Two researchers at the University of Louisiana have developed a new AI-system that can predict epileptic seizures with 99.6-percent accuracy. What&rsquo;s more, it can do it up to an hour before they occur. The AI-system uses a deep learning algorithm to map brain activity and predict the electrical channels lighting up during a seizure at the same time.&nbsp;According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are about 50 million epileptic people around the world. Seven out of ten of those patients can control their seizures with medication.&nbsp;

Sony has announced a major software update in the US and Japan for its adorable Aibo robot dog, bringing a load of playful capabilities that include the ability to potty train the dog and feed it virtual cookies. It has also received a new web-based API with visual programming for beginners, to program the robotic dog to do certain movements, such as walking or shaking its head, and even change its behavior upon seeing certain objects or people. In a concept video, Aibo could be seen helping monitor a microwave and switching on a robot vacuum.

According to reports, several Android users have been reporting issues with backing up their devices to Google Drive for months now. Certain Android devices running Android 9 Pie and Android 10 seemed to be running in to trouble creating backups in the cloud storage system, affecting phones from OnePlus, Motorola, Huawei, and even Samsung. The cause of the issue is as yet unknown, with several users posting their problems to Google support forums, with some reports dating back to over nine months.

Microsoft has revealed that it's going to be bringing its classic action-packed series to PC, and will be adding the Halo: Reach title to the entire Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The official date for the launch for Halo: Reach for PC devices in December 3rd, with games from the series currently being tested on the platform. All six games in the Master Chief bundle are available for purchase through Steam and the Microsoft Store for $39.99, while Halo: Reach is available separately for $9.99 if you don&rsquo;t fancy getting the entire collection on PC.

Microsoft has announced that it's adding over 50 new games to its xCloud game streaming service preview, including titles like Devil May Cry 5, Tekken 7 and Madden 2020. With rival Google Stadia set to launch on 19th November, Microsoft is attempting to establish itself with a new wave of preview invites to gamers across the globe. While the xCloud service can only stream Xbox games to Android phones and tablets for now, the company has said it will be coming to PCs and other devices next year.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is something truly special, with its unique foldable OLED screen. It's certainly a stepping stone on the path to more innovation from the smartphone industry, but is this first foldable offering worth the hype at ₹1,64,999?

Social media platform Instagram has been testing hiding the 'like' feature on its platform for some users in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, Ireland and Italy since May, and it's now expanding the test. The company has announced that the test is officially rolling out to its global base, including India. The initiative aims to de-incentivise users from making posts for the sole purpose of garnering likes, with Instagram saying it is working on finding a way for creators on the platform to still be able to prove their value to potential sponsors or partners.

After numerous leaks and rumours, Motorola has launched a brand new version of their iconic Razr, in the form of an Android flip phone, with a 6.2-inch foldable OLED touchscreen. There's also a secondary 2.7-inch glass OLED panel on the front of the phone when its folded, right above the single 16MP camera that can be used for selfies when folded and as a rear camera when unfurled. The 21:9 aspect ratio display houses a 5MP selfie camera in the notch, and there's a sizeable curved chin at the bottom of the device. The Razr runs on Android 9 Pie, powered by the Snapdragon 710 SoC, 6GB RAM and a 2,510mAh battery with support for 15W fast charging. It's been priced at $1,499.99, or roughly ₹1,07,400 in the US, but official price and availability for the Indian market are yet to be revealed.

Microsoft-owned software development platform GitHub has shared plans to open the Arctic Code Vault in an effort to store and preserve open source software for about 1,000 years. It has already archived 6,000 of the most popular open-source projects, including BlockChain&nbsp;and&nbsp;Wordpress.&nbsp;The facility, which will be extended to all public repositories in February, is located 250 meters deep within an Arctic mountain in Svalbard, Norway.

Google said it isn&rsquo;t misusing personal health data from Ascension&nbsp;facilities&nbsp;after such news reports sparked a federal inquiry and criticism from lawmakers. The search giant told Bloomberg that they&rsquo;re using this data to build a new internal search tool for the US' second-largest health systems and not for its&nbsp;artificial intelligence research. A couple of days back, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google had gathered detailed health data of about 50 million Americans without their knowledge.

Disney has announced that over 10 million users subscribed to its online streaming service Disney Plus (Disney+) on the first day of its launch. App analytics platform&nbsp;Apptopia reported that the app was downloaded more than 3.2 million times despite glitches affecting the service throughout the day. People collectively streamed 1.3 million hours of content, with &lsquo;The Mandalorian&rsquo; receiving 2 million streams on the first day. Disney+ was launched in the US for $6.99 per month or $69 per year. Hotstar is reportedly in talks with Disney to bring its content as a bundled offering in India.

In its fight against misinformation and abusive content, Facebook&nbsp;announced that it has removed approximately 5.4 billion fake accounts this year. The social media giant also took down 11.6 million posts related to child nudity and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and 754,000 pieces on Instagram between July and September 2019. Facebook said in its blog post that it also removed 2.5 million posts that encouraged suicide or self-injury, 4.4 million of drug-sales content, 2.3 million firearm-sales posts, and 99% of the content associated with al-Qaeda, the Islamic State group and their affiliates.

Huawei is reportedly showering its employees with lavish bonuses for helping the company cope with US sanctions. According to a Financial Times report, Huawei will pay out &yen;2 billion or roughly ₹2,000 crore&nbsp;in bonuses to its 90,000 employees and double the October salaries for approximately 1.9 lakh workers. The US government, which had blacklisted the Chinese&nbsp;smartphone maker&nbsp;earlier this year in May, said last week that they would reach a trade deal with Huawei&nbsp;very soon.

Apple has officially launched the rumoured 16-inch MacBook Pro laptop. It packs up to an 8-core Intel i9 processor, and can be configured with up to a whopping 64GB RAM and 8TB of SSD storage, while the standard configuration starts with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD. There's the new AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series GPU on board, with an 8GB VRAM option on tap. Most importantly, the keyboard design has been switched back to the scissor switches, similar to those in the 2015 models, after the butterfly switches introduced in 2016 plagued users with issues. Prices for the MacBook Pro start from ₹1,99,900 in India, while the fully loaded 64GB RAM, 8TB storage model costs $6,099 in the US.

With smartphones getting both cheaper and more powerful nowadays, it&rsquo;s no surprise that mobile gaming has gained immense popularity. It&rsquo;s expected to account for over half of the entire gaming market by 2021, with console and PC gaming left to pick up the scraps. To see what the hype was all about, we headed over to the South Asia Regional Finals of the Vivo PUBG Mobile Club Open Fall Split 2019.

In a major diversity push, US computer tech company Dell said that it wants women to represent half of its workforce by 2030. The company also plans 40 per cent of its managerial positions to be held by women.&nbsp;According to Dell's 2019 diversity and inclusion report, women currently comprise just over 30 per cent of its total workforce and around 23 per cent of its managers. Dell also announced that it wants one-fourth of its US workers to be African-American or Hispanic and sensitise 95 per cent of its employees each year on issues like unconscious bias and harassment.

Apple&rsquo;s new truly wireless earphones--the AirPods Pro--is now available in India via Apple authorised resellers at&nbsp;₹24,900. It features significant upgrades including IPX4 water resistance, a new in-ear design with swappable earbuds and active noise cancellation technology. The AirPods Pro gets an H1 chip that claims to house 10 audio cores, runs the hands-free 'Hey Siri' command, and gets a battery life of up to 24 hours using additional charges from its carrying case.

Facebook has confirmed a system bug that allowed the social media app to access iPhone cameras as users scrolled through its feed. A company spokesperson said that the bug allowed the iOS app to 'partially navigate to the camera screen adjacent to News Feed when users tapped on photos'. Although Facebook said it is submitting a fix to Apple, this bug undermines the social media giant&rsquo;s attempt to improve its image over privacy concerns.

Facebook&nbsp;has unveiled Facebook Pay,&nbsp;&nbsp;a new payments system that will work across the main social network and its family of messaging apps.&nbsp;The company says that it will provide a single system to handle financial transactions, and securely store and encrypt bank account numbers. Facebook Pay will begin rolling out on Facebook and Messenger this week in the US for select pages and businesses.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro is up for grabs in India through Amazon.in, Mi.com, and Mi Home Stores at a starting price of ₹14,999 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB internal storage base model. The smartphone, which was launched in India on August 29, features a quad rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary sensor. The Note 8 Pro is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Helio G90T chipset, and comes with a 6.53-inch IPS LCD display, dedicated microSD card slot, and a mammoth 4,500mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging.

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It's good news for gaming fans living in the US because Nintendo&rsquo;s new Switch Lite is available for pre-order&nbsp;at Amazon. Its goes on sale in the country from September 20th for nearly $200. Launched only a few weeks back, the Nintendo Switch Lite is essentially a handheld only gaming device that gives up on the detachable Joy-Con controllers and TV connectivity. The Lite model offers a 5.5-inch touch screen, up to 7 hours of battery life and is compatible with any Nintendo Switch game that works in handheld mode.

It's good news for gaming fans living in the US because Nintendo’s new Switch Lite is available for pre-order at Amazon. Its goes on sale in the country from September 20th for nearly $200. Launched only a few weeks back, the Nintendo Switch Lite is essentially a handheld only gaming device that gives up on the detachable Joy-Con controllers and TV connectivity. The Lite model offers a 5.5-inch touch screen, up to 7 hours of battery life and is compatible with any Nintendo Switch game that works in handheld mode.

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