 for it in India. The company will hold a launch event on June 21 for the new earphones, and possibly other products....

LG may be working on anAndroid Onesmartphone, according to evidence suggested by the kernel code of another unreleased mid-range handset called the LG Stylo 4 that is expected to launch this week on T-Mobile’s prepaid subsidiary, MetroPCS. Meanwhile, the device in question, referred to by its codename ‘cv5a’ in the image below, is said to be theLG Q7that is expected to land on US carrier T-Mobile later this year.Image Courtesy: deadman 96365 via XDA...

Througha poston its official forums, OnePlus has announced that it has started rolling out a new update to the global model of theOnePlus 6. The incoming software (OxygenOS 5.1.8) is a relatively minor update, and doesn’t bring any new features. According to the official changelog, the latest update optimizes the call quality, fixes system stability issues, improves network connectivity, and fixes a number of bugs. For users in India, though, the incoming update also brings a few other changes that were rolled out globally as part of last week’s OxygenOS 5....

Paytm is already a leading digital payments platform of India that offers you access to all banking services, flight or bus ticket bookings, recharges, bill payments and more. But, the platform is now gunning to become a one-stop shop for everything. Paytm hasannounced todaythat users will have access to live TV, news, cricket updates as well as entertainment videos via Paytm Inbox. Yes, you’re reading it right. Everyone’strusty digital payments wallet is soon going to be cluttered by a host of content or gamesthrough the existing ‘Paytm Inbox’ section....

Sony has announced the launch of a new in-car AV receiver in India. The new device comes with model number XAV-AX5000, and offers enhanced smartphone integration, smarter navigation, and full integration withAndroid Auto and Apple CarPlay. The XAV-AX5000 has been launched at a price of Rs. 24,990, and is already available at car accessories shops and car showrooms across India with immediate effect. The AX5000 has bit the ‘bezel-less’ bug that is seemingly not restricted to the smartphone world anymore....

We are all in search for phone-life balance. Google and Apple are adding native Android and iOSdigital well-beingtools, and Instagram is also working onUsage Insightsso Insta addicts know just when to take a break. Not only can Usage Insights show you how much time you spend scrolling through the feed, but it also can be used to cut down on this time. The new settings have yet again been discovered byJane Manchun Wonginside the Instagram’s Android APK, just like the first showing of Usage Insights....

It isn’t immediately clear if the company will allow businesses the option to sell their products directly from within the app itself, but even if that doesn’t happen, the online catalogue feature will certainly enable them to better showcase their products to their customers, seeing as all the product info will apparently be visible within the standard app. While businesses as well as customers are expected to benefit from the new feature, it remains to be seen how WhatsApp will monetize it going forward....

WhatsAppis one of the preeminent instant messaging services in the world, and isused by millions of people everydaynot just for text messages, but to share images, videos, and documents. The service also offers voice and video-calling services, which are also used extensively by many users, much to the chagrin of telecom operators around the world. The company has alsostarted offering UPI-based mobile payment services in Indiarecently. However all that is changing in the coming days, with the company officially announcing thatit will stop supportinga number of older platforms either fully or partly....

Besides the multitude of game announcements,Microsofthad also outlined a couple of Xbox console feature updates at itsE3 Press Conferenceearlier this month. The biggest of these was FastStart for Game pass titles which essentially utilizes AI to determine which game files need to be downloaded first to get someone jump into a game quickly. Well, the good news is, the feature is already available in beta for Preview members. Besides the Preview members, the update (version 1806....