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#1 Apple Finally Launches iTunes in Microsoft Store for Windows 10:
Apple has finally launched the standalone iTunes application in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10. iTunes has been searched by a lot of people in the Microsoft Store, but the app is made available today for the users. This will be a lot more helpful because Microsoft is allowing users to install only the apps from the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 S Mode and the availability of iTunes will boost Microsoft efforts of making Windows 10 S Mode mainstream. For those who’re interested, the Apple iTunes is already available for download in the Microsoft Store.
If you’re already using the iTunes app on your Windows 10 machine and if you download the app from the Microsoft Store, the standard version will be replaced.
#2 OnePlus 6 Image Leaked Online And it is Completely Bezel-less:
OnePlus has officially announced the launch date for its upcoming flagship in India. It is now confirmed that the OnePlus 6 will be making its way to India on May 17, a day after it makes its global debut. Though much of the specifications and features of the smartphone have already been leaked online, a recent leak provides what can probably be called the very first look at the Full view display of the smartphone.
In a tweet earlier, OnePlus also hinted at the water resistance feature being present on the OnePlus 6. The tweet read, "Don't you just hate it when you have to stop using your phone when it rains? So do we ;)." Attached was a video of falling raindrops. The teaser, however, does not reveal the level of water resistance on the smartphone. It can be safely assumed that the OnePlus 6 will feature an IP67 water resistance, considering that it is the industry norm for Android flagships.
As per other reports, the much-awaited smartphone will be priced at Rs 39,999, while another report from the past had revealed that the pricing of the OnePlus 6 could start from Rs 34,000 for the 64GB storage model, while the high-end version of the phone with 128GB of internal storage for Rs 39,000.
#3 1st time ever! Now, even non-internet users can make digital payments – Here are details:
In another major payment option for its users across the country, Paytm has now introduced the "Paytm Tap Card" solution. And what makes it unusual is it's India’s "First Offline Payments Solution".
This card uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to enable safe and convenient digital payments, completely offline at Paytm-issued, NFC PoS terminals, in under a second. To make payments, users can add money from their Paytm account by scanning the QR code on the Tap Card and by authenticating it at any of the add value machines (AVM). Merchants will get Paytm-issued NFC PoS Terminals. Users won’t have any issue with the time taken for the transaction that will be less than 0.5 secs. This payment procedure is useful for high footfall areas like events, offices and schools and colleges.
#4 Time Traveller From 3800 Shows A Picture As The Proof. Is It Real?
Of late we’ve heard a lot of stories regarding time travel. Many self-proclaimed time travelers claimed that they have come from future and gave warnings like World War 3, Global Warming and even Alien Attack.
A YouTube video has the lady talking about her time traveling experience. Her face has been blurred and the voice has been distorted. She appears to be saying that she is from Albania and traveled to 3800 with the help of the time machine invented by a Belarusian physicist named Alexander Kozlov.
Recalling her time travel, the girl who called herself Bella in the video tells-
“I felt a very strong current voltage in the body. Everything was black in my eyes and around me. When I opened my eyes, I expected to appear in a new wonderful place with nice trees, flying machines but I saw ruined buildings, corpses of people, destroyed gadgets, robots all damage. That stupid man sent me to the terrible time. Very terrible time so it was very ugly and horrible place.”
Bella also talked about how AI and Humanoid robots will rule the planet in future. She claimed to meet a killer robot machine and said-
“A robot was so terrible, he was made of metal and his fist was made of silicone. He had facial expressions, gestures. I want you to imagine a metal man, incredibly strong without the feeling of pity. He asked me in an angry voice where I was from. I kept silent.”
Bella has also claimed that this secret time travel technology was built a decade back. Talking about why she didn’t speak about it earlier, Bella said Bella claims to have considered taking the story to the press and TV but ultimately realized despite her best efforts to break the silence, “nothing would be changed”.
#5 Woman Takes Cab From Noida, Alleges Rape By Driver's Friend:
The woman told the police that the driver dropped her and Praveen at a deserted location in Greater Noida where she was allegedly raped by Praveen.
The woman had booked the cab from her workplace in Noida to Surajpur. When the driver, Ashok, arrived, there was another man in the cab.
According to the woman, Ashok told her he was his cousin and had to be dropped a few meters ahead. She agreed and got into the cab, she said.
She told the police that the "cousin" - Praveen - never got off the cab and the driver took them to a forest area in Greater Noida.On the way, she was allegedly given a soft drink. The police say it may have been laced with drugs.
Ashok allegedly stopped the car at a deserted location, asked the woman to leave the cab and drove away, leaving her with Praveen.Praveen allegedly raped her and managed to escape. When the woman called the driver, his phone was switched off.
The woman, who works in a BPO in Noida Sector 37, called the police and filed a complaint against the cab that she said was an Ola. The driver and his relative are both missing.
Responding to the incident, an Ola spokesperson said, ''We regret the unfortunate incident. However, we will like to clarify that the ride was not booked on our platform."
The police have detained four persons for questioning and the woman has been sent for a medical examination.
A case has also been registered and the accused will be arrested soon, an officer said.
#6 Android Developers site gets a major redesign ahead of Google I/O:
If you’re a developer of an Android app, one of the websites you probably have bookmarked is the official Android Developers website. Here you can find the official documentation for all Android APIs, code samples, Android Studio downloads, platform distribution statistics, and much more. Personally, I find using the website a much more pleasant experience than digging through AOSP to find information, and with the new redesign that rolled out today, it’ll be even more pleasant to use.
The most obvious change in the new design is the liberal use of white. It’s everywhere. The ample use of white reminds me of the recent changes to Gmail among other apps, which hints at a renewed push for a design unification under what is believed to be “Material Design 2” (though it may not actually be called that.)
One notable new feature (via Romain Guy) that comes with the redesign is the ability to jump to the documentation for each enum value.
As far as I can tell, most of the previous functionality is intact. A few bugs have been spotted quickly by Redditors over on /r/AndroidDev, but they’ve been quickly resolved after being forwarded to the Android Developers website design team. A Google employee on the Android Developer Relations team states that the redesign is just laying the foundations for more improvements to come such as better mobile web viewing, search, and performance.
Google I/O 2018 is quickly approaching. At the event, we’ll learn a lot about the new platform features in Android P. Most of the changes will interest developers, but there’s a lot in it for regular users as well. The coming weeks will be exciting for all fans of Android, so stay tuned!
#7 GTA6 to take place in Vice City, launch in 2022:
New reports suggest that the upcoming GTA 6 (Grand theft Auto 6) is likely to take place in two locations, namely Vice City and South America. With its predecessor GTA5 making huge waves in the gaming industry, critics are sure that the coming member of the GTA family will be the best game in the series so far.
Even before the release of any official statement, the GTA community of diehard fans and avid gamers has already taken up the task of revealing any information accessible to them. Reports say that the project of South America Mapping in the game is being referred to as ‘Project Americas’ at the headquarters of Rockstar games, but the players will go to the place only for a few missions.
Rumors also claim that the main list of protagonists in GTA6 (after introducing multiple protagonist storylines in GTA5) is likely to include a female player. This will be a first in the GTA series if it happens at all. The leakers in gaming communities have already said that the launch of GTA6 is likely to be around 2022, just as all the console companies will release new consoles.
GTA 6 might just be available on two generations of consoles at the same time. After the rise in popularity of GTA5 and a huge cash intake for the company, the company is bound to try really hard to ensure GTA6 is a superhit. The game comes second only after Red Dead Redemption (another famous series from the Rockstar Games).
Avid gamers are already very excited about the upcoming game with new rumors, information, and leaks coming out every day. But the game hasn’t been confirmed to be in development yet, which means that it obviously doesn’t have a release date just yet. However, a number of reports suggest that the game will hit the consoles in 2022.
#8 Gmail redesign: Here’s how to use the new features:
Gmail's new design brings in some extra features and integrations across different services like Keep, Calendar and more to help boost productivity.
Gmail’s new design overhaul brings in some extra features and integrations across different services like Keep, Calendar and more to help users boost their productivity. But before you get access to the new features, you will first need to activate the new Gmail.
How to enable new Gmail for yourself
It’s very simple to do this. If you want to enable new Gmail for yourself, just log into Gmail and click the gear icon on the right side. You will see a ‘Try the new Gmail’ option right at the top. Click that and you will see the new interface. In case you don’t like it and want to roll back to the old design, click the gear icon and choose ‘Go back to classic Gmail’ option.In case you are wondering about what’s new inside the revamped Gmail, read on.
Organise emails without opening them
Revamped Gmail allows users to take some quick actions on emails like archive, delete, mark as read / unread and snooze without even opening them. All users have to do is hover their mouse cursor onto an email. It will get users all these quick options to choose from.
Use quick / suggested replies
Users can now reply to emails using quick / recommended phrases. Suggestions are based on the message you receive in your inbox. For example, when I received a story pitch over email, I was recommended a few phrases like “I am not interested,” “No, I didn’t get it” and “Yes, I am interested.” This feature has already been a part of Gmail app for Android and iOS.Customise your inbox view
New Gmail allows users to customize their inbox view. So if users want, they can decide if they want to expand or shrink their inbox. All you have to do is click on the gear icon > Display density. Users can also expand the preview window by clicking on the hamburger menu located at the top left corner.Use Google Calendar, Keep and more inside Gmail
Gmail now integrates other services like Calendar and Keep. So you can view your Calendar events, edit existing ones or create new ones without leaving Gmail. It provides users an option to create checklists and take notes using Google Keep.#9 TWRP with data decryption now available for the Honor View 10 & Huawei P20/P20 Pro:
The start of all custom ROM development on Android usually begins with a custom recovery like TWRP. Without a custom recovery, it’s usually impossible to flash a ROM. Stock recovery checks to see if the software you’re installing is official, by way of signature verification. A custom recovery usually disables this, allowing you to just install whatever zip file you throw at it. Oftentimes there are issues at first, and on the Honor View, 10 and Huawei P20/P20 Pro custom recoveries like TWRP couldn’t decrypt the data partition on the device. This meant if you wanted to make any modifications to /data you had to format your entire phone to remove the encryption and flash a modified Magisk. Thanks to XDA Senior Member Pretoriano80, users of both devices will be able to keep their phones encrypted if they want to modify /data with a custom recovery. You can check out the download links below for your device!
#10 Amazon's Alexa Will Soon Be Teaching Your Child Manners:
Kids are some of the biggest fans of voice assistants, with some learning to talk to Alexa, Apple's Siri or Google's Assistant before they can form full sentences.
Amazon heard from parents in comments on its products that they wanted a way to teach etiquette while using the voice assistant, the company said in a statement. The company then spoke to child development experts about the best way for Alexa to do that.
The answer they came up with was positive reinforcement. You won't hear Alexa ask, for example, "What's the magic word?" if a child doesn't say "please." Instead, it will thank a child for asking nicely if he or she remembers to slip in that oh-so-important "magic" word.
Children have become a key demographic for Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft as they move deeper into the home with smart speakers and strive to make their particular voice assistant a central part of the household.
#11 The internet’s core infrastructure was hacked to steal ethereum from a popular wallet service:
About $150,000 worth of ether was stolen from users of MyEtherWallet yesterday. The attackers apparently used an elaborate scheme to reroute internet traffic to target the popular wallet service.
The attackers exploited vulnerabilities in two basic internet protocols that route traffic around the world, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and the Domain Name System (DNS). Such attacks are common, but this incident was notable for the lengths the hackers went to, affecting services from Amazon, Google, and major internet service providers in the process. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont called it the largest attack of its kind he has witnessed, highlighting the “fragility of internet security.”
Still, it’s not easy to hijack BGP to pull off an attack. “Mounting an attack of this scale requires access to BGP routers at major ISPs and real computing resource to deal with so much DNS traffic,” Beaumont wrote. In this case, it looks like the attackers were intercepting traffic bound for an Amazon Web Services feature called Route 53. Amazon said in a statement to Ars Technica that its systems weren’t compromised and that the problem originated from an internet service provider making fraudulent traffic announcements. Research provider Internet Intelligence identified the ISP as eNet, in Ohio. When contacted, the firm said it couldn’t comment on an “ongoing investigation.” Beaumont’s analysis also shows that servers hosted by Equinix in Chicago were involved in the attack. Equinix told Ars Technica that it didn’t control the servers, which belonged to a customer.
MyEtherWallet chief executive Kosala Hemachandra urged his users to use an offline version of the wallet or a hardware wallet. “This is an ongoing battle that requires us all to stick together,” he said in a statement. That’s cold comfort for users of MEW who lost funds in the attack. A user who goes by scrap4crap on Reddit said 20 ETH was lost in the attack, worth about $14,000 at yesterday’s prices. “Going to kill me now,” the user-declared.
#12 ISRO successfully launches INRSS-1I navigation satellite:
PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Mission blasted off at 4.04 am from the first launch pad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre. It was a normal lift-off, ISRO officials said.
The workhorse, PSLV, injected the satellite into orbit 19 minutes after lift-off from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre here.
ISRO Chairman K Sivan described the mission as a success and congratulated the scientists behind it. He said IRNSS-1I was successfully placed in the designated orbit.
The launch is ISRO’s second attempt at sending a replacement satellite.
The previous mission of a PSLV carrying IRNSS-1H in August last year failed after the heat shield covering the satellite failed to separate.
The IRNSS-1I mission takes place two weeks after the space agency launched GSAT-6A on board GSLV Mk-II. Though the rocket placed GSAT-6A in orbit, the ISRO lost communication with the satellite within two days.
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