Apple Asks US to Waive Tariffs on Chinese-Made Watches, iPhone Parts, More

Apple submitted the requests on the first day the Trump administration began accepting them. https://ift.tt/2JX42Ht

WhatsApp Said to Have Shared 'Technical Jargon' With Government

Government sources say that WhatsApp had given information to CERT-IN, a government agency in May, but without any mention of Pegasus or the extent of the breach. https://ift.tt/2WykAdC

Google can make a success of Fitbit if it can be managed as well as the integration of HTC's smartphone team, but it can also end up as a fiasco like Nest (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

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Google can make a success of Fitbit if it can be managed as well as the integration of HTC's smartphone team, but it can also end up as a fiasco like Nest  —  The HTC acquisition went well, Nest did not — will this?  —  Google is buying Fitbit and the reasons why are both simple and complicated.

How to use the new fingerprint lock feature on WhatsApp for Android

After almost 11 months since WhatsApp rolled out the FaceID or TouchID for iOS, the same added layer of security has now been officially added for Android users. If you are wondering how to enable this latest WhatsApp feature, follow these steps: https://ift.tt/36pJr87

Russia's "sovereign internet" law, which aims to enable disconnecting the country's internet from the rest of the world, went into effect on Friday (Elizabeth Schulze/CNBC)

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Russia's “sovereign internet” law, which aims to enable disconnecting the country's internet from the rest of the world, went into effect on Friday  —  - The law tightens Moscow's control over the country's internet infrastructure and aims to provide a way for Russia to disconnect its networks from the rest of the world.

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Alibaba's revenue growth eases in Q2

E-commerce giant Alibaba's second quarter revenue growth slowed to 40% in Q2, although net profits more than tripled thanks in part to a one-time payment from a fintech affiliate. https://ift.tt/33a8N7T https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

View: WhatsApp spyware episode should be a wake-up call for India

India holds for around a fourth of WhatsApp’s global 1.5 billion accounts. The security hole has made many fearful. https://ift.tt/2NyyIzx https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Pegasus spyware can target up to 50 phones at once

The spyware can monitor up to 500 phones in a year, but can only track a maximum of 50 at one go. It costs about $7-8 million per year to license Pegasus as per the sources on Pegasus' snooping capabilities. https://ift.tt/2JIgwST https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

After Pegasus spying row, India asks WhatsApp to explain privacy breach

WhatsApp says it had told India about hack; govt officials say they failed to tell that Indian citizens were affected by it https://ift.tt/2JFdxuI https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Google releases patch for a Chrome zero-day vulnerability being used in the wild that allows hackers to escape sandbox protections via malicious websites (Swati Khandelwal/The Hacker News)

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Google releases patch for a Chrome zero-day vulnerability being used in the wild that allows hackers to escape sandbox protections via malicious websites  —  Attention readers, if you are using Chrome on your Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, you need to update your web browsing software immediately …

Some employees say Google's new community standards smack of censorship after memes about hiring of an ex-DHS staffer are deleted from an internal message board (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

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Some employees say Google's new community standards smack of censorship after memes about hiring of an ex-DHS staffer are deleted from an internal message board  —  - Critical memes deleted at company known for open debate  — New hire tied to Trump immigration policies poses a test

Amazon, BookMyShow ink 5 year deal for movie ticket booking

The deal, a five-year exclusive commercial partnership, is similar to the one Amazon had struck with travel booking platform Cleartrip in May this year https://ift.tt/32aL7Ps https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Indian Air Force Airmen Result 2019 – Group X & Y 01/2020 Provisional Select List Released

Indian Air Force released provisional select list for the posts of Airmen (Group X & Y) 01/2020. Candidates may know their result.

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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.

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