The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday decided to partially roll back the hike in hostel fees following protests by students for 16 days. The decision was taken in varsity’s Executive Council (EC) meeting which had to be shifted outside the campus at the last moment fearing agitation by students. “JNU Executive Committee announces major …
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12 November
US border search of suspicionless travelers’ devices is unconstitutional, court finds
A court ruled Tuesday that the suspicionless search of travelers’ electronic devices without a warrant is unconstitutional. Seizing phones, laptops and tablets at border points without reasonable suspicion violates the Fourth Amendment, according to the judgment. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called the ruling “an enormous victory for privacy.” US border agents have had free rein to search through your digital …
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12 November
How to play Minecraft Earth, available now in the US
Let’s get crafting! Minecraft Earth, Microsoft’s new augmented-reality app for iOS and Android phones, is now available in the US. The mobile game, which has been slowly rolling out to countries this fall, lets you explore, gather items, find monsters and go on adventures in an AR world on your phone. Over 10 years, we’ve played the blocky game on …
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12 November
Facebook Pay will let you send money on Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram
Facebook already lets you send money to your friends and family through Messenger but the company is planning to make it easier to keep track of payments across all of its apps, including photo app Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp. The company on Tuesday unveiled a new service called Facebook Pay, which will roll out on Facebook and Messenger first — …
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12 November
Instagram’s new Reels take some notes from TikTok
Instagram’s testing a new short-form video feature called Reels that seems an awful lot like rival social app TikTok. Reels will let people make short videos set to music and share them on their Instagram Stories or more directly with friends. The Facebook-owned photo app will also feature some Reels in the Explore tab during its test. Instagram Reels lets …
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12 November
Twitter drafted a deepfake policy and wants you to weigh in
Twitter is creating a plan to get ahead of deepfake technology that could spread on the social media platform. It plans to enact new rules to help protect users against deliberate attempts to mislead people through manipulated media, Del Harvey, Twitter’s vice president of trust and safety, wrote in a Monday blog post. It’s put together a draft proposal on …
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12 November
Huawei is reportedly giving staff $286m in bonuses for sticking through US ban
Huawei is reportedly dishing out 2 billion yuan ($286 million) in staff bonuses to workers who helped it through the US ban. The Chinese tech giant also told its 190,000 employees that most will be paid double this month, Reuters reported Tuesday. The bonuses are most likely going to Huawei’s R&D arm and to the teams working on finding alternate …
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12 November
Apple Sidecar: Use your iPad as a second screen for your Mac
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now that MacOS Catalina has released (here’s how to install it), you can officially use your iPad as a second screen to your Mac. Before Apple Sidecar was an iPad feature, it was best known as a delicious cocktail. But we’ll gladly raise a glass to …
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12 November
Free Disney Plus (and more) with phone service from US Mobile
You probably haven’t heard, but Disney Plus launched Tuesday. (Never mind that things didn’t exactly go smoothly. It’ll get there.) The much-ballyhooed new streaming service costs $6.99 a month, or $70 if you prepay for a year. Already feeling subscription fatigue? You may have heard that Verizon is offering a free year of Disney Plus with select Unlimited plans and Fios …
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12 November
Facebook bug shows camera activated in background during app use
When you’re scrolling through Facebook’s app, the social network could be using your camera, concerned users have found. Multiple people have found and reported that their iPhone cameras were turned on in the background while they were looking at their feed. The issue came to light through several posts on Twitter. Users noted that their cameras were activated behind Facebook’s …
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