Indian Air Force released provisional select list for the posts of Airmen (Group X & Y) 01/2020. Candidates may know their result.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
BSSC Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 1505 Urdu Anuwadak & Rajbhasha Sahayak Posts
Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) recruits 1505 Sahayak Urdu Anuwadak & Rajbhasha Sahayak Posts. Candidates with 12th Class, Any Degree, Degree/ PG (Urdu Subject) can apply online from 05-11-2019 to 30-11-2019.
Army Public School 2019 – PGT/ TGT/ PRT Exam Result Released
Army Public School released exam result for the 8000 TGT/ PGT/ PRT Posts. Candidates may download their result.
ITR Chandipur Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 116 Apprentice Posts
Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur recruits 116 Graduate & Technical Apprentice Posts. Candidates with BE/ B.Tech/ Diploma Degree can apply online from 01-11-2019 to 20-11-2019.
GRRM Will Finish The Winds of Winter Before Writing House of the Dragon
George R.R. Martin - the author behind A Song of Ice and Fire novel series, which served as the basis for Game of Thrones - has said that he might write a few episodes of the newly-confirmed... https://ift.tt/2r2sK2o
Motorola Razr 2019 Foldable Phone Leaked in Renders Ahead of Launch
Motorola Razr 2019 foldable phone is seen to sport Red and Black finishes, and looks like an ordinary flip-phone when in folded position. https://ift.tt/2JE5bmY
NPCIL Admits Malware Attack on Computer in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), a public sector undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy, however, added that the plant systems were not affected. https://ift.tt/2NxNB50
ShopClues Acquired by Singapore-Based Qoo10 in an All-Stock Deal
Qoo10 has acquired ShopClues in an all-stock deal. The merger was approved by board of directors and major shareholders of both companies. https://ift.tt/2N4rCnv
No Information on India Purchasing Israeli Spyware, MHA in RTI Reply
Pegasus allegedly exploited WhatsApp's video calling system with installing the spyware via giving missed calls to snoop on 1,400 select users globally. https://ift.tt/36hEC0F
iPhone 11 Launch Timing Helped Apple's Uncertain China Rebound: Analysts
Apple managed to largely stem a fall in China revenue in the September quarter thanks to the release-timing of the iPhone 11, a cheaper variant, and a bit of good luck, but analysts said the company's... https://ift.tt/2NsKKKR
Watch the New Trailer for Netflix's The Witcher, Out in December
We now have a full-length trailer and release date - December 20 - for The Witcher, Netflix's Henry Cavill-starrer live-action series adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's book series of the same... https://ift.tt/2JGlQGr
Facebook Sued for Age, Gender Bias in Financial Services Ads in the US
Facebook was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts,... https://ift.tt/36mM2jc
Government Officials Said to Be Targeted in WhatsApp Hack Around the Globe
Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used WhatsApp to take over users' phones, according to people familiar with the... https://ift.tt/322K8AP
This tool was used to hack phones of WhatsApp users globally: All you need to know
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ETtech Top 5: WhatsApp spying expose, ShopClues finds a suitor & more
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China's three state-backed wireless carriers launch 5G in some cities, ahead of original 2020 date; China Mobile aims to bring 5G to 50+ cities by year's end (Washington Post)
China's three state-backed wireless carriers launch 5G in some cities, ahead of original 2020 date; China Mobile aims to bring 5G to 50+ cities by year's end — BEIJING — Chinese cellphone carriers will begin offering super-fast, next-generation 5G service on a commercial basis Friday …
Amazon says Alexa skill personalization, which allows developers to provide personalized experiences for different customers, is now generally available (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
Amazon says Alexa skill personalization, which allows developers to provide personalized experiences for different customers, is now generally available — Future voice skills built for Alexa might respond uniquely to your voice. That's thanks to Alexa skill personalization …
Altria writes down $4.5 billion from its investment in Juul
Facing increasing scrutiny from international and domestic regulators, the Altria Group has decided to write down its investment into the e-cigarette company JUUL by $4.5 billion.
That’s roughly one-third of the $12.8 billion that the tobacco giant had invested into JUUL a little less than one year ago.
What a difference a year has made.
JUUL, which has become synonymous with the vaping phenomenon that has swept the U.S., was once hailed as being at the forefront of a wave of companies that were making smoking obsolete and nicotine consumption safer for consumers.
The company began running into problems as its popularity increased exponentially (in part by allegedly turning to some of the same tactics big tobacco used to target underage consumers).
As the complaints began to roll in, and as JUUL was held responsible for an explosion in the use of tobacco products among underage Americans, the regulatory scrutiny also began to increase.
First the company was compelled to limit its sale of flavored tobacco products. Now it may be forced to pull all of its flavored products outright.
None of the company’s troubles have been helped by the wave of vaping related illnesses that have swept through the U.S. causing several deaths in users across multiple states.
Indeed, a new lawsuit against the company (filed two days ago) alleges that JUUL knowingly sold contaminated pods despite warnings from at least one employee.
First reported by BuzzFeed, the lawsuit was brought by Siddharth Breja, a former senior vice president of global finance at Juul from May 2018 to March 2019.
Breja alleges he was fired for complaining about the charge — a claim that a spokesperson for JUUL called “baseless”.
“[Breja] was terminated in March 2019 because he failed to demonstrate the leadership qualities needed in his role,”a spokesperson for JUUL wrote in an email. “The allegations concerning safety issues with Juul products are equally meritless, and we already investigated the underlying manufacturing issue and determined the product met all applicable specifications.”
The write down by Altria follows an announcement from JUUL that it intends to lay off around 500 people — or roughly 10% of its workforce.
Japanese instant-credit provider Paidy raises $143 million from investors including PayPal Ventures
Paidy, a Japanese financial tech startup that provides instant credit to consumers in Japan, announced today that it has raised a total of $143 million in new financing. This includes a $83 million Series C extension from investors including PayPal Ventures and debt financing of $60 million. The funding will be used to advance Paidy’s goals of signing large-scale merchants, offering new financial services and growing its user base to 11 million accounts by the end of 2020.
In addition to PayPal Ventures, investors in the Series C extension also include Soros Capital Management, JS Capital Management and Tybourne Capital Management, along with another undisclosed investor. The debt financing is from Goldman Sachs Japan, Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. Earlier this month, Paidy and Goldman Sachs Japan established a warehouse facility valued at $52 million. Paidy also established credit facility worth $8 million with the three banks.
This is the largest investment to date in the Japanese financial tech industry, according to data cited by Paidy and brings the total investment the company has raised so far to $163 million. A representative for the startup says it decided to extend its Series C instead of moving onto a D round to preserve the equity ratio for existing investors and issue the same preferred shares as its previous funding rounds.
Launched in 2014, Paidy was created because many Japanese consumers don’t use credit cards for e-commerce purchases, even though the credit card penetration rate there is relatively high. Instead, many prefer to pay cash on delivery or at convenience stores and other pickup locations. While this makes online shopping easier for consumers, it presents several challenges for sellers, because they need to cover the cost of merchandise that hasn’t been paid for yet or deal with uncompleted deliveries.
Paidy’s solution is to make it possible for people to pay for merchandise online without needing to create an account first or use their credit cards. If a seller offers Paidy as a payment method, customers can check out by entering their mobile phone numbers and email addresses, which are then authenticated with code sent through SMS or voice. Paidy covers the cost of the items and bills customers monthly. Paidy uses proprietary machine learning models to score the creditworthiness of users, and says its service can help reduce incomplete transactions (or items that buyers ultimately don’t pick up and pay for), increase conversion rates, average order values and repeat purchases.
Amazon: No more third-party sales of “Nintendo products” without approval
Enlarge / Console game cartridges at RAGE, Record Art Game Emporium, on April 4, 2017, in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images Images) (credit: Getty Images)
The war over used video game sales has been cool for the past few years, ever since PlayStation 4 and Xbox One embraced unfettered access to disc-based games. But in a Thursday attempt to control the reputation of Nintendo products being sold at Amazon, the debate may rage anew.
Today, Amazon made a stark announcement to its family of third-party product resellers: effective immediately, those sellers can no longer list "Nintendo products" for sale without receiving express approval.
The announcement did not explain whether Nintendo, Amazon, or both companies were responsible for the change. And it did not include a list of affected products or Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (ASINs).
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How Netflix is navigating strict, sometimes vague, censorship standards in countries like Turkey and India, while viewers decry the concessions to censorship (Alex Marshall/New York Times)
How Netflix is navigating strict, sometimes vague, censorship standards in countries like Turkey and India, while viewers decry the concessions to censorship — The streaming giant is having to navigate different political and moral landscapes, and calls for government oversight, as it seeks subscribers worldwide.
Credit Cards, EMI payments sparkle during Diwali sale
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Apple Tunes Out Trade War as New AirPods, Services Lift Holiday Outlook
The results mark the fourth straight quarter of year-over-year declining iPhone sales. https://ift.tt/34if69O
From Star Wars to Jack Ryan, TV Shows to Watch in November
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Apple Beats Profit Forecasts Amid Growth in Services, Wearables
Chief executive Tim Cook said Apple saw its best-ever revenue gains for the fiscal fourth quarter period. https://ift.tt/2NqwHpc
2020 5G iPhones to use Qualcomm X55 modem and 5nm chipset: Report
While most premium smartphone makers came out with 5G flagships, Apple was one of the few that held out this year. But that could change in 2020 if a new report out of Japan is to be believed. The 2020 iPhones, according to a new report, will come with 5G support by using Qualcomm's X55 5G modem.
The X55 5G modem from Qualcomm will replace the X50 modem, and based on previous report, it could be sold both as a discrete module or integrated into a Snapdragon platform. Knowing Apple, it will be designing it's own silicon for the upcoming iPhones, and borrow the 5G modem from Qualcomm.
Furthermore, the Apple A14 SoC that will house the 5G modem could be manufactured on the world's most advanced 5nm manufacturing process by TSMC. As of now, Huawei and Apple seems to be the only ones interested in 5nm manufacturing next year.
Based on previous reports, we know at least two out of three iPhones in 2020 will sport flexible OLED displays, giving rise to rumours that we may see a curved display on an iPhone for the first time. Expecting a foldable iPhone might be a bit too much. Technically, Apple has used curved OLED panels since the iPhone X, which is how it could achieve a minimal bottom chin since the display at the bottom end folds into itself. This solution shoots up the cost of production and except for Apple and a few other OEMs, most still prefer the extra bezel at the bottom.
5G phones are expected to become more popular as analysts expects over 206 million 5G phones to be manufactured worldwide in 2020. If Apple do indeed joins the 5G race, it could end up with a big chunk of the market in countries that will see 5G networks go live next year.
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An in-depth look at ES&S, which controls around 50% of the US voting machine market and retained its position over the years despite several mishaps (Jessica Huseman/ProPublica)
An in-depth look at ES&S, which controls around 50% of the US voting machine market and retained its position over the years despite several mishaps — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories …
TNUSRB Admit Card 2019 – Constable, Fireman & Jail Warder CV Call Letter Download
Tami Nadu Uniformed Service Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) has released admit card for the post Constable, Fireman & Jail Warder.
Facebook sales grow as users tick up; Zuckerberg defends political ads
Facebook has faced rising hostility from both users and lawmakers over its handling of user data and its inability to ensure the integrity of its popular news feeds. https://ift.tt/2prV5yD https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Digital payments battle leads to $1 billion loss for top firms in FY19
Paytm, PhonePe and Amazon Pay saw a 167% increase in collective loss for the year ended March 2019 https://ift.tt/2Nvk4sM https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Twitter to ban political ads in apparent swipe at Facebook
Social media companies, including Twitter rival Facebook face growing pressure to stop carrying ads that spread false information that could steer elections. https://ift.tt/2Wv0rp6 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tim Cook suggests iPhone upgrade plans are akin to the idea of a "prime subscription", says Apple sees it as a major growth area (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Tim Cook suggests iPhone upgrade plans are akin to the idea of a “prime subscription”, says Apple sees it as a major growth area — - Some investors want Apple to sell its iPhone on a subscription basis to shift more of Apple's revenue from transactional sales to recurring revenue.
Apple overcomes iPhone slump with strong Q4 numbers
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Samsung posts Q3 operating profit of $6.6B, down 56% YoY, on revenue of $53B, while the revenue from its mobile division grew 17.4% YoY to ~$25.2B (Steven Musil/CNET)
Samsung posts Q3 operating profit of $6.6B, down 56% YoY, on revenue of $53B, while the revenue from its mobile division grew 17.4% YoY to ~$25.2B — Declining demand for chips hurts the electronics giant's bottom line. — Samsung was hit hard in its third quarter by the slowdown in tech.
Dorsey's political ad ban is a worthy dare to all social networks, which have become hostage to abuse and manipulation with their growth-at-all-costs mentality (Kara Swisher/New York Times)
Dorsey's political ad ban is a worthy dare to all social networks, which have become hostage to abuse and manipulation with their growth-at-all-costs mentality — Twitter will no longer allow political advertising, a move that places Twitter and Jack Dorsey in stark contrast to Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg.
Twitter's India arm profit doubles in FY19
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Swiggy says it is working with restaurants to resolve issues
The key contentions with the food delivery service Swiggy has been on deep discounting and private labels. https://ift.tt/2NsBFS5 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
MakeMyTrip, HDFC Bank fight over money gone down with Jet Airways
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Indians downloaded 5 billion apps between July and September 2018
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Tim Cook says Apple Pay transactions more than doubled YoY to 3B+ transactions in Q4, exceeding PayPal's volume and growing 4x faster (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Tim Cook says Apple Pay transactions more than doubled YoY to 3B+ transactions in Q4, exceeding PayPal's volume and growing 4x faster — Apple Pay has been growing at a brisk pace recently, and Tim Cook is making a point to emphasize that fact. During Apple's Q4 2019 earnings call today …
ByteDance starts clocking in profit in India
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Hyundai & Kia's $300M investment in Ola gets CCI nod
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Deadspin writers quit after being ordered to stick to sports
Writers Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, Tom Ley, Lauren Theisen, Patrick Redford, Albert Burneko and Chris Thompson all tweeted today that they have resigned from Deadspin, the sports-focused site owned by G/O Media.
A quick refresher: G/O Media was formerly known as Gizmodo Media Group, and before that as Gawker Media. It took on its current name and current leadership earlier this year when Univision sold the unit to private equity firm Great Hill Partners, who appointed former Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller as its new chief executive.
Since then, the relationship between G/O Media leadership and the editorial staff has been rocky, as you would have learned by reading Deadspin itself, particularly an in-depth story by Wagner in August about how employees were unhappy with “a lack of communication regarding company goals, seeming disregard for promoting diversity within the top ranks of the company, and by repeated and egregious interference with editorial procedures.”
A few weeks later, Deadspin’s editor in chief Megan Greenwell resigned, saying that G/O Media’s new editorial director Paul Maidment was directing the staff to stick to sports coverage — a decision that she argued wasn’t dictated by traffic, since “posts on The Concourse, Deadspin’s vertical dedicated to politics and culture and other topics that are not sports, outperform posts on the main site by slightly more than two to one.”
Apparently Maidment repeated that edict in a memo earlier this week, which was leaked to The Daily Beast, and in which he said, “Deadspin will write only about sports and that which is relevant to sports in some way.”
The Deadspin homepage was subsequently filled with non-sports content, and editor Barry Petchesky tweeted that he had been “fired from Deadspin for not sticking to sports.”
At the same time, Deadspin also posted a story criticizing auto-playing ads on the site, declaring, “We, the writers, editors, and video producers of Deadspin, are as upset with the current state of our site’s user experience as you are.” The post is no longer live, but the criticism reportedly prompted advertiser Farmers Insurance to pull the campaign.
This all appears to have prompted a mass exodus from Deadspin today. The Gizmodo Media Group union also issued this statement:
Today, a number of our colleagues at Deadspin resigned from their positions. From the outset, CEO Jim Spanfeller has worked to undermine a successful site by curtailing its most well-read coverage because it makes him personally uncomfortable. This is not what journalism looks like and it is not what editorial independence looks like.
“Stick to sports” is and always has been a thinly veiled euphemism for “don’t speak truth to power.” In addition to being bad business, Spanfeller’s actions are morally reprehensible. The GMG Union stands with our current and former Deadspin colleagues and condemns Jim Spanfeller in the strongest possible terms.
We’ve reached out to G/O Media for comment and will update if we hear back.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Vivo S5 Teaser Released, Confirms Imminent Arrival
Vivo has teased the arrival of the Vivo S5 via a video, confirming the name of the upcoming Vivo 'S' series phone. https://ift.tt/2BQst4P
MakeMyTrip and Oyo Under Investigation by Competition Commission of India
A complaint by Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India alleges agreements between Oyo and MakeMyTrip were restricting market access to hotel chains such as Fab Hotels and Treebo. https://ift.tt/2BWCyNq
All You Need to Know About BEE Star Labels Before Your Next Purchase
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A look at Sen. Josh Hawley's war against Big Tech, which could portend the GOP's future approach to Silicon Valley as he draws bipartisan support on some issues (Emily Stewart/Vox)
A look at Sen. Josh Hawley's war against Big Tech, which could portend the GOP's future approach to Silicon Valley as he draws bipartisan support on some issues — Facebook's biggest problem in Washington might not be Elizabeth Warren. — Tech has become one of the major issues of political debate heading into 2020.
WhatsApp sues Israel's NSO for allegedly helping spies hack phones around the world
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Samsung's Next Foldable Phone May Look Like This
Samsung has unveiled a new design for a smartphone that folds into a square, racing ahead in folding devices after it launched its first model in September. https://ift.tt/34enJlG
Boeing CEO Accused of Telling 'Half-Truths' in 737 Max Hearing
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg faced intense grilling by US lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday over what the company knew about its MCAS stall-prevention system linked to two deadly crashes. https://ift.tt/2BSTy7l
Game of Thrones Prequel Series, With Naomi Watts, Is Dead at HBO: Reports
The first Game of Thrones prequel is reportedly dead. Created by Jane Goldman and George R.R. Martin, and starring Naomi Watts in the lead, it had wrapped up filming on the pilot earlier this year,... https://ift.tt/34ggWaS
WhatsApp Sues Israel's NSO for Allegedly Helping Spies Hack Phones
WhatsApp alleges that NSO helped government agencies deliver malicious software through seemingly harmless WhatsApp video calls, even if the targets never answered their phones. https://ift.tt/347VDbA
MX Player, a streaming and offline video app popular in India, raises ~$111M Series A led by Tencent; source: MX Player has a post-money valuation of $500M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
MX Player, a streaming and offline video app popular in India, raises ~$111M Series A led by Tencent; source: MX Player has a post-money valuation of $500M — MX Player, a popular video app that offers both local playback and streaming services, said on Wednesday that it has raised $110.8 million …
Govt hikes digital payments target for FY20 to 45 billion
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Apple Pay in EU antitrust spotlight as regulators seek details
Regulators wanted to know if Apple has rejected merchant apps as incompatible with the terms and conditions for integrating Apple Pay in their apps. https://ift.tt/2NrMzrz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
WhatsApp sues Israel's NSO for allegedly helping spies hack phones around the world
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Common Sense Media: screen time for Americans aged 8 to 12 has remained flat since 2015, but time spent watching videos has doubled to an hour per day (Rachel Siegel/Washington Post)
Common Sense Media: screen time for Americans aged 8 to 12 has remained flat since 2015, but time spent watching videos has doubled to an hour per day — More than twice as many young people watch videos every day as did four years ago, and the average time spent watching videos …
Slack rival Quill, which promises more focused team messaging, raised $2M seed led by Sam Altman and $12.5M Series A led by Index Ventures partner Sarah Cannon (Kate Clark/TechCrunch)
Slack rival Quill, which promises more focused team messaging, raised $2M seed led by Sam Altman and $12.5M Series A led by Index Ventures partner Sarah Cannon — Slack created a new solution for workplace communication, one copied by many, even Microsoft.
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Google says it plans to counter Japan's FTC over claims that it hobbles rivals in search; a source says Japan's FTC sent a cease-and-desist order to Google (Bloomberg)
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