A pregnant woman was allegedly strip-searched at the international airport in Guwahati after the staff of the airport wanted to confirm whether she was pregnant or not. The lady staff from the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) allegedly stripped the woman at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport on Sunday, according to India Today. thebump/Representational …
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June, 2018
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27 June
When Indira Gandhi Tried To 'Bobby Trap' Indians During Emergency
As India is debating the onslaught of emergency in 1975, which is undisputedly the darkest period in the history of the country since its independence. For 21 months, the country with almost 80 crore people ran on the whims and fancies of two Gandhis – Indira and her political heir Sanjay Gandhi. PM Indira Gandhi announcing the national emergency AIR studios …
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26 June
Oculus Go launches in UK, Europe and Canada
Oculus Go has arrived in stores in the UK, Europe and Canada, less than two months after its US debut. Prices for the standalone VR headset start at £199 (€219/CDN$270) — the Facebook-owned Oculus designed Go as an affordable option. It’s available from a variety of retailers in all the new countries: Austria: MediaMarkt Belgium: Cool Blue Canada: Best Buy …
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26 June
AIM is back, but it doesn’t remember you
Do you fetishize your old messaging platforms? Sure, who doesn’t. I remember those old AOL chat days. AOL Instant Messenger is, alas, long gone. But some fan service has been done to resurrect the client for anyone who wants to LARP the ’90s on a laptop, according to a report from Motherboard. The new name is AIM Phoenix. It’s been …
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26 June
Face unlock is coming to new Nokia 6 and 7 Plus in ‘coming months’
Nokia says you’ll soon be able to unlock a handful of its phones with your face. Nokia confirmed in a tweet, spotted by Android Headlines, that face unlock technology is coming to at least four of its devices in an over-the-air update in “the coming months.” The company said the Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6 and Nokia …
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26 June
The Vivo Nex has a pop
If you love gadgets, here’s a sight to behold: The inner workings of the Vivo Nex phone. It’s got a motorized pop-up selfie cam that helps maximize your screen real estate — since the camera doesn’t have to live on the front of the phone. No notch! We just unboxed this phone, but MyFixGuide has actually already torn it apart, …
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26 June
LG B8 OLED TV starts at $2100 for 55
The elusive LG B8 series OLED TV has quietly reared its head. The TV costs $2100 for the 55-inch and $3000 for the 65-inch sizes. It’s available now at numerous retailers nationwide and online, including Best Buy and Amazon. The B8 is the cheapest 2018 LG OLED TV yet, undercutting the C8 by $200, but it’s still really expensive. Then …
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26 June
This smart desk has a built
I know what you’re going to say: $4,000 (around £3,000 or AU$5,400 converted) is a lot for a desk that isn’t made of mahogany and didn’t bear witness to the signing of a historic document. But this isn’t a desk like any you’ve ever seen. The CemTrex SmartDesk is a glass-topped Intel Core i7 computer. A computer with three 24-inch …
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26 June
Senator asks FCC if police phone tracking devices disrupt 911 calls
Stingrays are surveillance tools used by the FBI and police across the US. Sen. Ron Wyden wants to know if they’re messing with your phone calls. The Democrat from Oregon submitted a letter on Tuesday to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, requesting information on how the phone tracking devices could interfere with calls to 911, with internet access and …
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26 June
Lucid wants your next dual
Cameras have become one of the most important features on our phones. In phones’ early days, cameras were an afterthought — the original iPhone didn’t even record video. But now phone cameras can record 4K video, slow-mo and shoot beautiful portrait photos with artistically blurred backgrounds (bokeh). Phone makers have largely improved phone photography in two ways. The first was …
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