June, 2020

• 16 June

  Amid George Floyd protests, weaponized misinformation floods social media

  

  Bouquets of brightly colored flowers and prayer candles rest at the door of a small windowed guard booth in downtown Oakland, California. A ribbon with an American flag motif waves from the door handle. Two bullet holes pockmark the booth’s windows. This is where Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, was fatally shot around 9:45 p.m. on …

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• 16 June

  Razer THX Spatial Audio app embiggens any gaming headset’s surround sound

  

  Twenty bucks (or £20) won’t buy you a nice set of 7.1 surround gaming headphones, but it can help you fake it with Razer’s THX Spatial Audio App for Windows 10. It uses the same underlying technology as Razer puts into its headsets, but generalizes it to work with all brands and types (analog, USB or Bluetooth connected) and audio …

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• 16 June

  Instagram will top Twitter as a source for news, survey says

  

  Instagram is likely to overtake Twitter as a source for news within the next year, according to the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report. Use of the Facebook-owned app for news has doubled across age groups since 2018, the report says.  Instagram, which in recent years has expanded to include features like Stories and IGTV, now reaches more than a …

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• 16 June

  Amazon’s new Distance Assistant uses AI to encourage social distancing

  

  Amazon said Tuesday it’s developed a new artificial intelligence system to help maintain social distancing in its warehouses, and it plans to share the underlying technology for free. Called Distance Assistant, the tech involves a 50-inch monitor, camera and laptop set up on a mount. The camera tracks how closely people are walking near each other, showing workers walking by …

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• 16 June

  Qualcomm brings 5G to cheaper phones with Snapdragon 690 processor

  

  Qualcomm on Tuesday introduced the newest 5G chip in its lineup, and this one’s targeted at cheap smartphones.  The processor, called the Snapdragon 690, marks the first time Qualcomm has offered 5G toward the lower-end of its smartphone chip lineup. It’s had 5G modems for premium smartphones since 2016 (though they didn’t start appearing in devices until a couple of …

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• 16 June

  We play Lego Super Mario: Nintendo comes to life in bricks

  

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• 16 June

  Best antivirus apps for Windows 10

  

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• 16 June

  Bezos agrees to testify, Star Wars: Squadrons announced

  

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• 16 June

  After Chennai, Delhi, COVID-19 Death Mismatch Allegations In Mumbai, Says 950 Deaths Unreported

  

  On Tuesday, the official death toll in Mumbai due to COVID-19 stood at 2,250, the highest anywhere in India. But the state has been hit by allegations of COVID-19 death cover-up as the opposition BJP alleged that nearly 1000 deaths in Mumbai have not been reported.  BCCL Maharashtra government has not reported as many as 950 COVID-19 deaths from Mumbai, …

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• 16 June

  227 Maharashtra Policemen Test Positive For COVID-19 In Past 72 Hours, Taking Total To 3,615

  

  Maharashtra is the worst-affected state in the country reeling under exploding cases of the novel coronavirus and the collapsing health infrastructure. The state is also dealing with rising COVID cases among the police personnel. In the last 72 hours, 227 police personnel were found COVID-19 positive. The total number of cases among police personnel in the state is now at …

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