TikTok Sharing User Data With China, Alleges Shashi Tharoor Speaking during the Zero Hour in the Parliament on Monday, Shashi Tharoor alleged that Chinese video-sharing app, TikTok, is illegally collecting user-data from Indians and sending it over to China. Calling the app a threat to India’s national security, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram said unregulated use of such apps in the country can be exploited by vested interests for monitory and/or political purposes....

Unreleased Nokia Prototype Android Phones Listed on eBay An old prototype Android smartphone from Nokia has been listed on eBay, showing how the company was actively working on Android devices before choosing Windows at the behest of the company’s then-CEO, Stephen Elop. CalledNokia Ion Mini, the phone islistedon eBay UK for $1,999 (around Rs. 1.4 lakh). Believed to have been developed between 2013 and 2014 as part of the Finnish company’s plans to switch from its homegrown Symbian OS to a more popular mobile platform, the phone runs Android 4....

Xiaomi Enters Toy Business in India With Mi Truck Builder Having tasted immense success in the smartphone sector in India, Xiaomi is looking to enter more product categories in the country going forward. The company has now entered the toy business by launching the Lego-likeMi Truck Builderthat it claims will help children improve their concentration, creativity, and cognition. According to Xiaomi, the Mi Truck Builder comes with more than 530 building blocks that can be used to build the 2-in-1 model that also doubles up as a bulldozer....

Xiaomi Launches Mi CC9, Mi CC9e, and Mi CC9 Meitu Edition in China After treating us with a myriad of teasers for the last couple of weeks, Xiaomi has today taken the wraps off its new “CC series” under the Mi brand. The company announced its new CC lineup earlier in mid-June and it stands for Colorful & Creative. The Mi CC9 lineup focuses on the youth and female audiences, extending a more trendy and camera-centric experience to them....

[Update: Launch Date Announced] Xiaomi Confirms Redmi 7A India Launch [Update: 6:15 pm]: Xiaomi had been teasing the launch of its entry-level Redmi 7A in India for the past week. Well, the company has today taken to Twitter to reveal that theRedmi 7A will launch in India on July 4. Mi fans, here’s something exciting 😉. We are set to launch the#Redmi7Aon 4th July. Let’s welcome#SmartDeshKaSmartphoneand get ready to see it conquer the world....

An Amazon Engineer Made an AI Cat Flap to Stop His Cat from Bringing Dead Animals Inside If you sometimes find yourself wondering what good could AI possibly do in our daily lives, this might be something that will help – an Amazon engineer created a cat flap powered by AI and Machine Learning to stop his cat from bringing home dead animals in the middle of the night and waking him up....

Android to Get AirDrop-like File Sharing Feature ‘Fast Share’ Soon Google is reportedly testing a new‘Fast Share’feature that would enable Android users to wirelessly share photos, text and other files to nearby devices using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct. According to9to5Google,the feature works much like Apple’s Air Drop functionality, but allows cross-platform sharing between iPhones, Chromebooks, Android smartphones and more. As can be seen from the screenshots below, the new file-sharing tool will let you‘share to nearby devices without Internet’, and can be activated from System Settings > Google > Fast Share....