Facebook has filed a federal lawsuit against data analytics firm OneAudience for allegedly stealing the personal information of its users. According to the lawsuit, the New Jersey-based company paid third-party developers to install a malicious Software Development Kit (SDK) in their apps that allowed it to secretly collect people&rsquo;s data. The news of the exposure broke out last November when Facebook and Twitter admitted that hundreds of users' data, including email addresses and&nbsp;usernames&nbsp;on both the platforms, had potentially been compromised.

Facebook has filed a federal lawsuit against data analytics firm OneAudience for allegedly stealing the personal information of its users. According to the lawsuit, the New Jersey-based company paid third-party developers to install a malicious Software Development Kit (SDK) in their apps that allowed it to secretly collect people’s data. The news of the exposure broke out last November when Facebook and Twitter admitted that hundreds of users' data, including email addresses and usernames on both the platforms, had potentially been compromised.

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has said that it will be holding an online pop-up event in Europe that will give a select few the chance to buy the OnePlus 8 series smartphones before its general sale. There&rsquo;s no clarity whether such an event will take place in India due to the countrywide lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company had earlier confirmed the launch of OnePlus 8 series smartphones in an online-only event on April 14, which will be livestreamed via the OnePlus website and official YouTube channel.

Google is finally rolling out the much-awaited update to its Pixel 4 devices that fixes a loophole in its Face Unlock system which allows access to a person's device even if they have their eyes closed. The April security patch includes a &ldquo;require eyes to be open&rdquo; optional setting in the Face Unlock menu, which will now be set by default. The update also fixes a pair of issues related to Bluetooth connectivity, including dropped audio and a memory leak that prevented additional Bluetooth Low Energy connections.

Nintendo has launched a new build-your-own Switch bundle program in Japan with a bunch of new colour options. The video game company is letting new customers choose custom colours for the joy-con and joy-cons straps rather than relying on pre-decided combinations. Several add-ons such as microSD cards, pre-loaded games and Pro Controllers are also available as a bundled offering.

Video game publisher Deep Silver has announced that its 2011 action-adventure &lsquo;Saints Row: The Third&rsquo; is getting a remaster, which will release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 22. The remastered game will feature &ldquo;retextured environments, character models and visual effects, enhanced graphics and a new lighting engine.&rdquo; It will also include remastered versions of the game&rsquo;s three expansion packs and its 30+ pieces of DLC--all of which combined will cost $40. The outlandish open-world game mocks Grand Theft Auto-style urban gang war games with silly weapons and over-the-top characters.

Xerox has announced it's partnered up with Vortran Medical Technology to mass produce disposable ventilators to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The copier giant has said it will scale production of Vortran's pre-existing GO2Vent ventilator design and APM-Plus airway pressure monitor, taking production numbers to 40,000 in April and up to 200,000 a month by June. The disposable ventilator, which costs around $120, is not a replacement for the machines used in ICUs for critically ill patients, but is better equipped to handle lower and medium-risk patients, freeing up traditional ventilators for those that need them most. The gas-operated device can run on a compressor, oxygen or air for up to 30 days, and the goal is to make as many as 1 million units for both the US and global markets.

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has said it's now placing limits on the number of times a 'viral' message can be forwarded by users. Messages on the platform that have been identified as "highly forwarded", or sent through a chain of five or more users, can now be forwarded only to a single person. The move comes as tech giants around the world struggle to stem the flow of Covid-19 misinformation flooding their platforms. WhatsApp specifically has come under scrutiny as an easy means to peddle fake news, hoax 'cures' and other falsehoods.

Tech giant IBM is putting its AI tools to work, sharing them with researchers to help them understand and treat Covid-19. New tools released by the firm help researchers evaluate potential treatments and aggregate vast amounts of data among other useful benefits. Its Functional Genomics Platform, a database of genes, proteins and other molecules from sequenced viral and bacterial organisms has also been made free for the time being.

Ride-hailing company Uber India has partnered with e-commerce firm Flipkart to deliver essential items to customers in cities such as Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi. The 21-day countrywide lockdown has led to an acute shortage of delivery personnel for online firms and a surge in demand for everyday essentials at the same time. Earlier last week, the company inked a deal with online grocery firm Bigbasket to deliver essentials to customers across four cities--Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Noida.

Google is working closely with state and central government authorities to surface the locations of Covid-19 relief centres across India. People searching with the keyword &lsquo;Food shelters in&hellip;&rsquo; and Night shelters in&hellip;&rsquo; followed by the city name on Google Maps, Search and Google Assistant will display such locations. The search giant said it is working to bring this service to other Indian languages and will be adding additional shelters in more cities across the country over the coming weeks.

The buzzy mobile streaming service Quibi from veteran Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and seasoned tech executive Meg Whitman has been launched in India amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new kind of streaming service offers quick-bite" original content, including comedies, dramas and entertainment, of 10 minutes or less made exclusively for smartphone users. Additionally, the programs are made in a way to allow viewers to move between portrait and landscape orientation by rotating their phones. Quibi is now available for a 90-day free trial, after which it will charge a subscription cost of ₹669 per month.

According to a report by market analysis firm, Netmarketshare, Microsoft&rsquo;s Chromium-powered Edge recently surpassed Mozilla&rsquo;s Firefox to become the second most popular desktop browser.&nbsp; Edge gained&nbsp; 7.59 per cent of the browser market share as compared to the 7.19 per cent of Firefox. Meanwhile, Google Chrome maintains the numero uno spot and is still far ahead with 68.5 per cent market share.

California-based tech giant Apple's&nbsp;CEO Tim Cook has announced on Twitter that the firm has sourced over 20 million masks through its global supply chain to donate them to medical workers in areas of need. He also said that in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Apple has put together several departments to design, produce and ship face shields to&nbsp;healthcare workers.

According to a 9to5Mac report, early digging into iOS 14 code has revealed that Apple may be looking to bring fully customisable home-screen widgets to iPhone devices. Other leaks like a redesigned wallpaper picker have been spotted, with a more refined experience on offer. While Apple's WWDC developers conference for this year has not been announced yet, the event is usually held in early June, and showcases the tech giant's software plans for the year.

Electric car-maker Tesla has released a video of the ventilators its making to help fight the novel coronavirus pandemic. The video shows what car parts are used to create the machine that helps people breathe artificially in severe cases of Covid-19. Tesla's ventilator design uses an infotainment system from the Model 3 to power the air flow manifold, with the suspension air tank being used as an oxygen mixing chamber. It's worth noting that several American car-makers have announced their support to fight the pandemic's effects in the US, with Ford and GM building essential medical equipment like ventilators, respirators and face shields.

According to reports, video-hosting platform YouTube will suppress videos on its platform that spread false claims linking 5G technology to the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore it will remove videos that violate its policies, but allow other 5G-themed conspiracy content that doesn't explicitly mention the novel coronavirus, which may see reduced circulation and a removal from search results. The move comes as at least seven cell towers in the UK have been set on fire in the past week due to conspiracy theories online alleging that 5G technology was causing the Covid-19 pandemic.

Video conferencing app Zoom is improving its security settings for a more secure interaction after facing backlash for its many privacy and security issues. The app now requires passwords if a user tries to enter a meeting using just the meeting ID instead of the meeting invite link. It is also enabling the &lsquo;Waiting Room&rsquo; feature by default, which now allows the host to manually control who joins the meeting. This comes after the so-called &lsquo;Zoombombing&rsquo; incidents when people intrude on meetings and digital classes and even bombard chat participants with offensive content.

OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7T Pro smartphones are receiving the OxygenOS 10.3.2 update in India. The changelog features an optimised RAM management and improved stability for slow-mo video recording. OnePlus has also fixed the random disappearance of screenshots in Gallery and has optimised video play without any lags. The new software update also brings the March 2020 Android security patch to the flagship smartphones.

Google has released reports for 131 countries with charts that compare traffic from February 16 to March 29, as nations exercise stringent lockdown&nbsp;measures amid the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;Italy and Spain, two of the hardest-hit countries, both saw visits to retail and recreation locations such as restaurants and movie theaters plunge 94%. India, which went into a sudden 21-day lockdown on March 25, was also notable at 77%.

Overall, you're getting a fantastic front panel on this phone, but&nbsp;Samsung has already won the&nbsp;greatest display and biggest phone trophy loads of times before. That's why the biggest selling point over here is the incredibly powerful camera system that includes a 108MP wide-angle main snapper, 48MP telephoto, 12MP ultra-wide, and Time of flight DepthVision lenses. Now, that's some serious muscle power and as you'd expect,&nbsp;the S20 Ultra delivers excellent camera images, no matter what you're shooting.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The main camera clicks 12MP photos by default as it combines nine pixels into one, resulting in much lower noise and sharper quality. You can also take straight up 108 MP shots, which results in brighter pictures with more natural colours. Furthermore, the advantage of using the 108 MP sensor is that you can scale in without losing out on detail. The large sensor also does a great job of giving you fantastic depth of field all on its own, so&nbsp;you don't really need to use the portrait mode. Low light photography is exceptionally good and you can further enhance it by using the night&nbsp;mode.&nbsp;Unfortunately,&nbsp; the Ultra much like Samsung&rsquo;s other phones suffers from heavy image post-processing, which means the AI will boost colours and saturation levels, especially in ultra-wide photos.&nbsp;
Now, the zoom functionality on the Ultra&rsquo;s camera is the main party trick. Samsung calls it &lsquo;Space Zoom' and it allows you to zoom up to 100x&hellip; Images taken with 1x and 2x are perfectly usable, while both 4x and 5x&nbsp; photos also look sharp.&nbsp;Even 10x manages to preserve a decent amount of detail.&nbsp;The next stop is 30x and this is where softness and noise start to kick in. Finally, by the time you slide into 100x, everything just looks a bad piece of watercolour art. In our opinion, the 100x zoom only works well when you're focusing on a subject that has text written on it.&nbsp;You won't be posting it yo your Instagram page for sure, but this level of detail from such a vast distance is pretty impressive.&nbsp;
Coming to the 40MP front camera, a monster in its own right, produces bright and lively selfies, but again Samsung&rsquo;s s image processing is aggressive in smoothing and whitening skin. Aside from all those megapixels and crazy zoom, the most interesting camera feature on this phone is something called Single Take. When engaged, it records a series of photos and videos of your subject. Basically the AI decides what works best for you,&nbsp; and while it seems like a cool idea, we don't see it being used on a regular basis.&nbsp;

All in all, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is a beast of a phone- everything from big display to the megalithic camera bump is just extreme. For most people, the S20+ could be a better option as it almost offers all the same features at a lower cost.&nbsp; But that being said, we loved using this phone and there's a good chance you will love the Ultra too, as long as you're willing to pay the 'Ultra' price for it.

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