Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Amazon, Flipkart put discounts in brands’ cart to stick to FDI norms

Amazon & Flipkart officials have informed sellers that there will be no preferential treatment for any vendor, all will be levied uniform seller commission and logistics rates. https://ift.tt/2XWdNO6 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Redmi Note 7 Pro to Go on Sale in India at 12pm Today via Flipkart, Mi.com

Redmi Note 7 Pro sale offers from Xiaomi include the Jio cashback offer, which bestows double data benefit on all the prepaid recharges worth Rs. 198 and above. https://ift.tt/2XCkW70

LG W30, W10 to Go on Sale in India Today via Amazon: All You Need to Know

LG W30 and W10 will go on sale again in India today. This is the second time that the duo will go on sale since their launch in the country late last month. https://ift.tt/30oAyaX

Zero merchant fee is a force multiplier for digital payments: Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm is eyeing multiple ways to expand products and start making money off users including tapping gaming, content, commerce and wealth management, said founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma in an exclusive interview with ET. https://ift.tt/2Jz1xKm https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

AT&T says it will enable Call Protect, its free service to block robocalls, by default for new customers, and "in the coming months" for existing customers (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
AT&T says it will enable Call Protect, its free service to block robocalls, by default for new customers, and “in the coming months” for existing customers  —  The first major carrier to automatically block fraudulent calls  —  In June, the Federal Communications Commission ruled …



Researchers say a networking protocol flaw in two popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory devices made by GE could enable malicious remote tampering (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Researchers say a networking protocol flaw in two popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory devices made by GE could enable malicious remote tampering  —  Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a networking protocol used in popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory machines …



Mozilla says it will not include root certificates of surveillance company DarkMatter, which has been accused of helping UAE hack its citizens, inside Firefox (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Mozilla says it will not include root certificates of surveillance company DarkMatter, which has been accused of helping UAE hack its citizens, inside Firefox  —  Mozilla declines DarkMatter's application to have its root certificates included in Firefox's root store.



Monday, July 8, 2019

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Video Teaser Released Ahead of August 7 Launch

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 launch is set for August 7, but ahead of its formal launch, a video teaser has been released by the Samsung Indonesia Twitter account. https://ift.tt/30oj8eQ

TikTok Suspends Users Who Posted Video on Jharkhand Lynching

"The video in question, which has violated our Community Guidelines, is no longer available on TikTok." https://ift.tt/2xEcHHY

Amazon Workers Plan Prime Day Strike Despite $15-an-Hour Pledge

Amazon.com warehouse workers in Minnesota plan to strike during the online retailer's summer sales extravaganza. https://ift.tt/2XUzhem

OnePlus 7 Pro Update Brings June Security Patch, Camera Improvements

The latest OnePlus 7 Pro update enhances the performance of camera mode while switching from front and back. https://ift.tt/2S1REIZ

How Facebook Fought Fake News About Facebook

Stormchaser is a tool was designed to track hoaxes and "memes" about Facebook on the social network and other company-owned services including WhatsApp. https://ift.tt/2S3FEGQ

Instagram Moves on Online Bullying With Pop-Up Warning

Instagram on Monday announced new features aimed at curbing online bullying on its platform, including a warning to people as they are preparing to post abusive remarks. https://ift.tt/2xywbxR

Tech workers aiming to unionize face challenges, as some managers dismiss organizers and some companies have the resources to settle labor cases brought to them (New York Times)

New York Times:
Tech workers aiming to unionize face challenges, as some managers dismiss organizers and some companies have the resources to settle labor cases brought to them  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In February, about a dozen employees at a small technology company called NPM embarked on an effort …



RRB Paramedical Staff Exam Date 2019 – CBT Date Announced

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has announced Exam Date for the post of Paramedical staff of Advt No. 02/2019.

A profile of Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, the chess-obsessed intelligence chief who oversees UAE's $1.5T sovereign wealth and wants to make UAE an AI superpower (Bradley Hope/Wired)

Bradley Hope / Wired : A profile of Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, the chess-obsessed intelligence chief who oversees UAE's $1.5T sover...