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Reddit, Telegram among websites blocked in India, say internet groups

Discussion board Reddit, messaging service Telegram and comedy site College Humor have been blocked for intermittent periods, say internet groups.

Part of too many unwanted Whatsapp groups? Now you can control who adds you

With the new privacy setting for groups, users will have the option to set the privacy settings to either nobody, my contacts or everyone

YouTube top bosses ignored warnings, letting toxic videos run rampant

Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement, staff say

Fake news in elections: Now tip off WhatsApp about it using 'tipline'

People in India can submit misinformation or rumours to the 'Checkpoint Tipline on WhatsApp' at +91-9643-000-888

Facebook removed 687 pages, accounts linked to Congress, BJP ahead of polls

These include 138 Facebook pages and 549 profiles and have hundreds of thousands of followers

Facebook considers adding dedicated news tab and paying publishers

Facebook paying publishers to host their journalism on the social network has long been a dream of media executives.

ISRO's 47th PSLV mission to launch 28 nano satellites, countdown begins

The four-stage PSLV-C45 will blast off from the second launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota

Shanghai world's first district with 5G coverage, broadband gigabit network

5G is the next generation of cellular technology with download speeds that are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G LTE networks

New Zealand attacks: Facebook to crack down on hate speech, live streaming

Facebook is looking into barring people who have previously violated the social network's community standards from livestreaming on its platform, according to Sandberg

Toreto Xplosive headphones have a tacky build, but they deliver solid sound

The Toreto Xplosive stays true to its name, belting out high-quality sound that doesn't compromise on the bass

Dhanbad best city for 4G availability in India, Srinagar grabs 3rd spot

Of India's largest cities, none were really stoking the fires in OpenSignal's 4G availability analysis

Facebook to change how political ads are handled ahead of EU elections

All EU advertisers will need to be authorised in their country to run ads related to politics and issues, a move intended to be a barrier to potential election interference from outside a country

Crackdown on hate speech: Facebook to curb white nationalism, separatism

The ban will be enforced starting next week at the leading online social network and its image-centric messaging service Instagram.

These engineers are building robots to kill India's manual scavenging issue

While Genrobotic's 'Bandicoots' are capable of cleaning manholes in 20 minutes, the company is looking at using artificial intelligence for building fully autonomous robots

From TV app to digital credit card, key highlights of Apple show time event

Apple also introduced updates to its payment system, launched a games arcade, and added magazines to its news app

Hackers strike Asustek computers, over a million users affected: Report

Hackers targetan unknown pool of users, who were identified by their network adapters' MAC addresses.

Share facts, not rumours: WhatsApp educating users on spotting fake news

Aimed to educate people, the short online videos (available on YouTube) shows step-by-step tutorial on how to exit a group, block a contact and the significance of the forwarded label

PUBG ban: This 'epidemic' game can turn kids into psychopaths, says India

Computer games have outraged parents and politicians for at least 20 years

YouTube bows out of race with Netflix; cancels expensive dramas, comedies

The retreat from direct competition with Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video service reflects the high cost -- in billions of dollars

Your health app could be sharing your medical data with a host of companies

A big concern for app users is how their data will be used and by whom