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Google's taken to its Pixel Phone gathering to uncover another refresh for the Pixel arrangement - the post doesn't really indicate whether it's for the Pixel 2 arrangement or the main gen Pixels, suggesting it might well be for all Pixel handsets. The refresh, which ought to be unobtrusively taking off to your Pixel telephone now, is proposed to make battery life gauges on the handset more precise, and accordingly considerably more helpful. A Google item director stated, "Already, your telephone would appraise your battery misfortune with straightforward presumptions. On the off chance that you've utilized around 10% every hour in the course of recent hours, we would figure you will continue utilizing 10% every hour." "As you may expect, this wasn't generally exceptionally precise," she included. "To settle this, we manufactured an on-gadget show that assesses how you utilize your telephone's battery after some time. Your teleph...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his organization is focused on making Nigeria a fare center point for Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment in Africa. The President said ICT is key in driving profitability and proficiency in all divisions of the economy and his organization is presently utilizing on this to expand efficiency. He said this amid the beginning of the 2017 e-Nigeria Conference sorted out by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), at the International Conference Center, in Abuja. Buhari said Nigeria as the most crowded nation in Africa can accomplish the motivation behind making occupations for young people, and upgrade the nature of privately created framework in the nation by outfitting ICT. "As the most crowded nation in Africa, there are immense open doors for ICT producing in Nigeria. This, when outfit, will give openings for work to our overflowing adolescents, upgrade the nature of privately created framew...

The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation cautioned in a report dispersed through email late on Friday that the atomic, vitality, flying, water and basic assembling businesses have been focused alongside government elements in assaults going back to at any rate May. The offices cautioned that programmers had prevailing with regards to trading off some focused on systems, however did not distinguish particular casualties or portray any instances of treachery. The goal of the aggressors is to trade off hierarchical systems with vindictive messages and corrupted sites to acquire certifications for getting to PC systems of their objectives, the report said. U.S. experts have been checking the movement for quite a long time, which they at first nitty gritty in a secret June report initially announced by Reuters. That record, which was secretly conveyed to firms in danger of assaults, depicted a smaller arrangement of movement concentrating on the atomic, ...

Tesla was established in 2003 by a gathering of architects who needed to demonstrate that individuals didn't have to bargain to drive electric – that electric vehicles can be better, speedier and more enjoyable to drive than oil autos. Today, Tesla manufactures every single electric vehicle as well as endlessly versatile clean vitality age and capacity items. Tesla trusts the quicker the world quits depending on non-renewable energy sources and moves towards a zero-emanation future, the better. Propelled in 2008, the Roadster revealed Tesla's front line battery innovation and electric powertrain. From that point, Tesla outlined the world's first since forever premium all-electric car starting from the earliest stage – Model S – which has turned into the best auto in its class in each classification. Consolidating wellbeing, execution, and proficiency, Model S has reset the world's desires for the auto of the 21st century with the longest scope of any electric vehicle...

Intel's quantum figuring endeavors have yielded another 17-qubit chip, which the organization has quite recently conveyed to its accomplice in that field, QuTech in the Netherlands. It's not a noteworthy progress in the genuine processing force or applications — those are still in early days — yet it's a stage toward generation frameworks that can be requested and conveyed to spec instead of exploratory ones that live in a material science lab some place. Intel's festival of this specific chip is somewhat subjective; 17 isn't some enchantment number in the quantum world, nor does this chip do any unique traps other quantum PC frameworks can't. Intel is quite recently cheerful that its history and verifiable ability in outlining and manufacturing chips and structures is paying off in another period of registering. I visited with Intel's executive of quantum equipment, Jim Clarke, about the new framework. The test chip itself (the gold ports aren't si...

A year in the wake of obtaining Virgin Mega, Nike is uncovering a portion of the early aftereffects of its tests with enlarged reality and group building. Virgin Mega was a startup sponsored by Richard Branson's Virgin Group that concentrated on fan groups and shopping. Ron Faris, who drove the startup, disclosed to me that Nike gained Virgin Mega keeping in mind the end goal to investigate those same thoughts. From that point forward, the group has transformed into an "advanced studio" called s23NYC. Faris said regardless it has a "startup culture," with a little group of 24 startup veterans working out of the old Converse workplaces on 23rd Street in New York City. s23NYC has assumed control over Nike's SNKRS application, which offers insider access to and content around the most recent tennis shoes. Faris said he regards SNKRS as "our computerized piranha tank." "This resembles our lab," he said. "We drop something in the pira...

 LG G flex    LG G flex isn't an adaptable cell phone as the name decipher, rather it's the world's first cell phone with a bended show. In spite of the fact that, it didn't end up being as progressive as the organization might've expected, yet really is one of the novel cell phones. Other than a bended show, it has a self-mending back board (recuperates itself from scratches). As of late propelled LG G flex 2 is stacked with snapdragon 810 that makes it a standout amongst the most intense cell phone at this moment.  Xiaomi Mi Mix     Xiaomi Mi Mix is finished astonishment from a Chinese mammoth. While they're prominent for replicating outline from different organizations, and even MIUI i s by all accounts to a great extent enlivened from IOS. However, this telephone is obviously inventive. Xiaomi Mi Mix is completely bezelless with 91% screen to body proportion. 6.4 inch goliath show is shocking, however telephone rather is...

  Apple’s iPhone loses China market share The world’s largest mobile phone market China, has not been easy for Apple, which is grappling with a lawsuit from a local firm over the iPad name and issues at its suppliers’ factories over wages and working conditions. With the number of mobile subscribers set to top 1 billion in China this year, there is cut-throat competition among South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Nokia, Apple and local firms Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp. Apple regained its top spot as the world’s largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter and for last year as a whole, it slipped to 5th place in China, overtaken by ZTE. Apple’s China smartphone market share slid to 7.5 percent from 10.4 percent in July-September. In the last quarter, Samsung knocked Nokia off the top slot, taking 24.3 percent of the market, more than three times Apple’s share, data from research firm Gartner showed. Nokia’s market share more than halved ...

Samsung shifts to new TV technology with LCD spin off South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co, the world’s biggest maker of televisions, is shifting its focus towards new generation OLED display technology, and said it will spin off its loss-making LCD flat-screen business into an affiliate. The outlook for liquid crystal display TVs has dimmed as shoppers in developed markets have traded in their bulky cathode-ray tube TVs for flat screens, and competition has intensified from low-cost Chinese manufacturers. Annual global sales of LCD TVs will contract by 8 percent to $92 billion by 2015, flat panel industry research company DisplaySearch has forecast, while the OLED display market could top $20 billion by 2018, accounting for 16 percent of the total display industry, up from a current 4 percent. Japans’ Sony Corp agreed to exit its LCD joint venture with Samsung in December, while Sharp Corp said it would halve LCD output for January-March at a plant in western Ja...

Facebook To Give Russian Ads To U.S. Congress   Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday Russia-linked ads on the huge social network aimed at inflaming tensions around last year’s US presidential election will be given to Congress. News of the decision came with word that Facebook is cracking down on efforts to use the leading social network to meddle with elections in the US or elsewhere. “It is a new challenge for internet communities to have to deal with nation states attempting to subvert elections,” Zuckerberg said in a live video presentation streamed on his Facebook page. “But, we are committed to rising to the occasion.” Zuckerberg announced a series of steps that would help prevent the manipulation of the social network including more transparency on political ads appearing on Facebook. The huge social network enables any advertiser, including political operatives, to target specific groups of Facebook users based on demographics, hobbi...

Google To Buy Part Of Taiwan Smartphone Maker HTC For $1.1bn   Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said on Thursday it would sell part of its smartphone business to Google for $1.1 billion as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. Google will take on half of HTC’s research staff — about 2,000 people — many of whom have already been working on the Silicon Valley firm’s Pixel handset, as well as intellectual property (IP) licensing. HTC said in a statement the deal is expected to be completed early next year, pending regulatory approval. “For Google, this agreement further reinforces its commitment to smartphones and overall investment in its emerging hardware business,” HTC spokesman Peter Shen told a press conference in Taipei. “In addition to the talented and experienced team of professionals, Google will continue to have access to HTC’s IP to support the Pixel smartphone family. This agreement also represents a significan...

Apple Introduces iOS 11, HomePod Speakers   Apple on Monday introduced the HomePod speaker to compete with Amazon.com’s Alexa assistant and Echo devices for users who prefer voice-operated systems for shopping, planning and other tasks. Apple will begin shipping the HomePod to the United States, Britain and Australia in December. Apple introduced iOS 11, the next version of the software that powers the iPhone and iPad, and rolled out new tools for developers to create augmented reality applications for the devices. And taking direct aim at services like those provided by PayPal Holdings, Apple also debuted peer-to-peer payments for Apple Pay in which users will be able to send money through the Messages app on iPhones. That money can immediately be used in retail stores that take Apple Pay or can be moved to a bank account.

Twitter Suspends 935,897 Accounts For Promoting Terrorism Twitter on Tuesday touted victories in the battle against tweets promoting extremist violence, saying it has been vanquishing those kinds of accounts before governments even ask. Twitter highlighted this in its latest transparency report, noting that between the start of August in 2015 and June 30 of this year it has suspended 935,897 accounts for “promotion of terrorism.” Internal monitoring was credited with identifying the bulk of accounts shuttered for these reasons, with less than one percent of the suspensions in the first half of this year resulting from government requests. Twitter removed 299,649 accounts during the first half of this year for such activity, according to the report. The figure represented a drop from the prior six months, and three-quarters of the accounts were suspended before firing off a single tweet, according to Twitter. The San Francisco-based one-to-many messaging service has ...

Apple Unveils Two New iPhone 8 Models Apple on Monday unveiled two new iPhone 8 models, with a new glass-body design and other improvements on the iconic smartphone. Apple chief executive Tim Cook told a media event that the new handsets, the iPhone 8 and larger iPhone 8 Plus, represent “a huge step forward” for the California tech giant, which is marking the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller said the new devices were the first smartphones “really created for augmented reality,” with improved power and graphics. The unveiling event was the first at Apple’s new “spaceship” campus in Cupertino , California. Apple also unveiled an updated smartwatch and an upgraded streaming video system for 4K high-definition television.

Facebook Revamps Policy After Report On Anti-Semitic Targeting   Facebook said it was revising its advertising policies to prevent “discriminatory” targeting after a news report showed marketers could aim messages at categories of people such as “Jew haters.” The world’s biggest social network announced the change after the nonprofit investigative news site Pro Publica on Thursday revealed how advertisers could target messages to demographic categories including anti-Semitic segments. Facebook product manager Rob Leathern said Friday that the company had changed its ad targeting policy after learning about the report, saying these messages represented “hate speech” prohibited by Facebook. “Our community standards strictly prohibit attacking people based on their protected characteristics, including religion, and we prohibit advertisers from discriminating against people based on religion and other attributes,” Leathern said in a statement to AFP. “However, the...

Snapchat Blocks Al Jazeera In Saudi Arabia   Snapchat has blocked Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera from its app in Saudi Arabia at the request of Saudi authorities, the image sharing service said Monday, as tensions simmer between the Gulf states. Saudi authorities have accused Al Jazeera of acting as a mouthpiece for extremist groups, a charge it denies. Alongside the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain, Saudi Arabia imposed a blockade on Qatar in June, in the worst diplomatic crisis to roil the Gulf in years. “We make an effort to comply with local laws in the countries where we operate,” said a spokesman for parent company Snap Inc. Al Jazeera condemned the blocking as an assault on freedom of expression. “We find Snapchat’s action to be alarming and worrying,” the broadcaster’s acting director general Mostefa Souag said in a statement. “This sends a message that regimes and countries can silence any voice or platform they don’t agree with by exerting pressu...

Social Media And Democracy: Optimism Fades As Fears Rise Just a few years ago, Facebook and Twitter were hailed as tools for democracy activists, enabling movements like the Arab Spring to flourish. Today, the tables have turned as fears grow over how social media may have been manipulated to disrupt the US election, and over how authoritarian governments are using the networks to clamp down on dissent. The latest revelations from Facebook and Twitter, which acknowledged that Russian-backed entities used their network to spread disinformation and sow political discord, have heightened concerns about the impact of social networks on democracy. “Both services are ripe for abuse and manipulation by all sorts of problematic people, including hostile intelligence services,” says Andrew Weisburd, a non-resident fellow with the Alliance for Securing Democracy. The Alliance, a project created this year to counter what it claims are efforts by Russia undermine democracy and ...

Google Reveals Plans To Boost Struggling News Organisations Google announced new steps to help struggling news organizations Monday — including an end to a longstanding “first click free” policy to generate fresh revenues for publishers hurt by the shift from print to digital. The moves come amid mounting criticism that online platforms are siphoning off the majority of revenues as more readers turn to digital platforms for news. “I truly believe that Google and news publishers actually share a common cause,” said Google Vice President Philipp Schindler. “Our users truly value high-quality journalism.” Google announced a series of measures, the most significant of which would be to replace the decade-old policy of requiring news organizations to provide one article discovered in a news search without subscribing — a standard known as “first click free.” This will be replaced by a “flexible sampling” model that will allow publishers to re...

Facebook Beefing Up Team To Thwart Election Manipulation   Facebook on Monday said it will hire more than 1,000 people to thwart deceptive ads crafted to knock elections off course. The announcement came as the leading social network turned over to Congress some 3,000 Russia-linked ads that appeared to use hot-button issues to turn people against one another ahead of last year’s US election. “Today we are delivering those ads to congressional investigators,” Facebook vice president of global policy Joel Kaplan said in an online post. “Many appear to amplify racial and social divisions.” The ads appeared to be linked to a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency and violated Facebook policies because they came from inauthentic accounts, according to Kaplan. “Aggressive steps” by Facebook will include hiring more than 1,000 people to bolster its global ads review teams in the coming year, Kaplan said. Facebook also planned to ramp up investment ...

New Google Earbuds Offer Real-Time Translation Feature   Google on Wednesday introduced new Pixel earbuds that the company says are capable of real-time translation of conversations in different languages. A demonstration given as Google unveiled a host of new products infused with its digital “Assistant” smarts got people playfully referring to Pixel Buds as an internet-Age version of alien “Babel Fish” depicted in famed science fiction work “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” In the literature, inserting a Babel Fish in an ear enabled a person to understand anything spoken in any language. Pixel Buds, synched to freshly-introduced second-generation Pixel smartphones, promised real-time translations of conversations involving any of 40 languages. A demonstration at the event included a two-way conversation with one person speaking English and the other Swedish. “That was one of the best tech demos I’ve seen in a long time,” said Current Analysis consumer...