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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Redmi 8 With 5,000mAh Battery to Launch in India Today: Live Updates

Redmi 8 is all set to be launched in India today, just a day after the phone made its global debut in Ukraine. Redmi 8 is the successor to the company's Redmi 7 smartphone. https://ift.tt/2Mp4oXB

Twitter Admits Phone Numbers Meant for Security Used for Ads

Twitter said Tuesday that it may have mishandled an unspecified number of users' email addresses and phone numbers, allowing that data to be used "inadvertently" for advertising purposes. https://ift.tt/2AVsbJj

How MIT researchers use machine learning to detect IP hijackings before it occurs

The goal is to predict incidents in advance by tracing it back to the actual hijackers.

Google's Grasshopper, its learn-to-code mobile app for beginners, is now available on the desktop in the form of a web-based app (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google's Grasshopper, its learn-to-code mobile app for beginners, is now available on the desktop in the form of a web-based app — Google today announced that Grasshopper, its tool for teaching novices how to code, is now available on the desktop, too, in the form of a web-based app.

How to check if the mail you've received from Instagram is actually genuine

Facebook has added a new feature for its popular photo and video platform, Instagram, that allows users to check whether the mails received on behalf of Instagram are genuine or a spam. https://ift.tt/310Cnuy

Uniqlo clocks Rs 2.2 crore in first two days of India debut

Uniqlo, Japan's largest fashion brand, opened its first store in India for public on Friday, offering competition to Spain's Zara and H&M. https://ift.tt/2LZZ3aa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Oyo sets sights on wedding business

The move by India's fastest-growing hospitality chain comes close on the heels of its 100% acquisition of Weddingz.in, an online marketplace for weddings and banquets. https://ift.tt/2Mr7Dh3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Alibaba-backed tech company’s $1 billion IPO in peril

The White House’s actions — announced days before sensitive trade negotiations resume in Washington — cast a pall over not just Megvii’s capital-raising effort but the burgeoning Chinese sector. https://ift.tt/30Vq1UM https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

PayPal, MoneyGram seek to raise share of $79B remittance market

The US-based money transfer agency recently acquired the services of Kapur, who was earlier managing director at remittance major Western Union. https://ift.tt/2VAcS2t https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Sequoia Capital’s seed fund Surge backs 20 startups

Sequoia Capital had raised $100-150 million separately for Surge which invests in startups across consumer internet, education tech, social commerce, fintech, SaaS, among others. https://ift.tt/320yMOx https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

IITs plan master’s makeover to arrest high attrition rate

At IIT Delhi, where the dropout rate has been much higher at 50%, the institute is planning to take measures including the roll-out of master’s in artificial intelligence (AI). https://ift.tt/35fPdZo https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

More than 30 civil rights groups sign an open letter asking mayors and city councils to cancel 500+ existing local police partnerships with Amazon's Ring (Alfred Ng/CNET)

Alfred Ng / CNET:
More than 30 civil rights groups sign an open letter asking mayors and city councils to cancel 500+ existing local police partnerships with Amazon's Ring — Ring has more than 500 police partnerships across the US, and a coalition of civil rights groups are calling for local governments to cancel them all.