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A number of influential US politicians have written to Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, wanting answers about the recent controversy regarding the company’s smart speakers, Echo, which last month, was alleged to havesurreptitiously recorded a private conversationand sent it to a person in the owner’s contact list. Amazon later confirmed the report, but denied that it had spied on its users. Speaking to the media, an Amazon spokesperson claimed that the incident was an error of judgement on the part of the company’s voice-based digital assistant,Alexa, which mistakenly interpreted parts of the background conversation as commands....

Well, it goes without saying but this is the most obvious app to add to that World Cup folder on your homescreen. Keep track of every FIFA World Cup match and update. This app asks you to select your favorite team andputs you at the heart of the football action with minute-by-minute updates (live blog) and notifications You will be able to check out live scores, see exclusive videos of key moments, and learn more about the team you support among other things....

Marking the 25th anniversary of its OptiPlex series of PCs, Dell hasintroduced new OptiPlex all-in-one desktops in India. Equipped with eighth-gen Intel chipsets, these all-in-one desktops are designed with business productivity in mind and touted by Dell as the “world’s most secure and manageable commercial PCs.” To begin with,Dellhas introduced two new PCs in this form factor. TheDell OptiPlex7610 AIO features a27-inch glare-free 4K displaywhich comes with HDR and support for High-Gamut sRGB....

As reported by Russia-based cyber security company Kaspersky Lab in anofficial blog post,over 20% of Wi-Fi hotspots in World Cup host cities have cybersecurity issues.The company states that 7,176 of approximately 32,000 public Wi-Fi networks in these cities do not use traffic encryption. This makes them potentially unsafe for use by football fans visiting the cities, as those with the know-how can snoop on their online activity. As for the actual figures,the cities with the highest percentage of unreliable WiFi networks are Saint Petersburg (37%), Kaliningrad (35%), and Rostov (32%)....

To avoid another huge disaster like its widespread Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook is now taking precautionary measures and hastoday announcednew requirements for its ‘Custom Audiences’ ad targetting feature for businesses. These new requirementswill go into effect from July 2nd and is aimed at offering the users transparencyover what all data businesses are using to target them. The social media giant is also trying to make the process more accountable for businesses....

Announced as part of theCrisis Response featureat its F8 developer conference, Facebook has today launched the ‘Blood Donation Hub’ in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. This new central hub will enable the users to donate blood at nearby camps or help clinics, hospitals, and blood banks to find donors. Facebook hasunveiled the Blood Donation hub today to coincide with World Blood Donor Day. It has kicked off the program with 3 countries, where blood donation is quite common on the platform and over 11 million people have signed up for the service to date....

Nintendo has announced thatFortnighthas been downloaded more than two million times on theNintendo Switchwithin just 24 hours of its launch on the platform. The Japanese video gaming giant hadlaunched the cult battle royale gameon its latest gaming console just yesterday at the ongoing ElectronicEntertainment Expo(E3) in Los Angeles. The game is also available on all other major platforms, including PS4, Xbox One, Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. In aninterview with Polygonyesterday, Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Aimé, said that the sheer volume of downloads in such a short span of time is because of its inherent portability and the ability to sync across multiple platforms –except PS4– to unlock in-game items and progress...

The recent post states thatthe total kitty will be split between many events at different levels of competition around the globe.Fortnite World Cup play will focus on Solos and Duos, but there’ll be plenty of opportunities to squad-up in competition too. Epic Games will be supporting community organized events, online events, andmajor organized competitions all over the world, where anyone can compete and win. This isn’t an interview! Why am I being asked to tell you about myself?...

ThePixelbookmay be gaining market-share in the US education sector with more schools joining theChrome OSrevolution, but the lack of access to popular programs and applications is hindering the chances of the device being adopted more widely by mainstream consumers, who’drather use Windows and macOS. Google seems to have got the message loud and clear, becauseXDA Developershas now seemingly unearthed definitive evidence that suggests the tech giant is actively working on getting its Chrome OS laptop certified as a Windows 10-compatible device by Microsoft....

Google recently announced that Chrome OS devices will soon get support for Linux apps starting with the company’s own Pixelbook, after which Chromebooks from other manufacturers will also get the same treatment.Samsung’s Chromebook Pluswas the first device from another manufacturer to get support for Linux apps, and now,HP’s Chromebook X2has joined the league. Launched back in April, the HP Chromebook X2 now holds the distinction of being thefirst detachable Chrome OS device to get official support for running Linux apps, however, one must switch to the Chrome Canary developer channel to activate the feature....

Millions try to book railway tickets every day but the procedure is not as smooth as one would expect with so many active users. But the Indian Railways is slowly trying to modernize its services and with a new UTS app that allows users to book unreserved tickets, things could get a lot easier for many daily commuters. Developed by the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS), the new app will save commuters the hassle of queuing up for purchasing paper-based tickets and railway pass by making the ticket bookings on their smartphone using the UTS app, which is now available on Android and Windows....

TheGreyKey toolis known to use an undisclosed technique to override the default device encryption.Ever since this handy tool came into existence, the FBI hasn’t bugged Apple to help them break into an iPhone. They’ve been merrily collecting evidence by breaking through the encryption, but not for very long. Apple is planning to regain control over the security of its devices andwill be rolling out a new ‘USB Restricted Mode’ in iOS 12that’ll make an iPhone useless and the GreyKey tool worthless,as reported by Reuters....

After several new products in the ThinkPad series a few months ago, Lenovo has nowintroduced a new mobile workstation – ThinkPad P22. The P22 comes with the latestIntel Coffee Lakeprocessors, a powerful GPU, and support for VR. The ThinkPad P22 is a compelling choice for those who want to perform multiple demanding tasks all at once. It comes with hexacore CPUs with optionsup to 8th-Gen Intel Xeonprocessors. Those buying this workstation can opt to add up to 128GB of RAM and up to 6TB of storage....