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India’s Ministry of Information Technology writes that it has received many complaints about apps stealing and surreptitiously transmitting data to servers outside of the country, thereby threatening the “national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India.” There’s no mention of China in... https://bit.ly/3dHSpjn

If you’re in the market for a new computer, make sure you check out some of the deal highlights below for HP laptops and desktops that are currently on sale. You can save up to 55% on select products on the HP Store, plus you get free shipping and easy... https://bit.ly/3gagqBq

Microsoft recently published an app on the Microsoft Store designed to help in the recovery of deleted files. https://bit.ly/2YPxoPT

According to the latest analysis from Consumer Reports, roughly 11,800 lives could be saved annually by implementing automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, blind spot warning and pedestrian detection systems. An additional 1,300 lives could be saved through widespread adoption of vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology, we’re told, while as many as... https://bit.ly/3eKLF5M

AMD is one of the oldest designers of large scale microprocessors and has been the subject of polarizing debate among technology enthusiasts for nearly 50 years. Its story makes for a thrilling tale. We'll revisit the company's past, examine the twists and turns in the path to the present, and... https://bit.ly/3i6PODf

The ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign, created by organizations including the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and Mozilla, asks businesses “to stand in solidarity with our most deeply held American values of freedom, equality and justice and not advertise on Facebook's services in July.” https://bit.ly/2VJUzsX

It seems clear enough that he’s been banned, but bizarrely, Twitch won’t confirm this so we’ll optimistically call it a suspension for now. Twitch’s official statement is: “As is our process, we take appropriate action when we have evidence that a streamer has acted in violation of our Community Guidelines... https://bit.ly/2NOMyP3

At the onset of its investigation, Malwarebytes’ threat analysis team thought it might be another case of a credit card skimmer masquerading as a favicon but further digging uncovered something entirely different. https://bit.ly/31mla2L

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced a "first-in-the-world" rule that will require all truck and van manufacturers to transition from diesel vehicles to zero-emission alternatives starting in 2024. https://bit.ly/3fYHq6E

A movie, simply titled "b," is currently in early production. What makes it unique is that it will be the first big-budget feature film to star an AI actor named Erica. Produced by the makers of Oscar-nominated film Loving Vincent, "b" has a budget slated at $70 million. https://bit.ly/2YykWnk

As the Telegraph notes, TikTok was one of several applications discovered to be reading users’ clipboards back in March. A couple of developers found popular applications such as AccuWeather, Overstock, AliExpress, Call of Duty Mobile, Patreon, and Google News were all snooping on both Android and iOS. ByteDance told Forbes... https://bit.ly/2CJOjuu

The length of video games has increased over the years, from arcades where they lasted as long as you could survive to narratives that can take numerous hours to watch, let alone play through. The Last of Us Part II, for example, takes around 25 hours to complete—nearly twice as... https://bit.ly/2Vg15r1

As reported by VideoGamesChronicle, Spencer was asked about his reaction to the PS5 reveal during the Gamelab Live conference on Wednesday. “I watched the show, I thought they did a good job,” he said. Spencer even sent Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan a congratulatory note for PlayStation’s production of... https://bit.ly/2YznuRW

It’s been a good week for Arm: Apple finally announced it is transitioning the Mac to Arm-based silicon, bringing the computers in line with iPads and iPhones, and the world’s fastest supercomputer is now the Arm-based Fugaku. https://bit.ly/2VgEPNN

On Wednesday, GOG announced it bundled all of CD Projekt Red's titles into a package deal for one low price. The "Ultimate Red Collection" includes The Witcher 1 and 2 Enhanced Editions, The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition, The Witcher Adventure Game, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, and a pre-order for Cyberpunk 2077, all for $87.77. https://bit.ly/3g1KIq1

Amazon is reportedly exploring the option of bringing in live television to complement its on-demand Prime Video catalog, job listings posted over the last several weeks suggest. https://bit.ly/2A0RXPv

Nintendo’s problems began back in February when Covid-19 caused Foxconn to cease almost all of its production in China. The disruption resulted in a shortage of Switch units and shipments of Ring Fit Adventure in Japan, and the same issues soon hit the West. https://bit.ly/31cNtkb

Known as the Segway Human Transporter, the two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter felt as if it had been pulled straight of out of a sci-fi novel when it debuted in late 2001. The electric-powered scooter relied on a series of tilt and gyroscopic sensors to maintain its balance as riders zipped... https://bit.ly/2Vdqf9H

Acer on Tuesday announced a new high-end Chromebook based on Intel’s Project Athena initiative. https://bit.ly/2VbxcrO

Japan’s system, Fugaku, which is installed in Kobe and developed by Fujitsu and the government-sponsored Riken institute, managed a High Performance Linpack (HPL) result of 415.5 petaflops. That makes it around 2.8 times faster than the now second-place Summit from IBM. The system also came first in the High-Performance Conjugate... https://bit.ly/3ewRjby

Apple has been interested in reducing reliance on Intel hardware in MacBook for years. Better battery life in laptops and unchaining itself from Intel’s slowing product roadmap are just a few of the perceived benefits of designing its own chips and on Monday, Apple finally confirmed that it would be... https://bit.ly/3hVFBth

The keynote address starts Monday, June 22 at 1:00pm ET / 10am PT / 6pm BST. You can stream it live here via YouTube or check it out on Apple's website. https://bit.ly/2VbuvXk

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as Cern, has approved plans for the FCC, which would allow physicists to study the Higgs boson with more precision, learn more about dark matter, and search for new particles and other mysteries. https://bit.ly/3ek6ogu

Fortnite’s Chapter 2 Season 3 update, which arrived on June 17, brought some major changes, including a large section of the map being flooded with water. https://bit.ly/3doFjY4

Let’s plunge into the numbers. The GPU achieved a score of 18,257 in the graphics component of 3DMark’s Time Spy benchmark. That score could be considered proof enough that this is a new GPU. A Titan RTX can’t generally get that high without exotic cooling like liquid nitrogen. https://bit.ly/3enEuQC

A spokesperson for Disney told CNET that “the service was set at an attractive price-to-value proposition that we believe delivers a compelling entertainment offering on its own.” https://bit.ly/2YWb4Tb

For years Apple has been exploring ways to combine virtual reality and augmented reality into devices that are easy to use and as impactful as the original iPhone was to the mobile industry. A new report from Bloomberg details the company's ambitions, strategy, and how internal philosophical debates have resulted... https://bit.ly/3endD7A

The Edifier S1000DB wireless bookshelf are one of our favorites speakers of 2020. Normally sold for $350 (with rare discounts), today you can grab them for $234 direct from Edifier.com, making them a steal. Use code EDIFIER for the full discount. https://bit.ly/37GWtPI

Young Elon Musk, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel... https://bit.ly/3fGeP60

When Insomniac unveiled Spider-Man: Miles Morales during Sony's The Future of Gaming event, we correctly pinpointed it as a launch title. However, it seems there was some confusion about what exactly the game is—namely, is it an expansion of the studio's previous Spider-Man game, or is it a standalone spinoff?... https://bit.ly/2zKpEEP

Apple will now allow customers to bring in their used Macs to get store credit on purchases. The company's trade-in program has given credit for lightly used iPhones and Macs for quite some time. However, while you can easily bring your last-gen iPhone into an Apple retail store to get... https://bit.ly/2N9oeqL

Intel’s Chief Performance Strategist, Ryan Shrout, tweeted the video, in which we see a short clip of the FPS running on an unreleased Tiger Lake-powered laptop without a dedicated graphics card. https://bit.ly/3fGFtLZ

Since these stores are still seeing plenty of foot traffic, many have taken steps to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Some of these steps include mandatory face mask policies for workers and customers, installing cash register barriers, and placing social distancing-oriented floor markers. https://bit.ly/30Wh418

It's no secret that Big Tech is under the lawmakers' microscope for everything from privacy violations, abusing user data, and antitrust concerns that stem from the way these companies have come to dominate entire markets and prevent competitors from growing big enough to threaten that position. https://bit.ly/3fwOIOX

When Voyager 2 whizzed by Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, more than three decades ago, the craft arguably supplied scientists with more questions than answers. https://bit.ly/2N8Mvx2

Sources familiar with the matter told Igor's Lab that Nvidia is currently in the Design Validation Test phase with its RTX 3080 and 3090. This information, combined with historical data gathered from past Nvidia launches, prompted the site to create a full production and testing timeline estimate for these highly-anticipated... https://bit.ly/2N8WbaR

Take the latest Steam Game Festival, for example. Since gamers aren't able to go to a physical event to get their hands on upcoming games, Steam has partnered with various developers to bring us a week-long digital event filled with playable game demos, developer Q&A sessions, livestreams, and more.... https://bit.ly/2AGQ4I9

With great audio quality, 7+ hour battery life and an IP55 rating, the Jabra Elite 75t are our favorite sports buds. Today you can grab them at a discount of its $180 usual price. https://bit.ly/2YFVj2L

This experiment, first spotted by Android Police in Chrome's Canary software branch, effectively hides everything that comes after a website's domain name in the address bar. Specific web page paths are not displayed. https://bit.ly/2B9QS8q

This week Sony revealed that along with the PS5's new external look, it is also getting an overhauled user interface. We did not get a look at anything except for the startup screen during last week's presentation, but PlayStation's Vice President of UX Design Matt MacLaurin said that users could... https://bit.ly/2YGgiT9

Power banks can be a lifesaver for frequent travelers, and even those not always on the move benefit from being able to charge and use their devices without being stuck to a wall. That freedom ultimately comes down to the pack's battery capacity, which in the case of Xiaomi's Mi... https://bit.ly/2BeQIwc

It was only six months ago when we reported that the ambitious space sim had seen its crowdfunding efforts reach $250 million. A year earlier, it was $200 million. https://bit.ly/3d30ZJs

Launched on the Atari 2600 in 1982, it tasks players with traversing down a continuous vertically-scrolling maze while trying to dodge enemies. Since early game cartridges didn’t have a wealth of memory to store static maze designs, the developer relied on a technique that would procedurally generate the maze –... https://bit.ly/3d1RM3Y

WarnerMedia is finally addressing the confusing nature of its various HBO offerings through a much-needed consolidation effort. Here’s what you need to know. https://bit.ly/2UHTwZQ

Facebook announced last month that it had bought animated picture platform Giphy with the intention of integrating it with its Instagram team. According to unnamed sources cited by Axios, the deal is worth around $400 million, making it smaller but not insignificant in comparison with Instagram, which was snapped for... https://bit.ly/3hrdCkY

Following up to our recent CPU comparison in competitive titles using low quality settings, we're pitting the Ryzen 7 3700X and 10th-gen Core i5-10600K against the 2700X to see how the previous-gen Ryzen stacks up. https://bit.ly/3hp8Owj

Hitman III is the eighth installment in the popular Hitman series and the third and final episode in the World of Assassination trilogy (the first arrived in 2016. In it, Agent 47 returns to take players around the world on a “globetrotting adventure to sprawling sandbox locations” as they carry... https://bit.ly/2UBEW64

Fans of Kojima's work will be pleased to hear that, despite Death Stranding's jaw-droppingly beautiful graphics, you aren't going to need a NASA supercomputer to run this game at playable framerates. https://bit.ly/2YAm5JI

Windows 10's May 2020 update brings several new features and changes to the OS, not all of which will be immediately visible or seem useful to users. One of these is the Windows Feature Experience Pack that automatically installs with this update as part of Microsoft's Available Features on Demand. https://bit.ly/2YobGRq

Moving forward, the new sets will house support for 4K resolutions running at 120Hz over an HDMI 2.1 connection. Obviously, modern consoles won't be able to hit 120FPS at 4K (or even 1080p), but high refresh rates can still reduce input lag, even if a machine is incapable of pumping... https://bit.ly/3dR6rQJ