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.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order that would ban the social media app TikTok from operating in the US in 45 days if it is not sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance.
Trump had threatened a deadline of Sept. 15 to &ldquo;close down&rdquo; TikTok unless Microsoft or &ldquo;somebody else&rdquo; bought it. "The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security," the order said.
The order alleges that TikTok "automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users". This data collection, the order says, threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information -- potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors

The Amazfit Powerbuds TWS sports earphones have gone on sale on Amazon India for ₹6,999. They come with a 9mm driver in each earbud and feature a detachable magnetic ear-hook system to keep them from falling during training. They are equipped with dual microphone for noise cancellation during calls and a unique heart-rate monitor. The IP55 rated TWS earphones come with Bluetooth 5.0 support, touch controls and in-ear sensors for auto pause and play. The Amazfit PowerBuds get a claimed 8 hours of juice on a single charge and an additional 16 hours with the charging case.

Samsung's latest true wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds Live, has made its debut alongside the Note20 series.
They have an open-type design and come with active noise cancellation (ANC) technology, 12mm drivers with AKG tuning as well as three microphones and Voice Pickup Unit.
The battery on the earphones is promised to last up to 6 hours, and the charging case provides an additional 15 hours of juice. They claim to deliver an hour of playback with 5 minutes of charging and offer support for wireless charging as well.
The IPX2 rated earbuds have touch controls and work with Samsung's Bixby voice assistant. There&rsquo;s support for Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, with SBC, AAC, and Scalable Bluetooth supported codecs. The Samsung Galaxy Buds Live are priced at $170 but the Indian availability hasn&rsquo;t been announced yet.

Samsung has also announced the latest model in its long line of smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 3, during its Galaxy Unpacked event.
It is available in two different sizes, 41mm and 45mm, each with WiFi only or LTE variations. Both models have full-colour, always-on OLED displays and are 14 per cent thinner, 8 per cent smaller, and 15 per cent lighter than their predecessor.
The Watch 3 is powered by the dual-core Exynos 9110 CPU, Mali-T720 GPU, and packs 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. The IP68 rated smartwatch features heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, automatic workout detection as well as blood oxygen monitoring system among others.
Apart from that, the Watch 3 gets notifications from apps, customisable watch faces, hands-free Bixby assistant, and about two days of battery life. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 starts at $399, but Indian prices haven&rsquo;t been revealed yet.

Samsung has revealed the Indian prices of its latest Galaxy Note20 series smartphones. The standard Note20 costs ₹77,999, while the Note20 Ultra 5G will be available for ₹1,04,999. Both the phones are available for pre-booking via Samsung.com and across leading retail stores and will go on sale in the last week of August. The Note20 features a 6.7-inch full-HD+ flat display Super AMOLED panel, while the Note20 Ultra gets a larger 6.9-inch QHD+ 120Hz curved display. Both the smartphones are powered by the same Snapdragon 865+ chipset, 10MP selfie camera and the latest generation low latency S Pen stylus. The Note20 gets a 64MP triple rear camera setup, while the Note20 Ultra comes with a 108MP primary sensor.

TikTok has announced its plans to build a $500m data centre in Ireland.
It will store videos, messages and other data generated by European users from the short-form video-sharing app.
Until now all of its users' records were stored in the US, with a back-up copy held in Singapore.
The move comes at a time when President Trump has threatened to ban the app in the US on the grounds of its Chinese ownership which makes it a national security risk.
TikTok's&nbsp;parent company Bytedance&nbsp;is in talks to sell its US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand operations to Microsoft.

Asus&rsquo; much-hyped gaming beast, the ROG Zephyrus G14, has finally arrived in India. It comes in a compact 14-inch design with two display options: a 60Hz UHD panel and a Full-HD+ display with 120Hz refresh rate. The gaming notebook comes with up to AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB NVMEe M.2 SSD. It also comes with innovative fully-customisable &lsquo;AniMe&rsquo; dot-matrix LEDs embedded right into the lid. It features an ErgoLift hinge, fingerprint sensor on the power key, WiFi 6 connectivity and promises 10 hours of battery life with Type-C charging port. The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 has gone on sale via Amazon at a starting price of ₹80,990 and costs ₹98,990 with its AniME LED Matrix.

Asus' ultimate gaming weapon, the ROG Phone 3, has gone on sale in India via Flipkart at a starting price of ₹49,999 for the base 8GB+128GB model. It features Qualcomm&rsquo;s latest Snapdragon 865 Plus 5G chipset, paired with an overclocked Adreno 650 GPU, up to 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage and 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The 6.59-inch AMOLED panel gets a lightning-fast 144Hz refresh rate, a 25ms touch latency and 270Hz touch sampling rate. There&rsquo;s also a 64MP triple rear camera setup, a 24MP selfie snapper and a massive 6,000 mAh battery that comes with a 30W fast-charging adapter bundled in the box.

OnePlus&rsquo; highly-anticipated mid-range smartphone--the OnePlus Nord--has finally gone on sale in India. It is available for purchase via its website and Amazon at a starting price of ₹24,999 for the 6GB+64GB storage model. To recall, the OnePlus Nord features a 6.44-inch 90Hz Fluid AMOLED Display and a Snapdragon 765G 5G chipset, coupled with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. There&rsquo;s also a 48MP quad rear camera, 32MP dual selfie snapper and a 4,115 mAh battery that supports 30W fast charging.

A new tablet lineup has been announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, with a new Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+. The Tab S7 sports an 11-inch TFT LCD display, while the S7+ gets a 12.4-inch AMOLED panel, but both get a 120Hz refresh rate. Both run on the Snapdragon 865+ chipset, 6GB RAM and a minimum 128GB of storage. Both tablets also feature a dual rear camera setup, and a quad speaker array, but differences lie with the battery size. While the Tab S7 feature a 8,000mAh unit, the Tab S7+ gets a gigantic 10,090mAh battery. The Tab S7 series is set go on sale from 21st August in select markets for a starting price of $649.99 for the Tab S7 and $849.99 for the Tab S7+. Indian pricing and availability yet to be announced.

The successor to the critically acclaimed Samsung Galaxy Fold has been launched--the Galaxy Z Fold2 . It features a larger 6.23-inch Super AMOLED outer display, and a 7.7-inch 120Hz foldable Dynamic AMOLED screen on the inside, this time with a hole-punch. The foldable&nbsp;smarpthone runs on the Snapdragon 865+ chipset, 12GB RAM and houses 512GB of storage. There's a triple camera setup on the back with a 64MP primary sensor, and a 10MP selfie camera each on both the inner and outer displays. Along with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, the foldable device gets a 4,365mAh battery with 15W fast charging and wireless charging. Samsung is yet to reveal pricing and availability for the Galaxy Z Fold2.

Samsung has launched its latest Galaxy Note20 series of smartphones, with two new models on offer--the standard Note20 and a Note20 Ultra variant. While both feature the latest generation low latency S Pen stylus, the Note20 features a 6.7-inch full-HD+ flat display Super AMOLED display, either Exynos 990 or Snapdragon 865+ chips based on region, and 8GB of RAM with 128GB onboard storage. It features a triple rear camera setup with a 64MP primary sensor and a 10MP front-facing camera. Powering the Note20 is a 4,300mAh battery with support for 45W fast charging, along with both wireless charging and reverse wireless charging. The Note20 Ultra, on the other hand, gets a larger 6.9-inch QHD+ 120Hz curved Super AMOLED display, and the same chipset options as the standard Note20, but with 12GB RAM and up to 512GB storage. It gets the same selfie camera, but the triple rear camera system offers a 108MP main sensor. The Note20 Ultra gets the same battery features as the Note20 too, but a slightly larger 4,500mAh unit. The Note20 series goes on sale in the US from August 21 starting at $999.99 for the Note20, and $1,299.99 for the Note20 Ultra. Indian pricing and availability are yet to be announced.

Google has announced that the Google Play Music service will stop working in India and other countries from October onward. The tech giant has said the service will be replaced with YouTube Music, and users have till December 2020 to transfer their content to the relatively newer service. With a dedicated transfer option, users can migrate their playlists, music libraries and music preferences to YouTube Music in the given time frame, after which their content will no longer be available on Google Play Music. The service was launched in November 2011 as part of the Google Play line of services.

Microsoft has announced that it will soon allow support for up to 20,000 participants in a view-only live event mode and up to 1,000 people can join the interactive meetings in one stream via its video conferencing app, Teams. The company will also let users add their company branding to the meetings to give it a more professional look. Besides these, Microsoft&nbsp; has tied up with Lenovo and Yealink to make smart displays based on Teams and Cortana. A new lineup of Microsoft Teams phones with physical buttons, high-quality audio are also coming.

With Call of Duty: Mobile Season 9 just around the corner, the makers of the game have released a video detailing a new Gunsmith feature, that lets users customise and modify their weapons. Gunsmith will allow users to create specialised weapon sets for both Multiplayer and Battle Royale modes, and include a variety of new attachments like rifle grips, various barrels, stock and different ammunition rounds as well. Gunsmith is expected to launch along with Season 9, by the end of this week.

Google has officially started rolling out the Airdrop-like &lsquo;Nearby Share&rsquo; feature for Android. The long-awaited feature is arriving first to select Pixel phones and Samsung devices, after which it should be coming to all phones running Android 6.0 and later in the coming weeks. It allows users to share not only files and photos but also other content like, tweets and links among others with compatible devices. It automatically picks up the fastest transfer protocol, be it Bluetooth, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, or WebRTC without requiring an internet connection.

Google is rolling out a new &lsquo;Safe Folder&rsquo; option to its Files app that allows users to hide their private files in a &ldquo;secure, 4-digit PIN-encrypted folder&rdquo;. Users can move any document, file, or media file into the secure location in the app that appears as a button in the &ldquo;Collections&rdquo; section of the &ldquo;Browse&rdquo; tab. Google encrypts the files in the Safe Folder and requires users to enter the PIN every time they want to open the folder. Once inside, users cannot take screenshots or share its contents between devices.

Critically acclaimed Indie mobile games Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey are finally being introduced to PS4, Xbox One and the Epic Games Store from August 13, as part of The Alto Collection. Alto's Adventure was originally launched on iOS in 2015 and then Android and Linux in 2016, and it's an endless runner snowboarding game with scenic landscapes and intricate sound design. Alto's Odyssey came later in 2018 with more gameplay features and environment upgrades. The Alto Collection has been priced at $9.99 on all platforms, but will be free for a week upon launching on the Epic Games Store.

Microsoft has officially announced that its xCloud game streaming service will be available on Android devices from September 15. The service will be bundled with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, and customers will have access to over 100 games via their Android phones or tablets. Reports say the service will be available as a beta in 22 regions when it launches, however, India is not one of those regions, but may be included at a later date. There's no word yet on if and when xCloud will officially launch for iOS devices.

Xiaomi has launched its Amazon Fire TV Stick-rival Mi TV Stick in India. The Android-based streaming dongle supports Full-HD+ resolution at 60fps and is powered by a quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, paired with 1GB RAM and 8GB of storage. It has Chromecast built-in and supports Google Assistant, Dolby and DTS powered surround sound. It comes with popular apps, like Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Spotify, and others. The Mi TV Stick is priced at ₹2,799 and will go on sale from August 7 via Flipkart and Mi stores.

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